Illinois's 9th congressional district

The 9th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties as of the 2021 redistricting which followed the 2020 census. It includes all or parts of Chicago, Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Prospect Heights, Wilmette, Buffalo Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Wauconda, Island Lake, Long Grove, Lake Barrington, Algonquin Township, Cary, Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood, Oakwood Hills, Trout Valley, Algonquin, Port Barrington, Barrington Hills, and Fox River Grove. It is anchored in Chicago's North Side, along Lake Michigan, and covers many of Chicago's northern suburbs. Democrat Jan Schakowsky has represented the district since January 1999.

The district is one of the most reliably Democratic districts in Chicago, and in all of Illinois. It has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1949, and for all but six years since 1935.

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
31	Cook	Chicago	5,087,072
97	Lake	Waukegan	708,760
111	McHenry	Woodstock	312,800

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

• Chicago – 2,665,039
• Evanston – 78,110
• Arlington Heights – 77,676
• Skokie – 67,824
• Des Plaines – 60,675
• Mount Prospect – 56,852
• Glenview – 48,705
• Buffalo Grove – 43,212
• Crystal Lake – 40,269
• Park Ridge – 39,656
• Wheeling – 39,137
• Northbrook – 35,222
• Niles – 30,912
• Algonquin – 29,700
• Lake in the Hills – 28,982
• Wilmette – 28,170
• Morton Grove – 25,297
• Lake Zurich – 19,759
• Cary – 17,826
• Prospect Heights – 16,058
• Wauconda – 14,084
• Lincolnwood – 13,463

2,500 to 10,000 people

• Hawthorn Woods – 9,062
• Glencoe – 8,849
• Long Grove – 8,366
• Northfield – 5,751
• Island Lake – 5,201
• Lake Barrington – 5,100
• Fox River Grove – 4,702
• Lakewood – 4,283
• Barrington Hills – 4,114
• Kildeer – 4,091
• North Barrington – 3,171

As of the 2020 redistricting, this district will still be based largely in Chicago's Far North Side and northern Cook County, as well as now parts of southwest Lake County and southeast McHenry County.

The 9th district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods of Rogers Park, Edgewater, and West Ridge; most of Uptown; and part of Lincoln Square.

Outside of the Chicago city limits, the district takes in the Cook County communities of Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, Niles, Lincolnwood, and Golf; most of Northfield and Prospect Heights; northeastern Park Ridge and Arlington Heights; western Northfield and Buffalo Grove (shared with Lake County); southeastern Northbrook; northern Mount Prospect; half of Wilmette south of Lake Ave; most of Prospect Heights; and part of Glencoe, Des Plaines, and Wheeling (shared with Lake County).

Lake County is split between this district, the 5th district, the 10th district, and the 11th district. The 9th and 5th districts are partitioned by partitioned by the Fox River, Kelsey Rd, W Miller Rd, Echo Lake Rd, Sacomano Meadows Pond 1, Midlothian Rd, N Old Henry Rd, N Quentin Rd, Lake Zurich Rd, Twin Orchard Country Club, Mundelein Rd, Hicks Rd, Bridgewater Farm, Crossing Pond Park, and Arlington Heights Rd.

The 9th, 10th, and 11th districts are partitioned by Buffalo Grove Golf Course, Buffalo Grove Rd, Arboretum Golf Club, W Half Day Rd, Promontory Ridge Trail, Port Clinton Rd, Mundelein Rd, Highland Pines Park, Diamond Lake Rd, Breckinridge Dr, N Midlothian Rd, Illinois Route 60, W Hawley St, N Chevy Chase Rd, Steeple Chase Golf Club, W Lakeview Parkway, N Gilmer Rd, Hawley St, W Ivanhoe Rd, Liberty St, High St, Kimball Ave, E Liberty St, S Church St, Bangs St, W Liberty St, Westridge Dr/N Lakeview Cir, Carriage Hill Ct/Wood Creek Dr, Greenleaf Ave, Ridge Rd/Burr Oak Ln, and E Burnett Rd/Northern Ter. The 9th district takes in the communities of Forest Lake and Tower Lakes; most of Hawthorn Woods; western Buffalo Grove (shared with Cook County); and part of Wauconda, Island Lake, Long Grove, Lake Barrington, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, North Barrington, Port Barrington (shared with McHenry County), and Fox River Grove (shared with McHenry County).

