Illinois's 10th congressional district

Illinois's 10th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Brad Schneider D–Highland Park
Area	536.3 sq mi (1,389 km2)
Distribution	99.7% urban 0.3% rural
Population (2023)	746,076
Median household income	$105,666[1]
Ethnicity	57.9% White 24.0% Hispanic 8.0% Asian 6.3% Black 3.2% Two or more races 0.6% other
Cook PVI	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.

• Waukegan – 89,321
• Glenview – 48,705
• Buffalo Grove – 43,212
• Wheeling – 39,137
• Northbrook – 35,222
• Mundelein – 31,560
• North Chicago – 30,759
• Gurnee – 30,706
• Highland Park – 30,177
• Wilmette – 28,710
• Round Lake Beach – 27,252
• McHenry – 27,135
• Vernon Hills – 26,850
• Zion – 24,655
• Grayslake – 21,248
• Libertyville – 20,579
• Lake Forest – 19,367
• Deerfield – 19,196
• Round Lake – 18,721
• Prospect Heights – 16,058
• Antioch – 14,622
• Lindenhurst – 14,406
• Beach Park – 14,249
• Winnetka – 12,475
• Fox Lake – 10,978
• Gages Lake – 10,637

• Hawthorn Woods – 9,062
• Glencoe – 8,849
• Lake Villa – 8,741
• Long Grove – 8,366
• Lincolnshire – 7,940
• Park City – 7,885
• Round Lake Park – 7,680
• Winthrop Harbor – 6,705
• Johnsburg – 6,355
• Lakemoor – 6,182
• Volo – 6,122
• Northfield – 5,751
• Lake Bluff – 5,616
• Spring Grove – 5,487
• Grandwood Park – 5,297
• Highwood – 5,074
• Green Oaks – 4,128
• Wonder Lake – 3,973
• Riverwoods – 3,790
• Long Lake – 3,663
• Hainesville – 3,546
• Wadsworth – 3,517
• Pistakee Highlands – 3,237
• Venetian Village – 2,761
• Fox Lake Hills – 2,684
• Round Lake Heights – 2,622
• Kenilworth – 2,514

Following the 2020 redistricting, this district will be primarily based in Lake County, bordering the state of Wisconsin, as well as northeast McHenry County and a part of northern Cook County.

The 10th district takes in the Cook County communities of Winnetka, Kenilworth, and Deerfield (shared with Lake County); most of Glencoe, Northbrook, and Wheeling; northern Wilmette; eastern Buffalo Grove (shared with Lake County) and Northfield; and part of Glenview and Prospect Heights.

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 communities of Antioch, Fox Lake (shared with McHenry County), Lake Villa, Grayslake, Mundelein, Vernon Hills, Waukegan, Highland Park, North Chicago, Park City, Lake Forest, Gurnee, Zion, Libertyville, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Heights, Round Lake Park, Riverwoods, Deerfield (shared with Cook County), Highwood, Bannockburn, Lincolnshire, Indian Creek, Mettawa, Lake Forest, Green Oaks, Knollwood, Lake Bluff, Beach Park, Winthrop Harbor, Old Mill Creek, Grandwood Park, Gurnee, Gages Lake, Lindenhurst, Long Lake, Fox Lake Hills; eastern Buffalo Grove (shared with Cook County), Venetian Village, Third Lake, Hainesville, Lake Catherine, and Channel Lake; northeastern Long Grove; and part of Hawthorn Woods and Volo.

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 communities of Spring Grove, Richmond, Hebron, Wonder Lake, Johnsburg, Fox Lake (shared with McHenry County), Pistakee Highlands, Ringwood, Greenwood, and Solon Mills; northwest McHenry; part of Lakemoor

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1863
Anthony L. Knapp (Jerseyville)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1862. Retired.
Anthony Thornton (Shelbyville)	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. Retired.
Albert G. Burr (Carrollton)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Retired.
Edward Y. Rice (Hillsboro)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Lost renomination.
William H. Ray (Rushville)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Retired.
John C. Bagby (Rushville)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired.
Benjamin F. Marsh (Warsaw)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Nicholas E. Worthington (Peoria)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost re-election.
Philip S. Post (Galesburg)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – January 6, 1895	50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Died.
Vacant		January 6, 1895 – December 2, 1895	54th
George W. Prince (Galesburg)	Republican	December 2, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected to finish Post's term. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 15th district.
George E. Foss (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election.
Charles M. Thomson (Chicago)	Progressive	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
George E. Foss (Chicago)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Elected again in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Carl R. Chindblom (Evanston)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	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.
James Simpson Jr. (Wadsworth)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. Lost renomination.
Ralph E. Church (Evanston)	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	74th 75th 76th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
George A. Paddock (Evanston)	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	Elected in 1940. Lost renomination.
Ralph E. Church (Evanston)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Redistricted to the 13th district.
Richard W. Hoffman (Riverside)	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957	81st 82nd 83rd 84th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Retired.
Harold R. Collier (Western Springs)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	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 6th district.
Samuel H. Young (Glenview)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Elected in 1972. Lost re-election.
Abner Mikva (Evanston)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – September 26, 1979	94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Resigned to become judge of U.S. Court of Appeals.
Vacant		September 26, 1979 – January 22, 1980	96th
John Edward Porter (Wilmette)	Republican	January 22, 1980 – January 3, 2001	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th	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 (Highland Park)	Republican	January 3, 2001 – November 29, 2010	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	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		November 29, 2010 – January 3, 2011	111th
Bob Dold (Kenilworth)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Lost re-election.
Brad Schneider (Deerfield)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	Elected in 2012. Lost re-election.	2013–2023
Bob Dold (Kenilworth)	Republican	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017	114th	Elected in 2014. Lost re-election.
Brad Schneider (Highland Park)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present

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.

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.^[6][7] Independent candidate Allan Stevo was also nominated.^[8] Mark Kirk defeated Dan Seals in their rematch from 2006 by 54% to 46%, thus winning a fifth term in the House.

The Republican Party nominee, Robert Dold, won against the Democratic Party nominee, Dan Seals.

Robert Dold no longer lives in the redrawn district,^[10] but said he would move into the district if he won re-election.^[11]

Candidates for the Democratic nomination were: Ilya Sheyman, a community organizer from Waukegan,^[12] Brad Schneider, a business consultant,^[13] John Tree, a business executive and Colonel in the Air Force Reserve,^[14] and Vivek Bavda, an intellectual property attorney.^[15]

In the March 20, 2012, primary, Brad Schneider won the Democratic nomination.^[16] Schneider defeated Dold in the general election in November.

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.

Brad Schneider defeated Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering for the Democratic nomination on March 15.^[19] 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.

Brad Schneider, the incumbent, defeated his republican challenger Douglas R. Bennett with 65.6% of the vote.^[21] 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.^[22]

Robert Dold declined to run for a fifth time. ^[23]

On March 20, Douglas Bennett narrowly beat Wynes and Shah in the primary.^[24]

Incumbent representative Brad Schneider faced two Democratic primary challengers in 2020. Progressive activist Andrew Wang was the first to announce a challenge to Schneider,^[26] followed shortly by fellow progressive Adam Broad. After Wang dropped out and threw his support to Broad,^[27] Broad fell short of qualifying for the ballot and mounted a write-in campaign.^[28] Broad ultimately received less than 1% of the primary vote.^[29]

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.^[30]

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

• 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

• Washington Post page on the 10th District of Illinois
• U.S. Census Bureau - 10th District Fact Sheet Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

42°16′47″N 87°56′21″W / 42.27972°N 87.93917°W / 42.27972; -87.93917