Illinois's 5th congressional district

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Illinois's 5th congressional district is a predominantly urban, strongly Democratic U.S. House district centered in Chicago and its nearby suburbs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
borderFeature Lake Michigan
surface form: Lake Michigan (via Chicago lakefront areas in some maps)
chamber United States House of Representatives
surface form: House of Representatives
contains O'Hare International Airport area (partially, depending on map year)
containsNeighborhood North Side of Chicago
surface form: Albany Park, Chicago

Avondale, Chicago
Lakeview, Chicago
Lincoln Park
surface form: Lincoln Park, Chicago

Logan Square, Chicago
Portage Park, Chicago
containsSuburb Des Plaines, Illinois
Elmwood Park
surface form: Elmwood Park, Illinois

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Park Ridge, Illinois
Rosemont, Illinois
country United States of America
surface form: United States
CPVRating D+20 (approximate, varies by cycle)
created March 4, 1843
currentRepresentative Mike Quigley
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party
demographicCharacter racially and ethnically diverse
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
includes North Side of Chicago
Northwest Side of Chicago
near northwestern suburbs of Chicago
near western suburbs of Chicago
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Cook County, Illinois
DuPage County, Illinois
majorIndustry education and health services
finance and insurance
professional and business services
services sector
medianIncomeRankInIllinois among higher-income districts
notablePastRepresentative Dan Rostenkowski
Rahm Emanuel
Rod Blagojevich
officeSoughtIn special election of 2009
politicalLeaning strongly Democratic
presidentialElectionTrend reliably Democratic in presidential elections
redistrictedAfter 2010 United States census
surface form: 2010 United States Census

2020 United States census
surface form: 2020 United States Census
representedIn United States Congress
state Illinois
timeZone Central Time Zone
urbanRuralCharacter predominantly urban
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Des Plaines, Illinois locatedInCongressionalDistrict Illinois's 5th congressional district
Rahm Emanuel represents Illinois's 5th congressional district