2010 Illinois House of Representatives election

For the 2010 Illinois Senate elections, see Illinois Senate elections, 2010.

Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010

November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02)
All 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Leader Michael Madigan Tom Cross Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 22nd-Chicago 84th-Oswego Last election 70 48 Seats won 64 54 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 1,739,241 1,649,274 Percentage 50.62% 48.01% Swing 7.40% 7.41%
Speaker before election Michael Madigan Democratic Speaker-Elect Michael Madigan Democratic

The 2010 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives was conducted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The 2010 primary election was conducted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years.

Overview

Illinois State House Elections, 2010
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Democratic	1,739,241	50.62%	70	64	-6
	Republican	1,649,274	48.01%	48	54	+6
	Green	31,974	0.93%	0	0	0
	Independent	15,057	0.44%	0	0	0
Totals		3,435,546	100.00%	118	118	—

General election

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Democratic	Susana Mendoza			Democratic	Susana Mendoza
2		Democratic	Edward Acevedo			Democratic	Edward Acevedo
3		Democratic	Luis Arroyo			Democratic	Luis Arroyo
4		Democratic	Cynthia Soto			Democratic	Cynthia Soto
5		Democratic	Kenneth Dunkin			Democratic	Kenneth Dunkin
6		Democratic	Esther Golar			Democratic	Esther Golar
7		Democratic	Karen Yarbrough			Democratic	Karen Yarbrough
8		Democratic	LaShawn Ford			Democratic	LaShawn Ford
9		Democratic	Arthur Turner			Democratic	Arthur Turner
10		Democratic	Annazette Collins			Democratic	Annazette Collins
11		Democratic	John Fritchey	retired		Democratic	Ann M. Williams
						Republican	Scott Tucker
12		Democratic	Sara Feigenholtz			Democratic	Sara Feigenholtz
						Republican	Dave Lenkowski
13		Democratic	Greg Harris			Democratic	Greg Harris
14		Democratic	Harry Osterman			Democratic	Harry Osterman
15		Democratic	John D'Amico			Democratic	John D'Amico
16		Democratic	Lou Lang			Democratic	Lou Lang
17		Republican	Elizabeth Coulson	retired		Republican	Hamilton Chang
						Democratic	Daniel Biss
18		Democratic	Julie Hamos	retired		Democratic	Robyn Gabel
19		Democratic	Joseph M. Lyons			Democratic	Joseph M. Lyons
						Republican	David J. Anderson
20		Republican	Michael P. McAuliffe			Republican	Michael P. McAuliffe
21		Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski			Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski
22		Democratic	Mike Madigan			Democratic	Mike Madigan
						Republican	Patrick John Ryan
23		Democratic	Daniel J. Burke			Democratic	Daniel J. Burke
24		Democratic	Elizabeth Hernandez			Democratic	Elizabeth Hernandez
25		Democratic	Barbara Flynn Currie			Democratic	Barbara Flynn Currie
26		Democratic	William D. Burns			Democratic	William D. Burns
						Republican	Sylvester 'Junebug' Hendricks
27		Democratic	Monique D. Davis			Democratic	Monique D. Davis
28		Democratic	Robert Rita			Democratic	Robert Rita
29		Democratic	David E. Miller	Running for State Comptroller		Democratic	Thaddeus Jones
						Green	Kenneth "Kenny" Williams
30		Democratic	William Davis			Democratic	William Davis
31		Democratic	Mary E. Flowers			Democratic	Mary E. Flowers
32		Democratic	André Thapedi			Democratic	André Thapedi
33		Democratic	Marlow H. Colvin			Democratic	Marlow H. Colvin
34		Democratic	Constance A. Howard			Democratic	Constance A. Howard
35		Democratic	Kevin Joyce			Democratic	Kevin Joyce
						Republican	Barbara Ruth Bellar
36		Democratic	Michael J. Carberry			Democratic	Kelly M. Burke
						Republican	Richard L. Grabowski
37		Democratic	Kevin A. McCarthy			Democratic	Kevin A. McCarthy
						Republican	Jeffrey L. Junkas
38		Democratic	Al Riley			Democratic	Al Riley
39		Democratic	Maria Antonia Berrios			Democratic	Maria Antonia Berrios
