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Incumbent Senator Alan J. Dixon decided to run for re-election a third term, but he was defeated in the Democratic primary by Carol Moseley Braun, who won the general election. Until 2022, this was the last time a single party won Illinois's Class 3 Senate seat in two or more consecutive elections. Primary elections took place on March 17, 1992.
Illinois had lost two congressional seats in the reapportionment following the 1990 United States Census. All 20 of Illinois’ remaining seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1992. Before the election, Democrats held fifteen seats from Illinois, while Republicans held seven.
David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. [2] Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville .
The president of the Illinois Senate is the presiding officer of the Illinois Senate, the upper house of the Illinois General Assembly. The post dates from the General Assembly's 32nd session, in 1881. From 1881 to 1973, the lieutenant governor was constitutionally President of the Senate. The highest elected post in the chamber, until then ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Illinois, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1818, Illinois has participated in every U.S. presidential election. From 1896 to 1996, Illinois was a bellwether state, voting for the winner of the presidential election 24 of 26 times, the exceptions being 1916 and 1976.
Allan Lichtman told USA TODAY his 2024 choice set off an "avalanche." Here's why he thinks Americans love political predictions. Historian who predicted 9 of the last 10 elections says 2024 pick ...
Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois secretary of state from 1977 to 1981 and as a U.S. senator from 1981 until 1993.
This week on Election '22: What Matters, we are exploring President Biden's impact on the midterm election. We get insight from Allan Lichtman, Distinguished Professor of History at American ...