- Lead
- 451
- Total
- 57,011
- vs nation
- D+2.3
Illinois 63rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,522
- Total
- 57,842
- vs nation
- R+1.8
- Lead
- 1,882
- Total
- 50,528
- vs nation
- R+5.8
- Lead
- 2,251
- Total
- 46,953
- vs nation
- R+8.6
- Lead
- 4,641
- Total
- 49,119
- vs nation
- D+2.2
- Lead
- 7,365
- Total
- 44,524
- vs nation
- R+14.1
- Lead
- 6,025
- Total
- 36,769
- vs nation
- R+16.9
- Lead
- 2,462
- Total
- 29,241
- vs nation
- R+16.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+0.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,5292024 5-year
- Population density
- 869 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 125 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $101,0102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+9.4 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70.3 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 69, IL · twin score 93.6
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 63rd 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
Barack Obama2008
53.8%
26,407 votes · D+9.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 50.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
84.2%
3,344 votes · R+70.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 77.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
28,903votes
50.0% of the vote · D+2.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 28,185 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
27,734votes
48.6% of the vote · D+0.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 27,381 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
+2.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+0.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +2.2 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1944
+51.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+44.1 · U.S. D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Wendell Willkie, 1940 · +51.0 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 | R | 45.2%25,016 | 54.8%30,271 | 55,287 |
| 2020 | R | 48.2%26,871 | 51.8%28,849 | 55,720 |
Illinois 63rd State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 9.4 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 70.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.8 points.
A population of 108,529, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $101,010 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 69 and State House District 70.
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 63rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17063/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.