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Congressional Representatives

1st Congressional District
Jonathan L. Jackson (D) (i)
Marcus Lewis (R)

2nd Congressional District
Robin Kelly (D) (i)
Ashley Ramos (R)

3rd Congressional District
Delia Ramirez (D) (i)
John Booras (R)
Angel Oakley (Independent)

4th Congressional District
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D) (i)
Lupe Castillo (R)
Ed Hershey (Working Class Party)

5th Congressional District
Mike Quigley (D) (i)
Tommy Hanson (R)

6th Congressional District
Sean Casten (D) (i)
Niki Conforti (R)

7th Congressional District
Danny K. Davis (D) (i)
Chad Koppie (R)

8th Congressional District
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) (i)
Mark Rice (R)

9th Congressional District
Janice D. Schakowsky (D) (i)
Seth Alan Cohen (R)

10th Congressional District
Brad Schneider (D) (i)
Jim Carris (R)

11th Congressional District
Bill Foster (D) (i)
Jerry Evans (R)

12th Congressional District
Brian Roberts (D)
Mike Bost (R) (i)

13th Congressional District
Nikki Budzinski (D) (i)
Joshua Loyd (R)
Chibuihe Asonye (Green)

14th Congressional District
Lauren Underwood (D) (i)
James T. “Jim” Marter (R)

15th Congressional District
Mary E. Miller (R) (i)

16th Congressional District
Darin LaHood (R) (i)

17th Congressional District
Eric Sorensen (D) (i)
Joe McGraw (R)

Illinois Senate

1st Senate District
Javier Loera Cervantes (D) (i)
Carlos A. Gonzalez (R)

4th Senate District
Kimberly A. Lightford (D) (i)
Robert Sumrell Jr. (R)

5th Senate District
Lakesia Collins (D) (i)

7th Senate District
Mike Simmons (D) (i)

10th Senate District
Robert Martwick (D) (i)
Jon Luers (R)

13th Senate District
Robert Peters (D) (i)
James Kirchner (R)

16th Senate District
Willie Preston (D) (i)

19th Senate District
Michael E. Hastings (D) (i)
Samantha Jean Gasca (R)

20th Senate District
Graciela Guzman (D)
Jason Proctor (R)

22nd Senate District
Cristina Castro (D) (i)

25th Senate District
Karina Villa (D) (i)
Heather Brown (R)

27th Senate District
Make L. Walker (D) (i)
Tom Schlenhardt (R)

28th Senate District
Laura M. Murphy (D) (i)

31st Senate District
Mary Edly-Allen (D) (i)
Ashley Jensen (R)

34th Senate District
Steve Stadelman (D) (i)
Crystal Villarreal Soltow (R)

37th Congressional District
Li Arellano, Jr. (R)

40th Senate District
Patrick Joyce (D) (i)
Phillip Nagel (R)

43rd Senate District
Rachel Ventura (D) (i)
Jennifer “Jen” Monson (R)

46th Senate District
Dave Koehler (D) (i)
Sally Owens (R)

49th Senate District
Meg Loughran Cappel (D) (i)
Katie Deane-Schlottman (R)

52nd Senate District
Paul N. Faraci (D) (i)
Jeff Brownfield (R)

53rd Senate District
Christ Balkema (R)

55th Senate District
Jason Plummer (R) (i)

58th Senate District
Terri Bryant (R) (i)

Illinois House of Representatives

1st House District
Aaron M. Ortiz (D) (i)
Camaxtle “Max” Olivo (R)

2nd House District
Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez (D) (i)
Laura Hruska (R)

3rd House District
Eva-Dina Delgado (D) (i)
Juvandy A. Rivera (R)

4th House District
Lilian Jiménez (D) (i)
Nancy Rodriguez (R)

5th House District
Kimberly Neely DuBuclet (D) (i)
Al Rasho (R)

6th House District
Sonya Marie Harper (D) (i)
Sean A. Swyer (R)

7th House District
Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D) (i)

8th House District
La Shawn K. Ford (D) (i)
Leslie Collazo (R)

9th House District
Yolonda Morris (D) (i)

10th House District
Jawaharial “Omar” Williams (D) (i)

11th House District
Ann M. Williams (D) (i)

12th House District
Margaret Croke (D) (i)

13th House District
Hoan Huynh (D) (i)
Terry Nguyen Le (R)

14th House District
Kelly M. Cassidy (D) (i)

15th House District
Michael J. Kelly (D) (i)
Mark R. Albers (R)

16th House District
Kevin John Olickal (D) (i)

17th House District
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D) (i)
Jim Geldermann (R)

18th House District
Robyn Gabel (D) (i)
Charles Hutchinson (R)

19th House District
Lindsey LaPointe (D) (i)
John “JZ” Zimmers (R)

20th House District
Brad Stephens (R) (i)

21st House District
Abdelnasser Rashid (D) (i)

22nd House District
Angie Guerrero-Cuellar (D) (i)

23th House District
Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. (D) (i)

24th House District
Theresa Mah (D) (i)
Natalian Bolton (R)

