Illinois's 8th congressional district

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.

Illinois's 8th congressional district
Illinois's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Raja Krishnamoorthi D–Schaumburg
Area	206 sq mi (530 km^2)
Distribution	100.0% urban 0.0% rural
Population (2019)	717,115
Median household income	$77,991[1]
Ethnicity	47.3% White 23.3% Hispanic 12.7% Asian 9.4% other 5.1% Black 1.9% Two or more races 0.3% Native American 0.0% Pacific Islander Americans
Cook PVI	D+8[2][3]

2011 redistricting

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, Barrington Hills, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Lombard, Palatine, Roselle, Schaumburg, South Elgin, Streamwood, Villa Park and Wood Dale are included.[4] These boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.

Elections

2012 election

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

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

Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2016 [8]

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

Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2018[9]

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

Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2020[10][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

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Biden 59 - 39%
2016	President	Clinton 58 - 36%
2012	President	Obama 58 - 41%[3]
2008	President	Obama 62 - 37%[3]
2004	President	Bush 55 - 44%
2000	President	Bush 55 - 42%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Notes
District created March 4, 1853
William H. Bissell	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 1st district Retired
Vacant		March 4, 1855 – November 4, 1856	34th
James L. D. Morrison	Democratic	November 4, 1856 – March 3, 1857	34th	Filled vacancy caused by resignation of Representative-elect Lyman Trumbull
Robert Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Lost Reelection
Philip B. Fouke	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Retired
John T. Stuart	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Lost reelection
Shelby M. Cullom	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	Retired
James C. Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Redistricted to the 12th district
Greenbury L. Fort	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1881	43rd 44th 45th 46th	Retired
Lewis E. Payson	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Redistricted to the 9th district
William Cullen	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from the 7th district Lost Reelection
Ralph Plumb	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Retired
Charles A. Hill	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Lost Reelection
Lewis Steward	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Lost Reelection
Robert A. Childs	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Retired
Albert J. Hopkins	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	Redistricted from the 5th district Lost Reelection
William F. Mahoney	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – December 27, 1904	58th	Redistricted from the 5th district, Died
Vacant		December 27, 1904 – March 4, 1905	58th
Charles McGavin	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	Retired
Thomas Gallagher	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1921	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	Retired
Stanley H. Kunz	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Lost Reelection
Peter C. Granata	Republican	March 4, 1931 – April 5, 1932	72nd	Lost Reelection
Stanley H. Kunz	Democratic	April 5, 1932 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Lost Reelection
Leo Kocialkowski	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Lost Reelection
Thomas S. Gordon	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Retired
Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1993	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted to the 5th district
Phil Crane	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Redistricted from the 12th district, lost reelection
Melissa Bean	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2011	109th 110th 111th	Lost reelection
Joe Walsh	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Lost reelection
Tammy Duckworth	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Retired to become U.S. Senator
Raja Krishnamoorthi	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	115th 116th 117th	Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

See also

• Illinois's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 572. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
4. Illinois Congressional District 8, Illinois Board of Elections
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. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 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.
9. "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
11. "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

Sources

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Washington Post page on the 8th District of Illinois
• U.S. Census Bureau - 8th District Fact Sheet
• OpenSecrets.org political contributions and spending
• CBS county-by-county return of 2006 votes