Unlike the dynamic four years ago, a majority of the Illinois House races – 56 percent – will be competitive contests pitting major party candidates during the Nov. 6 midterm election.
The Democratic and Republican parties will be fielding candidates in 66 of the 118 House districts this year, compared to just 50 contests in 2014, increasing the chances of a shake-up in the Illinois House of Representatives.
All told, the number of state Senate and House districts pitting Democrats against Republicans is 85 this year, compared to just 57 in 2014. Competitive districts in the state Senate number 19 this year, compared to just seven four years ago.
During the last midterm election in 2014, most of the Illinois state legislative races had predetermined outcomes, with a dozen state House races pitting major-party candidates who ran neck-and-neck in the home stretch.
All 118 House seats are on the Nov. 6 ballot this year, as they were four years ago. In 2014, 27 Republicans ran unopposed in House districts, while 41 Democrats ran without major-party opposition. So 68 of the districts – 58 percent – were essentially decided before any votes were cast.
But in the 12 House districts with tight races, the margin of victory for the winning candidates was about 3,000 votes or less. In the remaining 38 contested House district races in 2014, either the Democrat or the Republican won handily.
In the state Senate, where 19 seats were on the ballot four years ago, seven Democrats and five Republicans ran unopposed, leaving only seven districts where major-party candidates ran head-to-head. The victors in these races tended to win by comfortable margins, with one exception in the 57th Senate District.
All told, 3,136,641 votes were cast in House races four years ago, with 50.2 percent of the vote going to Republicans and 49.8 percent going to Democrats. And Illinois residents cast 1,045,787 votes in the state Senate races, with Republicans capturing 54.4 percent and Democrats receiving 45.6 percent.
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2014 Illinois House race results
| District | Republican candidate | Democratic candidate | Votes cast | Winner |
| 1 | Daniel J. Burke | 11,710 | Burke | |
| 2 | Edward J. Acevedo | 12,081 | Acevedo | |
| 3 | Luis Arroyo | 11,948 | Arroyo | |
| 4 | Cynthia Soto | 15,342 | Soto | |
| 5 | Collin Johnson | Kenneth Dunkin | 4,715 (R)
22,440 (D) | Dunkin |
| 6 | Esther Golar | 19,159 (D) | Golar | |
| 7 | Emanuel Welch | 26,839 (D) | Welch | |
| 8 | La Shawn Ford | 25,449 (D) | Ford | |
| 9 | Arthur Turner | 20,890 (D) | Turner | |
| 10 | Mark Calonder | Pamela Reaves-Harris | 3,638 (R)
21,102 (D) | Reaves-Harris |
| 11 | Ann Williams | 22,562 (D) | Wiliams | |
| 12 | Sara Feigenholtz | 25,512 (D) | Feigenholtz | |
| 13 | Gregory Harris | 22,632 (D) | Harris | |
| 14 | Denis Detzel | Kelly Cassidy | 3,498 (R)
23,456 (D) | Cassidy |
| 15 | Gregory Bedell | John D'Amico | 9,967 (R)
16,433 (D) | D'Amico |
| 16 | Lou Lang | 17,426 (D) | Lang | |
| 17 | Kathleen Myalls | Laura Fine | 15,534 (R)
21,809 (D) | Fine |
| 18 | Robyn Gabel | 28,256 (D) | Gabel | |
| 19 | Robert Martwick | 18,567 (D) | Martwick | |
| 20 | Michael McAuliffe | Mo Khan | 18,879 (R)
11,354 (D) | McAuliffe |
| 21 | Silvana Tabares | 10,725 (D) | Tabares | |
| 22 | Michael Madigan | 16,956 (D) | Madigan | |
| 23 | Michael Zalewski | 13,244 (D) | Zalewski | |