						Green	Jeremy Karpen
40		Democratic	Deborah Mell			Democratic	Deborah Mell
41		Republican	Bob Biggins	retired		Republican	Chris Nybo
						Democratic	Brian J. Stephenson
42		Republican	Sandra M. Pihos			Republican	Sandra M. Pihos
						Democratic	Kathryn F. Vlahos
43		Democratic	Keith Farnham			Democratic	Keith Farnham
						Republican	Ruth Munson
44		Democratic	Fred Crespo			Democratic	Fred Crespo
						Republican	Billie D. Roth
45		Republican	Franco Coladipietro			Republican	Franco Coladipietro
						Democratic	Jim Hagerty
46		Republican	Dennis Reboletti			Republican	Dennis Reboletti
						Democratic	Deborah O'Keefe Conroy
47		Republican	Patricia R. Bellock			Republican	Patricia R. Bellock
						Green	Bob Mueller
						Democratic	Jim Speta
48		Republican	Michael Connelly			Republican	Michael Connelly
						Democratic	Barbara Green
49		Republican	Timothy L. Schmitz			Republican	Timothy L. Schmitz
						Democratic	Jennifer Barconi
50		Republican	Kay Hatcher			Republican	Kay Hatcher
						Democratic	Linda Healy
51		Republican	Ed Sullivan, Jr.			Republican	Ed Sullivan, Jr.
						Democratic	Steve Riess
52		Republican	Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.			Republican	Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
53		Republican	Sidney Mathias			Republican	Sidney Mathias
						Democratic	Linda Birnbaum
54		Republican	Suzanne Bassi	lost in primary		Republican	Tom Morrison
						Democratic	Matt Flamm
55		Republican	Randy Ramey, Jr.			Republican	Randy Ramey, Jr.
						Democratic	Gregory Brownfield
56		Democratic	Paul D. Froehlich	retired		Democratic	Michelle Mussman
						Republican	Ryan Higgins
57		Democratic	Elaine Nekritz			Democratic	Elaine Nekritz
						Republican	Richard Hamen
58		Democratic	Karen May			Democratic	Karen May
						Republican	Lauren Turelli
59		Democratic	Carol Sente			Democratic	Carol Sente
						Republican	Dan Sugue
60		Democratic	Eddie Washington	died June 4, 2010		Democratic	Rita Mayfield
61		Republican	JoAnn D. Osmond			Republican	JoAnn D. Osmond
						Democratic	Scott D. Pollock
62		Republican	Sandy Cole			Republican	Sandy Cole
						Democratic	Rich Voltair
63		Democratic	Jack D. Franks			Democratic	Jack D. Franks
						Republican	John O'Neill
64		Republican	Michael Tryon			Republican	Michael W. Tryon
						Democratic	Robert Kaempfe
65		Republican	Rosemary Mulligan			Republican	Rosemary Mulligan
						Democratic	Wendy Gruen
66		Democratic	Mark L. Walker			Democratic	Mark L. Walker
						Republican	David Harris
67		Democratic	Charles E. Jefferson			Democratic	Charles E. Jefferson
						Republican	Robert E. Brokish, Jr.
68		Republican	Dave Winters			Republican	Dave Winters
						Democratic	Marla Jean Wilson
						Green	Gerry Woods
69		Republican	Ronald A. Wait	xx		Republican	Joe Sosnowski
						Democratic	Ray Pendzinski
						Green	Dan Lindsey
70		Republican	Robert W. Pritchard			Republican	Robert W. Pritchard
71		Democratic	Mike Boland	xx		Democratic	Dennis Ahern
						Republican	Richard Morthland
72		Democratic	Patrick J. Verschoore			Democratic	Patrick J. Verschoore
						Republican	Mark Lioen
73		Republican	David R. Leitch			Republican	David R. Leitch
74		Republican	Donald L. Moffitt			Republican	Donald L. Moffitt
						Democratic	Elizabeth Double
75		Democratic	Careen M. Gordon			Democratic	Careen M. Gordon
						Republican	Sue Rezin
76		Democratic	Frank J. Mautino			Democratic	Frank J. Mautino
77		Republican	Angelo Saviano			Republican	Angelo Saviano
78		Democratic	Deborah L. Graham			Democratic	Camille Lilly
79		Democratic	Lisa M. Dugan			Democratic	Lisa M. Dugan
						Republican	Nick Been
						Green	George Ochsenfeld
80		Democratic	Anthony DeLuca			Democratic	Anthony DeLuca
81		Republican	Renee Kosel			Democratic	John G. Unhoch
						Republican	Renee Kosel
82		Republican	Jim Durkin			Republican	Jim Durkin
						Democratic	Matthew T. Mostowik
83		Democratic	Linda Chapa LaVia			Democratic	Linda Chapa LaVia
