2014 Illinois Senate election

Illinois Senate elections, 2014

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19 of 59 total seats in the Illinois Senate
30 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader John Cullerton Christine Radogno
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 6th-Chicago 41st-La Grange
Last election 40 19
Seats won 39 20
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 476,373 569,414
Percentage 45.55% 54.45%
Swing Decrease10.08% Increase10.08%

Results:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election
Vote Share:
     50–60%      60–70%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      >90%

President before election

John Cullerton
Democratic

President-Elect

John Cullerton
Democratic

The Illinois State Senate Election of 2014 determined, along with 40 senators not up for re-election, the membership of the 99th Illinois State Senate. The Democratic Party retained its majority, losing one seat with defeat of Mike Jacobs of East Moline by Neil Anderson.[1]

Despite winning a majority of the votes cast in this election, the Republicans remained in the minority, even within the Class of Senators elected this year. There was no possibility of control of the chamber changing hands. Each party only ran 13 candidates, and for control of the Senate to have passed to the Republican Party, it would have to have won eighteen seats of the 19 elected in this election.

  1. ^ "Election 2014: Results". saukvalley.com. Shaw Local News Network. November 4, 2014. Anderson unseats Jacobs in state Senate race. Retrieved June 1, 2022.