(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State Board of Elections)
| Total Population, July 1, 2008 est. | 12,901,563 |
|
| Total Registration, Nov. 4, 2008 | 7,789,500 |
Illinois has: 102 counties.
Largest counties: Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane. >
Largest cities: Chicago, Aurora, Rockford, Naperville, Joliet, Springfield, Peoria. >
Government
Governor: Rod
R. Blagojevich (D) elected Nov. 2002, re-elected in 2006.
State Legislature: Illinois
General Assembly House: 118 seats Senate: 59 seats
Local: Counties NACO
Counties
U.S. House: 11D,
8R - 1. B.Rush (D) | 2.
J.Jackson Jr (D) | 3.
W.Lipinski (D) | 4.
L.Gutierrez (D) | 5.
R.Emanuel
(D) | 6. P.Roskam (R) | 7.
D.Davis (D) | 8.
M.Bean (D) | 9.
J.Schakowsky
(D) | 10.
M.Kirk (R) | 11.
J.Weller
(R) | 12. J.Costello (D)
| 13. J.Biggert (R) | 14. B.Foster
(D) | 15.
T.Johnson (R) | 16.
D.Manzullo (R) | 17. P.Hare (D)
| 18.
R.LaHood (R) | 19.
J.Shimkus (R).
U.S. Senate: Richard
Durbin (D) up for re-election in 2008, Barack
Obama (D) elected in 2004.
| 2008 update |
U.S. Senate:
Sen. Dick
Durbin (D) easily won re-election, defeating Steve Sauerberg,
M.D. (R) by 67.8% to 28.5%. U.S. House: In the March 8, 2008 special election in the 14th CD (northern Ill. west of Chicago), Bill Foster (D) was elected to succeed former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R). On Nov. 4, Democrats gained another House seat in the open 11th CD (I-80 from south of Chicago to near the Mississippi River) as State Sen. Debbie Halvorson (D) defeated Marty Ozinga (R). In the open 18th CD (central and western Ill.), State Rep. Aaron Schock (R) kept the seat Republican, defeating Colleen Callahan (D). The U.S. House delegation goes from 11D, 8R to 12D, 7R the 111th Congress. Post-Election: President-elect Obama named Rep. Rahm Emanuel as his White House chief of staff on Nov. 6; Emanuel resigned effective Jan. 3. Obama resigned his Senate seat effective Nov. 16. Gov. Blagojevich had responsibility for filling the seat. Blagojevich was arrested on Dec. 9 on corruption charges including conspiring to sell the Senate seat. Nonetheless on Dec. 30 he announced the appointment of former state Attorney General Roland Burris. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid initially said that the Democratic Caucus would not seat Burris, but later reversed himself and Burris was sworn in on Jan. 15. On Jan. 29, the Illinois Senate voted 59-0 to impeach Blagojevich, and Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn was sworn in as Governor. In the 5th CD, the primary special election occurred on March 3, 2009 and Mike Quigley (D) won the general election on April 7. > Democrats pick up one U.S. House seat. MORE |
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