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.
History 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, Arlington Heights, Barrington Hills, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Lombard, Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Schaumburg, South Elgin, Streamwood, Villa Park and Wood Dale are included.Illinois Congressional District 8 , Illinois Board of Elections These boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.
Composition For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST17/CD119_IL08.pdf
Cook County (25)
Arlington Heights (part, also 5th and 9th), Barrington Hills (part, also 5th; shared with Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties), Barrington Township (part, also 5th), Bartlett (part, also 3rd; shared with DuPage County), Chicago (part, also 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th; shared with DuPage County), Deer Park (part, also 5th; shared with Lake County), Des Plaines (part, also 3rd, 5th, and 9th), East Dundee (part, shared with Kane County), Elgin (part, also 3rd; shared with Kane County), Elk Grove Township (part, also 3rd and 5th; shared with DuPage County), Elk Grove Village (part, also 3rd; shared with DuPage County), Hanover Park (part, also 3rd; shared with DuPage County), Hanover Township (part, also 3rd), Hoffman Estates (part, also 5th), Inverness (part, also 5th), Mount Prospect (part, also 5th), Norridge (part, also 5th), Palatine (part, also 5th), Palatine Township (part, also 5th), Rolling Meadows (part, also 5th), Roselle (part, shared with DuPage County), Rosemont (part, also 5th), Schaumburg (part, also 5th; shared with DuPage County), Streamwood (part, also 3rd), South Barrington (part, also 5th)
DuPage County (15)
Addison (part, also 3rd), Addison Township (part, also 3rd), Bartlett (part, also 3rd; shared with Cook County), Bloomingdale, Bloomingdale Township (part, also 3rd), Carol Stream (part, also 3rd), Elk Grove Village (part, also 3rd; shared with DuPage County), Hanover Park (part, also 3rd; shared with Cook County), Itasca, Glendale Heights (part, also 3rd), Glen Ellyn (part, also 3rd and 6th), Milton Township (part, also 3rd and 6th), Roselle (part, shared with Cook County), Wayne Township (part, also 3rd), Wood Dale (part, also 3rd)
Kane County (21)
Algonquin (part, also 9th; shared with McHenry County), Barrington Hills (part, also 5th; shared with Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties), Batavia (part, also 11th), Carpentersville, Dundee Township, East Dundee (part, shared with Cook County), Elgin (part, also 3rd; shared with Cook County), Elgin Township (part, also 11th), Geneva (part, also 11th), Geneva Township (part, also 11th), Gilberts, Hampshire (part, also 11th), Huntley (part, also 11th; shared with McHenry County), Pingree Grove, Rutland Township (part, also 11th), Sleepy Hollow, South Elgin, St. Charles (part, also 11th), St. Charles Township (part, also 11th), Wayne (part, also 3rd; shared with DuPage County), West Dundee
Chicago neighborhoods in the 8th district include:
O'Hare (part)
Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 59% - 40%2012 PresidentObama 55% - 45%2016 PresidentClinton 55% - 39% SenateDuckworth 52% - 42% Comptroller (Spec.)Munger 48% - 45%2018 GovernorPritzker 51% - 43% Attorney GeneralRaoul 53% - 44% Secretary of StateWhite 66% - 31% ComptrollerMendoza 58% - 39% TreasurerFrerichs 54% - 42%2020 PresidentBiden 57% - 41% SenateDurbin 55% - 40%2022 SenateDuckworth 56% - 42% GovernorPritzker 55% - 42% Attorney GeneralRaoul 55% - 43% Secretary of StateGiannoulias 55% - 43% ComptrollerMendoza 56% - 42% TreasurerFrerichs 53% - 44%2024 PresidentHarris 52% - 45%
List of members representing the district
Name Party Years Cong–ress Electoral history Counties District created March 4, 1853. William Henry Bissell IndependentDemocratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852.Retired. 1853–1863 Vacant March 4, 1855 –November 4, 1856 Representative-elect Lyman Trumbull was elected to the U.S. Senate on February 8, 1855. James L. D. Morrison Democratic November 4, 1856 –March 3, 1857 Elected to finish Trumbull's term.Retired. Robert Smith Democratic March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1856.Lost renomination. Philip B. Fouke Democratic March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1858.Re-elected in 1860.Retired. John T. Stuart Democratic March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1865 Elected in 1862.Lost re-election. 1863–1873DeWitt, Livingston, Logan, McLean, Sangamon, Tazewell, and Woodford Shelby Moore Cullom Republican March 4, 1865 –March 3, 1871 Elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866.Re-elected in 1868.Retired. James Carroll Robinson Democratic March 4, 1871 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1870.Redistricted to the . Greenbury L. Fort Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1881 Elected in 1872.Re-elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Retired. 1873–1883Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Marshall, and Woodford Lewis E. Payson Republican March 4, 1881 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1880.Redistricted to the . William Cullen Republican March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1885 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1882.Lost renomination. 1883–1895DuPage, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, and Will Ralph Plumb Republican March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Retired. Charles A. Hill Republican March 4, 1889 –March 3, 1891 Elected in 1888.Lost re-election. Lewis Steward Democratic March 4, 1891 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1890.Lost re-election. Robert A. Childs Republican March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Elected in 1892.Retired. Albert J. Hopkins Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1903 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Retired to run for U.S. senator. 1895–1903DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, and McHenry William F. Mahoney Democratic March 4, 1903 –December 27, 1904 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902.Died. 1903–1913Cook Vacant December 27, 1904 –March 3, 1905 Charles McGavin Republican March 4, 1905 –March 3, 1909 Elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Retired. Thomas Gallagher Democratic March 4, 1909 –March 3, 1921 Elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Re-elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Retired. 1913–1949Cook Stanley H. Kunz Democratic March 4, 1921 –March 3, 1931 Elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Lost re-election. Peter C. Granata Republican March 4, 1931 –April 5, 1932 Lost contested election. Stanley H. Kunz Democratic April 5, 1932 –March 3, 1933 Won contested election.Lost renomination. Leo Kocialkowski Democratic March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1943 Elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Lost renomination. Thomas S. Gordon Democratic January 3, 1943 –January 3, 1959 Elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Retired. 1949–1953Cook 1953–1963Cook Dan Rostenkowski Democratic January 3, 1959 –January 3, 1993 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.Re-elected in 1972.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.Redistricted to the . 1963–1967Cook 1967–1973Cook 1973–1983Cook 1983–1993Cook Phil Crane Republican January 3, 1993 –January 3, 2005 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Lost re-election. 1993–2003Cook and Lake 2003–2013Cook, Lake, and McHenry Melissa Bean Democratic January 3, 2005 –January 3, 2011 Elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Lost re-election. Joe Walsh Republican January 3, 2011 –January 3, 2013 Elected in 2010.Lost re-election. Tammy Duckworth Democratic January 3, 2013 –January 3, 2017 Elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Retired to run for U.S. senator. 2013–2023Cook, DuPage, and Kane Raja Krishnamoorthi Democratic January 3, 2017 –present Elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024.Retiring to run for U.S Senate. 2023–presentCook, DuPage, and Kane
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.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 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. Duckworth won the Democratic nomination on March 20, 2012. Duckworth defeated Walsh in the general election on November 6, 2012.
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See also Illinois's congressional districts List of United States congressional districts
References
Sources
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