Illinois's 15th congressional district

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Illinois's 15th congressional district is a predominantly rural U.S. House district in central and southeastern Illinois, known for its strong Republican lean and agricultural base.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
chamber lower house ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
elects member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction federal ⓘ
hasCharacteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
hasEconomicBase agriculture ⓘ
hasLevel federal legislative district ⓘ
hasMajorPartyDominance Republican Party ⓘ
hasNumber 15 ⓘ
hasPartyCompetitiveness low ⓘ
hasPoliticalLeaning Republican ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
hasPrimaryIndustry agribusiness ⓘ
farming ⓘ
hasRuralCharacter strong ⓘ
hasStrongPartyLean Republican Party ⓘ
hasTypeOfConstituency geographic ⓘ
isNumberedDistrictOf Illinois ⓘ
isRepresentedIn U.S. Congress ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
isRuralDistrictOf Illinois ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Illinois ⓘ
southeastern Illinois ⓘ
partOf Illinois congressional delegation ⓘ
represents residents of central Illinois ⓘ
residents of southeastern Illinois ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
usesVotingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Sangamon County, Illinois → federalDistrict → Illinois's 15th congressional district ⓘ
Piatt County, Illinois → partOfCongressionalDistrict → Illinois's 15th congressional district ⓘ
Joseph Gurney Cannon → representedDistrict → Illinois's 15th congressional district ⓘ
De Witt County, Illinois → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → Illinois’s 15th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: Illinois's 15th congressional district
Macon County, Illinois → hasLegislativeDistrict → Illinois’s 15th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: Illinois's 15th congressional district
Moultrie County, Illinois → hasLegislativeDistrict → Illinois’s 15th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: Illinois's 15th congressional district
Shelby County, Illinois → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → Illinois's 15th congressional district ⓘ
Clay County, Illinois → locatedIn → Illinois congressional district 15 ⓘ
linked to: Illinois's 15th congressional district
Clark County, Illinois → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → Illinois's 15th congressional district ⓘ
Crawford County, Illinois → partOf → Illinois 15th Congressional District ⓘ
linked to: Illinois's 15th congressional district
Jasper County, Illinois → partOf → Illinois’s 15th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: Illinois's 15th congressional district
Pope County, Illinois → congressionalDistrict → Illinois's 15th congressional district ⓘ
Hardin County, Illinois → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → Illinois 15th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: Illinois's 15th congressional district
Illinois's 18th congressional district → successorDistrictOfTerritory → Illinois's 15th congressional district ⓘ