Bug: Chicago representativeInfoByAddress lookup returns no U.S. House member

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jo...@dotgov.com

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Jan 10, 2022, 1:39:15 PM1/10/22
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Does anyone have any thoughts on why the rep. lookup would not return the U.S. House member for this particular address in Chicago?  It doesn't produce an error. It just doesn't return any result. Example:

{
  "normalizedInput": {
    "line1": "5855 North Sheridan Road",
    "city": "Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "zip": "60660"
  },
  "kind": "civicinfo#representativeInfoResponse"
}

An address that is one digit different returns the correct U.S. House member. Example:

{
  "normalizedInput": {
    "line1": "5854 North Sheridan Road",
    "city": "Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "zip": "60660"
  },
  "kind": "civicinfo#representativeInfoResponse",
  "divisions": {
    "ocd-division/country:us/state:il/cd:9": {
      "name": "Illinois's 9th congressional district",
      "officeIndices": [
        0
      ]
    }
  },
  "offices": [
    {
      "name": "U.S. Representative",
      "divisionId": "ocd-division/country:us/state:il/cd:9",
      "levels": [
        "country"
      ],
      "roles": [
        "legislatorLowerBody"
      ],
      "officialIndices": [
        0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "officials": [
    {
      "name": "Jan Schakowsky",
      "address": [
        {
          "line1": "2367 Rayburn House Office Building",
          "city": "Washington",
          "state": "DC",
          "zip": "20515"
        }
      ],
      "party": "Democratic Party",
      "phones": [
        "(202) 225-2111"
      ],
      "urls": [
      ],
      "emails": [
        "jan.schakowsky@....gov"
      ],
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "Facebook",
          "id": "janschakowsky"
        },
        {
          "type": "Twitter",
          "id": "janschakowsky"
        },
        {
          "type": "YouTube",
          "id": "repschakowsky"
        }
      ],
      "geocodingSummaries": [
        {
          "queryString": "2367 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515-1309",
          "featureId": {
            "cellId": "9923602095821286967",
            "fprint": "9836788952556073396"
          },
          "featureType": "typePostalCode",
          "positionPrecisionMeters": 740.42650070101672,
          "addressUnderstood": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
John

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