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February 5, 2008

 

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Current Office Holder

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Democrat

Republican

Sen. Barack Obama

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40 Minutes

Sen. John McCain

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U.S. Senate

Current Office Holders

2 Democrats

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Democrat

Republican

Sen. Dick Durbin

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Feat. on the Illinois Channel

Recorded Feb. 18, 2008

Aired Week of Feb. 25, 2008

30 Minutes

Steve Sauerberg, M.D.

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Feat. on the Illinois Channel

Recorded Oct. 11, 2007

Aired Week of Oct. 22, 2007

35 Minutes

 

Kathy Cummings (Green) Click for Website  

 

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Larry Stafford (Libertarian) Click for Website  

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U.S. Congress

Current Office Holders

11 Democrats - 8 Republicans

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Democrat

Republican

1st Congressional District

Rep. Bobby Rush   Antoine Members  

2nd Congressional District

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Click for Website    

3rd Congressional District

Rep. Daniel Lipinski Click for Website Michael Hawkins  
  Jerome Pohlen (Green)  

4th Congressional District

Rep. Luis Gutierrez      
  Omar Lopez (Green) Click for Website  

5th Congressional District

Rep. Rahm Emanuel   Tom Hanson

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  Alan Augustson (Green) Click for Website  

6th Congressional District

Jill Morgenthaler

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Feat. on the Illinois Channel

Recorded May 4, 2008

Aired Week of May 26, 2008

30 Minutes

Rep. Peter Roskam

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7th Congressional District

Rep. Danny Davis Click for Website    

8th Congressional District

Rep. Melissa Bean Click for Website Steve Greenberg

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  Iain Abernathy (Green) Click for Website  

9th Congressional District

Rep. Janice Schakowsky Click for Website Michael Benjamin Younan

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  Morris Shanfield (Green)  

10th Congressional District

Dan Seals

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Feat. on the Illinois Channel

Recorded June 9, 2008

Aired Week of June 23, 2008

25 Minutes

Rep. Mark Kirk

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  David Kalbfleisch (Green) Click for Website  
  Allan Stevo (Independent) Click for Website  

11th Congressional District

Sen. Debbie Halvorson Click for Website Marty Ozinga

 

  Jason Wallace (Green) Click for Website  

12th Congressional District

Rep. Jerry Costello Click for Website Tim Richardson, Jr.

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  Rodger Jennings (Green) Click for Website  

13th Congressional District

Scott Harper

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Feat. on the Illinois Channel

Recorded June 22, 2008

Aired Week of June 30, 2008

25 Minutes

Rep. Judy Biggert

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  Steve Alesch (Green) Click for Website  

14th Congressional District

Rep. Bill Foster Click for Website Jim Oberweis

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  Robert Hill (Green)  

15th Congressional District

Steve Cox   Rep. Timothy Johnson

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16th Congressional District

Robert Abboud

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Feat. on the Illinois Channel

Recorded July 31, 2008

Aired Week of Aug. 11, 2008

25 Minutes

Rep. Donald Manzullo

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  Scott Summers (Green) Click for Website  

17th Congressional District

Rep. Phil Hare Click for Website    
  Troy Dennis (Green) Click for Website  

18th Congressional District

Incumbent Congressman Ray LaHood (R) Retiring at End of Current Term

Colleen Callahan

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Feat. on the Illinois Channel

Recorded Mar. 10, 2008

Aired Week of Mar. 17, 2008

30 Minutes

Rep. Aaron Schock

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Feat. on the Illinois Channel

Recorded Aug. 8, 2007

Aired Week of Aug. 27, 2007

10 Minutes

  Sheldon Schafer (Green)  

19th Congressional District

Daniel Davis   Rep. John Shimkus Click for Website
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Appellate Court

1st Judicial District

(To Fill the Vacancy of the Hon. Anne M. Burke)

Sharon Johnson Coleman Click for Website    

1st Judicial District

(To Fill the Vacancy of the Hon. Calvin C. Campbell)

Frank Edward Gardner      

5th Judicial District

(To Fill the Vacancy of the Hon. Terrence J. Hopkins)

Jim Wexstten Click for Website    
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Senate

Current Office Holders

37 Democrats - 22 Republicans

FIND YOUR LEGISLATOR

Democrat

Republican

2nd Senate District

Sen. William Delgado

     

3rd Senate District

Sen. Mattie Hunter

     

5th Senate District

Sen. Rickey Hendon

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6th Senate District

Sen. John Cullerton

     

7th Senate District

(For an Unexpired Two-Year Term)

Heather Steans

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  Tom Durkin (Green)  

8th Senate District

Sen. Ira Silverstein

     

9th Senate District

Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg

 

Brendan Appel

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11th Senate District

Sen. Louis Viverito

 

Jeffrey Malinowski

 

12th Senate District

Sen. Martin Sandoval

     

14th Senate District

Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.

