Democrats map proposal would pit suburban Republican lawmakers against one another This is the proposed state House redistricting map for Chicago and the suburbs. ilhousedems.com/redistricting This is the proposed state Senate redistricting map for Chicago and the suburbs. www.ilsenateredistricting.com
Updated 5/24/2021 6:01 PM
Suburban House Republicans could see some losses in the next election based on the proposed Illinois legislative map, which would pit some incumbent lawmakers against one another.
Six Republicans live in three of the proposed districts, potentially whittling down GOP representation and expanding Democrats control of the General Assembly. Another suburban Republican would be drawn into the same district as an incumbent Democrat.
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The first woman to serve as lieutenant governor of Illinois has passed away. Corinne Wood, who succumbed to the last of several occurrences of breast cancer, was 66.
She served on the board of Change Illinois, where Madeleine Doubek was executive director.
“I covered her as a journalist at the Daily Herald for many years,” said Doubek, “and it was a real joy to get to work with her as a longtime director of the board at Change Illinois, and she would kind of turn the tables on me and ask me the tough questions about our work and about our approach to our work”
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Republicans aren’t the only bracing for a big shift in the congressional remap. Democrats are wondering how redistricting might accommodate an additional Latino seat in Congress.