| State: | Illinois |
| District Number: | 10 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Brad Schneider |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Highland Park |
| English Area: | 536.3 |
| Percent Urban: | 99.7 |
| Percent Rural: | 0.3 |
| Population: | 744,016 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $98,057[1] |
| Percent White: | 57.9 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 24.0 |
| Percent Black: | 6.3 |
| Percent Asian: | 8.0 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.2 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
| Cpvi: | D+11[2] |
The 10th congressional district of Illinois lies in the northeast corner of the state and mostly comprises northern suburbs of Chicago. It was created after the 1860 census. The district is currently represented by Democrat Brad Schneider.
The area of the district was originally represented by one of Abraham Lincoln's closest allies, Elihu B. Washburne (R-Waukegan). The district was created in 1982 redistricting out of districts represented by John Porter (R-Wilmette) and Robert McClory (R-Lake Bluff). On the retirement of McClory, the district was represented by Porter after winning the elections of 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998. Following Porter's retirement, 11 Republicans and two Democrats ran to succeed him. Eventually 9 Republicans and one Democrat stood for election in the primary of March 2000. John Porter's former Chief of Staff, Mark Kirk, won the Republican primary over number two rival Shaun Donnely. Kirk then defeated State Representative Lauren Beth Gash (D-Highland Park) by 2% in the 2000 general election. Kirk remained in Congress until he decided to run for the United States Senate in the 2010 election. He was succeeded by Republican Robert Dold.
The 10th is home to several Fortune 500 companies, including, but not limited to: CDW, Walgreens, Underwriters Laboratories, Caterpillar, Inc., Baxter Healthcare, AbbVie, Allstate Insurance, and Mondelez International. The Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago, hosting the United States Navy's only boot camp, trains 38,000 recruits each year. 5.2% of the district's inhabitants have performed military service.[3]
The district covers parts of Cook and Lake counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Beach Park, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Fox Lake, Glencoe, Grayslake, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, Libertyville, Morton Grove, Mundelein, North Chicago, Northbrook, Prospect Heights, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Vernon Hills, Waukegan, Wheeling, and Zion are included.[4] The boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Cook | Chicago | 5,173,146 | |
| 97 | Lake | Waukegan | 711,239 | |
| 111 | McHenry | Woodstock | 311,122 |
The 10th district takes in the Cook County communities of Winnetka, Glencoe, Kenilworth, Northbrook, and Wheeling.
Lake County is split between this district, the 9th district, and the 11th district. They 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, N Fairfield Rd, W Chardon Rd, N Wilson Rd, W Townline Rd, N US Highway 12, W Brandenburg Rd, and Volo Bog State Natural Area. The 10th district takes in the municipalities of Antioch, Fox Lake, Lake Villa, Grayslake, Mundelein, Vernon Hills, Waukegan, Highland Park, North Chicago, Park City, Lake Forest, Gurnee, Zion, Libertyville, Round Lake, and Round Lake Beach.
McHenry County is split between this district, the 11th district, and the 16th district. The 10th, 11th, and 16th districts are partitioned by Lily Lake Drain, W Rand Rd, Fox River, N Riverside Dr, Illinois Highway 31, Petersen Farm, Dutch Creek, McCullom Lake Rd, White Oak Ln, McCullom Lake, W Shore Dr, W Martin Rd, Bennington Ln, N Martin Rd, N Curran Rd, Old Draper Rd, Farmstead Dr, S Ridge Rd, N Valley Hill Rd, Barber Creek, Wonder Lake, Illinois Highway 120, Thompson Rd, Nusbaum Rd, Slough Creek, Johnson Rd, and Nicholas Rd. The 10th district takes in the municipalities of Spring Grove, Richmond, Hebron, Wonder Lake, and Johnsburg.
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 | align=right | Al Gore 51% - George W. Bush 47% | |
| 2004 | President | align=right | John Kerry 52% - George W. Bush 47% | |
| 2008 | President | align=right | Barack Obama 63% - John McCain 36% | |
| 2012 | President | align=right | Barack Obama 58% - Mitt Romney 41% | |
| 2016 | President | align=right | Hillary Clinton 61% - Donald Trump 32% | |
| 2020 | President | align=right | Joe Biden 64% - Donald Trump 34% |
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 57.7% – Donald Trump 34.9% |
| Senate | Tammy Duckworth 50.5% – Mark Kirk 44.7% | |
| 2018 | Governor | J. B. Pritzker 52.0% – Bruce Rauner 43.1% |
| Attorney General | Kwame Raoul 54.6% – Erika Harold 43.0% | |
| Secretary of State | Jesse White 69.0% – Jason Helland 28.7% | |
| 2020 | President | Joe Biden 62.0% – Donald Trump 36.1% |
| Senate | Dick Durbin 57.5% – Mark Curran 38.5% | |
| 2022 | Senate | Tammy Duckworth 61.5% – Kathy Salvi 37.0% |
| Governor | J. B. Pritzker 61.3% – Darren Bailey 35.5% | |
| Attorney General | Kwame Raoul 60.3% – Tom DeVore 37.8% | |
| Secretary of State | Alexi Giannoulias 60.3% – Dan Brady 37.7% |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1863 | ||||||||
| align=left | Anthony L. Knapp | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Anthony Thornton | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1864. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Albert G. Burr | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Edward Y. Rice | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1870. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | William H. Ray | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1872. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John C. Bagby | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Benjamin F. Marsh | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 11th district. | |||
| align=left | Nicholas E. Worthington | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Philip S. Post | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – January 6, 1895 | Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 6, 1895 – December 2, 1895 | ||||||
| align=left | George W. Prince | Republican | nowrap | December 2, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | Elected to finish Post's term. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | George E. Foss | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Charles M. Thomson | Progressive | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | George E. Foss | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | Elected again in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