     

15th Senate District

Sen. James Meeks

     

17th Senate District

Sen. Donne Trotter

     

18th Senate District

Sen. Edward Maloney

     

20th Senate District

Sen. Iris Martinez

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21st Senate District

A. Ghani

 

Sen. Dan Cronin

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  John Basco (Green)  

23rd Senate District

   

Sen. Carole Pankau

 

24th Senate District

   

Sen. Kirk Dillard

 

26th Senate District

Bill Gentes

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Dan Duffy

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27th Senate District

Peter Gutzmer

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Sen. Matt Murphy

 

29th Senate District

Sen. Susan Garrett

     

30th Senate District

Sen. Terry Link

     

32nd Senate District

   

Sen. Pamela Althoff

 

33rd Senate District

Sen. Dan Kotowski

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Michael H. Sweeney

 

35th Senate District

   

Sen. Bradley Burzynski

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36th Senate District

Sen. Mike Jacobs

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Michael Bertelsen

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38th Senate District

Steve Stout  

Sen. Gary Dahl

 

39th Senate District

Sen. Don Harmon

     

41st Senate District

Audrey Manley

 

Sen. Christine Radogno

 

42nd Senate District

Sen. Linda Holmes

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Terri Ann Wintermute

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44th Senate District

   

Sen. Bill Brady

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45th Senate District

Marty Mulcahey

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Sen. Tim Bivins

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47th Senate District

Sen. John Sullivan

     

48th Senate District

   

Sen. Randall Hultgren

 

50th Senate District

   

Sen. Larry Bomke

 

51st Senate District

   

Sen. Frank Watson

 

53rd Senate District

   

Sen. Dan Rutherford

 

54th Senate District

   

Sen. John Jones

 

56th Senate District

Sen. William Haine

     

57th Senate District

Sen. James Clayborne, Jr.

     

59th Senate District

Sen. Gary Forby

 

Ken W. Burzynski

 
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House of Representatives

Current Office Holders

67 Democrats - 51 Republicans

FIND YOUR LEGISLATOR

Democrat

Republican

1st House District

Rep. Susana Mendoza

     

2nd House District

Rep. Edward Acevedo

     
  Ante Marijan (Green)  

3rd House District

Rep. Luis Arroyo

     

4th House District

Rep. Cynthia Soto

     

5th House District

Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

     

6th House District

Rep. Esther Golar

     

7th House District

Rep. Karen Yarbrough

     

8th House District

Rep. LaShawn Ford

     

9th House District

Rep. Arthur Turner

     

10th House District

Rep. Annazette Collins

     

11th House District

Rep. John Fritchey

     

12th House District

Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

     
  Tim Quirk (Green)  

13th House District

Rep. Greg Harris

     

14th House District

Rep. Harry Osterman

     

15th House District

Rep. John D'Amico

     
  Drew Valkanas (Green)  

16th House District

Rep. Lou Lang

     

17th House District

Daniel Biss

 

Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

 

18th House District

Rep. Julie Hamos

     

19th House District

Rep. Joseph Lyons

     

20th House District

Michael C. Marzullo

 

Rep. Michael McAuliffe

 

21st House District

Rep. Robert Molaro

 

Charles "Charlie" Johnson

 
  Rita Maniotis (Green)  

22nd House District

Rep. Michael Madigan

 

Robert P. Famiglietti

 

23rd House District

Rep. Daniel Burke

     

24th House District

Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

     

25th House District

Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

     

26th House District

William D. "Will" Burns

 

Sylvester "Junebug" Hendricks

 

27th House District

Rep. Monique Davis

 

 

 

28th House District

Rep. Robert Rita

     

29th House District

Rep. David Miller

     

30th House District

Rep. William Davis

     

31st House District

Rep. Mary Flowers

     

32nd House District

Andre Thapedi

     

33rd House District

Rep. Marlow Colvin

     

34th House District

Rep. Constance Howard

     

35th House District

Rep. Kevin Joyce

     

36th House District

Rep. James Brosnahan

     

37th House District

Rep. Kevin McCarthy

     

38th House District

Rep. Al Riley

     

39th House District

Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios

     
  Jeremy Karpen (Green) Click for Website  

40th House District

Deborah L. Mell

     
  Heather Benno (Green)  

41st House District

   

Rep. Bob Biggins

 
 

Kevin O'Connor (Green)

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42nd House District

   

Rep. Sandra Pihos

 

43rd House District

Keith Farnham

 

Rep. Ruth Munson

 
  Dane Willman (Green)  

44th House District

Rep. Fred Crespo

 

Peggy Brothman

 

45th House District

   

Rep. Franco Coladipietro

 

46th House District

Gary Nowak

 

Rep. Dennis Reboletti

 

47th House District

   

Rep. Patricia Bellock

 

48th House District

   

Michael G. Connelly

 

49th House District

   

Rep. Timothy Schmitz

 

50th House District

Mary Schneider

 

Kay Hatcher

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  Sandra Lezon (Green)  

51st House District

Amanda D. Howland

 

Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.

