Illinois House of Representatives

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Illinois House of Representatives
Type Bicameral
Speaker Michael Madigan, (D)
since 1997
Minority Leader Tom Cross, (R)
since 2002
Members 118
Political groups Democrats
Republicans
Last elections November 7, 2006
Meeting place Illinois State Capitol
Web site ilga.gov/house
The Illinois House of Representatives convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
The Illinois House of Representatives convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.

The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from individual legislative districts for a two-year term with no limits. In contrast, the upper house Illinois Senate is made of 59 senators with staggered two or four-year terms.

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The Illinois House of Representatives convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in the state capital of Springfield. 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, 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 House of Representatives also holds the power to impeach Executive and Judicial officials.

The current Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives is Michael Madigan of Chicago, who represents the 22nd District. The Democratic Party of Illinois currently holds a majority in the House. Under the current Illinois Constitution, the office of Minority Leader is recognized for the purpose of making certain appointments. Tom Cross of Plainfield, a Republican representing the 84th District, currently holds the post.

Before the Cutback Amendment to the state constitution in 1980, the state was divided into 59 "legislative districts", each of which elected three representatives, yielding a House of 177 members. This unusual system was even more distinctive in that the individual voter was given three legislative votes to cast, and could cast either one vote each for three candidates, all three votes for one candidate (known as a "bullet vote"), or even 1 1/2 votes each for two candidates. After the passage of the Cutback Amendment, this system was abolished and representatives were elected from 118 single member constituencies.

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 67
  Republican Party 51
 Total
 118
 Majority
 16

District Representative Party Residence
1 Susana A. Mendoza Democrat Chicago
2 Edward J. Acevedo Democrat Chicago
3 Luis Arroyo Democrat Chicago
4 Cynthia Soto Democrat Chicago
5 Kenneth Dunkin Democrat Chicago
6 Esther Golar Democrat Chicago
7 Karen A. Yarbrough Democrat Maywood
8 LaShawn Ford Democrat Chicago
9 Arthur L. Turner Democrat Chicago
10 Annazette Collins Democrat Chicago
11 John A. Fritchey Democrat Chicago
12 Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Chicago
13 Greg Harris Democrat Chicago
14 Harry Osterman Democrat Chicago
15 John D'Amico Democrat Chicago
16 Lou Lang Democrat Skokie
17 Elizabeth Coulson Republican Glenview
18 Julie Hamos Democrat Evanston
19 Joseph M. Lyons Democrat Chicago
20 Michael P. McAuliffe Republican Chicago
21 Robert S. Molaro Democrat Chicago
22 Michael J. Madigan Democrat Chicago
23 Daniel J. Burke Democrat Chicago
24 Elizabeth Hernandez Democrat Cicero
25 Barbara Flynn Currie Democrat Chicago
26 Elga L. Jefferies Democrat Chicago
27 Monique D. Davis Democrat Chicago
28 Robert Rita Democrat Blue Island
29 David E. Miller Democrat Calumet City
30 William Davis Democrat Homewood
31 Mary E. Flowers Democrat Chicago
32 Milton Patterson Democrat Chicago
33 Marlow H. Colvin Democrat Chicago
34 Constance A. Howard Democrat Chicago
35 Kevin Joyce Democrat Chicago
36 James D. Brosnahan Democrat Evergreen Park
37 Kevin A. McCarthy Democrat Orland Park
38 Al Riley Democrat Matteson
39 Maria Antonia Berrios Democrat Chicago
40 Richard T. Bradley Democrat Chicago
41 Bob Biggins Republican Elmhurst
42 Sandra M. Pihos Republican Glen Ellyn
43 Ruth Munson Republican Elgin
44 Fred Crespo Democrat Hoffman Estates
45 Franco Coladipietro Republican Bloomingdale
46 Dennis Reboletti Republican Elmhurst
47 Patricia R. Bellock Republican Hinsdale
48 James H. Meyer Republican Naperville
49 Timothy L. Schmitz Republican Batavia
50 Patricia Reid Lindner Republican Aurora
51 Ed Sullivan, Jr. Republican Mundelein
52 Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. Republican Barrington Hills
53 Sidney H. Mathias Republican Buffalo Grove
54 Suzanne Bassi Republican Palatine
55 Harry R. Ramey, Jr. Republican Carol Stream
56 Paul D. Froehlich Democrat Schaumburg
57 Elaine Nekritz Democrat Northbrook
58 Karen May Democrat Highland Park
59 Kathleen A. Ryg Democrat Vernon Hills
60 Eddie Washington Democrat Waukegan
61 JoAnn D. Osmond Republican Antioch
62 Sandy Cole Republican Grayslake
63 Jack D. Franks Democrat Woodstock
64 Michael W. Tryon Republican Crystal Lake
65 Rosemary Mulligan Republican Des Plaines
66 Carolyn H. Krause Republican Mount Prospect
67 Charles E. Jefferson Democrat Rockford
68 Dave Winters Republican Shirland
69 Ronald A. Wait Republican Belvidere
70 Robert W. Pritchard Republican Sycamore
71 Mike Boland Democrat East Moline
72 Patrick J. Verschoore Democrat Milan
73 David R. Leitch Republican Peoria
74 Donald L. Moffitt Republican Galesburg
75 Careen M. Gordon Democrat Coal City
76 Frank J. Mautino Democrat Spring Valley
77 Angelo Saviano Republican Elmwood Park
78 Deborah L. Graham Democrat Chicago
79 Lisa M. Dugan Democrat Bradley
80 George Scully, Jr. Democrat Flossmoor
81 Renee Kosel Republican New Lenox
82 Jim Durkin Republican Western Springs
83 Linda Chapa LaVia Democrat Aurora
84 Tom Cross Republican Oswego
85 Brent Hassert Republican Romeoville
86 Jack McGuire Democrat Joliet
87 Bill Mitchell Republican Forsyth
88 Dan Brady Republican Bloomington
89 Jim Sacia Republican Freeport
90 Jerry L. Mitchell Republican Sterling
91 Michael K. Smith Democrat Canton
92 Aaron Schock Republican Peoria Heights
93 Jil Tracy Republican Mount Sterling
94 Richard P. Myers Republican Colchester
95 Mike Fortner Republican West Chicago
96 Joe Dunn Republican Naperville
97 Jim Watson Republican Jacksonville
98 Gary Hannig Democrat Litchfield
99 Raymond Poe Republican Springfield
100 Rich Brauer Republican Petersburg
101 Robert F. Flider Democrat Mount Zion
102 Ron Stephens Republican Greenville
103 Naomi D. Jakobsson Democrat Urbana
104 William B. Black Republican Danville
105 Shane Cultra Republican Onarga
106 Keith P. Sommer Republican Morton
107 Kurt M. Granberg Democrat Centralia
108 David Reis Republican Olney
109 Roger L. Eddy Republican Hutsonville
110 Chapin Rose Republican Charleston
111 Daniel V. Beiser Democrat Alton
112 Jay C. Hoffman Democrat Collinsville
113 Thomas Holbrook Democrat Belleville
114 Wyvetter H. Younge Democrat East St. Louis
115 Mike Bost Republican Murphysboro
116 Dan Reitz Democrat Steeleville
117 John E. Bradley Democrat Marion
118 Brandon W. Phelps Democrat Norris City

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