Illinois's 10th House of Representatives district

For the congressional district, see Illinois's 10th congressional district.

Illinois's 10th 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 Jawaharial Williams since May 17, 2019. The district was previously represented by Democrat Melissa Conyears-Ervin from 2017 to 2019.

Illinois's 10th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Jawaharial Williams D–Chicago since 2019
Demographics	31.0% White 43.7% Black 18.9% Hispanic 3.1% Asian 0.1% Native American 0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.3% Other 2.8% Multiracial
Population (2020)	114,021
Created	1983–present 1849–1873, 1957–1973
Notes

The district includes parts of the Chicago neighborhoods of Austin, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Lincoln Park, Logan Square, Near North Side, Near West Side, West Garfield Park, and West Town.^[1][2]

Representative district history

This section is an excerpt from Illinois's 1st House of Representatives district § Representative district history.[edit]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] In 1965, the Representative districts were redrawn by the Illinois Legislative Reapportionment Commission and elections held in 1966 were done with separate districts.^[5] 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.^[6] 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
James C. Allen	Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 7th congressional district (1853 – 1856) Elected back to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 7th congressional district (1856 – 1857) Elected Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1857 – 1860) Elected back to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large congressional district (1863 – 1865)

List of representatives

1849 – 1873

Representative[7]	Party	Years[a]	General Assembly (GA)	Electoral History	Counties Represented
10th Representative district established with 1848 Illinois Constitution.
Richard G. Morris	Democratic [8][9][10]	January 1, 1849 – January 6, 1851	16th	Elected in 1848 Was not re-elected in 1850.	Crawford Jasper
James C. Allen		January 6, 1851 – January 3, 1853	17th	Elected in 1850 Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 7th congressional district in 1852.
William H. Sterrett		January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855	18th	Elected in 1852 Was not re-elected in 1854.
C. C. Hopkins		January 1, 1855 – January 5, 1857	19th	Elected in 1854 Was not re-elected in 1856.	Edwards Wayne
Charles P. Burns	Unknown	January 5, 1857 – January 3, 1859	20th	Elected in 1856 Was not re-elected in 1858.
Robert T. Forth	Democratic[11]	January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861	21st	Elected in 1858 Was not re-elected in 1860.
Nathan Crews	Unknown	January 7, 1861 – January 5, 1863	22nd	Elected in 1860 Was not re-elected in 1862.
James W. Heard		January 5, 1863 – January 2, 1865	23rd	Elected in 1862 Was not re-elected in 1864.	Hamilton Wayne
Valentine S. Benson	Democratic[12]	January 2, 1865 – January 7, 1867	24th	Elected in 1864 Was not re-elected in 1866.
Robert P. Harna	Unknown	January 7, 1867 – January 4, 1869	25th	Elected in 1866 Was not re-elected in 1868.
John Halley	Democratic[13][14]	January 4, 1869 – January 4, 1871	26th	Elected in 1868 Was not re-elected in 1870.
Frank E. Hay		January 4, 1871 – January 8, 1873	27th	Elected in 1870 Was not re-elected in 1872.	White
District abolished with 1872 Reapportionment as 3 Representatives were now elected cumulatively from Legislative districts.