| 24 | Elizabeth Hernandez | 12,382 (D) | Hernandez | |
| 25 | Barbara Currie | 24810 (D) | Currie | |
| 26 | Jacob Hakalir | Christian Mitchell | 5,083 (R)
25,715 (D) | Mitchell |
| 27 | Monique Davis | 25,715 (D) | Davis | |
| 28 | Robert Rita | 26,395 (D) | Rita | |
| 29 | Thaddeus Jones | 27,637 (D) | Jones | |
| 30 | William David | 21,157 (D) | David | |
| 31 | Mary Flowers | 26,394 (D) | Flowers | |
| 32 | Andre Thapedi | 19,828 (D) | Thapedi | |
| 33 | Marcus Evans Jr. | 28,090 (D) | Evans | |
| 34 | Mark Ekhoff | Elgie Sims Jr. | 8,795 (R)
26,098 (D) | Sims |
| 35 | Victor Horne | Frances Ann Hurley | 12,927 (R)
25,205 (D) | Hurley |
| 36 | Kelly Burke | 25,443 (D) | Burke | |
| 37 | Margo McDermed | Nichole Serbin | 26,168 (R)
11,797 (D) | McDermed |
| 38 | Anthony Granata | Al Riley | 8,369 (R)
26,559 (D) | Riley |
| 39 | Will Guzzardi | 14,644 (D) | Guzzardi | |
| 40 | Jaime Andrade Jr. | 14,861 (D) | Andrade | |
| 41 | Grant Wehrli | Ed Agustin | 24,447 (R)
11,690 (D) | Wehrli |
| 42 | Jeanne Ives | 31,643 (R) | Ives | |
| 43 | Jeffrey Meyer | Anna Moeller | 5,827 (R)
8,767 (D) | Moeller |
| 44 | Ramiro Juarez | Fred Crespo | 8,866 (R)
10,715 (D) | Crespo |
| 45 | Christine Winger | Jenny Burke | 17,420 (R)
14,581 (D) | Winger |
| 46 | Heidi Holan | Deb Conroy | 11,542 (R)
12,774 (D) | Conroy |
| 47 | Patricia Bellock | 33,460 (R) | Bellock | |
| 48 | Peter Breen | 28,711 (R) | Breen | |
| 49 | Mike Fortner | 24,482 (R) | Fortner | |
| 50 | Keith Wheeler | Valerie Burd | 23,260 (R)
11,007 (D) | Wheeler |
| 51 | Ed Sullivan Jr. | 33,896 (R) | Sullivan | |
| 52 | David McSweeney | Bill Downs | 22,676 (R)
9,911 (D) | McSweeney |
| 53 | David Harris | 27097 (R) | Harris | |
| 54 | Tom Morrison | Laddi Singh | 21,973 (R)
11,360 (D) | Morrison |
| 55 | Mel Thillens | Martin Moylan | 13,647 (R)
15,209 (D) | Moylan |
| 56 | Jim Moynihan | Michelle Mussman | 13,592 (R)
14,405 (D) | Mussman |
| 57 | Bill Grossi | Elaine Nekritz | 11,082 (R)
14,376 (D) | Nekritz |
| 58 | Mark Neerhof | Scott Drury | 16,895 (R)
20,252 (D) | Drury |
| 59 | Leslie Munger | Carol Sente | 13,179 (R)
14,528 (D) | Sente |
| 60 | Rita Mayfield | 11,476 (D) | Mayfield | |
| 61 | Sheri Jesiel | Loren Karner | 17,706 (R)
12,811 (D) | Jesiel |
| 62 | Rod Drobinski | Sam Yingling | 12,789 (R)
13,910 (D) | Yingling |
| 63 | Steven Reick | Jack Franks | 12,938 (R)
18,271 (D) | Franks |
| 64 | Barbara Wheeler | Joel Mains | 23,189 (R)
10,275 (D) | Wheeler |
| 65 | Steven Andersson | 29,808 (R) | Andersson | |
| 66 | Michael Tryon | 23,957 (R) | Tryon | |
| 67 | Litesa Wallace | 14,398 (D) | Wallace | |
| 68 | John Cabello | 27,855 (R) | Cabello | |
| 69 | Joe Sosnowski | 28,792 (R) | Sosnowski | |
| 70 | Robert Pritchard | 25,556 (R) | Pritchard | |
| 71 | Jim Wozniak | Mike Smiddy | 17,233 (R)
17,547 (D) | Smiddy |
| 72 | Patrick Verschoore | 24,331 (D) | Verschoore | |
| 73 | David Leitch | 33,667 (R) | Leitch | |
| 74 | Donald Moffitt | 35,013 (R) | Moffitt | |
| 75 | John Anthony | Martha Shugart | 19,618 (R)
14,231 (D) | Anthony |
| 76 | Jerry Lee Long | Frank Mautino | 17,072 (R)
17,409 (D) | Mautino |
| 77 | Kathleen Willis | 12,488 (D) | Willis | |
| 78 | Camille Lilly | 26,182 (D) | Lilly | |
| 79 | Glenn Nixon | Katherine Cloonen | 16,240 (R)
16,362 (D) | Cloonen |
| 80 | Anthony DeLuca | 26,173 (D) | DeLuca | |
| 81 | Ron Sandack | Elizabeth Chaplin | 22,788 (R)
