Abstract
The 10th Congressional District of Illinois is a suburban district located in the northeast corner of the state that extends across the northern suburbs of Chicago. The 2010 redistricting added more diversity to a district that had been traditionally composed of affluent and well-educated people. More working-class citizens from near the Wisconsin border were added and almost forty percent of the district was different from the previous 10th District and more Democratic. Although reliably Republican in past elections, the district went to the Democratic presidential candidates in the last three presidential races. Democrat Brad Schneider wrested the House seat from Robert Dold in 2012, breaking the Republican’s winning streak in the district. Dold, retook the district from Schneider in 2014 and held it in 2016.
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Ashley, J., Williams, M. (2018). Illinois 10th Congressional District: Re-rematch in Chicago Suburbs. In: Foreman, S., Godwin, M. (eds) The Roads to Congress 2016. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58094-4_9
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