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Party Representation 223 seats

D
Democrat
16 seats
R
Republican
69 seats
O
Other
138 seats

U.S. Senators 2 U.S. Senators

R
Richard J. DURBIN
United States Senator
Democrat
T
Tammy DUCKWORTH
United States Senator
Democrat

U.S. Representatives 17 U.S. Representatives

J
Jonathan Jackson
District 1
Democrat
R
Robin Kelly
District 2
Democrat
D
Delia Ramirez
District 3
Democrat
J
Jesús G. García
District 4
Democrat
M
Mike Quigley
District 5
Democrat
S
Sean Casten
District 6
Democrat
D
Danny Davis
District 7
Democrat
R
Raja Krishnamoorthi
District 8
Democrat
J
Janice Schakowsky
District 9
Democrat
B
Bradley Schneider
District 10
Democrat
B
Bill Foster
District 11
Democrat
M
Mike Bost
District 12
Republican
N
Nikki Budzinski
District 13
Democrat
L
Lauren Underwood
District 14
Democrat
M
Mary Miller
District 15
Republican
D
Darin LaHood
District 16
Republican
E
Eric Sorensen
District 17
Democrat

Senate 86 members

J
Javier Cervantes
District 1
Democratic
J
Javier Cervantes[a]
District 1
Democratic
O
Omar Aquino
District 2
Democratic
O
Omar Aquino[b]
District 2
Democratic
M
Mattie Hunter
District 3
Democratic
K
Kimberly Lightford
District 4
Democratic
K
Kimberly Lightford[b]
District 4
Democratic
L
Lakesia Collins
District 5
Democratic
L
Lakesia Collins[b]
District 5
Democratic
S
Sara Feigenholtz
District 6
Democratic
S
Sara Feigenholtz[b]
District 6
Democratic
M
Mike Simmons
District 7
Democratic
M
Mike Simmons[b]
District 7
Democratic
R
Ram Villivalam
District 8
Democratic
R
Ram Villivalam[a]
District 8
Democratic
L
Laura Fine
District 9
Democratic
L
Laura Fine[a]
District 9
Democratic
R
Robert Martwick
District 10
Democratic
R
Robert Martwick[b]
District 10
Democratic
M
Mike Porfirio
District 11
Democratic
C
Celina Villanueva
District 12
Democratic
C
Celina Villanueva[b]
District 12
Democratic
R
Robert Peters
District 13
Democratic
R
Robert Peters[b]
District 13
Democratic
E
Emil Jones III
District 14
Democratic
N
Napoleon Harris
District 15
Democratic
W
Willie Preston
District 16
Democratic
E
Elgie Sims
District 17
Democratic
E
Elgie Sims[b]
District 17
Democratic
W
William Cunningham
District 18
Democratic
M
Michael Hastings
District 19
Democratic
G
Graciela Guzmán
District 20
Democratic
L
Laura Ellman
District 21
Democratic
C
Cristina Castro
District 22
Democratic
S
Suzy Glowiak
District 23
Democratic
S
Seth Lewis
District 24
Republican
K
Karina Villa
District 25
Democratic
D
Darby Hills
District 26
Republican
D
Darby Hills[b]
District 26
Republican
M
Mark L. Walker
District 27
Democratic
M
Mark L. Walker[b]
District 27
Democratic
L
Laura Murphy
District 28
Democratic
L
Laura Murphy[b]
District 28
Democratic
J
Julie Morrison
District 29
Democratic
A
Adriane Johnson
District 30
Democratic
A
Adriane Johnson[b]
District 30
Democratic
M
Mary Edly-Allen
District 31
Democratic
C
Craig Wilcox
District 32
Republican
C
Craig Wilcox[b]
District 32
Republican
D
Don DeWitte
District 33
Republican
S
Steve Stadelman
District 34
Democratic
D
Dave Syverson
District 35
Republican
M
Michael Halpin
District 36
Democratic
L
Li Arellano Jr.
District 37
Republican
S
Sue Rezin
District 38
Republican
S
Sue Rezin[b]
District 38
Republican
D
Don Harmon
District 39
Democratic
P
Patrick Joyce
District 40
Democratic
P
Patrick Joyce[b]
District 40
Democratic
J
John Curran
District 41
Republican
J
John Curran[b]
District 41
Republican
L
Linda Holmes
District 42
Democratic
R
Rachel Ventura
District 43
Democratic
S
Sally Turner
District 44
Republican
S
Sally Turner[b]
District 44
Republican
A
Andrew Chesney
District 45
Republican
A
Andrew Chesney[a]
District 45
Republican
D
Dave Koehler
District 46
Democratic
D
Dave Koehler[a]
District 46
Democratic
N
Neil Anderson
District 47
Republican
D
Doris Turner
District 48
Democratic
D
Doris Turner[b]
District 48
Democratic
M
Meg Loughran Cappel
District 49
Democratic
M
Meg Loughran Cappel[a]
District 49
Democratic
J
Jil Tracy
District 50
Republican
C
Chapin Rose
District 51
Republican
P
Paul Faraci
District 52
Democratic
P
Paul Faraci[b]
District 52
Democratic
C
Chris Balkema
District 53
Republican
S
Steve McClure
District 54
Republican
J
Jason Plummer
District 55
Republican
E
Erica Harriss
District 56
Republican
C
Christopher Belt
District 57
Democratic
T
Terri Bryant
District 58
Republican
P
Paul Jacobs[b]
District 59
Republican
P
Paul Jacobs
District 118
Republican

