Prairie State Wire

The number of Illinois House races being contested by major-party candidates on Nov. 6 is up 13.6 percent over the last midterm election in 2014, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis.

With Democratic and Republican candidates competing head-to-head in 66 of the 118 House districts, the election has the potential to shift the balance of power in the House, where Democrats occupy 67 seats and Republicans have 51.

Republicans would have to flip at least nine seats to gain control of the House of Representatives.

House Speaker Michael Madigan is running unopposed in the 22nd District.

Those running for re-election in the House are 57 incumbent Democrats and 41 GOP incumbents. Twenty open seats will be decided next week. 

Twelve Republicans – all incumbents – are running unopposed, while 40 Democrats – 33 of whom are incumbents – are running unopposed. In all, Republicans are running 78 House candidates, and Democratic candidates number 106. 

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Nov. 6 election lineup in Illinois House

District	Democrat	Hometown	Republican	Hometown
1	Aaron M. Ortiz	Chicago / Gage Park	None	N/A
2	Theresa Mah	Chicago / McKinley Park	None	N/A
3	Luis Arroyo	Chicago / Montclare	None	N/A
4	Delia C. Ramirez	Chicago / Humboldt Park	None	N/A
5	Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.	Chicago / Washington Park	None	N/A
6	Sonya M. Harper	Chicago / Fuller Park	None	N/A
7	Emanuel "Chris" Welch	Hillside	None	N/A
8	La Shawn K. Ford	Chicago / The Island	None	N/A
9	Arthur Turner	Chicago / North Lawndale	None	N/A
10	Melissa Conyears-Ervin	Chicago / East Garfield Park	None	N/A
11	Ann M. Williams	Chicago / Ravenswood	None	N/A
12	Sara Feigenholtz	Chicago / Lake View	None	N/A
13	Gregory Harris	Chicago / Uptown	None	N/A
14	Kelly M. Cassidy	Chicago / Rogers Park	None	N/A
15	John C. D'Amico	Chicago / South Edgebrook	Amanda Biela	Chicago / South Edgebrook
16	Lou Lang	Skokie	None	N/A
17	Jennifer Gong-Gershowicz	Glenview	Peter Lee	Wilmette
18	Robyn Gabel**	Evanston	Julie Cho	Wilmette
19	Robert Martwick	Chicago / Portage Park	Ammie Kessem	Chicago / Union Ridge
20	None	N/A	Michael P. McAuliffe	Chicago / Norwood Park
21	Celina Villanueva	Chicago / South Lawndale	None	N/A
22	Michael J. Madigan	Chicago / Midway	None	N/A
23	Michael J. Zalewski	Riverside	None	N/A
24	Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez	Cicero	None	N/A
25	Curtis J. Tarver, II	Chicago / Kenwood	None	N/A
26	Christian L. Mitchell	Chicago / Hyde Park	None	N/A
27	Justin Q. Slaughter	Chicago / Brainerd	None	N/A
28	Robert Rita	Blue Island	None	N/A
29	Thaddeus Jones	Calumet City	None	N/A
30	William Davis	Homewood	None	N/A
31	Mary E. Flowers	Chicago / Gresham	None	N/A
32	Andre Thapedi	Chicago / Chicago Lawn	None	N/A
33	Marcus C. Evans	Chicago / Avalon Park	None	N/A
34	Nick Smith	Chicago / Roseland	None	N/A
35	Frances Ann Hurley	Chicago / Mt. Greenwood	Herbert Hebein	Chicago / Kennedy Park
36	Kelly M. Burke	Evergreen Park	None	N/A
37	Matthew J. Hunt	Frankfort	Margo McDermed	Mokena
38	Debbie Meyers-Martin	Olympia Fields	None	N/A
39	Will Guzzardi	Chicago / Hermosa	None	N/A
40	Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.	Chicago / Irving Park	None	N/A
41	Val Montgomery	Naperville	Grant Werhli	Naperville
42	Kathleen V. Carrier	Carol Stream	Amy L. Grant	Wheaton
43	Anna Moeller	Elgin	Andrew R. Cuming	Elgin
44	Fred Crespo	Hoffman Estates	Katy Dolan Baumer	Streamwood
45	Diane Pappas	Itasca	Christine Jennifer Winger	Wood Dale
46	Deb Conroy	Villa Park	Gordon (Jay) Kinzler	Glen Ellyn
