Illinois State Senate elections, 2010

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Illinois State Senate elections, 2010

Majority control • Campaign contributions

Qualifications • Competitiveness analysis

State Legislative Election Results

List of candidates District 1 • District 4 • District 7 • District 10 • District 13 • District 16 • District 19 • District 22 • District 25 • District 28 • District 31 • District 34 • District 37 • District 40 • District 43 • District 46 • District 49 • District 51 • District 52 • District 55 • District 58

Illinois State Senate State legislative elections, 2010

Elections for the office of Illinois State Senator were held in Illinois on November 2, 2010. Seats in every third district (1, 4, 7...) and also District 51 were up for election in 2010, for a total of 21 of 59 districts.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was November 2, 2009, and the primary election day was February 2, 2010.

Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, senators are divided into three groups, each group having a two-year term at a different part of the decade between censuses, with the rest of the decade being taken up by two four-year terms. In Illinois, senators have no term limits.

The incumbent senator ran in 20 of the 21 state senate races. (95.24%)

Republicans gained two seats and Democrats retained a majority.

See also: Illinois State Senate and State legislative elections, 2010

November 2 General Election Results

The following candidates won election on November 2, 2010:

1. John G. Mulroe
2. Antonio Munoz
3. Arthur Wilhelmi
4. Chris Lauzen
5. Dale Righter
6. Dale Risinger
7. Dave Syverson
8. David Koehler
9. David Luechtefeld
10. Heather Steans
11. Jacqueline Collins
12. John Millner
13. Kimberly Lightford
14. Kwame Raoul
15. Kyle McCarter
16. Maggie Crotty
17. Michael Noland
18. Suzi Schmidt
19. Toi Hutchinson
20. William McCann
21. Mike Frerichs

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 2 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the Illinois State Senate:

Illinois State Senate
Party		As of November 1, 2010	After the 2010 Election
	Democratic Party	37	35
	Republican Party	22	23
	Vacancy	0	1
Total		59	59

Campaign contributions

See also: State-by-state comparison of donations to state senate campaigns

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Illinois in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contritubions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.

Year	Number of candidates	Total contributions
2010	45	$19,051,437
2008	74	$25,856,554
2006	77	$27,398,829
2004	37	$17,305,449
2002	120	$34,677,544

In 2010, the total amount of contributions raised in state senate campaigns was $19,051,437. The top 10 donors were:

Donor	Amount
Illinois Senate Democratic Fund	$3,849,507
Republican State Senate Campaign Cmte of Illinois	$1,493,465
Illinois Democratic Party	$1,454,869
Illinois Republican Party	$1,016,221
Illinois Healthcare Association	$459,144
Illinois Education Association	$395,908
Illinois State Medical Society	$315,142
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois	$282,582
AT&T	$282,495
Illinois Laborers	$261,618

Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

8 incumbents (40%) faced no competition in the November 2 general election.

• 6 Democratic incumbents faced no November challenger.
• 2 GOP incumbents faced no November challenger.

Primary challenges

Three incumbents (15%) faced competition in the February 2 primary. All 3 incumbents (2 Democrats and 1 Republican) won their primaries:

• District 1: Incumbent Democrat Antonio Munoz
• District 7: Incumbent Democrat Heather Steans
• District 25: Incumbent Republican Chris Lauzen

Retiring incumbents

One incumbent senator did not run for re-election, while 20 incumbents (95.2%) ran for re-election.

The retiring incumbent was:

• District 10: Incumbent Democrat James DeLeo.

Qualifications

Article IV of the Illinois Constitution states: To be eligible to serve as a member of the General Assembly, a person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 years old, and for the two years preceding his election or appointment a resident of the district which he is to represent.

