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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.
Illinois is divided into 17 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The majority of Illinois' districts are located in the Chicago area. The Illinois General Assembly has the primary responsibility of redrawing congressional district lines following each decennial census .
Illinois's 12th House of Representatives district is a Representative district within the Illinois House of Representatives located in Cook County, Illinois. It has been represented by Democrat Margaret Croke since January 2, 2021. The district was previously represented by Democrat Yoni Pizer for ten months in 2020.
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census. [1]
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Illinois. The list of names should be complete as ...
English: The congressional district (since 2023), overlayed with other congressional districts and county boundaries, as well as motorways, principal arterial roads, publicly-owned lands (including national forests and parks), and water areas in Illinois, with neighbouring states coloured in grey.
The News-Democrat has contacted candidates in congressional races in the Nov. 8 election and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire. The early voting period runs from Sept. 29 to Nov. 7.
The 12th district is based in southern Illinois, taking in the southeastern St. Louis exurbs. It includes Carbondale , Centralia , Marion , and O'Fallon . The incumbent was Republican Mike Bost , who was re-elected with 75.0% of the vote in 2022.