47	James M. Caffrey	Elmhurst	Deanne Marie Mazzochi	Elmhurst
48	Terra Costa Howard	Glen Ellyn	Peter Breen	Lombard
49	Karina Villa	West Chicago	Tonia Khouri	Aurora
50	James G. Leslie	Aurora	Keith Wheeler	Oswego
51	Mary Edly-Allen	Libertyville	Helene Miller Walsh	Wauconda
52	None	N/A	David McSweeney	Barrington Hills
53	Mark Walker	Arlington Heights	Eddie Corrigan	Arlington Heights
54	Maggie Trevor	Rolling Meadows	Tom Morrison	Palatine
55	Marty Moylan	Des Plaines	Marilyn Smolenski	Park Ridge
56	Michelle Mussman	Schaumburg	Jillian Bernas	Schaumburg
57	Jonathan Carroll	Northbrook	Mary Battinus	Buffalo Grove
58	Bob Morgan	Deerfield	Frederic Bryan "Rick" Lesser	Lake Bluff
59	Daniel Didech	Buffalo Grove	Karen Feldman	Lincolnshire
60	Rita Mayfield	Waukegan	None	N/A
61	Joyce Mason	Gurnee	Sheri Jesiel	Winthrop Harbor
62	Sam Yingling	Grayslake	Ken Idstein	Grayslake
63	None	N/A	Steven Reick	Woodstock
64	Trisha Zubert	Volo	Tom Weber	Lake Villa
65	Richard Johnson	Elgin	Dan Ugaste	Geneva
66	None	N/A	Allen Skillicorn	East Dundee
67	Maurice A. West, II	Rockford	None	N/A
68	Jake Castanza	Rockford	John Cabello	Machesney Park
69	Angelique "Angie" Bodine	Poplar Grove	Joe Sosnowski	Rockford
70	Paul Stoddard	DeKalb	Jeff Keicher	Sycamore
71	Joan Padilla	Sterling	Tony M. McCombie	Savanna
72	Michael W. Halpin	Rock Island	Glen Evans Sr.	Rock Island
73	None	N/A	Ryan Spain	Peoria
74	None	N/A	Dan Swanson	Alpha
75	None	N/A	David Allen Welter	Morris
76	Lance Yednock	Ottawa	Jerry Lee Long	Streator
77	Kathleen Willis	Addison	Anthony Airdo	Melrose Park
78	Camille Lilly	Chicago / Galewood	None	N/A
79	Lisa Dugan	Bradley	Lindsay Parkhurst	Kankakee
80	Anthony DeLuca	Chicago Heights	None	N/A
81	Anne M. Stava-Murray	Naperville	David S. Olsen	Downers Grove
82	Tom Chlystek	Darien	Jim Durkin	Western Springs
83	Linda Chapa La Via	Aurora	None	N/A
84	Stephanie Kifowit	Oswego	Patty Smith	Aurora
85	John Connor	Lockport	Lisa Bickus	Lockport
86	Lawrence Walsh	Elwood	Rick Laib	Joliet
87	None	N/A	Tim Butler	Springfield
88	Jill Blair	Bloomington	Keith P. Sommer	Morton
89	Nicholas P. Hyde	Galena	Andrew S. Chesney	Freeport
90	Amy Davis	Dixon	Tom Demmer	Dixon
91	Carolyn Blodgett	Canton	Michael D. Unes	East Peoria
92	Jehan Gordon-Booth	Peoria	None	N/A
93	John Curtis	Macomb	Norine K. Hammond	Macomb
94	Richard G. Cramsey	Clayton	Randy E. Frese	Paloma
95	Dillon Clark	Litchfield	Avery Bourne	Raymond
96	Sue Scherer	Decatur	Herman Senor	Springfield
97	Mica Freeman	Plainfield	Mark Batinick	Plainfield
98	Natalie Manley	Joliet	Alyssia Benford	Bolingbrook
99	Marc Bell	Springfield	Mike Murphy	Springfield
100	None	N/A	Christopher "C.D" Davidsmeyer	Jacksonville
101	Jennifer McMillin	Decatur	Dan Caulkins	Decatur
102	None	N/A	Brad Halbrook	Shelbyville
103	Carol Ammons	Urbana	None	N/A
104	Cynthia E. Cunningham	Saint Joseph	Mike Marron	Fithian
105	Benjamin Webb	Normal	Dan Brady	Bloomington
106	None	N/A	Thomas M. Bennett	Gibson City
107	David J. Seiler	Effingham	Blaine Wilhour	Beecher City
108	None	N/A	Charles Meier	Okawville
109	Cynthia Green	Olney	Darren Bailey	Xenia
110	Shirley Bell	Mattoon	Chris Miller	Oakland
111	Monica Bristow	Godfrey	Michael Babcock	Bethalto
112	Katie Stuart	Edwardsville	Dwight Kay	Glen Carbon
113	Jay Hoffman	Swansea	Doug Jameson	Belleville
114	LaToya N. Greenwood	East St. Louis	Jason Madlock	Centreville
115	Marsha Griffin	Jonesboro	Terri Bryant	Murphysboro
116	Jerry Costello, II	Smithton	David Friess	Red Bud
117	Jason Woolard	Carbondale	Dave Severin	Benton
118	Natalie Finnie	Elizabethtown	Patrick Windhorst	Metropolis

Names in bold denotes the incumbent