1957 – 1973

Representative[7]	Party	Party Control	Years[a][b]	General Assembly (GA)	Electoral History	Counties Represented
District re-established in 1957.
Kenneth R. Wendt	Democratic	2 Democrats 1 Republican	January 9, 1957 – January 9, 1963	70th 71st 72nd	Redistricted from the 31st Legislative district and re-elected in 1956 Re-elected in 1958 Re-elected in 1960 Retired.	Cook
Albert W. Hachmeister	Republican		January 9, 1957 – January 6, 1965	70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Redistricted from the 31st Legislative district and re-elected in 1956 Re-elected in 1958 Re-elected in 1960 Re-elected in 1962 Ran in the At-large district election and won re-election in 1964.
Carl W. Stolteben	Democratic		January 9, 1957 – January 7, 1959	70th	Elected in 1956 Retired.
Frank Lyman			January 7, 1959 – January 6, 1965	71st 72nd 73rd	Elected in 1958 Re-elected in 1960 Re-elected in 1962 Ran in the At-large district election and won re-election in 1964.
John Merlo			January 9, 1963 – January 6, 1965	73rd	Elected in 1962 Ran in the At-large district election and won re-election in 1964.
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.
Michael F. Zlatnik	Republican	2 Republicans 1 Democrat	January 4, 1967 – January 8, 1969	75th	Elected in 1966 Lost election for judgeship on the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1968.	Cook
Paul Elward	Democratic		January 4, 1967 – January 13, 1971	75th 76th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1966 Re-elected in 1968 Elected to the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1970.
Edward J. Copeland	Republican				Elected in 1966 Re-elected in 1968 Retired.
Arthur Berman	Democratic	2 Democrats 1 Republican	January 8, 1969 – January 10, 1973	76th 77th	Elected in 1968 Re-elected in 1970 Redistricted to the 11th Legislative district and re-elected in 1972.
Daniel J. O'Brien			January 13, 1971 – January 10, 1973	77th	Elected in 1970 Retired.
Michael F. Zlatnik	Republican				Elected back in 1970 Retired.
District abolished with 1971 Reapportionment as Representatives were once again elected from Legislative districts.

1983 – Present

Representative[7]	Party	Years[b]	General Assembly (GA)	Electoral History	Counties Represented
District re-established with representatives now elected one per district with the passage of the Cutback Amendment
Myron Kulas	Democratic	January 12, 1983 – 1992/1993	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Redistricted from the 19th Legislative district and re-elected in 1982 Re-elected in 1984 Re-elected in 1986 Re-elected in 1988 Re-elected in 1990 Redistricted to the 33rd Representative district, lost renomination in 1992, and resigned his 10th district seat during the 87th GA.	Cook
Vacant		1992/1993 – 1992/1993	87th
Coy Pugh	Democratic	1992/1993 – 2000/2001	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1992 and appointed during the 87th GA Re-elected in 1994 Re-elected in 1996 Re-elected in 1998 Lost renomination and resigned during the 91st GA
Vacant		2000/2001 – 2000/2001	91st
Annazette Collins	Democratic	2000/2001 – March 16, 2011	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected in 2000 and appointed during the 91st GA Re-elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Appointed as state Senator for the 5th Legislative district in 2011.
Vacant		March 16, 2011 – March 24, 2011	97th
Derrick Smith	Democratic	March 24, 2011 – August 17, 2012		Appointed in 2011 Expelled from the state House in 2012.
Vacant		August 17, 2012 – September 9, 2012
Eddie Winters	Democratic	September 9, 2012 – January 9, 2013		Appointed to fill the remainder of Derrick Smith's term.
Derrick Smith		January 9, 2013 – June 11, 2014	98th	Elected back in 2012 Lost renomination and expelled again from the state House in 2014.
Vacant		June 11, 2014 – January 14, 2015
Pamela Reaves-Harris	Democratic	January 14, 2015 – January 11, 2017	99th	Elected in 2014 Retired.
Melissa Conyears		January 11, 2017 – April/May 2019	100th 101st	Elected in 2016 Re-elected in 2018 Elected City Treasurer of Chicago and resigned her state House seat in 2019.
Vacant		April/May 2019 – May 17, 2019	101st
Jawaharial Williams	Democratic	May 17, 2019 – present	101st 102nd 103rd	Appointed in 2019 Elected in 2020 Re-elected in 2022

