Illinois' 3rd congressional district

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Illinois's 3rd congressional district
The 3rd congressional district of Illinois since 2003
The 3rd congressional district of Illinois since 2003
Area 124.5 mi² (322.45 km²)
Distribution 100% urban, 0% rural
Population (2000) 653,647
Median income $48,048
Ethnic composition 77.9% White, 5.9% Black, 2.9% Asian, 21.3% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American
Occupation 27.6% blue collar, 58.1% white collar, 14.3% gray collar
Cook Partisan Voting Index D + 10

The Third Congressional District of Illinois includes part of Cook County, and has been represented by Democrat Dan Lipinski since January 2005; the district was previously represented by his father Bill Lipinski beginning in 1993. This district includes west and southwest suburbs of Chicago, as well as a portion of the southwest side of the city of Chicago itself, and covers 124.5 square miles (322.45 km²), making it one of the 50 smallest districts in the U.S. although there are five smaller districts in Illinois. It is adjacent to the First District to the east and south, the Fourth District to the north, and the Thirteenth District to the west, and also borders the Sixth and Seventh Districts at its northwest and northeast corners respectively. The district was created following the 1830 Census and came into being in 1833, five months before Chicago was organized as a town; it initially included northern and western Illinois[1] before representing areas of east central and northwestern Illinois from 1843 to 1873.[2] The district has included part of Chicago since 1873, and part of the city's southwest side since 1895.

Although the district has elected Democrats to Congress in 24 of the last 25 elections, and has voted for the Democratic nominee in the last four presidential races, there is also a strong tradition of social conservatism in the area which has resulted in the election of conservative Democrats, as well as greater support for Republicans than might be expected based on voter identification by party.

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[edit] Geography

The Third District includes the municipalities of Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Burbank, Chicago Ridge, Countryside, Forest View, Hickory Hills, Hodgkins, Hometown, Indian Head Park, Justice, La Grange, La Grange Park, Lyons, McCook, Merrionette Park, Oak Lawn, Palos Hills, Riverside, Stickney, Summit and Western Springs, nearly all of Berwyn, Brookfield and Willow Springs, and parts of Alsip, Burr Ridge, Cicero, Forest Park, Hillside, North Riverside, Palos Heights, Palos Park, Westchester and Worth.

In Chicago, it includes the communities of Bridgeport (home of mayor Richard M. Daley), Clearing, Garfield Ridge, Mount Greenwood and West Lawn; almost all of Beverly; those portions of Archer Heights and West Elsdon west of Pulaski Road; the western portions of Ashburn, Chicago Lawn and Morgan Park; the portion of McKinley Park south of Archer Avenue; parts of Gage Park and New City; and a small section (1/16 m²) of Armour Square.

[edit] Demographics

The 3rd District is the home of numerous sizable and historic ethnic groups including Irish, German, Polish, and Czech immigrants and their descendants; at 14.2%, the Irish make up the largest white ethnic group in the district, mostly hailing from the Bridgeport area (also the ancestral neighborhood of the Daley family and other Chicago Irish politicians) and the Mount Greenwood-Beverly area.[3] There is also a sizable Greek community in Oak Lawn.[4] In general, these white ethnic communities are a remnant of late-19th and early-20th century waves of immigration (see Immigration to the United States). More recently, a large Hispanic community has moved to the district, notably in Berwyn and along Archer Avenue, a major Chicago artery that runs through the district's northern section.[3] 21% of the population is Hispanic, with 68% white (non-Hispanic), 6% African American and 3% of Asian descent; redistricting following the 2000 Census tripled the minority population, as the district in its previous configuration had a population that was 7% Hispanic, 2% African American and 1% Asian.[5]

[edit] Economy

The district is a historic U.S. transportation and shipping hub; not only does it include Chicago Midway International Airport, but it is also traversed by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Calumet Sag Channel, and the Des Plaines River, earning national designations for the Chicago Portage National Historic Site in Forest View and the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor. The path of historic Route 66 runs southwest through the district from its eastern end in Chicago. Interstate 55 intersects with both the Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294) and the Dan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 90) in the district, and in 2001 – since which time the district has shifted slightly to the northwest – it was noted as likely having more freight yards and railroad crossings then any other district.[3]

The district includes Toyota Park, home of the Chicago Fire team in Major League Soccer, as well as Hawthorne Race Course; the area also benefits from Chicago White Sox home games at U.S. Cellular Field, which is less than 1000 feet beyond the district's border. Portions of the Cook County Forest Preserves cover several square miles in the district's southwest corner. Cultural attractions include Brookfield Zoo; educational institutions include St. Xavier University in Chicago, Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Morton College in Cicero, and Richard J. Daley College, a Chicago city college; and medical facilities include Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn. Industrial and business presences in the district include: Tootsie Roll Industries; Electro-Motive Diesel; a Nabisco bakery which is the largest biscuit bakery in the world [1]; the Chicago Area Consolidation Hub of United Parcel Service and adjacent BNSF Railway yard [2]; an ACH Food manufacturing plant (formerly part of Corn Products Company) in Summit [3]; and a Nalco Chemical plant in Bedford Park. The former site of the International Amphitheatre, now an Aramark plant, is within the district. Among the federal facilities in the district is the Great Lakes Regional Headquarters of the National Archives and Records Administration [4].

Other district sites on the National Register of Historic Places include:

  • American State Bank, Berwyn
  • Berwyn Health Center
  • Berwyn Municipal Building
  • Avery Coonley House, Riverside
  • Arthur J. Dunham House, Berwyn
  • Grossdale Station, Brookfield
  • Haymarket Martyrs' Monument National Historic Landmark, Forest Park
  • Hofmann Tower, Lyons
  • La Grange Village Historic District
  • Lyons Township Hall, La Grange
  • Oak Lawn School, Oak Lawn
  • Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards National Historic Landmark, New City, Chicago
  • Ridge Historic District, Beverly/Morgan Park, Chicago
  • Riverside Landscape Architecture District, Riverside
  • F.F. Tomek House, Riverside
  • Western Springs Water Tower

[edit] Politics

The Third District has been described as "ancestrally Democratic, culturally conservative, multiethnic and viscerally patriotic."[6] It earned a reputation as being home to Reagan Democrats when in the 1980 presidential election it was one of only two Chicago districts (out of nine) to be won by Republican Ronald Reagan, along with the Sixth District (an almost entirely suburban district which also included Chicago's O'Hare Airport); the district simultaneously reelected Democratic congressman Marty Russo with nearly 69% of the vote.[7] The Reagan Democrat description became even more appropriate when Reagan received 65% of the vote here in 1984, as Russo again won with 64%.[8] Redistricting for the 1990s shifted the district into more reliably Democratic territory, but Bill Clinton won the district in 1992 by just a 41%-39% margin despite receiving at least 65% of the vote in four other south side districts; he won the district with 53% in 1996 although his totals in the other south side districts were all between 80-85%. George W. Bush received 41% of the vote here in both 2000 and 2004 despite not exceeding 21% in any of the other four south side districts; it was his best performance in any district located primarily within Cook County.