25th House District
Curtis J. Tarver II (D) (i)

26th House District
Kam Buckner (D) (i)
Audrey Barrett (R)

27th House District
Justin Q. Slaughter (D) (i)

28th House District
Robert “Bob” Rita (D) (i)

29th House District
Thaddeus Jones (D) (i)

30th House District
William “Will” Davis (D) (i)
Patricia Bonk (R)

31st House District
Michael Crawford (D)
Carl R. Kunz (R)

32nd House District
Lisa J. Davis (D)

33rd House District
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D) (i)

34th House District
Nicholas “Nick” Smith (D) (i)
Frederick L. Walls (R)

35th House District
Mary Gill (D) (i)
Herbert Hebein (R)

36th House District
Rick Ryan (D)
Christine Shanahan McGovern (R)

38th House District
Debbie Meyers-Martin (D) (i)

39th House District
Will Guzzardi (D) (i)
Anthony Curran (R)

40th House District
Jamie M. Andrade, Jr. (D) (i)
Patrycja Karlin (R)

41st House District
Janet Yang Rohr (D) (i)

42nd House District
Terra Costa Howard (D) (i)

43rd House District
Anna Moeller (D) (i)
Donald P. Puckett (R)

44th House District
Fred Crespo (D) (i)

45th House District
Martha “Marti” Deuter (D)
Dennis M. Reboletti (R)

46th House District
Diane Blair-Sherlock (D) (i)
Robert “Rusty” Stevens (R)

47th House District
Jackie Williamson (D)
Amy L. Grant (R) (i)

48th House District
Maria C. Vesey (D)
Jennifer Sanalitro (R) (i)

49th House District
Maura Hirschauer (D) (i)
Hanna Billingsley (R)

50th House District
Barbara Hernandez (D) (i)
Teresa L. Alexander (R)

51st House District
Nabeela Syed (D) (i)
Tosi Ufodike (R)

52nd House District
Maria Peterson (D)
Martin McLaughlin (R) (i)

53rd House District
Nicolle Grasse (D) (i)
Ronald E. Andermann (R)

54th House District
Mary Beth Canty (D) (i)
Michele Hunter (R)

55th House District
Martin J. Moylan (D) (i)

56th House District
Michelle Mussman (D) (i)

57th House District
Tracy Katz Muhl (D) (i)
Daniel Behr (R)

58th House District
Bob Morgan (D) (i)
Carl Lambrecht (R)

59th House District
Daniel Didech (D) (i)
Chris Hening (R)

60th House District
Rita Mayfield (D) (i)

61st House District
Joyce Mason (D) (i)
James Creighton Mitchell, Jr. (R)

62nd House District
Laura Faver Dias (D) (i)

63rd House District
Mary Mahady (D)
Steven Reick (R) (i)

64th House District
Tom Weber (R) (i)

65th House District
Linda R Robertson (D)
Dan Ugaste (R) (i)

66th House District
Suzanne Ness (D) (i)
Laurie Parman (R)

67th House District
Maurice A. West II (D) (i)
Glen Oland (R)

68th House District
Dan Vella (D) (i)

69th House District
Peter Janko (D)
Joe Sosnowki (R) (i)

70th House District
Randi Olson (D)
Jeff Keicher (R) (i)

71st House District
Dan Swanson (D) (i)

72nd House District
Gregg C. Johnson (D) (i)
Charlie Helmick (R)

73rd House District
Ryan Spain (R) (i)

74th House District
David Simpson (D)
Bradley J. Fritts (R) (i)

75th House District
Heidi Henry (D)
Jed Davis (R) (i)

76th House District
Amy “Murri” Briel (D)
Liz Bishop (R)

77th House District
Norma Hernandez (D)
Anthony Airdo (R)

78th House District
Camille Lilly (D) (i)

79th House District
William “Billy” Morgan (D)
Jackie Haas (R) (i)

80th House District
Anthony DeLuca (D) (i)
Adam M. Beaty (R)

81st House District
Anne Stava-Murray (D) (i)
Aaron Porter (R)

82nd House District
Suzanne Akhras (D)
Nicole La Ha (R) (i)

83rd House District
Matt Hanson (D) (i)

84th House District
Stephanie A. Kifowit (D) (i)

85th House District
Dagmara “Dee” Avelar (D) (i)
Chris Metcalfe (R)

86th House District
Lawrence “Larry” Walsh, Jr. (D) (i)
Jim Lanham (R)

87th House District
William E Hauter (R) (i)
David Gill (Independent)

88th House District
Regan Deering (R)

89th House District
Tony M. McCombie (R) (i)

90th House District
John M. Cabello (R) (i)

91st House District
Sharon Chung (D) (i)
Desi Anderson (R)

92nd House District
Jehan Gordon-Booth (D) (i)

93rd House District
Tavis Robert Weaver (R) (i)

94th House District
Norine K. Hammond (R) (i)

95th House District
Kristen Chiaro (D)
Mike Coffey (R) (i)

96th House District
Sue Scherer (D) (i)
Lisa Smith (R)

97th House District
Harry Benton (D) (i)
Gabby Shanahan (R)

