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Illinois's 8th congressional district

Coordinates: 42°00′35″N 88°05′48″W / 42.00972°N 88.09667°W / 42.00972; -88.09667
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Illinois's 8th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area291.5 sq mi (755 km2)
Distribution
  • 100.0% urban
  • 0.0% rural
Population (2023)730,604
Median household
income
$94,702[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+6[2]

The 8th congressional district of Illinois is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Illinois that has been represented by Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi since 2017.

Composition

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2011 redistricting

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The congressional district covers parts of Cook County, DuPage County and Kane County, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 United States census. All or parts of Addison, Arlington Heights, Barrington Hills, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Lombard, Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Schaumburg, South Elgin, Streamwood, Villa Park and Wood Dale are included.[3] These boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.

2023 redistricting

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# County Seat Population
31 Cook Chicago 5,087,072
43 DuPage Wheaton 921,213
89 Kane Geneva 514,982

Cities and CDPS with 10,000 or more people

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2,5000 – 10,000 people

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As of the 2020 redistricting, this district will still be based partially in northern Cook County, and now parts of northern DuPage County and northeast Kane County, as well as part of the Chicago neighborhood of O'Hare.

The 8th district takes in the Cook County communities of Schaumburg (shared with DuPage County), Rosemont, Rolling Meadows, South Barrington, and East Dundee (shared with Kane County); most of Hoffman Estates, Streamwood, and Elgin (shared with Kane County); half of Des Plaines; the majority of Elk Grove Village west of Tome Rd (shared with DuPage County); part of Palatine, Norridge, Rosemont, Arlington Heights, Hanover Park (shared with DuPage County), and Inverness; and part of Mount Prospect between Dempster St and W Lonnquist Blvd.

DuPage County is split between this district and the 3rd district. They are partitioned by Bartlett Rd, Old Wayne Golf Course, St Charles Rd, Fair Oaks Rd, Timber Ln, Woodcreek Ln N, Wayne Oaks Dam Reservoir, Morton Rd, Pawnee Dr, County Farm Rd, Highway 64, Gary Ave Della Ave, West St, Geneva Rd, Bloomingdale's Rd, Glendale Lakes Golf Club, President St, Gilberto St, Schubert Ave, Opal Ave, Stevenson Dr, Highway 4, Polo Club Dr, Canadian National Railway, East Branch Park, Army Trail Rd, Belmont Pl, Addison Trail High School, Woodland Ave, 7th Ave, Lake St, 3rd Ave, Eggerding Dr, Mill Rd, Highway 290, Addison Rd, Oak Meadows Golf & Banquets, Central Ave, Canadian Pacific Railway, Wood Dale Rd, Elmhurt St, and Lively Blvd. The 8th district takes in the communities of Bloomingdale, Schaumburg (shared with Cook County), Roselle, and Itasca; most of Carol Stream; the majority of Elk Grove Village west of Tome Rd (shared with DuPage County); part of Hanover Park (shared with Cook County); eastern Bartlett; western Wood Dale; northwestern Addison; part of Glen Ellyn; and part of northern Glendale Heights.

Kane County is split between this district and the 11th district. They are partitioned by Illinois Highway 47, Regency Parkway, Farm Hill Dr, Del Webb Blvd, Jane Adams Memorial Tollway, Sandwald Rd, Ridgecrest Dr, Brier Hill Rd/Illinois Highway 47, Coombs Rd, Shadow Hill Dr, Campton Hills Dr, West Main St, South Tyler Rd, Division St, Fox River, North Washington Ave, Douglas Rd, Orion Rd, and East Fabyan Parkway. The 8th district takes in the communities of East Dundee (shared with Cook County), West Dundee, Carpentersville, Sleepy Hollow, South Elgin, Gilberts, Pingree Grove; most of Elgin (shared with Cook County); half of St. Charles; southern Algonquin; western Wayne and Barrington Hills; eastern Hampshire; southeastern Huntley; a portion of Geneva east of the Fox River; and part of Batavia.

Presidential election results

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This table indicates how the district has voted in U.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today.
Year Office Results
2000 President George W. Bush 55% – Al Gore 42%
2004 President George W. Bush 55% – John Kerry 44%
2008 President Barack Obama 56% – John McCain 43%
2012 President Barack Obama 58% – Mitt Romney 41%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 58% – Donald Trump 36%
2020 President Joe Biden 59% – Donald Trump 39%

Recent election results from statewide races

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This table indicates how the district has voted in recent statewide elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it is currently configured, not necessarily as it was at the time of these elections.
Year Office Results
2016 President Hillary Clinton 54.6% – Donald Trump 38.9%
Senate Tammy Duckworth 52.4% – Mark Kirk 41.6%
2018 Governor J. B. Pritzker 51.0% – Bruce Rauner 43.0%
Attorney General Kwame Raoul 53.3% – Erika Harold 44.1%
Secretary of State Jesse White 66.5% – Jason Helland 30.8%
2020 President Joe Biden 56.8% – Donald Trump 41.4%
Senate Dick Durbin 55.2% – Mark Curran 39.8%
2022 Senate Tammy Duckworth 56.3% – Kathy Salvi 42.1%
Governor J. B. Pritzker 55.1% – Darren Bailey 42.1%
Attorney General Kwame Raoul 54.8% – Tom DeVore 43.2%
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias 55.0% – Dan Brady 43.1%

List of members representing the district

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Name Party Years Cong–
ress
Electoral history Counties
District created March 4, 1853.