| align=left | Carl R. Chindblom | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 | 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. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | James Simpson Jr. | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Elected in 1932. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Ralph E. Church | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
| align=left | George A. Paddock | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | Elected in 1940. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Ralph E. Church | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Richard W. Hoffman | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957 | Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Harold R. Collier | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973 | Elected in 1956. Re-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. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Samuel H. Young | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | Elected in 1972. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Abner Mikva | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1975 – September 26, 1979 | Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Resigned to become judge of U.S. Court of Appeals. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 26, 1979 – January 22, 1980 | ||||||
| align=left | John Edward Porter | Republican | nowrap | January 22, 1980 – January 3, 2001 | Elected to finish Mikva's term. 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. Re-elected in 1998. Retired. | |||
Mark Kirk | Republican | January 3, 2001 – November 29, 2010 | Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired to run for U.S. senator, and then resigned when elected. | |||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 29, 2010 – January 3, 2011 | ||||||
| align=left | Bob Dold | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2010. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Brad Schneider | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | Elected in 2012. Lost re-election. | 2013–2023 | ||
| align=left | Bob Dold | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | Elected in 2014. Lost re-election. | |||
Brad Schneider | Democratic | January 3, 2017 – present | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||||
| 2023–present | ||||||||
| Year | Republican candidate | Republican percentage | Democratic candidate | Democratic percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Kirk | 51 | Gash | 49 |
| 2002 | Kirk | 69 | Perritt | 31 |
| 2004 | Kirk | 65 | Goodman | 35 |
| 2006 | Kirk | 53 | Seals | 47 |
| 2008 | Kirk | 53 | Seals | 47 |
| 2010 | Dold | 51 | Seals | 49 |
| 2012 | Dold | 49 | Schneider | 51 |
| 2014 | Dold | 51 | Schneider | 49 |
| 2016 | Dold | 47 | Schneider | 53 |
| 2018 | Bennett | 34 | Schneider | 66 |
| 2020 | Mukherjee | 36 | Schneider | 64 |
See main article: article and Illinois's 10th congressional district election, 2006. Republican candidate for Governor, Judy Baar Topinka, and GOP candidate for Cook County Board President Tony Peraica both handily won the district in 2006, although both lost in the state- and countywide (respectively) count.
See main article: article and United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2008. Dan Seals, who had previously run against Mark Kirk in 2006, defeated Clinton Advisor Jay Footlik for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Dave Kalbfleisch received the Green Party nomination, but was removed from the ballot by the Illinois State Board of Elections.[5] [6] Independent candidate Allan Stevo was also nominated.[7] Mark Kirk defeated Dan Seals in their rematch from 2006 by 54% to 46%, thus winning a fifth term in the House.
See main article: article and United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010. The Republican Party nominee, Robert Dold, won against the Democratic Party nominee, Dan Seals.
See main article: article and United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2012. Robert Dold no longer lives in the redrawn district,[8] but said he would move into the district if he won re-election.[9]
Candidates for the Democratic nomination were: Ilya Sheyman, a community organizer from Waukegan,[10] Brad Schneider, a business consultant,[11] John Tree, a business executive and Colonel in the Air Force Reserve,[12] and Vivek Bavda, an intellectual property attorney.[13]
In the March 20, 2012, primary, Brad Schneider won the Democratic nomination.[14] Schneider defeated Dold in the general election in November.
See main article: article and United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2014. Brad Schneider, the incumbent, was selected to be the Democratic nominee, and Robert Dold was once again selected to be the Republican nominee. Dold won the election with just over 50% of the vote.
See main article: article and United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2016. Brad Schneider defeated Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering for the Democratic nomination on March 15.[15] Democrat Brad Schneider defeated Republican Robert Dold by nearly 5% (14,000 votes), the largest victory margin in Illinois's 10th Congressional district since redistricting.
See main article: article and United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2018. Brad Schneider, the incumbent, defeated his republican challenger Douglas R. Bennett with 65.6% of the vote.[16] There were three Republican candidates who ran in the primary: Bennett of Deerfield, who is a computer consultant and vice chairman of the West Deerfield Township Republican Organization, Libertyville physician and business owner Sapan Shah, and Jeremy Wynes of Highland Park.[17]
Robert Dold declined to run for a fifth time. [18]
On March 20, Douglas Bennett narrowly beat Wynes and Shah in the primary.[19]
See main article: article and United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2020. Incumbent representative Brad Schneider faced two Democratic primary challengers in 2020. Progressive activist Andrew Wang was the first to announce a challenge to Schneider,[20] followed shortly by fellow progressive Adam Broad. After Wang dropped out and threw his support to Broad,[21] Broad fell short of qualifying for the ballot and mounted a write-in campaign.[22] Broad ultimately received less than 1% of the primary vote.[23]
In the general election, which was held on November 3, 2020, Schneider defeated Republican challenger Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, earning nearly two-thirds of the vote.[24]
See main article: article and United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2022.