Historic District Boundaries

Years	County	Municipalities/Townships	Notes
2013 – present	Cook	Chicago (Austin, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Lincoln Park, Logan Square, Near North Side, Near West Side, West Garfield Park, West Town)	[1][15][2]
2003 – 2013		Chicago	[16]
1993 – 2003			[17]
1983 – 1993		Chicago	[18]
1967 – 1973		Chicago	[19]
1957 – 1965		Chicago	[20]
1871 – 1873	White	Burnt Prairie, Carmi, Elm Grove, Emma, Enfield, Grayville, Hawthorne, Liberty, Mill Shoals, New Haven, Phillipstown, Roland, Sacramento, Shadsville, Springerville, Trumbull	[21][22][23]
1863 – 1871	Hamilton Wayne	Baltimore, Bear Creek, Bennington, Blue Point, Burnt Prairie, Enterprise, Fairfield, Griswold, Jefferson City, Johnsonville, Kendall, Lanes Roads, Leiches Mill, Logansport, Macedonia, Marge Grove, Massillon, Maulding's Mill, McLeansboro, Middleton, Mount Erie, New Franklin, Palo Alto, Wabash	[21][24][25][26][27]
1855 – 1863	Edwards Wayne	Albion, Baltimore, Blue Point, Enterprise, Fairfield, Grayville, Johnsonville, Kendall, Leiches Mill, Maple Grove, Massilon, Maulding's Mill, Middleton, Mount Erie, New Franklin, West Salem	[21][28][29][24]
1849 – 1855	Crawford Jasper	Bellair, Elkton, Hutsonville, Newton, Palestine, Robinson, Rose Hill, Ste. Marie, Vernon, York (West York)	[21][30][31][32][33]

Electoral history

2030 – 2022

2022 Illinois House of Representatives election^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jawaharial "Omar" Williams (incumbent)	24,344	100.0
Total votes			24,344	100.0

2020 – 2012

2020 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jawaharial "Omar" Williams (incumbent)	38,256	100.0
Total votes			38,256	100.0

2018 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melissa Conyears-Ervin (incumbent)	31,649	100.0
Total votes			31,649	100.0

2016 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Melissa Conyears	35,858	83.84	−1.46%
	Republican	Mark Spognardi	6,911	16.16	+1.46%
Total votes			42,769	100.0

2014 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pamela Reaves-Harris	21,102	85.30	+22.42%
	Republican	Mark Calonder	3,638	14.70	N/A
Total votes			24,740	100.0

2014 Illinois House of Representatives Democratic primary^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pamela Reaves-Harris	2,688	42.59
	Democratic	Derrick Smith (incumbent)	2,375	37.63
	Democratic	Eddie Winters	757	11.99
	Democratic	Beverly Perteet	310	4.91
	Democratic	Antwan D. Hampton	181	2.87
Total votes			6,898	100.0

2012 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Derrick Smith (incumbent)	25,417	62.88	−37.12%
	10th District Unity	Lance Tyson	15,007	37.12	N/A
Total votes			40,424	100.0

2010 – 2002

2010 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annazette R. Collins (incumbent)	19,427	100.0
Total votes			19,427	100.0

2008 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annazette R. Collins (incumbent)	33,577	100.0
Total votes			33,577	100.0

2006 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annazette R. Collins (incumbent)	19,662	100.0
Total votes			19,662	100.0

2004 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Annazette R. Collins (incumbent)	30,688	86.61	−13.39%
	Republican	Thomas M. Swiss	4,746	13.39	N/A
Total votes			35,434	100.0

2002 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annazette R. Collins (incumbent)	19,179	100.0
Total votes			19,179	100.0

2000 – 1992

2000 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annazette R. Collins	25,330	100.0
Total votes			25,330	100.0

2000 Illinois House of Representatives Democratic primary^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annazette R. Collins	4,827	43.51
	Democratic	Coy Pugh (incumbent)	4,575	41.24
	Democratic	Dorothy Pugh	1,692	15.25
Total votes			11,094	100.0

1998 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Coy Pugh (incumbent)	19,565	100.0
Total votes			19,565	100.0

1996 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Coy Pugh (incumbent)	23,699	95.10	−4.90%
	Republican	Earnest L. Thomas	1,222	4.90	N/A
Total votes			24,921	100.0

1994 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Coy Pugh (incumbent)	13,065	100.0
Total votes			13,065	100.0

1992 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Coy Pugh	27,493	92.24	+10.56%
	Republican	Glenn E. God Bold	2,313	7.76	−10.56%
Total votes			29,806	100.0

1990 – 1982

1990 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Myron J. Kulas (incumbent)	10,536	81.68	+0.97%
	Republican	Henry Santiago	2,363	18.32	−0.97%
Total votes			12,899	100.0

1988 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Myron J. Kulas (incumbent)	16,222	80.71	−3.51%
	Republican	Frank S. Sliva, Jr.	3,877	19.29	+3.51%
Total votes			20,099	100.0

1986 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Myron J. Kulas (incumbent)	12,708	84.22	−15.78%
	Republican	Dennis F. Villare	2,381	15.78	N/A
Total votes			15,089	100.0

1984 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Myron J. Kulas (incumbent)	16,275	100.0
	Write-in		1	0.00
Total votes			16,726	100.0

1982 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Myron J. Kulas	21,904	100.0
Total votes			21,904	100.0

1970 – 1962

1970 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur L. Berman (incumbent)	66,858	32.29
	Democratic	Daniel J. O'Brien	61,062	29.49
	Republican	Michael F. Zlatnik	39,851.5	19.25
	Republican	Ray Jeffrey Cohen	39,272.5	18.97
Total votes			207,044	100.0

1968 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul F. Elward (incumbent)	73,506.5	28.48
	Democratic	Arthur L. Berman	72,327.5	28.03
	Republican	Edward J. Copeland (incumbent)	55,915.5	21.67
	Republican	Donald J. Stefans	52,582.5	20.38
	Citizens for Political Action	Anthony J. Murray, Jr.	1,531	0.59
	Citizens for Political Action	Betsy J. Vazquez	1,326.5	0.51
	Citizens for Political Action	Martin J. Noone	864	0.33
Total votes			258,053.5	100.0

1966 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael F. Zlatnik	62,181	22.48
	Democratic	Paul F. Elward	55,430.5	20.04
	Republican	Edward J. Copeland	54,674	19.77
	Democratic	Nicholas Zagone	48,855.5	17.66
Total votes			276,571.5	100.0

1962 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Merlo	41,762.5	27.33
	Democratic	Frank Lyman (incumbent)	38,818.5	25.41
	Republican	Albert W. Hachmeister (incumbent)	36,424	23.84
	Republican	Marshall Ravich	35,778	23.42
Total votes			152,784	100.0

1960 – 1956

1960 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth R. Wendt (incumbent)	59,665	29.55
	Democratic	Frank Lyman (incumbent)	54,940.5	27.21
	Republican	Albert W. Hachmeister (incumbent)	45,953	22.76
	Republican	Melvin A. Brandt	41,384	20.49
Total votes			201,942.5	100.0

1958 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth R. Wendt (incumbent)	48,059	31.29
	Democratic	Frank Lyman	47,082.5	30.66
	Republican	Albert W. Hachmeister (incumbent)	31,570	20.56
	Republican	Johann S. Ackerman	26,872	17.50
Total votes			153,583.5	100.0

1956 Illinois House of Representatives election^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth R. Wendt	58,697	27.35
	Republican	Albert W. Hachmeister	53,714.5	25.02
	Democratic	Carl W. Stolteben	51,265	23.88
	Republican	Harry D. Lavery	50,700	23.62
Total votes			214,646.5	100.0

Notes

1. From 1870 to 1970, the GA met for a new session on the Wednesday after the first Monday of January.
2. Since 1970, the GA meets on the second Wednesday of January for a new session.