List of candidates

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District 1

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Antonio Munoz 8,123 a Incumbent Munoz joined the senate in 1999.
• Adolfo Mondragon 3,740

February 2 GOP primary result:

• No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Antonio Munoz 17,517 a

District 4

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Kimberly Lightford 21,140 a Incumbent Lightford joined the senate in 1998.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Kimberly Lightford 48,129 a

District 7

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Heather Steans 13,977 a Incumbent Steans joined the senate in 2008.
• Jim Madigan 7,595

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Adam Robinson 2,205 a

November 2 General election candidates:

Heather Steans 41,214 a

Adam Robinson 8,030

District 10

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• John G. Mulroe 10,036 a
• Thomas Ryan 5,809
• Mary Sendra Anselmo 5,248
• Wanda Majcher 2,527

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Brian G. Doherty 6,279 a

Note: Incumbent James DeLeo (D) did not seek re-election.

November 2 General election candidates:

John G. Mulroe 30,087 a

Brian G. Doherty 24,203

District 13

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Kwame Raoul 26,940 a Incumbent Raoul joined the senate in 2004.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Kwame Raoul 52,254 a

District 16

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Jacqueline Collins 19,708 a Incumbent Collins joined the senate in 2003.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Jacqueline Collins 42,253 a

District 19

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Maggie Crotty 22,180 a Incumbent Crotty joined the senate in 2003.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Adam Wojcik

November 2 General election candidates:

Maggie Crotty 47,852 a

Adam Wojcik 23,828

District 22

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Michael Noland 5,802 a Incumbent Noland joined the senate in 2007.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Steven J. Rauschenberger 6,369 a
• Jeffrey Meyer 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Michael Noland 18,687 a

Steven J. Rauschenberger 18,102

District 25

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Leslie N. Juby 8,842 a

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Chris Lauzen 22,717 a Incumbent Lauzen joined the senate in 1992.
• P. Sean Michels 9,711

November 2 General election candidates:

Leslie N. Juby 31,444

Chris Lauzen 70,842 a

District 28

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Corinne Michele Pierog 7,891 a

February 2 GOP primary result:

• John Millner 14,283 a Incumbent Millner joined the senate in 2005.

November 2 General election candidates:

Corinne Michele Pierog 21,786

John Millner 37,189 a

District 31

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Michael Bond 7,261 a Incumbent Bond joined the senate in 2006.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Suzi Schmidt 13,395 a

November 2 General election candidates:

Michael Bond 29,850

Suzi Schmidt 34,308 a

District 34

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Jennifer Cacciapaglia 5,341 a won Senate primary then withdrew from Senate race March 2010
• Marla Wilson - (won House primary) , chosen in April 2010 by Democratic Party to run in Senate general election

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Dave Syverson 9,533 a Incumbent Syverson joined the senate in 1993.

November 2 General election candidates:

Marla Wilson 25,407

Dave Syverson 28,145 a

District 37

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Dale Risinger 20,571 a Incumbent Risinger joined the senate in 2003.

November 2 General election candidates:

Dale Risinger 63,186 a

District 40

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Toi Hutchinson 12,494 a Incumbent Hutchinson joined the senate in 2008.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Adam Baumgartner 6,048 a
• Judy Ogalla 4,470

November 2 General election candidates:

Toi Hutchinson 34,149 a

Adam Baumgartner 27,727

District 43

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Arthur Wilhelmi 11,480 a Incumbent Wilhelmi joined the senate in 2005.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Cedra Crenshaw

Independent Conservative candidate

• Christopher Pedersen - Pedersen was removed from the ballot on July 9, 2010

November 2 General election candidates:

Arthur Wilhelmi 38,663 a

Cedra Crenshaw 24,536

District 46

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• David Koehler 9,634 a Incumbent Koehler joined the senate in 2006.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

David Koehler 43,474 a

District 49

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Deanna Demuzio 14,567 a Incumbent Demuzio joined the senate in 2004.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• William "Sam" McCann 12,862 a

November 2 General election candidates:

Deanna Demuzio 33,733

William "Sam" McCann 35,614 a

District 51

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Tim Dudley 5,633 a
• Amy Bliefnick 3,362

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Kyle McCarter 13,449 a Incumbent McCarter joined the senate in 2008.

