Polls In The State Of Illinois Leading Upto The November 6, 2012 General ElectionIllinois - Presidential Obama 47%
Romney 34%
The Simon Poll/SIU
September 15, 2012
************* United States Senators of
Illinois StateRichard Durbin (D)
Roland Burris (D)
United States House of Representatives of Illinois State
Total number of U S Representatives: 19
Republican Party: 11
Democratic Party: 8
Governor
of Illinois State
Pat Quinn (D)
Illinois State
Senate
Total number of
State Senators:59
Democratic Party:
35
Republican Party:
24
Illinois State House
Total number of
State Representatives: 118
Democratic Party:
64
Republican Party:
54
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PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND STATE POLITICS
We place the State of Illinois in the Blue column. As far as the
upcoming Presidential election is concerned Illinois is a safe
Democratic state.
Presidential
Election 2012The Electoral College as
presently constituted has 538 members. The State of Illinois is
allotted 20 electoral votes.
Illinois being a winner-takes-all state the winner
of the state will receive all of its 20 electoral votes. The winning number is 270.
In
Presidential Election 2008 Senator Obama won the State of Illinois
easily. He received 61.88% of the vote to Senator McCain's 36.76%.
[References: U.S. Electoral college, 2012] U.S. States Houses of Representatives Election in Illinois, 2012
The
state of Illinois lost one congressional seat on account of the 2010
U.S. census. Consequently, 18 congressman will represent the state in
the new 113th congress.
The new Map was passed by the State House and the State Senate and was signed in to law by Governor Pat Quinn on June 24, 2011.
The
primary election was held on march 20, 2012 and following are the new
18 congressional districts and the candidates who will be running in
November 2012.
[Congressional
districts in the new map will be referred to as "New Districts" and the
districts in the current 112th Congress will be referred to as "Current
Districts"]
[New] DISTRICT 1
Bobby Rush [D] U.S. Rep.
Donald Peloquin [R]
[New] DISTRICT 2
Jesse Jackson Jr. [D] U.S. Rep.
Brian Woodworth
[New] DISTRICT 3
Daniel Lipsinki [D] U.S. Rep.
Richard Grabowski [R]
[New] DISTRICT 4
Luis Gutierrez [D] U.S. Rep.
[New] DISTRICT 5
Mike Quigley [D] U.S. Rep.
Dan Schmitt [R]
[New] DISTRICT 6
Peter Roskam [R] Incumbent U.S. Rep.
Leslie Coolidge [D]
[New] DISTRICT 7
Danny K. Davis [D] Incumbent U.S. Rep.
[New] DISTRICT 8
Joe Walsh [R] U.S. Rep.
Tammy Duckworth [D]
Robert Gregory Canfield [I]
[New] DISTRICT 9
Jan Schakowsky [D] U.S. Rep.
Timothy Wolfe
[New] DISTRICT 10
Robert Dold [R] U.S. Rep.
Brad Schneider [D]
[New] DISTRICT 11
Judy Biggert [R] U.S. Rep
Bill Foster [D]
Current
District 11 is represented by freshman U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger who was
elected in 2010 mid-term election. Instead of seeking reelection in New
District 11, he moved to New District 16.
U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert who represents Current District 13 has moved on to seek reelection in new District 11.
[New] DISTRICT 12
William Enyart [D]
Jason Plummer [R]
The incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. of Current District 12 Jerry Costello who has served since 1988 is retiring.
Brad
Harriman won in the Democratic primary in March this year and became
the Democratic nominee. But in May 2012, he withdrew from the race
citing health issues. The Party Officials replaced him with William
Enyart.
[New] DISTRICT 13
Rodney Davis [R]
David Gill [D]
Republican
U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert is the incumbent U.S. Rep. of Current District
13. However, she moved on to New District 11 to seek reelection.
Republican
U.S. Rep. Timothy Johnson who represents Current District 15 moved to
New District 13 to seek reelection. He easily won the primary in March
and became the Republican Party nominee for New District 13. However,
on May 4, 2012 Mr. Johnson announced that he is retiring and will not
run for reelection.
Mr. Rodney Davis was selected by the Republican party Officials as replacement for Mr. Johnson .
[New] DISTRICT 14
Randy Hultgren [R] U.S. Rep.
Dennis Anderson [D]
[New] DISTRICT 15
John Shimkus [R]
Angela Michael [D]
Republican
U.S. Rep. Timothy Johnson who represents Current District 15 moved to
New District 13 to seek reelection. He later abandoned running for
reelection altogether.
[New] DISTRICT 16
Adam Kinzinger [R] U.S. Rep.
Wanda Rohl [D]
U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo represents Current District 16 and sought reelection in New District 16.
However,
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger who represents Current District 11 also sought
reelection in New District 16 and challange Manzullo in the primary.
Kinzinger defeated Manzullo in the primary and became the Republican
party nominee for New District 16.
[New] DISTRICT 17
Bobby Schilling [R] U.S. Rep.
Cheri Bustos [D]
Eric Reyes [I]
[New] DISTRICT 18
Aaron Schok [R] U.S. Rep.
Steve Waterworth [D]
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Congressional Elections in Illinois
By presidential-politics.com
August 11, 2011
There
being no U.S. Senatorial or Gubernatorial election in Illinois this
fall, and President Obama expected to carry the state without too much
trouble, the contests for the U.S Congressional seats will obviously be
in the forefront.
We
already have two candidates, one from each party who went through the
primary process, won the party nomination and then abruptly
withdrew leaving the Party Officials to replace them. We are referring
to Democrat Brad Harriman in District 12 and Republican Timothy Johnson
in District 13. There can be little doubt that this would hurt the
efforts by their parties to win in these districts.
"Occupy
Wall Street" has come to Chicago.
[10-08-2011]
Protesters
of the movement "Occupy wall Street" also known as
"We are
the 99%" gathered outside The Board of Trade and Federal
Reserve
Bank in Chicago.
"We have to get in to the streets and raise hell
and send a message to the elected officials that we are not going to
tolerate what they are doing to the middle class." said one of the
protesters." [Information
from ABC 7 Chicago 10/06/2011]
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