Illinois legislative filing closes

[ill ind]

  Adding on--Out of the 59 Senate Seats, in addition to the 21 seats where only 1 candidate filed, there are an additional 14 seats (8D and 6R)where there were filings from only 1 party, leaving ony 24 out of 59 seats where there are candidates from both parties.

  Out of 118 House seats, in addition to the 50 (I get 49--22D and 27R) seats with 1 candidate, there are an additional 26 seats (17D and 9R) where there are filings from only 1 party, leaving 43 out of 118 seats that have candidates from both parties.

  Once all the ballot challenges are resolved, I'd be willing to bet that a significant number of districts go from several filings in 1 party to only 1 candidate remaining on the ballot.

  Some of those 2 party filings aren't very serious either: For instance, a Republican filed in House District #3 which went for Governor Quinn (D) by a 73.5%-26.5% margin, HD #40 77-23 Democratic, HD #78 76-24 Democratic.  And on the other end HD #74 which is 64-36 GOP

  So, several of the districts where there are two parties filing candidates aren't even remotely competitive.

It is very much a reflection of the non-competitive nature of the recent remap.

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[ill ind]

BigSkyBob

  Yes the entire Senate is up for election.  Illinois State Senate seats are on staggered 4-4-2, 4-2-4, or 2-4-4 year terms so that every 10 years (after reapportionment is complete) all of the seats are up for election in the newly created districts. 

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[ill ind]

Tagging onto the other thread about Congressional Candidates
 
Updating after the primary ballot is finalized:

  Out of 59 Senate districts:24 have 1 candidate running (15 D and 9R)
                                           11 have primaries that involve only 1 party (6D and 5R)
                                            24 have candidates from both parties.
 
  Out of 118 representative districts:55 have 1 candidate running (28D and 27R)
                                                          25 have primaries that involve only 1 party (16D and 9R)
                                                          38 have candidates from both parties

Much poorer than I would expect.  I guess it shows the effectiveness of the recent remap.

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[ill ind]

 
 Continuing on with what I posted earlier--control of the Illinois legislature seems to rest in a competitive set of districts that forms the shape of an 'L' from the northshore suburbs of Chicago west along the Cook-Lake County line and then west through the Cook County towns of Elk Grove, Schaumburg, and Hanover and then into the Elgin area. (Rep districts 59 (Dem incumbent vs R incumbent),58 (no incumbent),57 (D incumbent) ,56 (D incumbent) ,55 (R incumbent retiring) and 44 (D incumbent) with the newly created 46 (No incumbent) a little south of the Cook-DuPage line. ) The bottom of the L is composed of the new Aurora district (84), the new Plainfield-Joliet District (98), both of which have no incumbent.

  Also in this area are Senate districts 26 and 28 which will probably be highly competitive as well.


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