CQ Risk Rating: Republican Favored 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
|
| Timothy V. Johnson (R) | 125,943 | 53% |
| Mike Kelleher (D) | 110,679 | 47% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MARCH 21, 2000 |
|
| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Mike Kelleher | 15,147 | 53% |
| Laurel Lunt Prussing | 13,636 | 47% |
| | Republican |
| Timothy V. Johnson | 31,485 | 44% |
| Bill Brady | 26,004 | 36% |
| Sam Ewing | 12,526 | 17% |
| Jeffrey Jones | 2,155 | 3% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
ILLINOIS 15
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East Central - Champaign, Kankakee
Corn and soybean fields cover the 11 east-central Illinois counties that
make up the 15th. The district's farmers produce both feed and raw material
for food products manufactured just over the district's border at
Decatur-based Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Scattered amid the farms are several midsize towns, including Danville
and Kankakee, that grew up around agribusiness and manufacturing. These
communities struggled with double-digit unemployment in the early 1990s.
Higher education is big business in this district, with five colleges in
Bloomington-Normal and 36,000 students at the U. of Illinois flagship campus
in Champaign-Urbana. Bloomington and Normal combine to create the district's
largest urban area, one of only a few in downstate Illinois. Bloomington,
home to State Farm insurance, leads downstate Illinois in insurance and
finance.
In general, the district votes Republican, although the 15th's urban
centers tend to lean more Democratic than rural voters. In 1992 and '96,
voters in the more liberal university towns helped swing the district in
Clinton's favor, but he did not get more than 45 percent of the vote in
either election.
Major Industry
Higher education, food processing, agriculture
Population
571,292 (1990)
Cities
Champaign, 64,002; Bloomington, 57,365; Normal, 42,655; Urbana, 33,179
(1996)
People
42% urban, 34% rural; 13% age 65+ (ranks 11 of 20 in state; middle third
nationally); 55% married couples, 26% married couples with children; 21%
college educated (ranks eighth of 20 in state; middle third nationally); 56%
white collar (ranks 13 of 20 in state; middle third nationally), 25% blue
collar (ranks 12 of 20 in state, middle third nationally) (1990)
Race
90% white, 7% black, 2% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$26,760 (ranks 13 of 20 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Famous natives: Vice President Adlai Stevenson of Bloomington, film critic
Roger Ebert of Urbana.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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