Raymond Poe is an American politician and former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives.
Kimberly Ann Lightford is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 4th district since 1998. She is Senate Majority Leader and also serves on Labor,Education,Executive,Financial Institutions and Redistricting committees. She is also chair of the Senate Black Caucus and co-chair of the Illinois Commission of Intergovernmental Cooperation.
Kwame Raoul is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Chapin Rose is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 51st district since January 2013. The 51st district includes all or parts of McLean,DeWitt,Macon,Piatt,Shelby,Moultrie,Douglas,Champaign,Vermillion,and Edgar counties in Central Illinois.
Jil Tracy is a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate,representing the 47th District since January 11,2017. The district covers a large swath of west-central Illinois,including all of Adams,Brown,Cass,Hancock,Henderson,Mason,McDonough,Schuyler,Warren counties and portions of Fulton and Knox counties. She was a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives,who represented the 93rd district from her appointment in July 2006 until 2015.
Dan Kotowski was the Illinois State Senator from the 28th district. The 28th district includes all or parts of Arlington Heights,Bartlett,Bloomingdale,Des Plaines,Elk Grove Village,Hanover Park,Hoffman Estates,Park Ridge,Roselle and Schaumburg. He previously represented the 33rd district from 2007-2013 before the 2011 redistricting.
David Koehler is a Democratic politician from Illinois,and has been the Illinois State Senator from 46th Legislative District since December 2006. The district includes Canton,East Peoria,Fairview,Lewistown,Mapleton,Peoria,Pekin and West Peoria.
Heather Adeline Steans is a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 7th district. She was appointed after winning a special primary election that followed the mid-term resignation of her predecessor,Senator Carol Ronen. She resigned from office on January 19,2021 after 12 years in office.
William "Sam" McCann Jr. is an American politician who was a member of the Illinois Senate from 2011 to 2019. He was first elected in 2010 as a Republican in the 49th district,defeating incumbent Democrat Deanna Demuzio,and was later elected to the redrawn 50th district in central Illinois.
Jerry Costello is the Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Prior,he served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. until his resignation in May 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Tom Cullerton is an American politician. Cullerton was a member of the Illinois Senate representing the 23rd district from 2013 until resigning in 2022. Shortly after,he pleaded guilty to 1 count of embezzlement. During his tenure,the 23rd district spanned northern DuPage County and included all or parts of Addison,Bloomingdale,Bartlett,Carol Stream,Glendale Heights,Hanover Park,Itasca,Roselle,Villa Park,West Chicago,Wayne,Wood Dale and Medinah. Prior to his service in the Illinois Senate he was the Village President of Villa Park from 2009 to 2013 and served one term as a village trustee from 2005 to 2009.
Andy Manar is a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate. He represented the 48th district,including part or all of Christian,Macon,Macoupin,Madison,Montgomery,and Sangamon counties. Andy Manar is known for being the chief advocate for SB 1947,which made dramatic reforms to Illinois’education funding formula. Prior to his service in the Illinois Senate,he was chairman of the Macoupin County Board from 2003 to 2012.
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant is a politician who is currently serving as the Will County Executive,having been elected in 2020. She was a member of the Illinois Senate for the 49th district. The 49th district includes all or part of Bolingbrook,Crest Hill,Joliet,Oswego,Plainfield,Romeoville and Shorewood. Prior to her service as an Illinois State Senator,she served as the Will County Superintendent of Schools and as both and educator and administrator in public and private schools.
Karen McConnaughay is an Illinois politician from Kane County. A Republican,she was a member of the Illinois Senate from the 33rd district from 2013 until her resignation in 2018. The 33rd district includes all or parts of Geneva,St. Charles,West Dundee,Hampshire,Huntley,Carpentersville,Lake in the Hills and Algonquin. A resident of St. Charles,she served as the Kane County Board Chairman from 2004 through 2012 prior to her election to the legislature. Don DeWitte,a former Mayor of St. Charles,Illinois,was appointed by local Republican leaders to succeed her in the Illinois Senate.
Emanuel Christopher Welch,known as Chris Welch,is a lawyer and politician who is the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. A Democrat,he represents the 7th district,which includes all or parts of River Forest,Forest Park,Maywood,Broadview,Bellwood,Hillside,Westchester,La Grange Park and Berkeley.
The 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor of Illinois,concurrently with the 2018 Illinois general election and other midterm elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner ran for re-election to a second term in office,but was defeated by Democratic nominee J. B. Pritzker.
Dale Fowler is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Illinois Senate since January 2017. Fowler represents the 59th district,which includes all of Franklin,Hamilton,Williamson,Saline,Gallatin,Hardin,Pope,Massac,Johnson,Pulaski,and Alexander counties and portions of Union and Jackson counties in Southern Illinois. Prior to his election to the Illinois Senate he was mayor of Harrisburg and a member of the Saline County Board. Fowler defeated incumbent Gary Forby (D),who had represented the district for 14 years. He has 2 children with his wife Jill Fowler. Fowler is a Presbyterian.
The 2018 Illinois Attorney General election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Attorney General of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan,who had served since 2003,did not seek re-election to a fifth term. Democrat Kwame Raoul won the election with 55 percent of the vote,while Republican Erika Harold took 43 percent of the vote.
The 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Illinois,concurrently with the 2022 Illinois general election. Gubernatorial candidates ran on tickets with candidates for lieutenant governor. The incumbent governor and lieutenant governor,first-term Democrats J. B. Pritzker and Juliana Stratton,sought re-election together against Republican nominees Illinois State Senator Darren Bailey and his running mate Stephanie Trussell.
The 2022 elections for the Illinois Senate occurred on November 8,2022 to elect Senators from all of the state's 59 Legislative districts in the Illinois Senate. The primary election took place on Tuesday,June 28,2022. The winners of this election will serve in the 103rd General Assembly with seats apportioned among the state based on the 2020 United States census. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970,senators are divided into three groups with each group having a two-year term at a different part of the decade between censuses,with the rest of the decade being taken up by two four-year terms. The Democratic Party has held a majority in the Senate since 2003. The inauguration of the 103rd General Assembly occurred on Wednesday,January 11,2023.
