- Lead
- 12,928
- Total
- 43,193
- vs nation
- D+31.4
Illinois 59th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,750
- Total
- 47,094
- vs nation
- D+29.0
- Lead
- 13,571
- Total
- 42,350
- vs nation
- D+30.0
- Lead
- 8,609
- Total
- 39,642
- vs nation
- D+17.9
- Lead
- 13,438
- Total
- 41,996
- vs nation
- D+24.7
- Lead
- 4,509
- Total
- 37,720
- vs nation
- D+14.4
- Lead
- 3,663
- Total
- 33,003
- vs nation
- D+10.6
- Lead
- 3,578
- Total
- 28,056
- vs nation
- D+4.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,5492024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,842 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 38.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $112,3912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33.4 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.7 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 84, IL · twin score 93.7
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 59th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
65.7%
30,955 votes · D+33.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 65.4%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
77.9%
2,768 votes · R+61.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 71.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
30,955votes
65.7% of the vote · D+33.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 27,732 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
16,485votes
43.7% of the vote · D+12.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 15,282 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+31.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+29.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +30.0 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
+35.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +33.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 60.1%27,875 | 39.9%18,470 | 46,345 |
| 2020 | D | 60.3%28,228 | 39.7%18,599 | 46,827 |
Illinois 59th State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.4 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 61.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.9 points.
A population of 108,549, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $112,391 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 84 and State House District 17.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Illinois 59th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17059/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.