B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of 2021, which established the new boundaries of the districts, into law.
[2] FiveThirtyEight ranked Illinois as the most gerrymandered Congressional map drawn by Democrats following 2022 redistricting.
Under the new congressional map, although the 1st district is still based in Chicago, including portions of Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Grand Crossing, Morgan Park, and Roseland, it now reaches down to the southwest and takes in a collection of exurban and rural areas in Cook County, Will County, and Kankakee County.
[7] On January 3, 2022, Rush announced that he would retire rather than seek a sixteenth term in office.
[7] Organizations None(new seat) Delia Ramirez Democratic During the 2020 redistricting process, the Illinois General Assembly decided to create a second Latino-influenced district.
[45] Among potential voters, the communities in the district include 63.4% White, 25.2% Latino, 6.2% Black, and 4.7% Asian people.
[110] U.S. representatives State officials Newspapers Labor unions Organizations U.S. representatives State officials Local officials Individuals Labor unions Organizations Organizations Danny Davis Democratic Danny Davis Democratic The incumbent was Democrat Danny Davis, who was re-elected with 80.4% of the vote in 2020.
[102] The 14th district as drawn during the 2020 redistricting cycle includes all or parts of Aurora, DeKalb, Granville, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, Oswego, Ottawa, Peru, Plainfield, Shorewood, Spring Valley, Sugar Grove, and Sycamore.
The new 15th district, located in western and central Illinois, includes all or parts of Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Coles, DeWitt, Edgar, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Jersey, Logan, Macon, Madison, Mercer, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Christian, Vermillion, and Warren counties.