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Oct. 29, 2021: The Illinois House of Representatives voted 71-43 in favor of the congressional map, sending it to Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) for final approval. Oct. 28, 2021: State legislative Democrats released a fourth congressional map plan.
Since Illinois lost a congressional seat following the 2020 census, a new congressional district plan cannot simply maintain the cores of the current districts; all districts must have a larger population, to compensate for the lost seat.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Illinois lost a congressional seat this decade after the 2020 census. Democrats drew a new map that will likely allow the party to win one more House seat while costing Republicans two.
Feb 2, 2024 · In private mapmaking sessions, Illinois’ all-powerful Democratic majority in 2021 used the state’s population loss to swell Democratic districts — adding one Hispanic-majority blue seat in Congress and forcing two Republicans out of their districts.
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Following the completion of the 2010 United States Census, Illinois lost one congressional seat. At the time of redistricting, Democrats held majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. On May 30, 2011, the Illinois House of Representatives approved a congressional redistricting plan.
Oct 29, 2021 · Illinois’ state legislature passed a new congressional map early Friday morning that likely secures Democrats’ control of 14 of the state’s 17 congressional districts — but it also condemned...
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Jul 19, 2022 · Currently, Democrats control 13 of the state’s 18 House seats, but this map aims to give them 14 of 17 seats — as Illinois lost one seat in reapportionment — thus adding one Democratic seat...