Redistricting which took effect for the 1992 elections kept only 40% of the district's previous area, and pitted nine-term incumbent Russo against five-term incumbent Bill Lipinski, who had previously represented the Fifth District, in the Democratic primary. Lipinski ran close to Russo in the suburbs but easily won the Chicago areas, and won the primary 58%-37%.[9] Lipinski was decidedly the most conservative Democrat in the Illinois delegation,[6] opposing abortion and gays in the military, supporting school prayer, tuition vouchers, the Defense of Marriage Act and the death penalty, and helping to write a proposed constitutional amendment in 1997 prohibiting flag desecration.[10][11] A member of the Blue Dog Democrats,[11] he was one of just 30 Democrats to vote for the Republican welfare reform plan.[3] He clashed often with the Clinton administration, opposing the president's position over half the time in the 1997-98 Congress.[12] He was one of 31 Democrats to vote in favor of a Judiciary Committee inquiry during the leadup to Clinton's impeachment; he eventually voted against impeachment, but simultaneously called on Clinton to resign.[13] In 1999, Lipinski stated that Clinton "doesn't have credibility on military issues," adding that "the American people feel Clinton is unsure."[11] Lipinski received higher approval ratings from the American Conservative Union than from the ACLU in 12 of his last 13 years in office, though his highest ratings generally came from labor and consumer groups[12][10] and the Christian Coalition.[14] He received a 0 rating from the ACLU for the 1997-98 term,[12] and also compiled an overall 0 rating from the National Abortion Rights Action League.[14] His policies enabled him to work easily with Republicans; he was a candidate to become Transportation Secretary in the Bush administration, and collaborated with House Speaker Dennis Hastert of the 14th District to design the state's redistricting plan following the 2000 Census.[13] Lipinski's positions were generally in line with those of district residents,[15] and after surviving with a 54%-46% win amid the Republican gains of 1994 he was reelected by increasing margins in each succeeding election; in 2002 he became the first unopposed candidate in the history of the Third District.[16]

The district's seat changed hands under somewhat controversial circumstances in 2004. Lipinski was renominated in the primary election, but in August announced his intention to withdraw from the race, just two weeks before the deadline for replacing a candidate on the ballot. Four days later, the district's ward and township committeemen – including Lipinski himself as well as Mayor Daley's brother John and Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan – met to choose a replacement; Lipinski nominated his son Dan, an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, and he was approved without opposition despite not having lived in Illinois since 1989. In his initial campaign, the younger Lipinski stated that his policies made him "not really that different from" his father, and indicated that he would oppose same-sex marriage as well as abortion except when the mother's life was at stake. True to the district's heritage, he identified Reagan as his political hero.[17]

[edit] Representation

Representative Years Notes
Joseph Duncan (Jackson Democrat) 1833-1834 Resigned upon becoming Governor of Illinois
William L. May (Jackson Democrat/D) 1834-1839
John T. Stuart (W) 1839-1843
Orlando B. Ficklin (D) 1843-1849
Timothy R. Young (D) 1849-1851
Orlando B. Ficklin (D) 1851-1853
Jesse O. Norton (W/R) 1853-1857
Owen Lovejoy (R) 1857-1863
Elihu B. Washburne (R) 1863-1869 Resigned upon becoming Secretary of State
Horatio C. Burchard (R) 1869-1873
Charles B. Farwell (R) 1873-1876
John V. Le Moyne (D) 1876-1877 Succeeded Farwell after successfully contesting the 1874 election
Lorenzo Brentano (R) 1877-1879
Hiram Barber, Jr. (R) 1879-1881
Charles B. Farwell (R) 1881-1883
George R. Davis (R) 1883-1885
James H. Ward (D) 1885-1887
William E. Mason (R) 1887-1891
Allan C. Durborow, Jr. (D) 1891-1895
Lawrence E. McGann (D) 1895
Hugh R. Belknap (R) 1895-1899 Succeeded McGann after successfully contesting the 1894 election
George P. Foster (D) 1899-1903
William W. Wilson (R) 1903-1913
George E. Gorman (D) 1913-1915
William W. Wilson (R) 1915-1921
Elliott W. Sproul (R) 1921-1931
Edward A. Kelly (D) 1931-1943
Fred E. Busbey (R) 1943-1945
Edward A. Kelly (D) 1945-1947
Fred E. Busbey (R) 1947-1949
Neil J. Linehan (D) 1949-1951
Fred E. Busbey (R) 1951-1955
James C. Murray (D) 1955-1957
Emmet F. Byrne (R) 1957-1959
William T. Murphy (D) 1959-1971
Morgan F. Murphy (D) 1971-1973
Robert P. Hanrahan (R) 1973-1975
Marty Russo (D) 1975-1993
Bill Lipinski (D) 1993-2005
Dan Lipinski (D) 2005-present

[edit] History of district boundaries

The total number of representatives allotted to Illinois during each period follows the years in parentheses:

  • 1833-1843 (3): The district included the bulk of northern and western Illinois: Adams, Calhoun, Cook, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, LaSalle, Macon, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Morgan, Peoria, Pike, Putnam, Sangamon, Schuyler, Tazewell and Warren counties (numerous additional counties were later created within this area).[18] During this period, Abraham Lincoln was a district resident, beginning his political career as a state legislator.
  • 1843-1853 (7): The district was shifted to the east central part of the state, taking in Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Richland and Shelby counties.[19]
  • 1853-1863 (9): The district was shifted north to cover the twelve counties to the south and southwest of Cook County: Bureau, Champaign, DeWitt, Grundy, Iroquois, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston, McLean, Putnam, Vermilion and Will counties.[20]
  • 1863-1873 (14, including one elected at large): The district was relocated to include the six counties in the northwestern corner of the state: Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson and Whiteside counties.[21]
  • 1873-1883 (19): The district was again relocated, and now included Lake County, the sixteen townships comprising the northern half of Cook County (Barrington, Cicero, Elk Grove, Evanston, Hanover, Jefferson, Lake View, Leyden, Maine, New Trier, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Proviso, Schaumburg, Wheeling), and the north side of Chicago (the area that is now the Near North Side).[22] During this period, the Near North Side was recovering from the devastation of the Great Chicago Fire of October 1871.
  • 1883-1895 (20/22): From 1883 to 1893 the district included those parts of the west side between 12th Street (now Roosevelt Road) and the North Branch of the Chicago River; as the city was still expanding westward, this was an area generally within the modern communities of West Town and the Near West Side.[23] Illinois gained two additional representatives following the 1890 Census, but they were elected on an at-large basis for the 1893-1895 term before redistricting occurred, and the previous decade's districting remained in effect.[24]
  • 1895-1903 (22): The district now included Downtown Chicago, the Near South Side and Armour Square, as well as the area west of the Chicago River to Halsted Street between 12th Street and 22nd Street (now Cermak Road), and also a portion of Bridgeport to the east of Halsted.[25] In the 1896 House election, Clarence Darrow lost by 590 votes (2.5%).[26]
  • 1903-1913 (25): The district began to take on its modern territory, and included the nine southernmost townships of Cook County (Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Lemont, Orland, Palos, Rich, Thornton and Worth), as well as that part of Chicago west of State Street between 51st Street and 111th Street excepting one and a quarter square miles in the southeast corner.[27]
  • 1913-1933 (27, including two elected at large):
  • 1933-1943 (27, including two elected at large):
  • 1943-1953 (26; one elected at large from 1943-1949):
  • 1953-1963 (25): The district included that part of Chicago bounded on the north by 65th Street (Cicero Avenue to Western Avenue), Marquette Road (Western to Damen), 59th Street (Damen to Wallace) and Garfield Boulevard (Wallace to the railroad between Wentworth and State Street), and bounded on the east by the railroad (Garfield to 59th), State Street (59th to 73rd Street), Indiana Avenue (73rd to 83rd Street), South Park Boulevard (later renamed King Drive, 83rd to 99th Street), Stewart Avenue (99th to 103rd Street) and Halsted (103rd to 123rd Street).[28]
  • 1963-1973 (24): Shifting slightly, the district included the village of Evergreen Park as well as that part of Chicago bounded on the north by 66th Street (Cicero to the railroad 1/2 mile east of Kedzie), Marquette (the railroad to Damen), 59th Street (Damen to Racine) and Garfield (Racine to the railroad 1/4 mile east of Halsted), and bounded on the east by the railroad (Garfield to 59th), Halsted (59th to 63rd Street), State Street (63rd to 83rd Street), Stewart (83rd to 99th Street), State Street (99th to 111th Street), Wentworth Avenue (111th to 113th Street) and Halsted (113th to 123rd Street).[29] There was additional redistricting in Illinois which took effect for the 1967-1969 term, but the Third District was not altered.[30]
  • 1973-1983 (24): The district shifted primarily into suburban areas to include Thornton and Calumet Townships, most of Worth Township (excepting the municipalities of Bridgeview, Chicago Ridge, Palos Heights and Worth), the Chicago communities of Ashburn and Mount Greenwood, those parts of West Lawn and Chicago Lawn south of 63rd Street, and those parts of Beverly and Morgan Park west of Western Avenue.
  • 1983-1993 (22): Parts of the district shifted to the west. The district now included: Bremen Township; Worth Township excepting that part between 111th Street and 135th Street west of Cicero Avenue as well as approximately 1/4 mi² of Worth north of 111th; that part of Calumet Township in Blue Island and Calumet Park northwest of the railroad running from 123rd and Laflin to the western township line; that part of Thornton Township west of the Calumet Expressway having as its northern boundary 167th Street (from the Bremen Township line to the eastern edge of Hazel Crest), 171st/172nd Street (Hazel Crest to Halsted Street), 167th (Halsted to State Street, which becomes Indiana Avenue) and the Little Calumet River (Indiana Avenue to the Calumet Expressway); the part of Stickney Township south of 65th Street; the Chicago communities of Clearing, West Lawn, Ashburn, Mount Greenwood and Beverly, the western part of Morgan Park, and the additional part of Chicago between 55th Street, 75th Street, Cicero Avenue and the railroad 1/4 mile east of Western excepting that portion from the railroad to Western between 63rd Street and 69th Street.[31]
  • 1993-2003 (20):
  • 2003-present (19): See map and geography above.

[edit] Presidential voting

This table indicates how the 3rd District has voted in U.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today. The candidate who received the most votes in the district is listed first; the candidate who won the election nationally is in CAPS, and the candidate who won the state of Illinois is indicated with a †.

Election District winner Runnerup Other candidates
1952[32] EISENHOWER† (R), 105,513 (55%) Stevenson (D), 86,220 (45%)
1956[32] EISENHOWER† (R), 114,807 (61%) Stevenson (D), 72,862 (39%)
1968[33] Humphrey (D), 111,357 (56%) NIXON† (R), 69,344 (35%) Wallace (AIP), 16,665 (8%)
1972[34] NIXON† (R), 155,092 (70%) McGovern (D), 65,226 (30%)
1976[35] Ford† (R), 121,448 (58%) CARTER (D), 88,240 (42%)
1980[36] REAGAN† (R), 109,179 (52%) Carter (D), 87,091 (41%) Anderson (Indep.), 12,594 (6%)
1984[37] REAGAN† (R), 158,281 (65%) Mondale (D), 84,752 (35%)
1988[38] BUSH† (R), 130,606 (58%) Dukakis (D), 92,108 (41%)
1992[39] CLINTON† (D), 108,342 (41%) Bush (R), 102,632 (39%) Perot (Indep.), 52,905 (20%)
1996[5] CLINTON† (D), 114,089 (53%) Dole (R), 78,853 (37%) Perot (Reform), 19,441 (9%)
2000[13] Gore† (D), 118,342 (55%) BUSH (R), 88,458 (41%) Nader (Green), 5,537 (3%)
2004[40] Kerry† (D), 144,657 (59%) BUSH (R), 100,257 (41%)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Parsons, Stanley B.; William W. Beach, Dan Hermann (1978). United States Congressional Districts 1788-1841. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 302-304. ISBN 0-8371-9828-3. 
  2. ^ Parsons, Stanley B.; William W. Beach, Michael J. Dubin (1986). United States Congressional Districts and Data, 1843-1883. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 7-8, 53-54, 102-103. ISBN 0-313-22045-X. 
  3. ^ a b c d Barone, Michael; Richard E. Cohen, Charles E. Cook, Jr. (2001). The Almanac of American Politics 2002. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group, pp. 511-513. ISBN 0-8923-4099-1. 
  4. ^ Duncan, Phil (ed.) (1991). Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America 1992. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, p. 425. ISBN 0-87187-599-3. 
  5. ^ a b Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa, Richard E. Cohen (1997). The Almanac of American Politics 1998. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group, p. 480. ISBN 0-89234-081-9. 
  6. ^ a b Barone, Michael; Richard E. Cohen (2005). The Almanac of American Politics 2006. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group, p. 567. ISBN 0-89234-111-4. 
  7. ^ (2005) Guide to U.S. Elections, 5th edition, Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, p. 1217. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. 
  8. ^ Ibid, p. 1227.
  9. ^ Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa (1993). The Almanac of American Politics 1994. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group, p. 395. ISBN 0-89234-057-6. 
  10. ^ a b Barone, Michael; Richard E. Cohen (2003). The Almanac of American Politics 2004. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group, p. 542. ISBN 0-89234-105-X. 
  11. ^ a b c Nutting, Brian; H. Amy Stern (eds.) (2002). Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America 2002. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, pp. 312-313. ISBN 1-56802-655-2. 
  12. ^ a b c Sharp, J. Michael (2006). Directory of Congressional Voting Scores and Interest Group Ratings. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, p. 941. ISBN 1-56802-970-5. 
  13. ^ a b c Barone, et al. (2001), p. 512.
  14. ^ a b William Lipinski on VoteMatch. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
  15. ^ Barone, et al. (2001), p. 512.
  16. ^ Based on results from 1832 through 2002 in the Guide to U.S. Elections.
  17. ^ Barone, et al. (2005), pp. 567-568.
  18. ^ Parsons, et al. (1978), pp. 302-304.
  19. ^ Parsons, et al. (1986), pp. 7-8.
  20. ^ Ibid, pp. 53-54.
  21. ^ Ibid, pp. 102-103.
  22. ^ Ibid, pp. 159-160.
  23. ^ Parsons, Stanley B.; Michael J. Dubin, Karen Toombs Parsons (1990). United States Congressional Districts, 1883-1913. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 23-27. ISBN 0-313-26482-1. 
  24. ^ Ibid, pp. 182-186.
  25. ^ Ibid, pp. 187-191.
  26. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections, p. 1005.
  27. ^ Ibid, pp. 326-330.
  28. ^ (1960) Congressional District Atlas of the United States. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, pp. 18-20. 
  29. ^ (1963) Congressional District Data Book: Districts of the 88th Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, pp. 125-127. 
  30. ^ (1966) Congressional District Data Book, Illinois supplement. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, pp. 2-4. 
  31. ^ Gottron, Martha V. (ed.) (1983). Congressional Districts in the 1980s. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, p. 163. ISBN 0-87187-264-1. 
  32. ^ a b (1961) Congressional District Data Book: Districts of the 87th Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of the Census, p. 17. 
  33. ^ Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa, Douglas Matthews (1972). The Almanac of American Politics. Boston: Gambit, p. 199. ISBN 0-87645-053-2. 
  34. ^ Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa, Douglas Matthews (1973). The Almanac of American Politics. Boston: Gambit, p. 267. ISBN 0-87645-077-X. 
  35. ^ Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa, Douglas Matthews (1977). The Almanac of American Politics 1978. New York City: E. P. Dutton, p. 228. ISBN 0-87690-255-7. 
  36. ^ Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa (1981). The Almanac of American Politics 1982. Washington, D.C.: Barone & Co., p. 299. ISBN 0-940702-00-2. 
  37. ^ Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa (1985). The Almanac of American Politics 1986. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group, p. 398. ISBN 0-89234-032-0. 
  38. ^ Barone, Michael; Grant Ujifusa (1989). The Almanac of American Politics 1990. Washington, D.C.: National Journal Group, p. 355. ISBN 0-89234-043-6. 
  39. ^ Barone, et al. (1993), p. 394.
  40. ^ Barone, et al. (2005), p. 566.

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