98th House District
Natalie A. Manley (D) (i)

99th House District
Kyle A. Moore (R)

100th House District
Christopher “C.D.” Davidsmeyer (R) (i)

101st House District
Chris G. Miller (R) (i)

102nd House District
Adam M. Niemerg (R) (i)

103rd House District
Carol Ammons (D) (i)

104th House District
Jarrett Clem (D)
Brandun Schweizer (R) (i)

105th House District
Morgan Phillips (D)
Dennis Tipsword Jr. (R) (i)

106th House District
Jason R. Bunting (R) (i)

107th House District
Brad Halbrook (R) (i)

108th House District
Wayne A. Rosenthal (R) (i)

109th House District
Charlie Meier (R) (i)

110th House District
Blaine Wilhour (R) (i)

111th House District
Nick Raftopoulos (D)
Amy Elik (R) (i)

112th House District
Katie Stuart (D) (i)
Jay Keeven (R)

113th House District
Jay Hoffman (D) (i)

114th House District
LaToya Greenwood (D)
Kevin Schmidt (R) (i)

115th House District
David Friess (R) (i)

116th House District
Dave Severin (R) (i)

117th House District
Patrick Windhorst (R) (i)

118th House District
Paul Jacobs (R) (i)
Illinois Supreme Court
1st Supreme – Burke Vacancy
Joy Virginia Cunningham (D) (i)

4th Supreme – Garman Vacancy
Lisa Holder White (R) (i)

Special Reports

2026 Complete End of Session Report

FY 2027 Budget Package   HB 111 (Welch/Sims) creates the FY 2027 budget appropriation bill. The budget is based on an estimated General Funds revenue of $55.95 billion and spending of $55.945 billion, representing less than a 1% increase over current fiscal year...

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2026 Preliminary End of Session Report

FY 2027 Budget Package HB 111 (Welch/Sims) creates the FY 2027 budget appropriation bill. The budget is based on an estimated General Funds revenue of $55.95 billion and spending of $55.945 billion, representing less than a 1% increase over current fiscal year...

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Illinois Primary Election Recap

Outside Money Flooded the Field, but Local Politics Still Carried the Day Illinois’ 2026 primary made two things clear at once. First, the state has become a major proving ground for national outside spending. Congressional and legislative races drew heavy involvement...

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2025 End of Session Report

Download PDF FY 2026 Budget  SB 2510 (Welch/Sims) creates the FY 2026 budget appropriation bill. The budget is based on estimated General Funds revenues of $55.298B and spending of $55.048B for an estimated surplus of $250M. See below for the topline figures in the...

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Illinois 104th House Committee Assignments

Adoption & Child Welfare Committee – Members ole Representative Party Chairperson : Suzanne M. Ness D Vice-Chairperson : Terra Costa Howard D Republican Spokesperson : Steven Reick R Member: Michael Crawford D Member: Jed Davis R Member: Lisa Davis D Member: Regan...

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Illinois 104th Senate Committee Assignments

Agriculture - Members Role Senator Party Chair : Doris Turner D Vice-Chair : Patrick J. Joyce D Member: Cristina Castro D Member: Paul Faraci D Member: Michael E. Hastings D Member: Linda Holmes D Member: David Koehler D Member: Meg Loughran Cappel D Minority...

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104th House GOP Leadership Team

Deputy Minority Leaders Rep. Norine Hammond (94 – Macomb) Rep. Ryan Spain (73 – Peoria) Assistant Minority Leaders Rep. CD Davidsmeyer (100 – Murrayville) Rep. John Cabello (90 – Machesney Park) Rep. Dan Ugaste (65 – Geneva) Rep. Patrick Windhorst (117 – Metropolis)...

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Previous Reports

Third Reading Report: September 7, 2026

Illinois to Receive Meta Settlement Funds Settlement Background Illinois is set to receive up to nearly$768M over a 10-year periodfrom a multistate $17.1B settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc., one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in U.S. history, trailing only settlements with tobacco manufacturers under the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). The settlement, announced on August 26 and initially filed in 2023, resolves claims brought by 47 states alleging that...

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Third Reading Report: August 31, 2026

Moody’s Upgrades Illinois’ Credit Rating to A1 On August 26, Moody's Ratings upgraded Illinois' general obligation (GO) bond and Build Illinois sales tax bond rating from A2 to A1 with a stable outlook. The upgrade follows a series of meetings during the week of August 17 between the Pritzker administration and all three major credit rating agencies ahead of the state's next GO bond sale, planned for late September. This marks the highest credit rating received by the state from Moody's since...

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Third Reading Report: August 24, 2026

2026 Illinois State Fair ​​​​​The 2026 Illinois State Fair in Springfield ​t​ook place August 13 to August 23, with this year’s “Miles of Smiles” theme celebrating the 100thanniversary of Route 66. The fair is a major annual gathering point for candidates, elected officials, party organizations, and political operatives, with dedicated Democratic and Republican events providing opportunities for campaigning, fundraising, organizing, and networking, particularly with 2026 being a major state...

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