Editing Evergreen Park, Illinois (section)

==Government and politics==
Evergreen Park is in [[Illinois's 1st congressional district]], and its congressman is Democrat [[Jonathan Jackson (Illinois politician)|Jonathan Jackson]]. It is also a part of [[Illinois's 6th congressional district|Illinois's 6th congressional district]], represented by Democrat [[Sean Casten]]. The village backed [[Barack Obama]] by a margin of 61.25% to 37.40% over [[John McCain]] in 2008. Evergreen Park leans moderately Democratic as [[John Kerry]] beat [[George W. Bush]] here 55.77% to 43.40% in 2004. This is slightly more Democratic than in 2000 when Bush lost to [[Al Gore]] 51.13% to 45.60% in the village. The most Republican area of the village is the Southwest quadrant which went for Bush both years. (In 2000 Bush won 51.29% to 45.24%, and in 2004, Bush won 49.91% to 49.31%.).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/110700/el52p.pdf  |title=General election – Cook County, Illinois – Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916165544/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/110700/el52p.pdf |archive-date=September 16, 2007 }}</ref>

The current mayor of Evergreen Park is [[Kelly M. Burke|Kelly Burke]].