Democrats want to redraw Illinois Supreme Court districts for first time in almost 60 years in effort to maintain majority Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune © Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune Then-Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride at the opening of the new Will County Courthouse in Joliet on Oct. 9, 2020. Kilbride became the first Supreme Court justice to lose retention.
Illinois Democrats, already drawing legislative and congressional maps to solidify their majorities in those bodies, on Tuesday offered a new map of state Supreme Court districts in an effort to ensure the party maintains control of the state’s highest court.
Illinois Supreme Court districts haven’t been redrawn since 1964. But changing demographics and shifting regional politics, as well as the ouster of a Democratic justice by voters last year, has Democrats fearing that their advantage on the court could evaporate in next year’s election.
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