Illinois's 12th congressional district

The 12th congressional district of Illinois is a congressional district in the southern part of U.S. state of Illinois. It has been represented by Republican Mike Bost since 2015. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+24, it is the most Republican district in Illinois.[2]

Illinois's 12th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
 Mike Bost
RMurphysboro
Area14,296.2 sq mi (37,027 km2)
Distribution
  • 75.4% urban
  • 24.6% rural
Population (2022)748,293
Median household
income
$62,253[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+24[2]

Composition edit

2011 redistricting edit

The district covers parts of Madison and St. Clair counties, and all of Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, Union and Williamson counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Belleville, Cahokia, Carbondale, Collinsville, East St. Louis, Granite City, Herrin, Marion, Mt. Vernon, O'Fallon, Shiloh and Swansea are included.[3] The representatives for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries became effective on January 5, 2013.

2021 redistricting edit

Composition
#CountySeatPopulation
23ClarkMarshall15,300
25ClayLouisville13,143
27ClintonCarlyle36,793
29ColesCharleston46,765
33CrawfordRobinson18,659
35CumberlandToledo10,345
47EdwardsAlbion6,075
49EffinghamEffingham34,430
59GallatinShawneetown4,903
65HamiltonMcLeansboro7,911
69HardinElizabethtown3,650
77JacksonMurphysboro52,565
79JasperNewton9,193
81JeffersonMount Vernon36,877
87JohnsonVienna13,463
101LawrenceLawrenceville15,152
121MarionSalem37,390
125MassacMetropolis12,881
133MonroeWaterloo34,932
145PerryPinckneyville20,985
151PopeGolconda3,779
153PulaskiMound City5,065
157RandolphChester30,142
165SalineHarrisburg23,320
163St. ClairBelleville257,400
181UnionJonesboro16,923
185WabashMount Carmel11,202
191WayneFairfield15,963
193WhiteCarmi13,784
199WilliamsonMarion66,879

Following the 2020 redistricting, this district will go from covering southeastern Illinois to encompassing the entirety of Southern Illinois, spanning the Illinois-Missouri-Kentucky-Indiana border. It will take in Monroe, Randolph, Clinton, Perry, Jackson, Union, Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Johnson, Williamson, Jefferson, Marion, Clay, Effingham, Wayne, Hamilton, Saline, Pope, Hardin, Gallatin, White, Edwards, Wabash, Richland, Lawrence, Jasper, Crawford, Cumberland, and Clark Counties, most of St. Clair County, and half of Coles County.

St. Clair County is split between this district and the 13th district. They are partitioned by a Conrail line, Tanglewood Parkway, Donner Ridge, Hollywood Heights Rd, Oliver St, CSX Transportation Line, S Oak St, W 5th St, S Lincoln Ave, E US Highway 50, County Rd 218, Old O'Fallon Rd, Frank Scott Parkway E, N Green Mount Rd, S Green Mount Rd, Park Rd, S 59th St, Old St. Louis Rd, Illinois Highway 15, Rolling Acres Ln, Excellence Dr, Powdermill Creek, Cemetery Rd, and Illinois Highway 50. The 12th district takes in the municipalities of Mascoutah, Lebanon, New Athens, Marissa, Millstadt, Smithton, and Freeburg; most of Shiloh; and half of O'Fallon.

Coles County is split between this district and the 15th district. They are partitioned by West St, North County Rd 1800 East, Lincoln Prairie Grass Trail, 18th St, County Rd 1600 East, County Rd 400 North, County Rd 1240 East, Illinois Route 16, Dettro Dr, 700 North Rd, Old Fellow Rd, and the Kickapoo Creek. The 12th district takes in the municipalities of Ashmore, Oakland, and Lerna; part of southern Mattoon; and part of Charleston.

Presidential election results edit

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.
YearOfficeResults
2000PresidentAl Gore 53% – George W. Bush 44%
2004PresidentJohn Kerry 52% – George W. Bush 48%
2008PresidentBarack Obama 55% – John McCain 44%
2012PresidentBarack Obama 50% – Mitt Romney 48%
2016PresidentDonald Trump 55% – Hillary Clinton 40%
2020PresidentDonald Trump 56% – Joe Biden 41%

Recent election results from statewide races edit

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.
YearOfficeResults
2016PresidentDonald Trump 68.5% – Hillary Clinton 26.0%
SenateMark Kirk 55.9% – Tammy Duckworth 39.2%
2018GovernorBruce Rauner 57.0% – J. B. Pritzker 33.4%
Attorney GeneralErika Harold 66.7% – Kwame Raoul 30.2%
Secretary of StateJason Helland 50.8% – Jesse White 47.1%
2020PresidentDonald Trump 70.5% – Joe Biden 27.7%
SenateMark Curran 66.5% – Dick Durbin 30.9%
2022SenateKathy Salvi 67.9% – Tammy Duckworth 30.3%
GovernorDarren Bailey 72.4% – J. B. Pritzker 25.2%
Attorney GeneralTom Devore 72.0% – Kwame Raoul 25.6%
Secretary of StateDan Brady 72.0% – Alexi Giannoulias 25.8%

List of members representing the district edit

NamePartyYearsCong–
ress
Electoral historyCounties
District created March 4, 1863

William Ralls Morrison
(Waterloo)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38thElected in 1862.
Lost re-election.
1863–1873
Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington

Jehu Baker
(Belleville)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869
39th
40th
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Retired.

