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Historically, Illinois was a critical swing state leaning marginally towards the Republican Party. [3] Between its admission into the Union and 1996, it voted for the losing candidate just six times - in 1824, 1840, 1848, 1884, 1916, and 1976.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Illinois: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of State; Attorney General; Comptroller (Auditor before 1972) Treasurer; The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State House of Representatives; State delegation to the U.S ...
The Chicago Owls were a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois.They were members of the Professional Football League of America (PFLA) in 1967 and, after the leagues merged, the Continental Football League (COFL) during the league's last two years (1968–1969). [1]
Fowler grew up in Rockford, Illinois [4] and State College, Pennsylvania, where his father, Knox, was a theater professor at Penn State University. [5] When he was a teenager, his family relocated to Colorado. Chris graduated from General William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs in 1980. [6]
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.
Illinois is one of five Big Ten teams in the ranks, with the other four all in the top five: No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 4 Penn State and No. 5 Indiana.
Nov. 28—The possibility of high school football in Illinois going to a district format is once again up for a vote. The IHSA announced on Tuesday morning it has advanced 14 proposals through its ...
Charles Patrick Pierce [2] (born December 28, 1953) is an American sportswriter, political blogger, liberal pundit, [3] author, and game show panelist. [ 4 ] Biography