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Illinois Senate

The Illinois Senate convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
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The Illinois Senate convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.

The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. The Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from individual legislative districts determined by population. There is a movement to modify senatorial districts on a geographic basis in order to more accurately reflect the cultural, racial and political makeup of outstate and downstate. In order to avoid complete turnovers in Senate membership, under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, some senators are elected to two-year terms while others are elected to four-year terms. Senate districts are divided into three groups. One or two of these groups are elected every two years for either a two or four year term. In contrast, the Illinois House of Representatives is made of 118 members with its entire membership elected to two-year terms.

The Illinois Senate convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Its first official working day is the second Wednesday of January each year. Its primary duties are to pass bills into law, approve the state budget, confirm appointments to state departments and agencies, act on federal constitutional amendments and propose constitutional amendments for Illinois. It also has the power to override gubernatorial vetoes through a three-fifths majority vote. The Illinois Senate tries impeachments made by the House of Representatives, and can convict impeached officers by a two-thirds vote.

The Democratic Party of Illinois currently holds a veto-proof majority in the Illinois Senate.

Illinois State Senate - 95th General Assembly

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 37
  Republican Party 22
 Total
 59
 Democrat Majority
 15

Officers

Members of the Illinois Senate

District Representative Party Residence Term Up
1 Antonio Munoz Democrat Chicago 2010
2 William Delgado Democrat Chicago 2008
3 Mattie Hunter Democrat Chicago 2008
4 Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Chicago 2010
5 Rickey Hendon Democrat Chicago 2008
6 John Cullerton Democrat Chicago 2008
7 Carol Ronen Democrat Chicago 2010
8 Ira Silverstein Democrat Chicago 2008
9 Jeffrey Schoenberg Democrat Chicago 2008
10 James DeLeo Democrat Chicago 2010
11 Louis Viverito Democrat Chicago 2008
12 Martin Sandoval Democrat Chicago 2008
13 Kwame Raoul Democrat Chicago 2010
14 Emil Jones, Jr. Democrat Chicago 2008
15 James Meeks Democrat Chicago 2008
16 Jacqueline Y. Collins Democrat Chicago 2010
17 Donne Trotter Democrat Chicago 2008
18 Edward Maloney Democrat Chicago 2008
19 Maggie Crotty Democrat Oak Forest 2010
20 Iris Martinez Democrat Chicago 2008
21 Daniel Cronin Republican Elmhurst 2008
22 Michael Noland Democrat Elgin 2010
23 Carole Pankau Republican Bloomingdale 2008
24 Kirk W. Dillard Republican Hinsdale 2008
25 Chris Lauzen Republican Aurora 2010
26 William E. Peterson Republican Buffalo Grove 2008
27 Matt Murphy Republican Palatine 2008
28 John J. Millner Republican St. Charles 2010
29 Susan Garrett Democrat Highwood 2008
30 Terry Link Democrat Vernon Hills 2008
31 Michael Bond Democrat Grayslake 2010
32 Pamela Althoff Republican Crystal Lake 2008
33 Dan Kotowski Democrat Park Ridge 2008
34 Dave Syverson Republican Rockford 2010
35 J. Bradley Burzynski Republican Sycamore 2008
36 Mike Jacobs Democrat East Moline 2008
37 Dale Risinger Republican Peoria 2010
38 Gary G. Dahl Republican Peru 2008
39 Don Harmon Democrat Oak Park 2008
40 Debbie Halvorson Democrat Crete 2010
41 Christine Radogno Republican Lemont 2008
42 Linda Holmes Democrat Aurora 2008
43 Arthur Wilhelmi Democrat Joliet 2010
44 Bill Brady Republican Bloomington 2008
45 Todd Sieben Republican Geneseo 2008
46 David Koehler Democrat Pekin 2010
47 John M. Sullivan Democrat Rushville 2008
48 Randy Hultgren Republican Wheaton 2008
49 Deanna Demuzio Democrat Carlinville 2010
50 Larry Bomke Republican Springfield 2008
51 Frank Watson Republican Greenville 2008
52 Mike Frerichs Democrat Gifford 2010
53 Dan Rutherford Republican Pontiac 2008
54 John O. Jones Republican Mount Vernon 2008
55 Dale Righter Republican Mattoon 2010
56 William R. Haine Democrat Alton 2008
57 James Clayborne, Jr. Democrat Belleville 2008
58 David Luechtefeld Republican Okawville 2010
59 Gary Forby Democrat Benton 2008


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