15,199 (D) | Sandack |
| 82 | Jim Durkin | 32,968 (R) | Durkin | |
| 83 | Linda Chapa LaVia | 11,477 (D) | Chapa LaVia | |
| 84 | Krishna Bansal | Stephanie Kifowit | 9,068 (R)
12,598 (D) | Kifowit |
| 85 | Emily McAsey | 20,598 (D) | McAsey | |
| 86 | Diane Harris | Lawrence Walsh Jr. | 8,810 (R)
16,408 (D) | Walsh |
| 87 | Rich Brauer | 31,616 (R) | Brauer | |
| 88 | Keith Sommer | 30,255 (R) | Sommer | |
| 89 | Brian Stewart | 29,928 (R) | Stewart | |
| 90 | Tom Demmer | 28,668 (R) | Demmer | |
| 91 | Michael Unes | Chad Schmidgall | 20,309 (R)
10,130 (D) | Unes |
| 92 | Jehan Gordon-Booth | 20559 (D) | Gordon-Booth | |
| 93 | Norine Hammond | 25,994 (R) | Hammond | |
| 94 | Randy Frese | 30,899 (R) | Frese | |
| 95 | Wayne Rosenthal | 29,177 (R) | Rosenthal | |
| 96 | Michael Bell | Sue Scherer | 12,294 (R)
15,153 (D) | Scherer |
| 97 | Mark Batinick | Moira Dunn | 18,407 (R)
13,928 (D) | Batinick |
| 98 | Yvonne Bolton | Natalie Manley | 10,992 (R)
17,520 (D) | Manley |
| 99 | Raymond Poe | 37,596 (R) | Poe | |
| 100 | Christopher Davidsmeyer | Josh Evans | 24,481 (R)
12,725 (D) | Davidsmeyer |
| 101 | Bill Mitchell | 36,114 (R) | Mitchell | |
| 102 | Adam Brown | Matt Forcum | 27,103 (R)
9,294 (D) | Brown |
| 103 | Kristin Williamson | Carol Ammons | 8,392 (R)
13,362 (D) | Ammons |
| 104 | Chad Hays | 26,069 (R) | Hays | |
| 105 | Dan Brady | 28,373 (R) | Brady | |
| 106 | Thomas Bennett | William Nutter | 26,349 (R)
6,516 (D) | Bennett |
| 107 | John Cavaletto | John Berger | 23,308 (R)
10,012 (D) | Cavaletto |
| 108 | Charlie Meier | 32,836 (R) | Meier | |
| 109 | David Reis | 32,552 (R) | Reis | |
| 110 | Reginald Phillips | 26,693 (R) | Phillips | |
| 111 | Daniel Beiser | 22,855 (D) | Beiser | |
| 112 | Dwight Kay | Cullen L. Cullen | 18,984 (R)
13,333 (D) | Kay |
| 113 | Melinda Hult | Jay Hoffman | 11,941 (R)
17,572 (D) | Hoffman |
| 114 | Eddie Lee Jackson | 21,435 (D) | Jackson | |
| 115 | Terri Bryant | William Kilquist | 21,319 (R)
13,649 (D) | Bryant |
| 116 | Jerry Costello II | 27,910 (D) | Costello | |
| 117 | John Bradley | 25,658 (D) | Bradley | |
| 118 | Brandon Phelps | 25,661 (D) | Phelps |
2014 Illinois Senate race results
| District | Republican candidate | Democratic candidate | Votes cast | Winner |
| 3 | Mattie Hunter | 43,662 (D) | Hunter | |
| 6 | Stefanie Linares | John Cullerton | 20,291 (R)
39,851 (D) | Cullerton |
| 9 | Daniel Biss | 55,986 (D) | Biss | |
| 12 | Steven Landek | 24,886 (D) | Landek | |
| 15 | Napoleon Harris | 49,577 (D) | Harris | |
| 18 | Shaun Colin | Bill Cunningham | 29,658 (R)
41,515 (D) | Cunningham |
| 21 | Michael Connelly | 61,393 (R) | Connelly | |
| 24 | Chris Nybo | Suzanne Glowiak | 47,590 (R)
31,357 (D) | Nybo |
| 27 | Matt Murphy | 55,928 (R) | Murphy | |
| 30 | Don Wilson | Terry Link | 18,169 (R)
26,387 (D) | Link |
| 33 | Karen McConnaughay | 54,102 (R) | McConnaughay | |
| 36 | Neil Anderson | Mike Jacobs | 35,895 (R)
30,242 (D) | Anderson |
| 39 | Don Harmon | 39,526 (D) | Harmon | |
| 42 | Linda Holmes | 28,358 (D) | Holmes | |
| 45 | Tim Bivins | 59,865 (R) | Bivins | |
| 48 | Linda Little | Andy Manar | 27,449 (R)
34,402 (D) | Manar |
| 51 | Chapin Rose | 69,665 (R) | Rose | |
| 54 | Kyle McCarter | 60,923 (R) | McCarter | |
| 57 | Katherine Ruocco | James Clayborne Jr. | 28,486 (R)
30,624 (D) | Clayborne |
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