# Illinois's 1st House of Representatives district

Illinois's 1st House of Representatives district is a Representative district within the Illinois House of Representatives located in Cook County, Illinois. It has been represented by Democrat Aaron Ortiz since January 9, 2019. The district was previously represented by Democrat Daniel J. Burke from 2013 to 2018.
The district covers parts of Chicago, Forest View, and Stickney, and of Chicago's neighborhoods, it covers Archer Heights, Bridgeport, Brighton Park, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, Garfield Ridge, McKinley Park, New City, and West Elsdon.

## Representative district history

Prior to the ratification of the 1848 Illinois Constitution, counties (or two or more counties) were designated a certain number of Senators and Representatives. With the ratification of the 1848 Illinois Constitution, Legislative and Representative districts were numbered and called by name. Each district was still assigned a certain number of Senators and Representatives. After the passage of the 1872 Apportionment, only Legislative districts were drawn with Representatives elected cumulatively. The 1954 amendment to the 1870 Illinois Constitution established Representative districts as separate from Legislative districts (with representatives still elected cumulatively). The boundaries of Representative and Legislative districts would differ. After the United States Supreme Court ruled in Reynolds v. Sims (1964) that "both houses of state legislatures must be apportioned according to districts of equal population," new districts were redrawn for the Illinois Senate and Illinois House of Representatives. While the Legislative districts were redrawn, the Governor and General Assembly failed to agree on Representative district boundaries. Under the 1954 amendment, "a 10-man bipartisan commission appointed by the governor from recommendations made by both parties" were directed to redraw boundaries but failed to do so in 1963. Because of this failure, and with no district boundaries redrawn, all Representative districts were temporarily merged into one at-large district with 177 representatives (the total number of representatives at the time). The 1964 Illinois House election had several candidates running for all 177 seats throughout the state. In 1965, the Representative districts were redrawn by the Illinois Legislative Reapportionment Commission and elections held in 1966 were done with separate districts. With the 1971 Apportionment (and adoption of the 1970 Illinois Constitution), Representative districts were abolished and representatives were once again elected cumulatively per Legislative district. After the passage of the Cutback Amendment in 1980, the number of Representatives was reduced from 177 to 118 with Representative districts re-established and now electing a single representative.

## Prominent representatives

| Representative | Notes |
| John Dougherty | Elected the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1869 – 1873) Elected as a judge in the Illinois circuit courts (1877 – 1879) |
| Bradley M. Glass | Served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy |
| Jack E. Walker | Elected the 62nd Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives (1969 – 1971) |
| Anthony Scariano | Served as a judge in the Illinois Appellate Court (1985 – 1996) |
| Brian Barnett Duff | Served as a judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1985 – 1996) Served as senior judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1996 – 2016) |
| Suzana Mendoza | Elected the 10th Illinois Comptroller (2016 – present) |

## List of representatives
### 1849 – 1873

| Representative | Party | Years | General Assembly (GA) | Electoral History | Counties Represented |
| District established with 1848 Illinois Constitution ||||||
| John Cochran | Democratic | January 1, 1849 – January 6, 1851 | 16th | Elected in 1848 Was not re-elected in 1850 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| Cyrus G. Simons | Unknown | January 6, 1851 – January 3, 1853 | 17th | Elected in 1850 Was not re-elected in 1852 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| John Cochran | Democratic | January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855 | 18th | Elected back in 1852 Was not re-elected in 1854 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| F. M. Rawlings | Democratic | January 1, 1855 – January 5, 1857 | 19th | Elected in 1854 Was not re-elected in 1856 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| John Dougherty | Republican | January 5, 1857 – January 3, 1859 | 20th | Elected in 1856 Was not re-elected in 1858 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| William A. Hacker | Democratic | January 3, 1859 – January 5, 1863 | 21st 22nd | Elected in 1858 Re-elected in 1860 Was not re-elected in 1862 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| James H. Smith | Unknown | January 5, 1863 – January 2, 1865 | 23rd | Elected in 1862 Was not re-elected in 1864 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| Henry W. Webb | Democratic | January 2, 1865 – January 7, 1867 | 24th | Elected in 1864 Was not re-elected in 1866 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| Newton R. Casey | Democratic | January 7, 1867 – January 4, 1871 | 25th 26th | Elected in 1866 Re-elected in 1868 Was not re-elected in 1870 | Alexander Pulaski Union |
| H. Watson Webb | Democratic | January 4, 1871 – January 8, 1873 | 27th | Elected in 1870 Was not re-elected in 1872 | Alexander |
| District abolished with 1872 Reapportionment as 3 Representatives were now elected cumulatively from Legislative districts. ||||||