House of Representatives 118 members

A
Aaron Ortiz
District 1
Democratic
E
Elizabeth Hernandez
District 2
Democratic
E
Eva-Dina Delgado
District 3
Democratic
L
Lilian Jiménez
District 4
Democratic
K
Kimberly du Buclet
District 5
Democratic
S
Sonya Harper
District 6
Democratic
E
Emanuel Chris Welch
District 7
Democratic
L
La Shawn Ford
District 8
Democratic
Y
Yolonda Morris
District 9
Democratic
J
Jawaharial Williams
District 10
Democratic
A
Ann Williams
District 11
Democratic
M
Margaret Croke
District 12
Democratic
H
Hoan Huynh
District 13
Democratic
K
Kelly Cassidy
District 14
Democratic
M
Michael Kelly
District 15
Democratic
K
Kevin Olickal
District 16
Democratic
J
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
District 17
Democratic
R
Robyn Gabel
District 18
Democratic
L
Lindsey LaPointe
District 19
Democratic
B
Bradley Stephens
District 20
Republican
A
Abdelnasser Rashid
District 21
Democratic
A
Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
District 22
Democratic
E
Edgar González Jr.
District 23
Democratic
T
Theresa Mah
District 24
Democratic
C
Curtis Tarver
District 25
Democratic
K
Kam Buckner
District 26
Democratic
J
Justin Slaughter
District 27
Democratic
R
Robert Rita
District 28
Democratic
T
Thaddeus Jones
District 29
Democratic
W
Will Davis
District 30
Democratic
M
Michael Crawford
District 31
Democratic
L
Lisa Davis
District 32
Democratic
M
Marcus C. Evans Jr.
District 33
Democratic
N
Nicholas Smith
District 34
Democratic
M
Mary Gill
District 35
Democratic
R
Rick Ryan
District 36
Democratic
P
Patrick Sheehan
District 37
Republican
D
Debbie Meyers-Martin
District 38
Democratic
W
Will Guzzardi
District 39
Democratic
J
Jaime Andrade Jr.
District 40
Democratic
J
Janet Yang Rohr
District 41
Democratic
M
Margaret DeLaRosa
District 42
Democratic
A
Anna Moeller
District 43
Democratic
F
Fred Crespo
District 44
Democratic
M
Martha Deuter
District 45
Democratic
D
Diane Blair-Sherlock
District 46
Democratic
A
Amy Grant
District 47
Republican
J
Jennifer Sanalitro
District 48
Republican
M
Maura Hirschauer
District 49
Democratic
B
Barbara Hernandez
District 50
Democratic
N
Nabeela Syed
District 51
Democratic
M
Martin McLaughlin
District 52
Republican
N
Nicolle Grasse
District 53
Democratic
M
Mary Beth Canty
District 54
Democratic
J
Justin Cochran
District 55
Democratic
M
Michelle Mussman
District 56
Democratic
T
Tracy Katz Muhl
District 57
Democratic
B
Bob Morgan
District 58
Democratic
D
Daniel Didech
District 59
Democratic
R
Rita Mayfield
District 60
Democratic
J
Joyce Mason
District 61
Democratic
L
Laura Faver Dias
District 62
Democratic
S
Steve Reick
District 63
Republican
T
Tom Weber
District 64
Republican
D
Dan Ugaste
District 65
Republican
S
Suzanne Ness
District 66
Democratic
M
Maurice West
District 67
Democratic
D
Dave Vella
District 68
Democratic
J
Joe Sosnowski
District 69
Republican
J
Jeff Keicher
District 70
Republican
D
Daniel Swanson
District 71
Republican
G
Gregg Johnson
District 72
Democratic
R
Ryan Spain
District 73
Republican
B
Bradley Fritts
District 74
Republican
J
Jed Davis
District 75
Republican
M
Murri Briel
District 76
Democratic
N
Norma Hernandez
District 77
Democratic
C
Camille Lilly
District 78
Democratic
J
Jackie Haas
District 79
Republican
A
Anthony DeLuca
District 80
Democratic
A
Anne Stava-Murray
District 81
Democratic
N
Nicole La Ha
District 82
Republican
M
Matt Hanson
District 83
Democratic
S
Stephanie Kifowit
District 84
Democratic
D
Dagmara Avelar
District 85
Democratic
L
Lawrence M. Walsh Jr.
District 86
Democratic
B
Bill Hauter
District 87
Republican
R
Regan Deering
District 88
Republican
T
Tony McCombie
District 89
Republican
J
John Cabello
District 90
Republican
S
Sharon Chung
District 91
Democratic
J
Jehan Gordon-Booth
District 92
Democratic
T
Travis Weaver
District 93
Republican
N
Norine Hammond
District 94
Republican
M
Michael Coffey
District 95
Republican
S
Sue Scherer
District 96
Democratic
J
Jessica Dixon Heitman
District 97
Democratic
N
Natalie Manley
District 98
Democratic
K
Kyle Moore
District 99
Republican
C
C. D. Davidsmeyer
District 100
Republican
C
Chris Miller
District 101
Republican
A
Adam Niemerg
District 102
Republican
C
Carol Ammons
District 103
Democratic
B
Brandun Schweizer
District 104
Republican
D
Dennis Tipsword
District 105
Republican
J
Jason Bunting
District 106
Republican
B
Brad Halbrook
District 107
Republican
W
Wayne Rosenthal
District 108
Republican
C
Charles Meier
District 109
Republican
B
Blaine Wilhour
District 110
Republican
A
Amy Elik
District 111
Republican
K
Katie Stuart
District 112
Democratic
J
Jay Hoffman
District 113
Democratic
K
Kevin Schmidt
District 114
Republican
D
David Friess
District 115
Republican
D
Dave Severin
District 116
Republican
P
Patrick Windhorst
District 117
Republican
S
Scott Doody
District 118
Republican

