2022 Illinois Senate election

2022 Illinois Senate elections

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All 59 seats in the Illinois Senate
30 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Don Harmon Dan McConchie
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 6th-Chicago 26th-Hawthorn Woods
Last election 41 seats, 69.5% 18 seats, 30.5%
Seats won 40 19
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,859,360 1,729,938
Percentage 51.79% 48.19%
Swing Decrease 14.56% Increase 15.18%

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      >90%

Senate President before election

Don Harmon
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Don Harmon
Democratic

The 2022 elections for the Illinois Senate occurred on November 8, 2022, to elect senators from all of the state's 59 legislative districts in the Illinois Senate. The primary election took place on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.[1] The winners of this election would serve in the 103rd General Assembly, with seats apportioned among the state based on the 2020 United States census. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, senators are divided into three groups, with each group having a two-year term at a different part of the decade between censuses, with the rest of the decade being taken up by two four-year terms.[2] The Democratic Party had held a majority in the Senate since 2003. The inauguration of the 103rd General Assembly occurred on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.[3]

The elections for Illinois United States Senator (Class III), Illinois's 17 congressional districts, Illinois Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Illinois Executive positions, and the Illinois House were also held on this date.

The Republican Party flipped two districts, with the Democratic Party flipping one district, resulting in a net gain of one seat for the Republicans. Despite the seat loss, the Democrats still maintained their supermajority in the Illinois Senate.

  1. ^ "(10 ILCS 5/1-18 new)" (PDF). Illinois General Assembly. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Illinois Constitution Article IV, Section 2(a) http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con4.htm
  3. ^ "Constitution of the State of Illinois Article IV Section 5a".