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The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts, a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States census.
Illinois had lost one seat in the reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. All 18 of Illinois' remaining seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2012. Before the election, Republicans held 11 and Democrats held 8 seats from Illinois. In 2002, Democrats won 12 seats while Republicans won 6.
The 2012 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives was conducted on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years. [1] The votes were as close as to the previous election, but the Democrats were able to win "3/5 of the seats in ...
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This was the first congressional election using districts drawn up based on the 2010 United States census. Although Democratic candidates received a nationwide plurality of more than 1.4 million votes (1.1%) in the aggregated vote totals from all House elections, [ 3 ] the Republican Party won a 33-seat advantage in seats, thus retaining its ...
In the 2022 midterm elections, per the 2020 United States census, Illinois lost a congressional seat. [4] From a high of 27 congressional seats apportioned to Illinois following the 1910 and 1930 censuses, the state has lost one to two seats in every re-apportionment cycle since 1940, with the exception of the cycle following the 1970 census.
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states/districts won by Democrat Barack Obama, and Red denotes those won by Republican Mitt Romney. Numbers indicate electoral votes allotted to the winner of each state. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 33 of 100 seats: Net seat change: Democratic +2: 2012 ...
The 2012 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 20, 2012, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2012 presidential election. [4] [5] For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 21.72%, with 1,586,171 votes cast. [3]