Illinois's 6th congressional district
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Illinois's 6th congressional district is a U.S. House district in the Chicago metropolitan area that includes many of the western and northwestern suburbs of Chicago.
All labels observed (1)
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| Illinois's 6th congressional district canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6434655 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Illinois's 6th congressional district Context triple: [Illinois's 9th congressional district, borderedBy, Illinois's 6th congressional district]
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A.
Illinois's 5th congressional district
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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Illinois's 9th congressional district
Illinois's 9th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in northeastern Illinois that includes parts of Chicago and several nearby suburbs.
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Illinois's 8th congressional district
Illinois's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in the Chicago metropolitan area that has historically been a Democratic-leaning, urban-suburban seat.
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D.
Illinois 2nd congressional district
Illinois 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House district on Chicago’s South Side and surrounding suburbs, known for its predominantly urban, heavily Democratic constituency.
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Illinois congressional district
An Illinois congressional district is a geographic electoral division within the state of Illinois that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Illinois's 6th congressional district Target entity description: Illinois's 6th congressional district is a U.S. House district in the Chicago metropolitan area that includes many of the western and northwestern suburbs of Chicago.
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Illinois's 5th congressional district
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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B.
Illinois's 9th congressional district
Illinois's 9th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in northeastern Illinois that includes parts of Chicago and several nearby suburbs.
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C.
Illinois's 8th congressional district
Illinois's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in the Chicago metropolitan area that has historically been a Democratic-leaning, urban-suburban seat.
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D.
Illinois 2nd congressional district
Illinois 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House district on Chicago’s South Side and surrounding suburbs, known for its predominantly urban, heavily Democratic constituency.
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Illinois congressional district
An Illinois congressional district is a geographic electoral division within the state of Illinois that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States congressional district ⓘ |
| chamber | House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAreaType |
exurban
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lightly urbanized ⓘ suburban ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentRepresentative | Sean Casten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentRepresentativeParty | Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentRepresentativeTookOffice | January 3, 2019 ⓘ |
| electionCycle | every two years ⓘ |
| electorateType | single-member district ⓘ |
| elects | one member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| federalDistrictNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| governingLaw | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| governmentLevel | federal ⓘ |
| hasCongressionalCode | IL-06 ⓘ |
| historicalPartyLeaning | traditionally Republican-leaning ⓘ |
| includesArea |
northwestern suburbs of Chicago
ⓘ
western suburbs of Chicago ⓘ |
| includesCountyPart |
Cook County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
DuPage County NERFINISHED ⓘ Kane County NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake County NERFINISHED ⓘ McHenry County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesMunicipality |
Barrington, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carol Stream, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Downers Grove, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Elgin, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Glen Ellyn, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoffman Estates, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombard, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Naperville, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Palatine, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Wheaton, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSuburbsOf | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialBusiness | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago metropolitan area
ⓘ
northeastern Illinois ⓘ |
| partOf | Illinois congressional delegation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postRedistrictingChange |
boundaries significantly altered after 2010 census
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boundaries significantly altered after 2020 census ⓘ |
| recentPartyTrend | increasingly competitive between Democratic and Republican parties ⓘ |
| representedByIn118thCongress | Sean Casten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedInCongressSince | 1863 ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| votingSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Illinois's 6th congressional district Description of subject: Illinois's 6th congressional district is a U.S. House district in the Chicago metropolitan area that includes many of the western and northwestern suburbs of Chicago.
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