CQ Risk Rating: No Clear Favorite 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Mark Steven Kirk (R) | 121,582 | 51% |
| Lauren Beth Gash (D) | 115,924 | 49% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MARCH 21, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Lauren Beth Gash | 19,696 | 100% |
| | Republican |
| Mark Steven Kirk | 19,717 | 31% |
| Shawn Margaret Donnelley | 9,585 | 15% |
| Mark Damisch | 9,016 | 14% |
| Andrew Hochberg | 7,480 | 12% |
| John H. Cox | 6,339 | 10% |
| Scott Phelps | 3,712 | 6% |
| Thomas Lachner | 2,555 | 4% |
| Terry Gladman | 2,172 | 3% |
| James E. Goulka | 1,469 | 2% |
| John F. Guy | 397 | 1% |
| Jon Stewart | 363 | 1% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Military Bases | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
ILLINOIS 10
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North and northwest Chicago suburbs - Waukegan
The 10th, on the shore of Lake Michigan at the Wisconsin border,
includes the eastern half of Lake County and northern edge of Cook County.
Along the lakefront, Chicagoland's old-money elite live in exclusive towns
like Kenilworth, Wilmette and Winnetka, where homes routinely sell for
$500,000 or more.
To the north, the district's industrial sector, Waukegan and North
Chicago, found new life in 1994 when nearby Great Lakes Naval Training
Center became the nation's only naval recruit training facility. Most of the
district's minorities live in Waukegan, which is about 40 percent black and
Hispanic.
Suburban and working-class residents combine to make the 10th a
moderately Republican district - fiscally conservative but socially liberal,
especially on abortion rights and gun control. Cook County tends to be more
solidly Republican than the Lake County part of the district. The 10th was a
swing district until redistricting in 1992 cut out several working-class
neighborhoods to the south.
Major Industry
Pharmaceutical research, insurance, military
Military Bases
Great Lakes Naval Training Center, 20,943 military, 4,157 civilian; Fort
Sheridan Reserve Base (Army), 91 military, 25 civilian (1997)
Population
571,501 (1990)
Cities
Waukegan (pt.), 66,179; Arlington Heights (pt.), 41,120 (1990); Buffalo
Grove, 41,169 (1996)
People
99% urban; 10% age 65+ (ranks 14 of 20 in state; bottom third nationally);
66% married couples, 33% married couples with children; 40% college educated
(ranks first of 20 in state; top third nationally); 74% white collar (ranks
first of 20 in state; top third nationally), 16% blue collar (ranks 20 of 20
in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)
Race
87% white, 6% black, 4% Asian; 7% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$50,355 (ranks first of 20 in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Halas Hall, Chicago Bears' training facility; Chicago Botanic Garden.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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