Illinois's 5th congressional district

Illinois's 5th congressional district
	The 5th congressional district of Illinois since 2003
Population (2000)	653,647
Median income	$48,531
Ethnicity	77.5% White, 2.3% Black, 6.5% Asian, 23.0% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 9.8% other
Cook PVI	D + 19

The 5th Congressional District of Illinois was created as part of the 28th United States Congress, which first met on March 4, 1843; it was initially represented by Stephen A. Douglas, whose Kansas-Nebraska Act prompted the creation of the Republican Party. As of the most recent redistricting it includes part of Cook County, and was represented by Democrat Rahm Emanuel from January 2003 until he resigned on January 2, 2009 to become White House Chief of Staff. On April 8, 2009, Mike Quigley won a special election to fill the seat. ^[2]

The congressional district currently spans much of the North Side of City of Chicago from Lake Michigan into the western suburbs. It includes Schiller Park, Franklin Park, River Grove, Elmwood Park, Northlake, and Melrose Park.^[3] Wrigley Field and Chicago's gay district of Boystown are both located in this district, along with the Chicago neighborhoods of Lakeview, Uptown, and Lincoln Park.

George W. Bush received 33% of the vote in this district in 2004.^{[citation needed]} The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +18.^[4] Despite its recent historical preference for Democrats the district was represented by a Republican for two years after Dan Rostenkowski lost his seat because of the Congressional Post Office Scandal. On a national level the scandal helped prompt the Republican Revolution of 1994.

[edit] Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 73 - 26%
2004	President	Kerry 67 - 33%
2000	President	Gore 63 - 33%

The following is a list of the district's representatives during the 20th and 21st centuries:

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
…	…	?–1901
James McAndrews	Democratic	1901–1905
Anthony Michalek	Republican	1905–1907
Adolph J. Sabath	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 3, 1949		Redistricted to the 7th District
Martin Gorski	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – December 4, 1949		Redistricted from the 4th District Died
Vacant		December 4, 1949–1951
John C. Kluczynski	Democratic	1951–1975
John G. Fary	Democratic	1975–1983
Bill Lipinski	Democratic	1983–1993
Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	1993–1995		Redistricted from the 8th District
Michael P. Flanagan	Republican	1995–1997
Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	Chicago	Retired to run for Governor
Rahm Emanuel	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 2, 2009	Chicago	Resigned to become White House Chief of Staff
Vacant		January 2, 2009 – April 21, 2009
Michael Quigley	Democratic	April 21, 2009 – present	Chicago	Elected in special election

Illinois's 5th congressional district
The 5th congressional district of Illinois since 2003
Current Representative		Mike Quigley (D)
Population (2000)	653,647^[1]
Median income	$48,531^[1]
Ethnicity	77.5% White, 2.3% Black, 6.5% Asian, 23.0% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 9.8% other
Cook PVI	D + 19