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The governor of Illinois has the power to veto proposed congressional district maps, but the General Assembly has the power to override the veto, with the support of 3/5ths of both chambers. In 1971, 1981, and 1991, the General Assembly was unable to come to an agreement, and the map was drawn up by a panel of three federal judges chosen by ...
The 15th district takes in the municipalities of Macon, Maroa, Mount Zion, Long Creek, Argenta, Boody, Blue Mound, Elwin, and Macon; part of Harristown; and the southern and western outer portions of Decatur. Champaign County is split between this district, the 2nd district, and the 13th district. The 15th and 2nd districts are partitioned by ...
Of the 102 counties in the state of Illinois, 17 are divided into minor civil divisions known as precincts. [1] The 261 [ citation needed ] such precincts in Illinois are listed below. The remaining 85 counties are divided into 1,433 townships . [ 1 ]
(Springfield) Democratic: March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd: Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Redistricted to the 17th district. Vespasian Warner : Republican: March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 ...
Aug. 11—Some precinct boundaries and poll locations in Glynn County have changed. There are now 17 polling places, three fewer than in 2019. The new boundaries and locations were submitted to ...
The district in its final form from 2013 to 2023. The 18th congressional district of Illinois covered central and western Illinois, including all of Jacksonville and Quincy and parts of Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield. It covered much of the territory represented by Abraham Lincoln during his single term in the House.
The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Darin LaHood.Prominent past representatives from the 16th district have included Everett Dirksen, who went on to become the Republican leader in the United States Senate; John B. Anderson, who became the 3rd highest ranking Republican in the House and went on to run as a major independent candidate in the 1980 ...
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois.Its population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [10] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.