Congressional redistricting proposal for Illinois

Posted on October 15, 2021

*The final maps could pass during the upcoming fall veto session. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)*

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – If you like to see strange shapes on a map, the new congressional redistricting proposal for Illinois is right up your alley.

Calling it “one of the most incredible cartographic feats I’ve ever seen in the history of mapmaking,” State Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield) pointed out a district that runs from Freeport, in the state’s northwest corner, to Robinson, in the southeast. It so happens that the only U.S. House incumbent in that proposed district is U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville).

The proposal puts two pairs of incumbents in the same districts: U.S. Reps. Marie Newman (D-La Grange) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon); and U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) and Mary Miller (R-Oakland).

The final maps could pass during the upcoming fall veto session.

10152021 Congressional Draft – Google My Maps

Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected]

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