State Sen. President Don Harmon had introduced as final a third draft at a committee Thursday morning, but by end of day another was released. The precincts in County Board District 10 include: McLean County has two election authorities. Candidates circulated Nominating Petitions to run in these new voting districts. Likewise, the 13thdistrict a narrow pipe of area that wrangles the urban centers of East St. Louis, Springfield, and Champaign is beneficial to Democratic candidates. Our analysis uses local voting tallies and Census data to decode what these new lines mean. That could allow incumbents to leapfrog to a different district, though a politician loses many of the advantages that come with incumbency if they have to depend on voters theyve not previously represented. The maps provided at the bottom of this page from 2022-2032 will take effect following the November 8, 2022 General Election. When someone says I think I know more about politics than you do when you havent walked that door, you havent knocked there, you havent talked to those people and I have, thats disrespectful and that is unprofessional, Guerrero-Cuellar said. State Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, D-Chicago, was the sole Democrat to reject the map.
Please read the following explanations closely. See the Bloomington Election Commission map. Illinois Democrats are using their dominance in Springfield to help give their party an edge in maintaining control in Washington, D.C. while also lifting the political cachet of Latino voters in Chicago and the northern suburbs, but it comes at the expense of one of their own. ", (Casten, meanwhile, issued a more prosaic statement about the outcome:Each decade, our state assembly has an important constitutional obligation to ensure Illinoisans have congressional representation that reflects the vast geography and diversity of our state, he said. See the Bloomington Election Commission map. (Any questions about the redistricting process? The 12th, 15thand 16thdistricts are the only three of Illinois new 17 Congressional districts where Republicans outperformed Democrats in top-tier statewide races, including the 2020 presidential contest and the 2018 gubernatorial race. Illinois congressional delegation is currently split 13 Democrats to five Republicans. This allows us to get a sense of each locale's partisan lean and how new districts would have voted if they had existed in 2020. The Township and Township Detail maps provide citizens with a view of their former (2012) and the current (2022) township and precinct maps. The Chicago City Council is in the midst of redrawing wards; the Cook County Board in September easily approved its new map; the Illinois General Assembly this spring approved new state legislative maps, as well as new districts for the state Supreme Court. We'll update this report as states approve new maps and for up-to-the-minute redistricting news, be sure to subscribe to Weekly Score. The drawing of this congressional map enshrines the very most awful and deadly part of our politics today, state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, said. Please note that the Will County Board, General Assembly, and Congressional districts reflected in this map will expire either at the end of 2022 or in early 2023. The new 6thdistrict covers Elmhurst, curves west and down in a rough C-shape to grab Lombard, Lisle, Downers Grove and Willowbrook, then dips south to include Oak Lawn, Chicago Ridge and Orland Park. Harmon said Republicans were trying to place a nefarious veneer over the redistricting process, and that despite GOP criticism, it is normal, not sinister, to hold private map-making meetings ahead of public hearings. The state's independent redistricting commission approved a map that will upend the delegation. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation redrawing the statescongressional district maps, saying they reflect Illinois diversity and preserve minority representation. J.B. Pritzkers signoff, is designed to send 14 Democrats and three Republicans to Congress from Illinois. Approved redistricting plan, 2022 - 2015 Will County, Illinois All Rights Reserved Powered by. As we work to ensure the map reflects the diversity of our state, it does a lot to accomplish that goal but falls short in terms of recognizing the need for more women in leadership roles as we watch the steady march towards the reversal of Roe v Wade.. Candidates must circulate Nominating Petitions to run in these new voting districts. It is wrong when Republicans do it in other