CQ Risk Rating: Safe Democrat 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
|
| Luis V. Gutierrez (D) | 89,487 | 89% |
| Stephanie Sailor (LIBERT) | 11,476 | 11% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MARCH 21, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Luis V. Gutierrez | 35,593 | 82% |
| Joseph L. Pagan | 7,663 | 18% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
ILLINOIS 4
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Chicago - Parts of North Side, southwest side
Surrounding a black-majority district in the center of Chicago, the
horseshoe-shaped 4th was drawn to unite the city's Hispanic neighborhoods
into one voting bloc. A narrow strip of land - about 10 miles wide and
running along railroad tracks, forest preserves and cemeteries - attaches
the Puerto Rican neighborhood of Logan Square to the Mexican-American
communities in Little Village and Pilsen. In 1998, the Supreme Court
declined to hear a suit alleging that the district had been
unconstitutionally drawn with race as the major factor.
The district was created after the 1990 census showed that Chicago's
Hispanic population had boomed to more than 500,000 people. The 4th has
significant immigrant populations in both its Hispanic communities and
adjacent Ukrainian and Polish neighborhoods. It includes the historically
Irish neighborhood of Bridgeport, the former home and political base of the
Daley machine. It also includes parts of Back of the Yards, an area that
declined when the city's famed stockyards closed in the early 1970s.
With more blue-collar workers than any other district north of the
Mason-Dixon line, the 4th is solidly Democratic. It has been plagued by low
voter turnout, and many of the district's Hispanic immigrants are ineligible
to vote. But success in preserving the district's boundaries has helped
mobilize nonpartisan Hispanic organizations to get out the vote.
Major Industry
Light manufacturing, county administration, electronics
Population
571,162 (1990)
Cities
Chicago (pt.), 527,492; Cicero (pt.), 27,956 (1990)
People
100% urban; 8% age 65+ (ranks 19 of 20 in state; bottom third nationally);
49% married couples, 31% married couples with children; 8% college educated
(ranks 20 of 20 in state; bottom third nationally); 38% white collar (ranks
20 of 20 in state; bottom third nationally), 45% blue collar (ranks first of
20 in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Race
49% white, 6% black, 3% Asian; 64% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$23,083 (ranks 19 of 20 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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