2016 Illinois State Senate election
The 2016 elections for the Illinois Senate took place on November 8, 2016 to elect senators from 40 of the state's 59 Senate districts to serve in the 100th General Assembly, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States Census. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, senators are divided into three groups, 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.[1] The Democratic Party retained the majority that they had held in the Senate since 2003.
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Elections in Illinois |
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Overview
Affiliation | Candidates | Votes | Vote % | Seats Won | Seats After | |
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Democratic | 32 | 1,906,007 | 59.45% | 26 ( 2) | 37 | |
Republican | 21 | 1,299,861 | 40.54% | 14 ( 2) | 22 | |
Independent | 2 | 125 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Total | 55 | 3,205,993 | 100% | 40 |
Results
References
- Illinois Constitution Article IV, Section 2(a) http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con4.htm
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