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The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2023 redistricting that followed the 2020 census. All or parts of Broadview, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Maywood, and Westchester are included. Democrat Danny K. Davis has represented the district since January 1997. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+36, it is the most Democratic district in Illinois.[2]

Due to reapportionment every ten years, the 7th district like other districts has relocated in Illinois throughout its history. In the mid-1800s, Abraham Lincoln represented the 7th district before being elected president, although his home now lies within Illinois's 13th congressional district and most of his district's former territory is now located in the 15th district.[citation needed]

In 1846, the 7th district was the only one in Illinois (among seven at the time) with a comfortably safe majority for the Whig Party.[3]

Presidential election results

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 Al Gore 81% - George W. Bush 16%
2004 President John Kerry 83% - George W. Bush 17%
2008 President Barack Obama 89% - John McCain 9%
2012 President Barack Obama 87% - Mitt Romney 11%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 87% - Donald Trump 9%
2020 President Joe Biden 86% - Donald Trump 12%

Recent election results from statewide races

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 85.8% – Donald Trump 9.8%
Senate Tammy Duckworth 81.4% – Mark Kirk 14.7%
2018 Governor J. B. Pritzker 82.7% – Bruce Rauner 14.2%
Attorney General Kwame Raoul 82.8% – Erika Harold 15.3%
Secretary of State Jesse White 89.1% – Jason Helland 8.6%
2020 President Joe Biden 85.6% – Donald Trump 12.8%
Senate Dick Durbin 74.7% – Mark Curran 12.2%
2022 Senate Tammy Duckworth 86.0% – Kathy Salvi 12.6%
Governor J. B. Pritzker 85.2% – Darren Bailey 12.7%
Attorney General Kwame Raoul 84.4% – Tom DeVore 13.7%
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias 84.5% – Dan Brady 13.5%

Composition

# County Seat Population
31 Cook Chicago 5,173,146

As of the 2020 redistricting, this district will still be primarily based in Chicago's Central-South-West Side, as well as central Cook County.

The 7th district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods of the Loop, Armour Square, Fuller Park, Near West Side, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, North Lawndale, and West Englewood; most of Near South and Austin; half of Humboldt Park and Englewood; the coastal portion of Near North; part of West Town, Douglas, Grand Boulevard, and Chicago Lawn.

Outside the Chicago city limits, the 7th district takes in the Cook County communities of Oak Park, Westchester, Broadview, Bellwood, Maywood, and Forest Park; most of Hillside; and part of La Grange Park.

Election results

2012

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 242,439 84.6
Republican Rita Zak 31,466 11.0
Independent John Monaghan 12,523 4.4
Independent Phil Collins (write-in) 5 0.0
Independent Dennis Richter (write-in) 2 0.0
Total votes 286,435 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 155,110 85.1
Republican Robert Bumpers 27,168 14.9
Total votes 182,278 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2016 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 250,584 84.2
Republican Jeffrey Leef 46,882 15.8
Total votes 297,466 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 215,746 87.6
Republican Craig Cameron 30,497 12.4
Total votes 246,243 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2020[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 249,383 80.41 -7.21%
Republican Craig Cameron 41,390 13.35 +0.97%
Independent Tracy Jennings 19,355 6.24 N/A
Total votes 310,128 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Danny K. Davis (incumbent) 167,650 99.94
Write-in 96 0.06
Total votes 167,746 100.0
Democratic hold

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1843

John J. Hardin
(Jacksonville)
Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1842.
[data missing]

Edward D. Baker
(Springfield)
Whig March 4, 1845 –
January 15, 1847
29th Elected in 1844.
Resigned early to join the Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Vacant January 15, 1847 –
February 5, 1847
John Henry
(Springfield)
Whig February 5, 1847 –
March 3, 1847
Elected to finish Baker's term.
Was not a candidate for the next term.

Abraham Lincoln
(Springfield)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
Retired, having pledged to serve only one term.

Thomas L. Harris
(Petersburg)
Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st Elected in 1848.
[data missing]

Richard Yates
(Jacksonville)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the 6th district.

James C. Allen
(Palestine)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
July 18, 1856
33rd
34th
Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Disqualified.
Vacant July 18, 1856 –
November 4, 1856
34th

James C. Allen
(Palestine)
Democratic November 4, 1856 –
March 3, 1857
Re-elected to finish his own term.
[data missing]

Aaron Shaw
(Lawrenceville)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th Elected in 1856.
[data missing]

James C. Robinson
(Marshall)
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

John R. Eden
(Sullivan)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
[data missing]

Henry P. H. Bromwell
(Charleston)
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869
39th
40th
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[data missing]

Jesse H. Moore
(Decatur)
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
[data missing]
Franklin Corwin
(Peru)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
[data missing]

Alexander Campbell
(La Salle)
Independent March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

Philip C. Hayes
(Morris)
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
[data missing]

William Cullen
(Ottawa)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 8th district.

Thomas J. Henderson
(Princeton)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1895
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
[data missing]

George E. Foss
(Chicago)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903
54th
55th
56th
57th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 10th district.

Philip Knopf
(Chicago)
Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1909
58th
59th
60th
Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
[data missing]

Frederick Lundin
(Chicago)
Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911
61st Elected in 1908.
[data missing]

Frank Buchanan
(Chicago)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1917
62nd
63rd
64th
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Lost re-election.

Niels Juul
(Chicago)
Republican March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1921
65th
66th
Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost renomination.

M. Alfred Michaelson
(Chicago)
Republican 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 renomination.

Leonard W. Schuetz
(Chicago)
Democratic March 4, 1931 –
February 13, 1944
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Died.
Vacant February 13, 1944 –
January 3, 1945
78th

William W. Link
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
79th Elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.

Thomas L. Owens
(Chicago)
Republican January 3, 1947 –
June 7, 1948
80th Elected in 1946.
Died.
Vacant June 7, 1948 –
January 3, 1949

Adolph J. Sabath
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
November 6, 1952
81st
82nd
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Died.
Vacant November 6, 1952 –
July 7, 1953
82nd
83rd

James Bowler
(Chicago)
Democratic July 7, 1953 –
July 18, 1957
83rd
84th
85th
Elected to finish Sabath's term.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Died.
Vacant July 18, 1957 –
December 31, 1957
85th

Roland V. Libonati
(Chicago)
Democratic December 31, 1957 –
January 3, 1965
85th
86th
87th
88th
Elected to finish Bowler's term.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
[data missing]

Frank Annunzio
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1973
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 11th district.
Vacant January 3, 1973 –
June 5, 1973
93rd George W. Collins redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1972, but died on December 8, 1972.

Cardiss Collins
(Chicago)
Democratic June 5, 1973 –
January 3, 1997
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
Elected to finish her husband's term.
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.
Retired.

Danny K. Davis
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1997 –
present
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 1996.
Re-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.
2003–2013
2013–2023
2023–present

See also

References

  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ White, Jesse, 24. Seventh Congressional District Election Returns (1846), Office of Illinois Secretary of State, retrieved January 16, 2023
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  6. ^ "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
  7. ^ "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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