states, and it is so awfully wrong how the Democrats have doubled down on this strategy in the state of Illinois, a state that so badly needs help.. Districts included are Will County Board, Township Precincts, Illinois State Senate, Illinois State Representative, and Congressional. Parts of the district jut out to capture Western Springs, sections near Midway airport, and parts of Chicagos Beverly neighborhood. Why would you put our tiny little town into two separate districts? she said. It also creates a new 13thDistrict stretching from the Metro East region across a narrow strip of land through Springfield and Decatur, to Champaign. Tough decisions have to be made, but I believe the bill before us provides the strongest possible representation at the federal level for communities across the state.. A New York state judge reversed Democrats gerrymander but still eliminated one Republican district upstate. Elsewhere, the new maps link Rockford, the Quad Cities, Galesburg, Macomb and Bloomington into one large C-shaped district. Plaintiffs in those suits include Republican leaders in the General Assembly; a group of Latino voters in the Chicago area represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF; and a group of civil rights organizations that include the East St. Louis Branch of the NAACP, the Illinois State Conference of the NAACP and the United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations, or UCCRO. We welcome feedback, tips and corrections. (Any questions about the redistricting process? The new large and mostly rural 15thdistrict appears tailor-made as secure for Republican Rep. Rodney Davis of Taylorville, whod been seen as a strong potential contender to take on Pritzker in next years governor race and had openly contemplated options outside Congress should he faced with an unfavorable district. Thats proof that the system actually does work, that we hear from constituents and do our best to accommodate those (requests), Harmon said. The congressional map passed in the House with the bare minimum 71 votes needed a three-fifths supermajority, even though with 73 Democratic members the party has a cushion. All rights reserved. Newman blasted the map as a clear attempt to appease one person a thinly veiled dig at Casten and a small handful of affluent insiders at the expense of workers and working families on Chicagos Southwest Side and suburbs., For the past month, hundreds of diverse community members from Chicagos Southwest Side and suburbs have attended and overwhelmingly voiced their opinion at every single public input opportunity held by the Illinois General Assembly on the proposed congressional maps, Newman said in a statement. Arjun Kakkar, Andrew McGill, Allan James VestalReporting: Ally Mutnick, Steven ShepardAudience and promotion: Annie Bryan, Kam Burns, Isabel Dobrin, Rishika Dugyala, Annie Yu, Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Do not sell my info | Notice to California Residents, Every 10 years, each state redraws its political lines. It would be great if we saw what we were saying being reflected in any way in a response with a new draft being proposed, she said. Illinois residents deserve fair representation and a fair map that includes public input not one that turns a blind eye to it. Because they control both chambers of General Assembly as well as the governors office, Illinois Democrats have wide berth to design a map without regard to Republican input, and they made the most of it. The U.S. Constitution does not require members of the U.S. House to reside in the district they represent; they merely have to live in-state. In the new map, the 3rddistrict will be 47% Hispanic and pointedly unites heavily Latino communities. Those plaintiffs allege the new legislative maps reduce minority representation by breaking up Latino communities in the Chicago area and Black communities in the Metro East region. The evolution of this map resulted in two women I strongly admire getting short shrift. The Illinois delegation is currently split between 13 Democrats and five Republicans. We all know this is all about keeping (U.S. House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi in power and nothing to do with the people of Illinois, state Rep. Avery Bourne, R-Morrisonville, said. New districts will take effect at the end of this year or in early 2023. Contact Allan James Vestal at [emailprotected] with questions, comments or concerns. We'll update this report as states approve new maps and for up-to-the-minute redistricting news, be sure to subscribe to.
