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The 102nd Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois House and Illinois Senate, convened on January 13, 2021, [1] and adjourned sine die on January 10, 2023. Over that period, it was in session for a total of 112 days. [2] The membership of the 102nd General Assembly was decided by the 2020 elections. The election resulted in the ...
The 2020 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Illinois, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various ...
Around 40% of the population of Illinois live in the northeast Cook County alone, and 75% live within the wider Chicago metropolitan area. (Figures from 2020) The population of the state of Illinois is heavily concentrated in Cook County, including the city of Chicago. With 40% of the population, the county has a large impact of state politics. [1]
Illinois voters rejected the Illinois Fair Tax amendment, known formally as the "Allow for Graduated Income Tax Amendment", an amendment that appeared on ballots statewide in the general election. This was placed on the ballot by the state legislature in June 2019, and was a key campaign issue in Governor J. B. Pritzker 's 2018 election . [ 14 ]
[8] [9] The district was represented by Democrat John Cullerton since his appointment in 1991 and served as Senate President from 2009 to 2020. [10] On November 14, 2019, Cullerton announced he would retire from the Illinois Senate. [5] State Representative Sara Feigenholtz from the 12th district was appointed to the seat on January 22, 2020. [19]
The Illinois Senate tries impeachments made by the House of Representatives, and can convict impeached officers by a two-thirds vote. Voting in the Illinois Senate is done by members pushing one of three buttons. Unlike most states, the Illinois Senate allows members to vote yes, no, or present.
The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 3, 2020. [1] Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court , State's Attorney , Cook County Board of Review district 1, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board , and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County .
The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus (ILLC), also known as the Illinois Latinx Caucus, is a bloc of state legislators in the Illinois General Assembly, composed of legislators of Latino heritage. As of the 102nd General Assembly, the ILLC has 15 members across the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate.