Illinois's 4th congressional district

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The 4th congressional district of Illinois, as defined in 2023, includes part of Cook County. It has been represented by Democrat Chuy García since January 2019, who was elected under its previous configuration. The previous version of the district, from 2013 to 2023, was featured by The Economist as one of the most strangely drawn and gerrymandered congressional districts in the country. It inspired the "Ugly Gerry" gerrymandering typeface, and has been nicknamed "earmuffs" due to its shape. That version of the district was created after federal courts ordered the creation of a majority-Hispanic district in the Chicago area. The Republican-dominated Illinois General Assembly responded by packing two majority Hispanic parts of Chicago into a single district. The 2013–2023 version of the district covered two strips running east–west across the city of Chicago, on the west side continuing into smaller portions of some suburban areas in Cook County, surrounding Illinois's 7th congressional...

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