McHenry County is split between this district and the 11th district. They are partitioned by E Crystal Lake Ave, Meridian Ln, Crystal Lake Country Club, Woodscreek Park, Boulder Ridge Country Club, and Fairway View Dr. The 9th district takes in the entirety of Algonquin Township, which includes the communities of Cary and Trout Valley; most of Lake in the Hills and Crystal Lake; north Algonquin; and part of Port Barrington (shared with Lake County), Barrington Hills, Fox River Grove (shared with Lake County), and Lakewood.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2008	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Obama 69% - 30%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Obama 66% - 34%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Clinton 68% - 26%
	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Duckworth 63% - 32%
	Comptroller (Spec.)	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Mendoza 56% - 37%
2018	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Pritzker 66% - 31%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Raoul 67% - 31%
	Secretary of State	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|White 78% - 20%
	Comptroller	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Mendoza 71% - 26%
	Treasurer	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Frerichs 69% - 28%
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Biden 70% - 28%
	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Durbin 67% - 28%
2022	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Duckworth 72% - 27%
	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Pritzker 72% - 26%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Raoul 70% - 28%
	Secretary of State	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Giannoulias 70% - 28%
	Comptroller	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Mendoza 72% - 27%
	Treasurer	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Frerichs 70% - 29%
2024	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Harris 68% - 31%

Recent election results

2012

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)		66.3
		Timothy Wolfe		33.7
	Independent	Hilaire Fuji Shioura (write-in)		0.0
	Independent	Susanne Atanus (write-in)		0.0
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2014

Illinois's 9th Congressional District, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jan Schakowsky (Incumbent)		66.06
		Susanne Atanus		33.91
	Independent	Phil Collins		0.03
Total votes				100
	hold

2016

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)		66.5
		Joan McCarthy Lasonde		33.5
	Independent	David Earl Williams III (write-in)		0.0
	Independent	Susanne Atanus (write-in)		0.0
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2018

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)		73.5
		John Elleson		26.5
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2020

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)	Template:Replace	70.98
		Sargis Sangari	107,125	29.02
Total votes			369,170	100.0
	hold

2022

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)		71.69
		Max Rice		28.31
Total votes				100.0
	hold

2024

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)	Template:Replace	68.39
		Seth Cohen	107,106	31.61
Total votes			338,828	100.0
	hold

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1853
Willis Allen (Marion)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1852.
File:SamuelSMarshall.jpg Samuel S. Marshall (McLeansboro)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856.
File:John Alexander Logan crop.jpg John A. Logan (Benton)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1859 – April 2, 1862	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1858 Re-elected in 1860. Resigned to join the Union Army.
Vacant		April 2, 1862 – June 2, 1862	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:WilliamJAllen.jpg William J. Allen (Marion)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	June 2, 1862 – March 3, 1863		Elected to finish Logan's term. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:Hon. Lewis W. Ross, Ill - NARA - 525465.jpg Lewis Winans Ross (Lewiston)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866.
File:ThompsonWMcNeely.jpg Thompson W. McNeely (Petersburg)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870.
Granville Barrere (Canton)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1872.
File:RichardHWhiting.jpg Richard H. Whiting (Peoria)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1874.
Thomas A. Boyd (Lewiston)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878.
File:Hon. John H. Lewis, Ill - NARA - 527054 (cropped).jpg John H. Lewis (Knoxville)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1880.
File:Lewis E. Payson (Illinois Congressman).jpg Lewis E. Payson (Pontiac)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888.
File:Herman W. Snow (Illinois Congressman).jpg Herman W. Snow (Sheldon)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1890.
File:HamiltonKWheeler.jpg Hamilton K. Wheeler (Kankakee)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1892.
File:Robert R. Hitt.jpg Robert R. Hitt (Mount Morris)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
File:Henry Sherman Boutell.jpg Henry S. Boutell (Chicago)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908.
File:Lynden Evans (Illinois Congressman) 3.jpg Lynden Evans (Chicago)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1910.
File:FrederickABritten.jpg Frederick A. Britten (Chicago)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1935	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
File:James McAndrews (Illinois Congressman).jpg James McAndrews (Chicago)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
File:CharlesSDewey (cropped).jpg Charles S. Dewey (Chicago)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Lost re-election.
File:Alexander J. Resa (Illinois Congressman).jpg Alexander J. Resa (Chicago)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
File:Robert Twyman (Illinois Congressman).jpg Robert Twyman (Chicago)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1946. Retired.
File:Sidney R. Yates.jpg Sidney R. Yates (Chicago)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
File:Edward Rowan Finnegan.jpg Edward R. Finnegan (Chicago)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 6, 1964	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1962. Resigned when appointed Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, IL.
Vacant		December 6, 1964 – January 3, 1965
File:SidneyRYates.jpg Sidney R. Yates (Chicago)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999	Template:USCongressOrdinal	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. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired.
File:Jan Schakowsky official photo.jpg Jan Schakowsky (Evanston)	rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	January 3, 1999 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. Retiring at the end of term.
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See also

• Illinois's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois#District 9

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Washington Post page on the 9th District of Illinois
• U.S. Census Bureau - 9th District Fact Sheet Template:Webarchive