84		Republican	Tom Cross			Republican	Tom Cross
						Democratic	Dennis Grosskopf
85		Democratic	Emily McAsey			Democratic	Emily McAsey
						Republican	Maripat Oliver
86		Democratic	Jack McGuire			Democratic	Jack McGuire
						Republican	Ryan Eggert
87		Republican	Bill Mitchell			Republican	Bill Mitchell
						Democratic	George H. Wissmiller
88		Republican	Dan Brady			Republican	Dan Brady
89		Republican	Jim Sacia			Republican	Jim Sacia
						Democratic	Victoria F. Grizzoffi
90		Republican	Jerry L. Mitchell			Republican	Jerry L. Mitchell
						Democratic	Kenneth J. Novak
91		Democratic	Michael K. Smith			Democratic	Michael K. Smith
						Republican	Michael D. Unes
92		Democratic	Jehan Gordon			Democratic	Jehan Gordon
						Republican	Jim Montelongo
93		Republican	Jil Tracy			Republican	Jil Tracy
94		Republican	Richard P. Myers			Republican	Richard P. Myers
						Democratic	Earl W. Godt II
95		Republican	Mike Fortner			Republican	Mike Fortner
						Democratic	Maria Owens
96		Republican	Darlene Senger			Republican	Darlene Senger
						Democratic	Dawn DeSart
97		Republican	Jim Watson			Republican	Jim Watson
98		Democratic	Betsy Hannig	xx		Democratic	Charles Landers
						Republican	Wayne Arthur Rosenthal
99		Republican	Raymond Poe			Republican	Raymond Poe
						Democratic	Kent E. DeLay
100		Republican	Rich Brauer			Republican	Rich Brauer
101		Democratic	Robert F. Flider			Democratic	Robert F. Flider
						Republican	Adam M. Brown
						Republican	Mark Scranton (withdrawn)
102		Republican	Ron Stephens			Republican	Ron Stephens
						Independent	Deena Dailey
103		Democratic	Naomi Jakobsson			Democratic	Naomi Jakobsson
						Republican	Norman E. Davis
104		Republican	William B. Black	xx		Republican	Chad D. Hays
						Democratic	Michael Puhr
105		Republican	Shane Cultra			Republican	Shane Cultra
						Green	Vince LaMie
106		Republican	Keith P. Sommer			Republican	Keith P. Sommer
107		Republican	John Cavaletto			Republican	John Cavaletto
						Democratic	Joshua Qualls
108		Republican	David Reis			Republican	David Reis
109		Republican	Roger L. Eddy			Republican	Roger L. Eddy
						Democratic	Tim Cyr
110		Republican	Chapin Rose			Republican	Chapin Rose
						Democratic	Dennis Malak
111		Democratic	Daniel V. Beiser			Democratic	Daniel V. Beiser
112		Democratic	Jay C. Hoffman			Democratic	Jay C. Hoffman
						Republican	Dwight D. Kay
113		Democratic	Thomas Holbrook			Democratic	Thomas Holbrook
						Republican	Joseph F. Avellone
114		Democratic	Eddie Lee Jackson			Democratic	Eddie Lee Jackson
115		Republican	Mike Bost			Republican	Mike Bost
						Green	Charlie Howe
116		Democratic	Dan Reitz			Democratic	Dan Reitz
						Republican	Glenn C. Farley
117		Democratic	John E. Bradley			Democratic	John E. Bradley
118		Democratic	Brandon W. Phelps			Democratic	Brandon W. Phelps

Notable races

District 54

Long-time Republican incumbent Suzanne Bassi, a moderate, lost in the primary to conservative Tom Morrison (campaign site, PVS), co-owner of a Servpro franchise with his brother, in an upset. Morrison is facing Democratic nominee Matt Flamm (campaign site, PVS), senior partner in a business and real estate law practice in Chicago. The Pioneer Press endorsed Flamm on October 14, 2010.

The 54th District includes portions of Palatine, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Inverness, Hoffman Estates and Rolling Meadows.

• Daily Herald candidate questionnaire
• Campaign contributions at National Institute for Money in State Politics: Suzanne Bassi, Matt Flamm, Tom Morrison

See also

• Illinois Senate elections, 2010
• Illinois House of Representatives

References

• General Election 2010: Offices and Candidates from the Illinois State Board of Elections

External links

• Illinois State Board of Elections
• Illinois General Assembly - Illinois State Representatives, 96th General Assembly
• Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010 at Ballotpedia