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The Government of Illinois, under the State of Illinois Constitution, has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.The State's executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive and head of state, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions.
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Illinois, presented chronologically. [7] All redistricting events that took place in Illinois from statehood in 1818 to 2013 are shown. During the periods of 1863-1873, 1893-1895, and 1903-1948, voters in Illinois elected an additional one to two at-large representatives.
The Illinois state government has numerous departments, but the so-called code departments provide most of the state's services. [1] [2] Code departments
The 5th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook and Lake counties, as of the 2023 redistricting which followed the 2010 census.All or parts of Chicago, Inverness, Arlington Heights, Barrington Hills, Des Plaines, Palatine, Mount Prospect, Deer Park, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, Long Grove, and North Barrington are included.
The United States Census Bureau has determined that Illinois has 3,227 special purpose governments as of June 30, 2012. [13] The Office of the Illinois Comptroller, which uses a broader definition that includes special districts without budget autonomy, determined the state has 4,755 as of December 2015.
The United States Census Bureau has determined that Illinois has 3,227 special-purpose governments as of June 30, 2012; the most of any U.S. state. [1] The Office of the Illinois Comptroller , which uses a broader definition that includes special districts without budget autonomy, determined the state has 4,755 as of December 2015.
Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Illinois Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1812 to 1818. These are tables of congressional delegations from Illinois to the United States Senate and the United States House of ...
Political party strength in Illinois is highly dependent upon Cook County, and the state's reputation as a blue state rests upon the fact that over 40% of its population and political power is concentrated in Chicago, Cook County, and the Chicago metropolitan area. Outside of Chicago, the suburban collar counties continue trending Democratic [3 ...