 

52nd House District

   

Rep. Mark Beaubien, Jr.

 

53rd House District

Carol Javens

 

Rep. Sidney Mathias

 

 

Rob Sherman (Green)

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Aired Week of June 9, 2008

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54th House District

   

Rep. Suzanne Bassi

 

55th House District

Broc Montgomery

 

Rep. Harry Ramey, Jr.

 
  Dan Kairis (Green)  

56th House District

Rep. Paul Froehlich

 

Anita Forte-Scott

 

57th House District

Rep. Elaine Nekritz

     

58th House District

Rep. Karen May

 

Timothy A. Stratton

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Aired Week of Sept. 1, 2008

30 Minutes

59th House District

Rep. Kathleen Ryg

     

60th House District

Rep. Eddie Washington

     

61st House District

Jim Parks

 

Rep. JoAnn Osmond

 

62nd House District

   

Rep. Sandy Cole

 

63rd House District

Rep. Jack Franks

     

64th House District

Robert Kaempfe

 

Rep. Michael Tryon

 

65th House District

Aurora Austriaco

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Rep. Rosemary Mulligan

 

66th House District

Mark Walker

 

Christine Prochno

 

67th House District

Rep. Charles Jefferson

     

68th House District

Clint W. Little

 

Rep. Dave Winters

 
 

Gerry Woods (Green)

 

69th House District

Greg Tuite

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Rep. Ronald Wait

 

70th House District

   

Rep. Robert Pritchard

 
  James Dunsing (Green)  

71st House District

Rep. Mike Boland

 

Lawrence Bruckner

 

72nd House District

Rep. Patrick Verschoore

     

73rd House District

   

Rep. David Leitch

 

74th House District

   

Rep. Donald Moffitt

 

75th House District

Rep. Careen Gordon

 

David McAloon

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76th House District

Rep. Frank Mautino

     

77th House District

   

Rep. Angelo Saviano

 

78th House District

Rep. Deborah Graham

     

79th House District

Rep. Lisa Dugan

     

80th House District

Rep. George Scully, Jr.

     

81st House District

Rich Kelly

 

Rep. Renee Kosel

 

82nd House District

   

Rep. Jim Durkin

 

83rd House District

Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

Joan Solms

 

84th House District

Dennis Grosskopf

 

Rep. Tom Cross

 

85th House District

Emily Klunk-McAsey

 

Rep. Brent Hassert

 

86th House District

Rep. Jack McGuire

     

87th House District

   

Rep. Bill Mitchell

 

88th House District

   

Rep. Dan Brady

 

89th House District

   

Rep. Jim Sacia

 

90th House District

Kenneth J. Novak

 

Rep. Jerry Mitchell

 

91st House District

Rep. Michael Smith

     

92nd House District

Jehan Gordon

 

Cindy Ardis-Jenkins

 

93rd House District

   

Rep. Jil Tracy

 

94th House District

   

Rep. Richard Myers

 

95th House District

   

Rep. Mike Fortner

 
  Gerard Schmitt (Green)  

96th House District

Dianne A. McGuire

 

Darlene J. Senger

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  Jen Witt (Green)  

97th House District

   

Rep. Jim Watson

 

98th House District

Rep. Gary Hannig

     

99th House District

Kent E. DeLay

 

Rep. Raymond Poe

 

100th House District

   

Rep. Rich Brauer

 

101st House District

Rep. Robert Flider

     

102nd House District

   

Rep. Ron Stephens

 

103rd House District

Rep. Naomi Jakobsson

     

104th House District

   

Scott Eisenhauer

 

105th House District

   

Rep. Shane Cultra

 

106th House District

   

Rep. Keith Sommer

 

107th House District

Patti J. Hahn

 

John Cavaletto

 

108th House District

Jason A. Warfel

 

Rep. David Reis

 

109th House District

   

Rep. Roger Eddy

 

110th House District

   

Rep. Chapin Rose

 

111th House District

Rep. Daniel Beiser

     

112th House District

Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

Dwight D. Kay

 

113th House District

Rep. Thomas Holbrook

     

114th House District

Rep. Wyvetter Younge

     

115th House District

Cheryl Graff

 

Rep. Mike Bost

 
 

Charlie Howe (Green)

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116th House District

Rep. Dan Reitz

     

117th House District

Rep. John Bradley

 

Ron Emery

 

118th House District

Rep. Brandon Phelps

 

Scott Doody

 
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