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The 1st District has been represented by Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush since he was elected in 1992. The district includes about half of Chicago’s black South Side community as well as several mostly white suburbs, including Blue Island, Palos Heights, Orland Park and Oak Forest. The 2001 redistricting added the mostly black 18th Ward and removed the mostly white 19th Ward. It is heavily Democratic; only 15 percent of residents voted for George W. Bush in 2000 and just 17 percent in 2004.
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