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Illinois's 6th congressional district is a United States Congressional District that represents the western suburbs of Chicago, including portions of DuPage and Cook counties.
2006 race
With incumbent Henry Hyde (R) retiring after 16 terms in the US House of Representatives, the seat for the Illinois 6th is now open. The party primaries, for this upcoming election, were held on March 21, 2006.
The Republican, Peter Roskam, is presently an Illinois State Senator representing Illinois 48th district, who ran unconstested in the Republican primary and is the Republican candidate for the general election in November 2006. Roskam, a long time resident of DuPage County, and living in Wheaton, Illinois.
The Democratic primary winner was Tammy Duckworth, a decorated Iraq War veteran. With substantial backing from the state and national Democratic establishment, Duckworth won the hotly constested primary by a close margin. The Chicago Sun-Times reported the following percentages: Duckworth with 43.8 percent, Christine Cegelis a close second with 40.4 percent, and Lindy Scott came in at 15.7 percent. A Chicago Sun-Times article also noted the March 21, 2006 primary yielded 31,996 Democratic votes in the Sixth District.
Democratic strength in the district has grown in recent years, but the balance still tilts to the Republicans. On June 29, 2006, however, the Cook Political Report called the race a "toss-up".
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