Illinois 3rd Congressional District (IL) — Elections 1876–2024

Illinois 3rd Congressional District, Illinois: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+26%. Republican peak: R+51 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+26MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 578,8662024 5-year
Median household income: $97,4002024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 53.9%2024 5-year
Black: 13.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 21.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+33 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+51 in 1920MIT Election Lab

RAMIREZ, DeliaCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: NEWMAN, Marie (2021–2023), LIPINSKI, Daniel (2019–2021), LIPINSKI, Daniel (2017–2019), LIPINSKI, Daniel (2015–2017)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

2 counties · 2 D · 0 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+26.3%	159,104	91,380	257,594
2020	D	+33.3%	184,166	90,627	281,068
2016	D	+33.4%	161,705	76,372	255,468
2012	D	+24.6%	145,797	87,461	237,012
2008	D	+31.8%	162,708	83,557	249,164
2004	D	+15.3%	137,137	100,526	239,412
2000	D	+13.0%	119,665	91,512	217,354
1996	D	+14.8%	105,448	76,307	197,296
1992	D	+7.5%	106,391	88,686	235,474
1988	R	−10.9%	93,392	116,366	211,331
1984	R	−20.3%	85,482	129,319	216,017
1980	R	−9.0%	85,429	104,331	210,325
1976	R	−9.8%	89,609	109,652	203,865
1972	R	−22.1%	78,294	122,998	202,173
1968	R	−5.5%	82,483	92,924	190,855
1964	D	+14.2%	108,278	81,332	189,610
1960	D	+0.6%	92,514	91,389	184,373
1956	R	−23.5%	63,120	102,021	165,537
1952	R	−9.5%	74,107	89,774	164,320
1948	D	+1.6%	74,537	72,166	147,753
1944	D	+9.0%	78,871	65,753	145,031
1940	D	+4.7%	72,780	66,199	139,565
1936	D	+22.6%	78,496	48,838	130,971
1932	D	+10.0%	58,378	47,410	109,392
1928	R	−10.8%	44,287	55,092	100,124
1924	R	−43.8%	13,554	44,668	70,957
1920	R	−50.6%	11,968	40,178	55,800
1916	R	−8.8%	23,238	27,918	53,412
1912	O	+13.1%	8,179	4,640	27,053
1908	R	−20.1%	9,380	14,596	25,970
1904	R	−33.0%	6,382	14,428	24,369
1900	R	−6.4%	11,277	12,867	24,858
1896	R	−20.2%	9,214	13,978	23,597
1892	D	+11.0%	8,952	7,136	16,490
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 16 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2022	O	0.0%	41.5%	4,098,896
2020	D	54.9%	38.9%	5,968,901
2016	D	54.9%	39.8%	5,491,878
2014	D	53.5%	42.7%	3,603,519
2010	R	46.4%	48.0%	3,704,473
2008	D	67.8%	28.5%	5,329,884
2004	D	70.0%	27.0%	5,141,520
2002	D	60.3%	38.0%	3,486,851
1998	R	47.4%	50.3%	3,394,521
1996	D	56.1%	40.7%	4,250,722
1992	D	53.3%	43.1%	4,939,558
1990	D	65.1%	34.9%	3,251,005
1986	D	65.1%	33.7%	3,122,883
1984	D	50.1%	48.2%	4,787,335
1980	D	56.0%	42.5%	4,580,029
1978	R	45.5%	53.3%	3,184,764

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

12.5%

Irish

10.6%

Polish

8.3%

Italian

7.3%

English

4.9%

American

2.4%

French

1.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.3%

2.0%

75–84

2.7%

4.6%

65–74

5.2%

6.2%

55–64

6.5%

6.2%

45–54

6.3%

7.0%

35–44

6.9%

7.1%

25–34

7.1%

4.3%

18–24

4.3%

8.2%

5–17

7.9%

2.8%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$97,400

Congressional District 3 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 3$97,400

Illinois$83,390

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.1%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1812.6%

Working age (18–64)9.3%

Seniors (65+)11.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

67.2%

speak English only

Spanish16.4%

Other Indo-European9.9%

Asian & Pacific Islander4.8%

Other languages1.7%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

33.4%

Non-Christian

8.5%

Other Christian

7.0%

Mainline Protestant

4.7%

Baptist

2.7%

Methodist

1.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

IL-3 spans Chicago's Southwest Side and inner southwest suburbs, blending working-class Latino and white ethnic neighborhoods. Its 2024 presidential margin of D+1.1 makes it one of the closest battlegrounds in the state's congressional map.

The Democratic margin in Illinois 3rd Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-three points in 2016; the 2024 margin was twenty-six points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $97,400, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 3, Illinois vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 3, Illinois voted Democratic by 26.3 points (D+26), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 257,594 votes cast, 159,104 went Democratic and 91,380 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 3, Illinois's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 3, Illinois as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 3, Illinois last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 3, Illinois voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Congressional District 3, Illinois?

Congressional District 3, Illinois has a population of 578,866 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 3, Illinois?

Median household income in Congressional District 3, Illinois is $97,400 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.

What is the political history of Congressional District 3, Illinois?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 3, Illinois from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Illinois 3rd Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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