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Illinois is a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections and one of the "Big Three" Democratic strongholds alongside California and New York.It is one of the most Democratic states in the nation with all state executive offices and both state legislative branches held by Democrats.
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.
Illinois is divided into 17 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The majority of Illinois' districts are located in the Chicago area. The Illinois General Assembly has the primary responsibility of redrawing congressional district lines following each decennial census.
Illinois Democrats said Friday the Legislature will return to Springfield to redraw political districts that will be used for legislative elections over the next decade, this time using data from ...
Political party strength in Illinois; R. Illinois Republican Party This page was last edited on 15 June 2014, at 02:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
2022 Illinois's 4th congressional district election [28] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Chuy García (incumbent) 91,036 : 68.4 : Republican: James Falakos 37,352 28.1 Working Class: Edward Hershey 4,605 3.5 Write-in: 54 0.0 Total votes 133,047 : 100.0 : Democratic hold
By the 1990s, the Republican Party had completed the transition into the southeast's dominant political party, despite typically having fewer members due to the prevalence of Republican voting generational Democrats. In New England, the opposite trend occurred; the former Republican strongholds of Maine and Vermont became solidly Democratic, as ...
In a recording dated April 13, 2018, McClain and former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker discussed an election loss by the daughter of then-state Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Chicago, who served in the ...