The Green Papers: Illinois 2003 Off Year Election
 
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Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:19(4.37% of 435)
2000 Census:12,439,042 (4.41% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):8,983,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):7,129,026
Capital:Springfield
 

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Illinois State and Local Government
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None, All Governors
  Democrat Governor Rod R. Blagojevich
• First elected: 2002
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2010. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor (effective 2011: jointly nominated at the primary election)
  Democrat Pat Quinn
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
  Democrat Jesse White
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
  Democrat Lisa Madigan
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
  Republican Judy Baar Topinka
• First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Comptroller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
  Democrat Daniel W. "Dan" Hynes
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2 Democrat Senator Richard J. Durbin
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Class 3 Republican Senator Peter G. Fitzgerald
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• 2003 April 15: Senator Fitzgerald announced that he will not seek re-election in 2004.
108th House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2002, 2004. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
9 Democrats (9 Undetermined);
10 Republicans (10 Undetermined)
CD 1 Democrat Congressman Bobby L. Rush
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 2 Democrat Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
• First elected: 12 December 1995 in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Mel Reynolds, 1 October 1995
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 3 Democrat Congressman William O. Lipinski
• First elected: 1982
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 4 Democrat Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 5 Democrat Congressman Rahm Emanuel
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 6 Republican Congressman Henry J. Hyde
• First elected: 1974
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 7 Democrat Congressman Danny K. Davis
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 8 Republican Congressman Philip M. Crane
• First elected: 25 November 1969 in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Donald Rumsfeld, 25 May 1969
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 9 Democrat Congressman Janice D. Schakowsky
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 10 Republican Congressman Mark Steven Kirk
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 11 Republican Congressman Gerald C. "Jerry" Weller
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 12 Democrat Congressman Jerry F. Costello
• First elected: in Special Election, 9 August 1988, re: death of Congressman Melvin Price, 22 April 1988
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 13 Republican Congressman Judy Biggert
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 14 Republican Congressman J. Dennis Hastert
• First elected: 1986
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 15 Republican Congressman Timothy V. "Tim" Johnson
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 16 Republican Congressman Donald A. Manzullo
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 17 Democrat Congressman Lane A. Evans
• First elected: 1982
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 18 Republican Congressman Ray LaHood
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 19 Republican Congressman John M. Shimkus
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
2002-2010 Congressional Districts  2002-2010 CDs

Illinois has 102 counties and 19 congressional districts: 71 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and 31 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 11: Grundy, Kankakee and LaSalle
  • CD # 12: Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, St.Clair and Union
  • CD # 14: Kane, Kendall and Lee
  • CD # 15: Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Moultrie, Piatt and Vermilion
  • CD # 16: Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago
  • CD # 17: Calhoun, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Macoupin, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and Warren
  • CD # 18: Brown, Cass, Logan, Marshall, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Peoria, Putnam, Schuyler, Scott, Stark and Tazewell
  • CD # 19: Bond, Clay, Clinton, Effingham, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Massac, Pope, Richland, Washington and Wayne

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Adams: CDs 17 & 18
  • Bureau: CDs 11, 14 & 18
  • Christian: CDs 19 & 17
  • Cook: CDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 13 [CDs # 1, # 2, # 3, # 4, # 5, # 7 and # 9 are wholly within Cook County]
  • DeKalb: CDs 14 & 16
  • DuPage: CDs 6, 13 & 14
  • Edwards: CDs 15 & 19
  • Fayette: CDs 17 & 19
  • Gallatin: CDs 15 & 19
  • Greene: CDs 17 & 19
  • Henry: CDs 14 & 17
  • Jersey: CDs 17 & 19
  • Knox: CDs 17 & 18
  • Lake: CDs 8 & 10
  • Lawrence: CDs 15 & 19
  • Livingston: CDs 11 & 15
  • Macon: CDs 15, 17 & 18
  • Madison: CDs 12 & 19
  • McHenry: CDs 8 & 16
  • McLean: CDs 11 & 15
  • Montgomery: CDs 17 & 19
  • Pike: CDs 17 & 18
  • Saline: CDs 15 & 19
  • Sangamon: CDs 17 & 19
  • Shelby: CDs 17 & 19
  • Wabash: CDs 15 & 19
  • White: CDs 15 & 19
  • Whiteside: CDs 14, 16 & 17
  • Will: CDs 11 & 13
  • Williamson: CDs 12 & 19
  • Woodford: CDs 11 & 18

 

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