Illinois's 15th congressional district

U.S. House district

Illinois's 15th congressional district is a congressional district in the state of Illinois. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Mary Miller. The congressional district is in parts of Bond, Champaign, Ford and Madison counties, and all of Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Moultrie, Pope, Richland, Saline, Shelby, Vermilion, Wabash, Washington, Wayne and White counties.

Illinois's 15th congressional district
Illinois's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Mary Miller
ROakland
Area14,696 sq mi (38,060 km2)
Distribution
  • 51.4% rural
  • 48.6% urban
Population (2019)685,859
Median household
income
$56,268[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+21[2][3]

Election history change

Illinois's 15th congressional district, 2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Shimkus (incumbent) 205,775 68.6
Democratic Angela Michael 94,162 31.4
Total votes 299,937 100.0
Republican hold
Illinois's 14th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Hultgren (incumbent) 145,369 65.4
Democratic Dennis Anderson 76,861 34.6
Total votes 222,230 100.0
Republican hold
Illinois's 15th congressional district, 2016[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Shimkus (incumbent) 274,554 100.0
Total votes 274,554 100.0
Republican hold
Illinois's 15th congressional district, 2018[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Shimkus (incumbent) 181,294 70.9
Democratic Kevin Gaither 74,309 29.1
Independent Tim E. Buckner (write-in) 5 0.0
Total votes 255,608 100.0
Republican hold
Illinois's 15th congressional district, 2020[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mary Miller 244,947 73.45 +2.52%
Democratic Erika Weaver 88,559 26.55 -2.52%
Total votes 333,506 100.0
Republican hold

References change

  1. "My Congressional District".
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 588–590. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
  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. "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  6. "Election Results". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2016-11-08. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  7. "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
  8. "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-04.[permanent dead link]
  9. "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.