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Bill Brady was the Republican Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate from July 1, 2017, to December 31, 2020. On November 4, 2020, Brady announced he would step down as Senate party leader and would "[hint] at another run for statewide office." [5] Dan McConchie was elected on November 5, 2020, as then-leader-elect of the Republican caucus. [6]
The 2022 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic senator Tammy Duckworth was re-elected for a second term against former U.S. House of Representatives candidate Kathy Salvi, the Republican nominee, winning by a ...
The 2026 United States Senate election in Illinois will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic senator Dick Durbin is eligible to run for reelection, having been re-elected in 2020 with 54.9% of the vote, but has yet to indicate whether he will do so.
The Government of Illinois, under 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.
Evelyn Sanguinetti, former lieutenant governor of Illinois (2015–2019) [38] State legislators. Jim Durkin, Minority Leader of Illinois House of Representatives [38] Jim Oberweis, former state senator, nominee for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, and candidate for Illinois governor [38] Mark Batinick, state representative [38]
Elections in Illinois are directly administered by 109 election authorities. Seven municipalities each have an election commission as the local election authority only within that municipality. Outside of those, the county clerk is the local election authority in 100 counties, and 2 counties have a separate election commission . [ 3 ]
Seniority still counted in obtaining choice of office and parking space assignments. [3] [4] In the election years of 1966, 1974 and 1978, changes to pension laws made it advantageous for senators to resign before December 31, rather than wait until their term expired in early January, contributing to the increase in the number of appointed ...
Senators from Illinois are elected to class 2 and class 3. The Senate twice refused to seat Frank L. Smith , in December 1926 for an appointed term and in March 1927 for an elected one, due to corruption, but he is included in this list because Smith and the Governor considered him to be a senator for approximately two years.