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Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Illinois's 19 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on February 2, 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 General Primary and General Election )〕 Of the 19 elections, the 10th, 11th, 14th and 17th districts were rated as competitive by ''CQ Politics'' and ''The Rothenberg Political Report''; while the 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 17th districts were rated as competitive by ''The Cook Political Report'' and ''Sabato's Crystal Ball''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois (08) House 2010 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois (10) House 2010 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois (11) House 2010 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois (14) House 2010 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois (17) House 2010 )〕 Of Illinois's nineteen U.S. Representatives, fourteen were re-elected;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois )〕 of those who were not, one (Mark Kirk of the 10th district) did not seek re-election, while four (Melissa Bean of the 8th district, Debbie Halvorson of the 11th district, Bill Foster of the 14th district and Phil Hare of the 17th district) unsuccessfully sought re-election. In total, eleven Republicans and eight Democrats were elected.〔 A total of 3,696,159 votes were cast, of which 1,876,316 (51 percent) were for Democratic candidates, 1,720,016 (47 percent) were for Republican candidates, 95,348 (3 percent) were for Green Party candidates, 4,428 (0.1 percent) were for independent candidates and 51 (0.001 percent) were for write-in candidates. == District 1 == In 2010 the 1st district included parts of Blue Island, Chicago, Oak Forest, Orland Park and Tinley Park.〔 The district's population was 63 percent black, 26 percent white and 8 percent Hispanic (see Race and ethnicity in the United States Census); 83 percent were high school graduates and 21 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Its median income was $42,727.〔 In the 2008 presidential election the district gave 87 percent of its vote to Democratic nominee Barack Obama and 13 percent to Republican nominee John McCain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois – 1st District )〕 Democrat Bobby Rush, who took office in 1993, was the incumbent. Rush was re-elected with 86 percent of the vote in 2008.〔 In 2010 his opponent in the general election was Republican nominee Ray Wardingley, a retired entertainer. Green Party nominee Jeff Adams also ran. Harold Bailey, a manager for the Chicago Park District; Joanne Guillemette, an attorney; and Fred Smith, a program director at Maryville Academy, also sought the Democratic nomination. Adams was unopposed for the Green nomination.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois 1st District Profile )〕 Rush raised $532,447 and spent $555,188.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illinois District 01 Race )〕 Rush was re-elected with 80 percent of the vote to Wardingley's 16 percent.〔 Rush was again re-elected in 2012 and 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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