CQ Risk Rating: Safe Republican 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
|
| J. Dennis Hastert (R) | 188,597 | 74% |
| Vern Deljonson (D) | 66,309 | 26% |
| write-in | 3 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MARCH 21, 2000 |
|
| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Vern Deljonson | 10,809 | 100% |
| | Republican |
| J. Dennis Hastert | 50,055 | 100% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
ILLINOIS 14
:
North Central - Aurora; Elgin; DeKalb
Most people in the 14th live on the district's eastern side, in
established towns along the Fox River valley. West of the river, prairies
and farms stretch to the district's end in Lee County. Rich in hay, soybeans
and corn, the flat landscape is interrupted only by Northern Illinois U. in
DeKalb.
The district's largest cities, Aurora and Elgin, suffered a period of
heavy manufacturing decline in the 1980s but have recovered by promoting
industrial parks and opening riverboat casinos. But the industrial economy
is still important to these cities, with Caterpillar a major employer in
Aurora. The cities also have benefited from job growth in nearby Naperville
and Schaumburg, suburban cities that have emerged as business centers
outside Chicago.
Both Elgin and Aurora have Hispanic populations approaching 25 percent,
a vestige of the days when DuPage County farms were cultivated by migrant
labor. Those farms have now been paved over and built upon, but many of the
migrant workers remained in the area. Suburban and rural voters who back the
GOP far outnumber the cities' blue-collar and minority Democrats. The
district votes solidly Republican. Bob Dole narrowly won the district in
1996 with 48 percent of the vote.
Major Industry
Farm machinery and other manufacturing, riverboat gambling, agriculture
Population
571,540 (1990)
Cities
Aurora (pt.), 85,543 (1990); Elgin, 86,034; DeKalb, 35,554 (1996)
People
64% urban; 9% age 65+ (ranks 17 of 20 in state; bottom third nationally);
65% married couples, 35% married couples with children; 23% college educated
(ranks seventh of 20 in state; top third nationally); 58% white collar
(ranks 10 of 20 in state; middle third nationally), 29% blue collar (ranks
sixth of 20 in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Race
89% white, 4% black, 2% Asian; 10% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$39,815 (ranks fifth of 20 in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Former President Ronald Reagan's birthplace and boyhood home in Dixon;
Aurora used as the setting for the Wayne's World television skit and movies;
Mary Todd Lincoln went insane after Abraham Lincoln's assassination and was
sent to Bellevue in Batavia in 1875.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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