 Illinois's 17th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that covers much of west central Illinois, including the cities of Sterling, Rock Island, Moline, Kewanee, Galesburg, Canton, Macomb, Quincy, Springfield and Decatur. It covers areas in Henry, Whiteside, Rock Island, Mercer, Knox, Warren, Henderson, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock, Adams, Pike, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Christian, Sagamon, Macon, Shelby, and Fayette counties. Congressional districts for representation in the United States House of Representatives are determined after each census. ...
Sterling is a city located in Whiteside County, Illinois. ...
Rock Island is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois. ...
Moline is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. ...
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Galesburg is a city located in Knox County, Illinois. ...
Canton is the largest city in Fulton County, Illinois in the USA. The population was 15,288 at the 2000 census. ...
Macomb is a city located in McDonough County, Illinois. ...
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Flag Seal Location Location of Springfield within Illinois Government Country State County United States Illinois Sangamon Founded 1819 Mayor Timothy Davlin Geographical characteristics Area - City 156. ...
The Decatur Transfer House in the background with a newly completed fountain in the foreground. ...
Representation
The district's current representative is Democrat Lane Evans. Evans is serving his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Evans has announced that he will not seek reelection in November 2006 and will retire at the end of his current term in Congress due to the increasingly debilitating effects of Parkinson's Disease. The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...
Lane Evans Lane Allen Evans (born August 4, 1951), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983, representing the 17th District of Illinois (map). ...
Democrat Phil Hare and Republican Andrea Zinga are running for representative in the 17th district for the upcoming 2006 elections. The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...
Philip G. Hare (b. ...
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Andrea Lane Zinga is a former television reporter for WQAD 8; an ABC affiliate in Moline, Illinois, KWQC-6 (then called WOC); a NBC affiliate in Davenport, Iowa, CNN, CNN Headline News, The Airport Channel (a CNN network provided exclusively to airports), and WHBF-4; a CBS affiliate in Rock...
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