Illinois Democrats on Friday began advancing maps aimed at maintaining their control of the legislature and state Supreme Court, while also putting the brakes on new congressional maps and looking to put off next year’s March primary until June. The Senate voted 41-18 along party lines to send to the House a Democrat-drawn map setting the boundaries of the state’s 118 House and 59 Senate .
Illinois legislators voted along partisan lines Friday as they voted on a set of bills on another set of political lines: The boundaries of districts for the legislature, state Supreme Court and the Cook County Board of Review.
Partisan outrage over new proposed district lines for the Illinois Supreme Court was on full display Friday in the Illinois General Assembly. The House passed the court remap legislation by
Illinois Democrats released new redistricting maps for the General Assembly on Thursday night, an effort aimed at keeping them in the majority for the next decade while also tweaking some