Counties in Illinois

Adams County (64,109) · Alexander County (4,594) · Bond County (16,576) · Boone County (53,313) · Brown County (6,307) · Bureau County (32,486) · Calhoun County (4,224) · Carroll County (15,444) · Cass County (12,713) · Champaign County (212,374) · Christian County (33,247) · Clark County (15,076) · Clay County (12,821) · Clinton County (37,087) · Coles County (46,423) · Cook County (5,182,617) · Crawford County (18,388) · Cumberland County (10,305) · De Witt County (15,319) · DeKalb County (101,335) · Douglas County (19,824) · DuPage County (937,142) · Edgar County (16,398) · Edwards County (5,984) · Effingham County (34,602) · Fayette County (21,157) · Ford County (13,451) · Franklin County (37,033) · Fulton County (32,510) · Gallatin County (4,690) · Greene County (11,417) · Grundy County (53,835) · Hamilton County (7,818) · Hancock County (17,008) · Hardin County (3,550) · Henderson County (6,048) · Henry County (48,177) · Iroquois County (26,067) · Jackson County (53,199) · Jasper County (9,092) · Jefferson County (36,107) · Jersey County (21,150) · Jo Daviess County (21,528) · Johnson County (13,320) · Kane County (520,997) · Kankakee County (106,410) · Kendall County (143,171) · Knox County (48,716) · Lake County (718,604) · LaSalle County (108,390) · Lawrence County (14,801) · Lee County (33,544) · Livingston County (35,375) · Logan County (27,518) · Macon County (100,737) · Macoupin County (43,895) · Madison County (263,017) · Marion County (36,437) · Marshall County (11,552) · Mason County (12,543) · Massac County (13,627) · McDonough County (26,662) · McHenry County (315,959) · McLean County (172,069) · Menard County (11,963) · Mercer County (15,292) · Monroe County (34,969) · Montgomery County (27,615) · Morgan County (32,618) · Moultrie County (14,365) · Ogle County (51,345) · Peoria County (179,630) · Perry County (20,272) · Piatt County (16,628) · Pike County (14,258) · Pope County (3,703) · Pulaski County (4,879) · Putnam County (5,633) · Randolph County (29,903) · Richland County (15,362) · Rock Island County (142,731) · Saline County (22,826) · Sangamon County (194,345) · Schuyler County (6,750) · Scott County (4,880) · Shelby County (20,542) · St. Clair County (251,149) · Stark County (5,272) · Stephenson County (43,088) · Tazewell County (129,821) · Union County (16,886) · Vermilion County (71,106) · Wabash County (10,979) · Warren County (16,217) · Washington County (13,535) · Wayne County (15,928) · White County (13,395) · Whiteside County (54,657) · Will County (708,583) · Williamson County (67,064) · Winnebago County (283,790) · Woodford County (38,290)

★ Bills & Legislation — Illinois

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★ Government Structure — Illinois

★ Executive Branch

  • • Governor — Chief executive, signs/vetoes bills, oversees state agencies
  • • Lieutenant Governor — Presides over Senate, succession
  • • Attorney General — State legal affairs, consumer protection
  • • Secretary of State — Elections, business registration
  • • Treasurer / Comptroller — State finances, revenue

★ Legislative Branch

  • • State Senate — Upper chamber, 86 members
  • • State House/Assembly — Lower chamber, 118 members
  • • Committees — Review bills before floor votes
  • • Session — Typically meets Jan-May, varies by state

★ Judicial Branch

  • • State Supreme Court — Highest court, final appeals
  • • Appeals Court — Intermediate appellate review
  • • District / Circuit Courts — Trial courts for major cases
  • • County / Municipal Courts — Local jurisdiction
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