William Henry Bissell
(Belleville)
Independent
Democratic
March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1852.
Retired.
1853–1863
[data missing]
Vacant March 4, 1855 –
November 4, 1856
34th Representative-elect Lyman Trumbull was elected to the U.S. Senate on February 8, 1855.[4]

James L. D. Morrison
(McLeansboro)
Democratic November 4, 1856 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected to finish Trumbull's term.
Retired.

Robert Smith
(Alton)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th Elected in 1856.
Lost renomination.

Philip B. Fouke
(Belleville)
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Retired.

John T. Stuart
(Springfield)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
Lost re-election.
1863–1873
DeWitt, Livingston, Logan, McLean, Sangamon, Tazewell, and Woodford

Shelby Moore Cullom
(Springfield)
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1871
39th
40th
41st
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Retired.

James Carroll Robinson
(Springfield)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 12th district.

Greenbury L. Fort
(Lacon)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1881
43rd
44th
45th
46th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Retired.
1873–1883
Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Marshall, and Woodford

Lewis E. Payson
(Pontiac)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 9th district.

William Cullen
(Ottawa)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1882.
Lost renomination.
1883–1895
DuPage, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, and Will

Ralph Plumb
(Streator)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889
49th
50th
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Retired.

Charles A. Hill
(Joliet)
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51st Elected in 1888.
Lost re-election.

Lewis Steward
(Plano)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
Lost re-election.

Robert A. Childs
(Hinsdale)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
Retired.

Albert J. Hopkins
(Aurora)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903
54th
55th
56th
57th
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
1895–1903
DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, and McHenry

William F. Mahoney
(Chicago)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
December 27, 1904
58th Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1902.
Died.
1903–1913
Cook
Vacant December 27, 1904 –
March 3, 1905
58th

Charles McGavin
(Chicago)
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1909
59th
60th
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Retired.

Thomas Gallagher
(Chicago)
Democratic March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1921
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Retired.
1913–1949
Cook

Stanley H. Kunz
(Chicago)
Democratic March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1931
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost re-election.
Peter C. Granata
(Chicago)
Republican March 4, 1931 –
April 5, 1932
72nd Lost contested election.

Stanley H. Kunz
(Chicago)
Democratic April 5, 1932 –
March 3, 1933
72nd Won contested election.
Lost renomination.

Leo Kocialkowski
(Chicago)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1943
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Lost renomination.

Thomas S. Gordon
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1959
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Retired.
1949–1953
Cook
1953–1963
Cook

Dan Rostenkowski
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1993
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 5th district.
1963–1967
Cook
1967–1973
Cook
1973–1983
Cook
1983–1993
Cook

Phil Crane
(Wauconda)
Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2005
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Lost re-election.
1993–2003
Cook and Lake
2003–2013

Cook, Lake, and McHenry

Melissa Bean
(Barrington)
Democratic January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2011
109th
110th
111th
Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.

Joe Walsh
(McHenry)
Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013
112th Elected in 2010.
Lost re-election.

Tammy Duckworth
(Hoffman Estates)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2017
113th
114th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
2013–2023

Cook, DuPage, and Kane

Raja Krishnamoorthi
(Schaumburg)
Democratic January 3, 2017 –
present
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present

Cook, DuPage, and Kane

Elections

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2012 election

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Incumbent Representative Joe Walsh was drawn out of the district for 2012 by 2011 redistricting, although a candidate is not required to live in the district to be eligible to run for a seat in Congress.[5] Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi of Hoffman Estates announced his candidacy for the seat in late May 2011. In July 2011, Democrat Tammy Duckworth also announced plans to run for the seat.[6] Duckworth won the Democratic nomination on March 20, 2012. Duckworth defeated Walsh in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2012[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth 123,206 54.7
Republican Joe Walsh (incumbent) 101,860 45.3
Total votes 225,066 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2014

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Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth (incumbent) 84,178 55.7
Republican Larry Kaifesh 66,878 44.3
Total votes 151,056 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

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Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2016[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raja Krishnamoorthi 144,954 58.3
Republican Pete DiCianni 103,617 41.7
Total votes 248,571 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

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Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raja Krishnamoorthi (incumbent) 130,054 66.0
Republican Jitendra "JD" Diganvker 67,073 34.0
Total votes 197,127 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2020[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Raja Krishnamoorthi (incumbent) 186,251 73.16 +7.19%
Libertarian Preston Gabriel Nelson 68,327 26.84 N/A
Total votes 254,578 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

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Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raja Krishnamoorthi (incumbent) 117,880 56.89
Republican Chris Dargis 89,335 43.11
Total votes 207,215 100.0
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

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2003–2013
2013–2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Illinois Congressional District 8 Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Illinois Board of Elections
  4. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 1855. Springfield, IL: Lanphier & Walker, Printers. 1855.
  5. ^ US Constitution, Article One, Section Two, Clause Two: Qualifications of Members of the House of Representatives Article One of the United States Constitution#Clause 2: Qualifications of Members
  6. ^ "Tammy Duckworth running for Congress again, in redrawn 8th". Chicago Sun Times. July 6, 2011. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  7. ^ "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  8. ^ "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  9. ^ "Illinois General Election 2016". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  10. ^ "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
  11. ^ "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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