soundly defeated Flanagan, and Bill Clinton easily carried the district. Flanagan's loss was one of the 12 seats first-term Republican candidates lost in the 1996 election. Proving just how Democratic this district was and still is, no Republican has tallied more than 35 percent of the vote since Flanagan left office. As of 2022, he is the last Republican to represent a significant part of Chicago in the U.S. House. Electoral history |- |colspan=8 style="text-align:center;" |ELECTORAL HISTORY |- |Year |Office |Winning Candidate |Party |Pct |Opponent |Party |Pct |- |1994 |U.S. House |bgcolor=#FFB3B3 |Michael Flanagan |bgcolor=#FFB3B3 |Republican |bgcolor=#FFB3B3 |54% |bgcolor=#B3D9FF |Dan Rostenkowski (inc.) |bgcolor=#B3D9FF |Democrat |bgcolor=#B3D9FF |46% |- |1996 |U.S. House |bgcolor=#B3D9FF |Rod Blagojevich |bgcolor=#B3D9FF |Democrat |bgcolor=#B3D9FF |64% |bgcolor=#FFB3B3 |Michael Flanagan (inc.) |bgcolor=#FFB3B3 |Republican |bgcolor=#FFB3B3 |36% |- Post-congressional career Flanagan moved to Washington D.C. in 1999 and is currently the president of Flanagan Consulting LLC. He has been active in Illinois Boys State since 1979. Flanagan worked in Iraq for two years for the U.S. State Department, as part of team sent to help set up democratic institutions in the country. References External links Michael P. Flanagan at Flanagan Consulting LLC 1962 births Living people Illinois lawyers United States Army officers United States Army personnel of the Gulf War American people of Irish descent Politicians from Chicago Defense Language Institute alumni Loyola University Chicago School of Law alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois 20th-century American lawyers Military personnel from Illinois Members of Congress who became lobbyists