### 1957 – 1973

| Representative | Party | Party Control | Years | General Assembly (GA) | Electoral History | Counties Represented |
| District re-established in 1957 |||||||
| Jack E. Walker | Republican | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 9, 1957 – January 6, 1965 | 70th 71st 72nd 73rd | Elected in 1956 Re-elected in 1958 Re-elected in 1960 Re-elected in 1962 Did not run in At-large election | Cook |
| Maurino Richton | Republican | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 9, 1957 – January 4, 1961 | 70th 71st | Elected in 1956 Re-elected in 1958 Retired. | Cook |
| Anthony Scariano | Democratic | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 9, 1957 – January 6, 1965 | 70th 71st 72nd 73rd | Elected in 1956 Re-elected in 1958 Re-elected in 1960 Re-elected in 1962 Re-elected to At-large district | Cook |
| Edwin A. McGowan | Republican | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 4, 1961 – January 6, 1965 | 72nd 73rd | Elected in 1960 Re-elected in 1962 Did not run in At-large election | Cook |
| The district was temporarily abolished from 1965 to 1967 due to the Redistricting Commission in 1963 failing to reach an agreement. An at-large election was held electing 177 Representatives from across the state. |||||||
| Frances L. Dawson | Republican | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 4, 1967 – January 13, 1971 | 75th 76th | Redistricted from At-large district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968 Ran for Trustee of the University of Illinois and lost. | Cook |
| Alan R. Johnston | Republican | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 4, 1967 – January 13, 1971 | 75th 76th | Redistricted from At-large district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968 Retired. | Cook |
| Harold A. Katz | Democratic | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 4, 1967 – January 10, 1973 | 75th 76th 77th | Redistricted from At-large district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968 Re-elected in 1970 Re-districted to 1st Legislative district and re-elected in 1972 | Cook |
| Brian Barnett Duff | Republican | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 13, 1971 – January 10, 1973 | 77th | Elected in 1970 Redistricted to 1st Legislative district and re-elected in 1972 | Cook |
| Bradley M. Glass | Republican | 2 Republicans 1 Democrat | January 13, 1971 – January 10, 1973 | 77th | Elected in 1970 Ran for Illinois Senate in the 1st Legislative district in 1972 and won. | Cook |
| District abolished with 1971 Reapportionment as Representatives were once again elected from Legislative districts. |||||||

### 1983 – present

| Representative | Party | Years | General Assembly (GA) | Electoral History | Counties Represented |
| District re-established and representatives were now elected one per district with the passage of the Cutback Amendment. ||||||
| Alan J. Greiman | Democratic | January 12, 1983 – ??? | 83rd 84th | Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1982 Re-elected in 1984 Re-elected in 1986 Appointed as a Judge to Circuit Court of Cook County in 1987 | Cook |
| Alan J. Greiman | Democratic | January 12, 1983 – ??? | 85th | Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1982 Re-elected in 1984 Re-elected in 1986 Appointed as a Judge to Circuit Court of Cook County in 1987 | Cook |
| Vacant | Vacant | ??? – July 1987 | 85th | | Cook |
| Lou Lang | Democratic | July 1987 – January 13, 1993 | 85th | Appointed July 1987 Elected in 1988 Re-elected in 1990 Redistricted to the 16th Representative district | Cook |
| Lou Lang | Democratic | July 1987 – January 13, 1993 | 86th 87th | Appointed July 1987 Elected in 1988 Re-elected in 1990 Redistricted to the 16th Representative district | Cook |
| Rafael "Ray" Frias | Democratic | January 13, 1993 – ??? | 88th | Elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Resigned before the end of the 88th GA. | Cook |
| Vacant | Vacant | ??? – April 1, 1995 | 88th | | Cook |
| Vacant | Vacant | ??? – April 1, 1995 | 89th | | Cook |
| Fernando A. Frias | Democratic | April 1, 1995 – January 8, 1997 | 89th | Appointed April 1, 1995 Retired. | Cook |
| Sonia Silva | Democratic | January 8, 1997 – January 10, 2001 | 90th 91st | Elected in 1996 Re-elected in 1998 Lost renomination. | Cook |
| Suzana Mendoza | Democratic | January 10, 2001 – May 16, 2011 | 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th | Elected in 2000 Re-elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Elected City Clerk of Chicago in 2011 and resigned her Representative seat | Cook |
| Suzana Mendoza | Democratic | January 10, 2001 – May 16, 2011 | 97th | Elected in 2000 Re-elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Elected City Clerk of Chicago in 2011 and resigned her Representative seat | Cook |
| Vacant | Vacant | May 16, 2011 – May 2011 | 97th | | Cook |
| Dena M. Carli | Democratic | May 2011 – January 9, 2013 | 97th | Appointed in May 2011 Retired. | Cook |
| Daniel J. Burke | Democratic | January 9, 2013 – December 30, 2018 | 98th 99th | Redistricted from the 23rd Representative district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014 Re-elected in 2016 Lost renomination and retired before the end of the 100th GA. | Cook |
| Daniel J. Burke | Democratic | January 9, 2013 – December 30, 2018 | 100th | Redistricted from the 23rd Representative district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014 Re-elected in 2016 Lost renomination and retired before the end of the 100th GA. | Cook |
| Vacant | Vacant | December 30, 2018 – January 9, 2019 | 100th | | Cook |
| Aaron Ortiz | Democratic | January 9, 2019 – present | 101st 102nd 103rd | Elected in 2018 Re-elected in 2020 Re-elected in 2022 | Cook |

