Illinois' 10th Congressional District

Illinois' 10th Congressional District

Incumbent

Brad Schneider

Assumed office: January 3, 2017

Illinois' 10th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Brad Schneider (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Illinois representatives represented an average of 754,279 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 714,688 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2024

Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Jim Carris and Joseph Severino in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider (D)	59.9	196,358
		Jim Carris (R)	40.0	131,025
		Joseph Severino (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	238

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 327,621
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Austin Mink (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider	100.0	37,538

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,538
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Anderson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Jim Carris advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Carris	100.0	19,771

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,771
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2022

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Joseph Severino in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider (D)	63.0	152,566
		Joseph Severino (R)	37.0	89,599

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 242,165
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider	100.0	52,624

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kim Nowak (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Joseph Severino advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Severino	100.0	33,708

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,708
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2020

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, Joseph Kopsick, and David Rych in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider (D)	63.9	202,402
		Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee (R)	36.1	114,442
		Joseph Kopsick (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	18
	Submit photo	David Rych (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 316,874
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bradley Heinz (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Adam Broad in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider	99.9	79,126
		Adam Broad (Write-in)	0.1	115

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,241
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andrew Wang (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee	100.0	14,877

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,877
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2018

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Doug Bennett in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider (D)	65.4	151,860
		Doug Bennett (R)	34.6	80,361

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 232,221 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider	100.0	58,195

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Doug Bennett defeated Jeremy Wynes and Sapan Shah in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Doug Bennett	36.2	11,026
	Submit photo	Jeremy Wynes	34.7	10,556
		Sapan Shah	29.1	8,841

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 30,423
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2016

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2016

Illinois' 10th Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Robert Dold (R) sought re-election to his second term and was defeated by former Rep. Brad Schneider (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Dold faced no opposition in the Republican primary on March 15, 2016, while Schneider defeated Nancy Rotering to win the Democratic nomination. Schneider served one term in the House but was ousted by Dold in 2014.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Brad Schneider	52.6%	150,435
	Republican	Robert Dold Incumbent	47.4%	135,535
	N/A	Write-in	0%	26
Total Votes				285,996
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Brad Schneider	53.7%	50,916
Nancy Rotering	46.3%	43,842
Total Votes		94,758
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 10th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Brad Schneider (D) was defeated by challenger Robert Dold (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bob Dold Jr.	51.3%	95,992
	Democratic	Brad Schneider Incumbent	48.7%	91,136
Total Votes				187,128
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results

General election candidates

• Robert J. Dold
• Brad Schneider - Incumbent

March 18, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Robert J. Dold: Former Representative from the 10th Districta

Democratic Primary

• Brad Schneider - Incumbenta

Withdrew from race

• Arlene Hickory

2012

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 10th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Brad Schneider beat out incumbent Robert J. Dold in the election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Brad Schneider	50.6%	133,890
	Republican	Robert J. Dold Incumbent	49.4%	130,564
Total Votes				264,454
Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Robert J. Dold won election to the United States House. He defeated Daniel J. Seals (D) and Author C. Brumfield (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Robert J. Dold	51.1%	109,941
	Democratic	Daniel J. Seals	48.9%	105,290
	Independent	Author C. Brumfield	0%	1
Total Votes				215,232

2008
On November 4, 2008, Mark Steven Kirk won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Daniel J. Seals (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Steven Kirk incumbent	52.6%	153,082
	Democratic	Daniel J. Seals	47.4%	138,176
Total Votes				291,258

2006
On November 7, 2006, Mark Steven Kirk won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Daniel J. Seals (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Steven Kirk incumbent	53.4%	107,929
	Democratic	Daniel J. Seals	46.6%	94,278
	N/A	Write-in	0%	1
Total Votes				202,208

2004
On November 2, 2004, Mark Steven Kirk won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Lee Goodman (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Steven Kirk incumbent	64.1%	177,493
	Democratic	Lee Goodman	35.9%	99,218
Total Votes				276,711

2002
On November 5, 2002, Mark Steven Kirk won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Henry H. "Hank" Perritt, Jr. (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Steven Kirk incumbent	68.8%	128,611
	Democratic	Henry H. "Hank" Perritt, Jr.	31.2%	58,300
Total Votes				186,911

2000
On November 7, 2000, Mark Steven Kirk won election to the United States House. He defeated Lauren Beth Gash (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 10 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Steven Kirk	51.2%	121,582
	Democratic	Lauren Beth Gash	48.8%	115,924
Total Votes				237,506

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Illinois after the 2020 census

Illinois enacted a congressional map on November 24, 2021, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the proposal into law. The Illinois State Senate voted 41-18 in favor of the map on October 28, 2021, followed by the Illinois House of Representatives voting 71-43 in favor on October 29, 2021.

How does redistricting in Illinois work? The Illinois General Assembly is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. Both chambers of the state legislature must approve a redistricting plan. The governor may veto the lines drawn by the state legislature.

In the event that both chambers of the state legislature do not approve a legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines. The majority and minority leaders of each chamber must appoint two members each to the commission (one legislator and one general citizen). Of the eight commission members, no more than four may belong to the same political party. In the event that these eight members cannot approve a plan, the Illinois Supreme Court must select two individuals (from different political parties) as potential tiebreakers. The secretary of state must then appoint one of these individuals to the backup commission to break the tie.

The Illinois Constitution requires that state legislative districts be "contiguous and reasonably compact." There are no such requirements in place for the state's congressional districts.

State law also mandates the establishment of state legislative districts "that allow racial or language minority communities to elect--or influence the election of--the candidates of their choice, even if no comparable district would be required by the federal Voting Rights Act."

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2010-2011

This is the 10th Congressional District of Illinois after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Illinois after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Illinois State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 10th the 116th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 10th the 124th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 62.0%-36.1%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 10th the 123rd most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 62.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 36.1%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 10th Congressional District the 116th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.08. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.08 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Illinois
• Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2024
• Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2022
• Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2020
• Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 10

Footnotes

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Illinois' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Duckworth (D)

Dick Durbin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jonathan Jackson (D)

District 2

Robin Kelly (D)

District 3

Delia Ramirez (D)

District 4

Jesus Garcia (D)

District 5

Mike Quigley (D)

District 6

Sean Casten (D)

District 7

Danny Davis (D)

District 8

Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)

District 9

Jan Schakowsky (D)

District 10

Brad Schneider (D)

District 11

Bill Foster (D)

District 12

Mike Bost (R)

District 13

Nikki Budzinski (D)

District 14

Lauren Underwood (D)

District 15

Mary Miller (R)

District 16

Darin LaHood (R)

District 17

Eric Sorensen (D)

Democratic Party (16)

Republican Party (3)