- Lead
- 572
- Total
- 61,328
- vs nation
- D+0.5
Illinois 65th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 654
- Total
- 62,086
- vs nation
- R+3.4
- Lead
- 3,144
- Total
- 52,133
- vs nation
- R+8.1
- Lead
- 7,976
- Total
- 48,474
- vs nation
- R+20.3
- Lead
- 3,052
- Total
- 50,622
- vs nation
- R+13.3
- Lead
- 12,760
- Total
- 45,740
- vs nation
- R+25.4
- Lead
- 11,045
- Total
- 38,476
- vs nation
- R+29.2
- Lead
- 6,732
- Total
- 31,100
- vs nation
- R+30.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+0.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,5372024 5-year
- Population density
- 875 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 124 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $138,5192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+1.8 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76.4 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 52, IL · twin score 95.9
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 65th 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
49.5%
30,744 votes · D+1.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 48.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
86.0%
8,137 votes · R+76.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 79.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
30,744votes
49.5% of the vote · D+1.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 29,823 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
30,395votes
49.6% of the vote · R+0.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 30,090 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
+0.5pts D vs U.S.
Place R+0.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −3.4 pts
Republican
Charles E. Hughes1916
+56.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.9 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +50.3 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 | 55.5%25,783 | 44.5%20,639 | 46,422 |
| 2020 | D | 58.9%27,364 | 41.1%19,084 | 46,448 |
Illinois 65th State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 1.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 76.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.9 points.
A population of 108,537, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $138,519 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 52 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 65th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17065/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.