John B. Hay
(Belleville)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 17th district and lost re-election.

James Carroll Robinson
(Springfield)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rdRedistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1872.
Retired.
1873–1883
Cass, Christian, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott

William McKendree Springer
(Springfield)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1883
44th
45th
46th
47th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 13th district.

James M. Riggs
(Winchester)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
48th
49th
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Retired.
1883–1895
[data missing]

George A. Anderson
(Quincy)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50thElected in 1886.
Retired.

Scott Wike
(Pittsfield)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893
51st
52nd
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Lost renomination.

John James McDannold
(Mount Sterling)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1893–
March 3, 1895
53rdElected in 1892.
Retired.

Joseph Gurney Cannon
(Danville)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1895–
March 3, 1903
54th
55th
56th
57th
Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 18th district.
1895–1903
Iroquois, Kankakee, Vermillion, and Will

Charles Eugene Fuller
(Belvidere)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1903–
March 3, 1913
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Lost re-election.
1903–1913
Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, and Winnebago

William H. Hinebaugh
(Ottawa)
ProgressiveMarch 4, 1913–
March 3, 1915
63rdElected in 1912.
Lost re-election.
1913–1949
Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, and Winnebago

Charles Eugene Fuller
(Belvidere)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1915–
June 25, 1926
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
Elected again in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Died.
VacantJune 25, 1926–
March 3, 1927
69th

John T. Buckbee
(Rockford)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1927–
April 23, 1936
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
VacantApril 23, 1936–
January 3, 1937
74th

Noah M. Mason
(Oglesby)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1937–
January 3, 1949
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Redistricted to the 15th district.

Edgar A. Jonas
(Chicago)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1949–
January 3, 1955
81st
82nd
83rd
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost re-election.
1949–1953
Cook
1953–1963
Cook

Charles A. Boyle
(Chicago)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1955–
November 4, 1959
84th
85th
86th
Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Died.
VacantNovember 4, 1959–
January 3, 1961
86th

Edward Rowan Finnegan
(Chicago)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1961–
January 3, 1963
87thElected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 9th district.

Robert McClory
(Lake Bluff)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1963–
January 3, 1973
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 13th district.
1963–1967
Boone, Lake, and McHenry
1967–1973
Cook, Lake, and McHenry

Phil Crane
(McHenry)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1973–
January 3, 1993
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
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 8th district.
1973–1983
Cook and Lake
1983–1993
Cook, Lake, and McHenry

Jerry Costello
(Belleville)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1993–
January 3, 2013
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 21st district 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.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Retired.
1993–2003
Alexander, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, and Williamson
2003–2013

Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, Williamson

William Enyart
(Belleville)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2013–
January 3, 2015
113thElected in 2012.
Lost re-election.
2013–2023

Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, and Williamson

Mike Bost
(Murphysboro)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2015–
present
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present

Alexander, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles (part), Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair (part), Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson

Elections edit

2012 edit

Illinois's 12th congressional district election results, 2012[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticWilliam Enyart 157,000 51.7
RepublicanJason Plummer129,90242.7
GreenPaula Bradshaw17,0455.6
Write-inShon-Tiyon Horton20.0
Total votes303,947 100

2014 edit

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2014[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanMike Bost 110,038 52.5
DemocraticWilliam Enyart (incumbent)87,86041.9
GreenPaula Bradshaw11,8405.6
Total votes209,738 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2016 edit

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2016[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanMike Bost (incumbent) 169,976 54.3
DemocraticC.J. Baricevic124,24639.7
GreenPaula Bradshaw18,7806.0
Total votes313,002 100.0
Republican hold

2018 edit

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2018[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanMike Bost (incumbent) 134,884 51.6
DemocraticBrendan Kelly118,72445.4
GreenRandall Auxier7,9353.0
Total votes261,543 100.0
Republican hold

2020 edit

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2020[8][9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanMike Bost (incumbent) 194,839 60.43 +8.86%
DemocraticRaymond Lenzi127,57739.57-5.82%
Total votes322,416 100.0
Republican hold

2022 edit

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanMike Bost (incumbent) 218,379 75.00
DemocraticChip Markel72,79125.00
Write-in10.00
Total votes291,171 100.0
Republican hold

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Illinois Congressional District 12 Archived January 26, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Illinois Board of Elections
  4. ^ "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  5. ^ "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  6. ^ "Illinois General Election 2016". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  7. ^ "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
  8. ^ "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  9. ^ "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

Sources edit

  • 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, bioguide.congress.gov; accessed November 10, 2016.

External links edit

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