November 2 General election candidates:

Tim Dudley 27,066

Kyle McCarter 43,009 a

District 52

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Mike Frerichs 7,008 a Incumbent Frerichs joined the senate in 2006.

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Al Reynolds 1,257 a

November 2 General election candidates:

Mike Frerichs 32,583 a

Al Reynolds 20,450

District 55

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Josh Weger

February 2 GOP primary result:

• Dale Righter 23,863 a Incumbent Righter joined the senate in 2003.

November 2 General election candidates:

Josh Weger 20,189

Dale Righter 51,569 a

District 58

February 2 Democratic primary result:

• Jeremy Randal Walker 11,638 a

February 2 GOP primary result:

• David Luechtefeld 12,653 a Incumbent Luechtefeld joined the senate in 1995.

November 2 General election candidates:

Jeremy Randal Walker 26,480

David Luechtefeld 43,719 a

See also

• Illinois State Senate
• Illinois State Legislature
• State legislative elections, 2010
• Primary election dates in 2010

External links

• Illinois State Board of Elections
• Official 2010 General Election Results
• Illinois State Board of Elections Candidate List as of August 30, 2010 at 2pm
• Illinois Democratic Party's list of all 2010 candidates
• Project Vote Smart list of candidates for Illinois State Senate in the November 2, 2010 election

Footnotes

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Current members of the Illinois State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Don Harmon

Majority Leader:Kimberly Lightford

Minority Leader:John Curran

Senators

District 1

Javier Cervantes (D)

District 2

Omar Aquino (D)

District 3

Mattie Hunter (D)

District 4

Kimberly Lightford (D)

District 5

Lakesia Collins (D)

District 6

Sara Feigenholtz (D)

District 7

Mike Simmons (D)

District 8

Ram Villivalam (D)

District 9

Laura Fine (D)

District 10

Robert Martwick (D)

District 11

Mike Porfirio (D)

District 12

Celina Villanueva (D)

District 13

Robert Peters (D)

District 14

Emil Jones (D)

District 15

Napoleon Harris (D)

District 16

Willie Preston (D)

District 17

Elgie Sims (D)

District 18

Bill Cunningham (D)

District 19

Michael Hastings (D)

District 20

Graciela Guzman (D)

District 21

Laura Ellman (D)

District 22

Cristina Castro (D)

District 23

Suzanne Glowiak Hilton (D)

District 24

Seth Lewis (R)

District 25

Karina Villa (D)

District 26

Darby Hills (R)

District 27

Mark Walker (D)

District 28

Laura Murphy (D)

District 29

Julie Morrison (D)

District 30

Adriane Johnson (D)

District 31

Mary Edly-Allen (D)

District 32

Craig Wilcox (R)

District 33

Don DeWitte (R)

District 34

Steve Stadelman (D)

District 35

Dave Syverson (R)

District 36

Michael Halpin (D)

District 37

Li Arellano (R)

District 38

Sue Rezin (R)

District 39

Don Harmon (D)

District 40

Patrick Joyce (D)

District 41

John Curran (R)

District 42

Linda Holmes (D)

District 43

Rachel Ventura (D)

District 44

Sally Turner (R)

District 45

Andrew Chesney (R)

District 46

David Koehler (D)

District 47

Neil Anderson (R)

District 48

Doris Turner (D)

District 49

Meg Loughran Cappel (D)

District 50

Jil Tracy (R)

District 51

Chapin Rose (R)

District 52

Paul Faraci (D)

District 53

Chris Balkema (R)

District 54

Steve McClure (R)

District 55

Jason Plummer (R)

District 56

Erica Harriss (R)

District 57

Christopher Belt (D)

District 58

Terri Bryant (R)

District 59

Dale Fowler (R)

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Republican Party (19)