## Historic District Boundaries

| Years | County | Municipalities/Townships |
| 2023 – present | Cook | Chicago (Archer Heights, Bridgeport, Brighton Park, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, Garfield Ridge, McKinley Park, New City, West Elsdon), Forest View, Stickney |
| 2013 – 2023 | Cook | Chicago (Archer Heights, Brighton Park, Chicago Lawn, Garfield Ridge, New City, and West Elsdon), Forest View |
| 2003 – 2013 | Cook | Chicago |
| 1993 – 2003 | Cook | Chicago |
| 1983 – 1993 | Cook | Parts of Jefferson Township, parts of Lake View Township, parts of Niles Township, parts of Rogers Park Township, Chicago |
| 1967 – 1973 | Cook | Evanston Township, parts of Northfield Township, New Trier Township, parts of Niles Township |
| 1957 – 1965 | Cook | Bloom Township, Calumet Township, Rich Township, Thornton Township |
| 1871 – 1873 | Alexander | Cairo, Dogtooth, Goose Island, Santa Fe, Thebes, Unity |
| 1849 – 1871 | Alexander Pulaski Union | America, Cairo, Caledonia, Clear Creek, Cobden, Elvira, Fulton, Hamburg, Jonesboro, Mill Creek, Mound City, Mounds, Mount Pleasant, Napoleon, North Caledonia, Pulaski, Santa Fe, Thebes, Toledo, Trinity, Ullin, Union Point, Unity, Villa Ridge, Western Saratoga, Wetaug |

## Electoral history
### 2030 – 2022

2022 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Aaron M. Ortiz (incumbent) | 11,611 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,611 | 100.0 |

### 2020 – 2012

2020 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Aaron M. Ortiz (incumbent) | 21,204 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,204 | 100.0 |
2018 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Aaron M. Ortiz | 16,913 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 16,913 | 100.0 |
2018 Illinois House of Representatives Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Aaron M. Ortiz | 5,636 | 53.12 |
| | Democratic | Daniel J. Burke (incumbent) | 4,974 | 46.88 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,610 | 100.0 |
2016 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Daniel J. Burke (incumbent) | 21,609 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,609 | 100.0 |
2014 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Daniel J. Burke (incumbent) | 11,710 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,710 | 100.0 |
2012 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Daniel J. Burke | 18,561 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,561 | 100.0 |

### 2010 – 2002

2010 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Susana Mendoza (incumbent) | 7,210 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,210 | 100.0 |
2008 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Susana Mendoza (incumbent) | 12,132 | 100.0 | +9.12% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,132 | 100.0 |
2006 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Susana Mendoza (incumbent) | 8,669 | 90.88 | −9.12% |
| | Republican | Suzanne Ramos | 870 | 9.12 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,539 | 100.0 |
2004 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Susana Mendoza (incumbent) | 11,264 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,264 | 100.0 |
2002 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Susana Mendoza (incumbent) | 7,456 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,456 | 100.0 |

### 2000 – 1992

2000 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Susana Mendoza | 10,054 | 100.0 | +18.83% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,054 | 100.0 |
2000 Illinois House of Representatives Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Susana Mendoza | 4,343 | 55.16 |
| | Democratic | Sonia Silva (incumbent) | 3,530 | 44.84 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,873 | 100.0 |
1998 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Sonia Silva (incumbent) | 6,237 | 81.17 | −18.83% |
| | Republican | Theresa Garcia | 1,447 | 18.83 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,684 | 100.0 |
1996 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Sonia Silva | 9,832 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,832 | 100.0 |
1994 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Rafael "Ray" Frias (incumbent) | 5,642 | 100.0 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,642 | 100.0 |
1992 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Rafael "Ray" Frias | 10,342 | 100.0 | +33.58% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,342 | 100.0 |

### 1990 – 1982

1990 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Louis I. Lang (incumbent) | 18,399 | 66.42 | +5.95% |
| | Republican | Peggy Agnos | 9,301 | 33.57 | −5.95% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 27,700 | 100.0 |
1988 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Louis I. Lang (incumbent) | 24,361 | 60.47 | −5.92% |
| | Republican | Kenneth H. Hollander | 15,919 | 39.52 | +5.92% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 40,280 | 100.0 |
1986 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Alan J. Greiman (incumbent) | 20,162 | 66.39 | +3.50% |
| | Republican | Kenneth H. Hollander | 10,204 | 33.60 | −3.51% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,366 | 100.0 |
1984 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Alan J. Greiman (incumbent) | 27,216 | 62.89 | −11.98% |
| | Republican | Lenore Picker Janecek | 16,060 | 37.11 | +11.98% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 43,277 | 100.0 |
1982 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Alan J. Greiman (incumbent) | 26,285 | 74.87 |
| | Republican | John "Bill" Handzel, Sr. | 8,822 | 25.13 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 35,107 | 100.0 |

### 1970 – 1962

1970 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Brian B. Duff | 69,094 | 32.16 |
| | Democratic | Harold A. Katz (incumbent) | 63,541 | 29.57 |
| | Republican | Bradley M. Glass | 55,039 | 25.62 |
| | Democratic | Claude L. Carney | 27,180.5 | 12.65 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3 | 0.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 214,857.5 | 100.0 |
1968 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Frances L. Dawson (incumbent) | 94,935 | 36.22 |
| | Republican | Alan R. Johnston (incumbent) | 75,662.5 | 28.87 |
| | Democratic | Harold A. Katz (incumbent) | 60,288 | 23.00 |
| | Democratic | Henry T. Synek | 31,193.5 | 11.90 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 262,079 | 100.0 |
1966 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Frances L. Dawson (incumbent) | 87,563.5 | 39.17 |
| | Republican | Alan R. Johnston (incumbent) | 70,047 | 31.33 |
| | Democratic | Harold A. Katz (incumbent) | 44,448 | 19.88 |
| | Democratic | James B. Moran (incumbent) | 21,492.5 | 9.61 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 223,551 | 100.0 |
1962 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jack E. Walker (incumbent) | 79,543.5 | 29.42 |
| | Republican | Edwin A. McGowan (incumbent) | 75,402.5 | 27.89 |
| | Democratic | Anthony Scariano (incumbent) | 63,492.5 | 23.49 |
| | Democratic | Mary Lee Inger | 51,914 | 19.20 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 270,352.5 | 100.0 |

### 1960 – 1956

1960 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jack E. Walker (incumbent) | 94,374.5 | 27.74 |
| | Republican | Edwin A. McGowan | 87,348 | 25.68 |
| | Democratic | Anthony Scariano (incumbent) | 86,159 | 25.33 |
| | Democratic | Mary Lee Inger | 72,280 | 21.25 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 340,161.5 | 100.0 |
1958 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jack E. Walker (incumbent) | 60,541.5 | 27.92 |
| | Democratic | Anthony Scariano (incumbent) | 58,326.5 | 26.90 |
| | Republican | Maurino R. Richton (incumbent) | 55,572.5 | 25.63 |
| | Democratic | Frank D. Novak | 42,423.5 | 19.56 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 216,864 | 100.0 |
1956 Illinois House of Representatives election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jack E. Walker | 81,525.5 | 30.91 |
| | Republican | Maurino R. Richton | 77,711 | 29.46 |
| | Democratic | Anthony Scariano | 55,405.5 | 21.01 |
| | Democratic | Henry X. Dietch | 49,119 | 18.62 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 263,761 | 100.0 |