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Republican Win Stoller was elected to the Illinois Senate unopposed in the 2022 general election. [7] Stoller is not running for reelection. [ 15 ] In the Republican primary, Chirs Bishop, a member of the Dixon City Council, [ 16 ] former Mayor of Dixon Li Arellano Jr, [ 17 ] and Henry County Board member Tim Yager ran to replace him. [ 18 ]
PHOTO: Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate shakes hands with a supporter during his primary election night watch party in Westlake, Ohio, March 19, 2024.
Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, the Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from individual legislative districts determined by population and redistricted every 10 years; based on the 2020 U.S. census each senator represents approximately 213,347 people. [1]
The Illinois Republican Party was organized at the Bloomington Convention in Major's Hall in Bloomington on May 29, 1856. Its founding members came from the former Whig Party in Illinois after its members joined with several powerful local political factions including, notably, the Independent Democrat movement of Chicago that helped elect James Hutchinson Woodworth Mayor in 1848.
The last time either party had a filibuster-proof majority was in early 2010 when Democrats had 60 seats in the Senate. Republicans came closest to matching that result when they had 59 of the ...
Republican leadership in the statehouse questioned how Pritzker’s steps post-election would be good for Illinois. Senate Republican Leader John Curran doesn’t view this as protecting Illinoisans.
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party.It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1854. [1]It currently holds the bulk of the state's political power, controlling the majority of Ohio's U.S. House seats, both of its U.S. Senate seats, the governorship, supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature, and a majority on the Ohio Supreme Court.
Republicans control all statewide offices, majorities in both chambers of the state legislature, and hold both Senate seats. Republicans also have a majority of the state's House delegation. Republican nominee Donald Trump won Ohio in 2016 and 2020 by 8 percentage points, and in 2024 grew his margin to 11 percentage points. [4]