Steve Rauschenberger is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate from 1993 to 2007.
Michael Joseph Madigan is an American politician who is the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. He was the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States,having held the position for all but two years from 1983 to 2021. He served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021. He represented the 27th District from 1971 to 1983,the 30th district from 1983 to 1993,and the 22nd district from 1993 to 2021. This made him the body's longest-serving member and the last legislator elected before the Cutback Amendment.
Maureen Murphy was an American politician in the Republican Party. She held several offices in Illinois,serving as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Cook County Board of Review,and chairing the Cook County Republican Party from 2002 to 2004.
The Cook County Democratic Party is an American county-level political party organization which represents voters in 50 wards in the city of Chicago and 30 suburban townships of Cook County. The organization has dominated Chicago politics since the 1930s. It relies on an organizational structure of a ward or township committeeperson to elect candidates. At the height of its influence under Richard J. Daley in the 1960s when political patronage in employment was endemic in American cities,it was one of the most powerful political machines in American history. By the beginning of the 21st century the party had largely ceased to function as a machine due to the legal dismantling of the patronage system under the Shakman Decrees issued by the federal court in Chicago. The current Chair is Toni Preckwinkle,who is also the elected Cook County Board president.
Louis I. Lang is an American politician,lobbyist,and former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 16th District from 1987 until 2019.
Robert "Bob" Rita is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 28th District since January 8,2003. Rita is also the Calumet Township Democratic committeeman and a trustee on the township board. His state representative district includes parts of Chicago's 9th and 34th wards,as well as several suburbs. Rita lists economic redevelopment,equitable school funding and increased health care availability as his top priorities in the state legislature. Rita is an Operating Engineer and a member of Local #150. He is currently being investigated for felony intimidation following an incident in Orland Park,IL on October 4. 2023.
James Peyton "Pate" Philip was an American politician. A longtime Republican member of the Illinois General Assembly,Philip served both the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate including a decade as the President of the Illinois Senate. He was known as a highly influential politician,both for the projects that he passed and blocked in state government and for his often blunt comments.
Ward Committeepeople and Township Committeepeople are political party officials who serve many standard committeemen duties on behalf of their political party in Cook County,Illinois.
Mark L. Walker is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for the 27th district. The district,located in the Chicago metropolitan area,includes parts of Arlington Heights,Hoffman Estates,Des Plaines,Mount Prospect,Rolling Meadows,Barrington,Inverness,Palatine,Prospect Heights and South Barrington.
Michelle Mussman is the Illinois State Representative from the 56th district. She has held the position since 2011. The 56th district includes all or parts of Schaumburg,Elk Grove Village,Roselle,Hoffman Estates,Hanover Park,Rolling Meadows and Bloomingdale.
Joseph "Joe" Berrios is a Democratic politician who was the Assessor and Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party of Cook County,Illinois,as well as a registered Illinois state government lobbyist. He was the first Hispanic American to serve in the Illinois General Assembly and the first and only Hispanic American to chair the Cook County Democratic Party. He was also a commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review,a property tax assessment appeal panel.
Calvin Sutker was an American politician and lawyer. Over his nearly four decades in politics,Sutker served as a Skokie Village Board member,Niles Township Democratic Committeeman,Democratic National Committeeman from Illinois,Chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party,a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and a Cook County Commissioner.
Will Guzzardi is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives who represents the 39th District. The 39th District includes parts of the Avondale,Belmont Cragin,Hermosa,Old Irving Park,Portage Park and Logan Square. Guzzardi is a co-chair of the Illinois House's Progressive Caucus.
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. This was one of eight Republican-held governorships up for election in a state that Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election.
The 2018 elections for the Illinois House of Representatives took place on Tuesday,November 6,2018,to elect representatives from all 118 districts. The winners of this election served in the 101st General Assembly,with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. The Democratic Party has held a House majority since 1997. The inauguration of the 101st General Assembly occurred on Wednesday January 9,2019. The Democrats flipped 8 seats while Republicans flipped 1 seat,resulting in a net gain of 7 seats for the Democratic caucus.
Bradley A. Stephens is a Republican Party politician currently serving as state representative from the 20th district within the Illinois General Assembly and the village president (mayor) of Rosemont,Illinois.
The Cook County,Illinois,general election was held on November 3,2020. Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court,State's Attorney,Cook County Board of Review district 1,three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board,and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Sean M. Morrison is an American politician currently serving as Cook County commissioner from the 17th district and the chair of the Cook County Republican Party.
Brendan Francis Houlihan is an American politician who served a single term as commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review from the 1st district from 2006 to 2010.
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.