Learn more about the redistricting process, McLean County Board Districts - Bloomington/Normal Area (PDF), County Board Districts Interactive Web Map, Illinois Congressional District Map - McLean County Area (PDF), Illinois Senate District Map - McLean County Area (PDF), US Congressional District Map - McLean County Area (PDF). Read more about our analysis here. North Carolina's Supreme Court threw out the state's GOP-drawn 11-3 map, offering a new plan that scrambles incumbents' districts. They estimate the maps create 14 likely Democratic districts and three likely Republican districts. This map undoubtedly does not live up to what Illinois residents deserve. The precincts in County Board District 7 include: Part of Bloomington Precincts 5 and 41 are in County Board District 4. A series of legal challenges could derail the new Illinois House and Senate maps, however. The political reform advocacy group CHANGE Illinois, which has advocated for an independent redistricting commission, also harshly criticized the new maps, saying it was designed to produce predetermined winners and losers in nearly all 17 districts.. Current districts will expire at the end of 2022 or in early 2023. See the Bloomington Election Commission map. ), When politicians make the maps, winning is easy or impossible, Gridlock and dysfunction and a few tears hit redistricting, How Democrats are 'unilaterally disarming' in the redistricting wars. 2022 www.sj-r.com. The second map (FIND YOUR CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS) allows citizens to enter their address to determine the elected officials who represent them today in their current voting districts. To Newmans likely political demise, McEntee got her wish; the final map keeps all of Western Springs together. McEntee said she and other involved constituents had consistently shown up at public hearings on the congressional remap, but felt like their input was ignored. All key states have adopted their new district lines. Late Thursday night and into the wee hours of Friday morning, chambers of the state legislature approved a new map of U.S. House districts a congressional map that Republican state Rep. Jeff Keicher ofSycamorecalled the most gerrymandered map in the country.. See the Bloomington Election Commission map. Readjusting Chicago and the suburbs in such a drastic fashion caused a domino effect. Illinois pushed back its March primary until June 28, 2022, because state lawmakers waited until now to redo the congressional map. WILL COUNTY MAPS These districts will expire at the end of 2022 or in early 2023. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left;width:100%;font-weight:normal;}, Beyond Chicago from the Air with Geoffrey Baer, The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago Stories Special, approved a new map of U.S. House districts, Illinois current 18 seats was lost to reapportionment, Chicago City Council Votes 43-7 to Approve New Ward Map After Racially Polarizing Debate, Chicago Ward Map Backed by Black Caucus Set for Approval, Despite Calls for Reform, Chicago Ward Map Deal Once Again Protects Incumbents, Punishes Losers, Tentative Agreement Reached on Chicago Ward Map Backed by Black Caucus, 30 Days Left for City Council to Reach Deal on Chicago Ward Map, Chicago Ward Map Referendum Will Fan Flames of Racial Division, Asian Groups Warn, Decision to Allow Metal Scrapper to Move from North Side to Southeast Side Violated Residents Civil Rights: Federal Officials, These US Airports Are the Worst for Cancellations and Delays This Summer, Music Nonprofit Provides Outlet for Kids to Pursue the Arts Passionately and Practically, CPD Officials, Police Union at Odds Over Canceled Days Off After Recent Officer Suicides. Data from Voting & Election Science Team, The New York Times, U.S. Census Bureau and individual state governments. In the Chicago metropolitan area, the maps create a new largely-Latino 3rdDistrict that currently has no incumbent while also putting Democratic Rep. Marie Newmans residence in the same district as fellow-Democratic Rep. Jess Chuy Garcia. These maps, prepared by Will Countys GIS Division, reflect only the current federal, state, and local voting districts and elected officials. The McLean County Clerk's Office handles all elections for the county except the City of Bloomington. Nikki Budzinski, whod served in a top position with President Joe Bidens budget office and who as a top aide to Gov. Newman, however, has indicated she intends to run in the new 6thDistrict where she would face Democratic Rep. Sean Casten in a primary.
Their final product, which still needs Gov. Without doubt we have taken input from stakeholders of all shapes and sizes. Search by address, FIND YOUR CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIALS This process is called redistricting. Republicans protected their incumbents in Texas, bolstering longtime members whose districts were getting more competitive. I am strongly supportive of the creation of a second Latino district and know that hard choices had to be made to accomplish that, but I couldnt bring myself to support a process that left two strong women leaders voices out, Cassidy said in a statement. At a hearing Thursday morning based on an older draft, Chicago resident Clare Duggan with Coalition for Change in Illinois complained that the process seemed designed to quash public participation. She had previously made known to lawmakers that she wanted to testify, but received an emailed invitation to the committee 12 minutes after it began. In the earlier draft, both Newman and U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downer Grove were drawn into the 6th district. Project lead: Allan James Vestal Design and development: Lily Mihalik Bhandari, Beatrice Jin,
Pritzkers signing of the congressional maps comes less than two weeks before a three-judge federal court panel will hear oral arguments in three separate lawsuits challenging the new legislative maps that Democrats pushed through in August and Pritzker signed into law in September. See the Bloomington Election Commission map. Voting in the City of Bloomington is conducted by the. The shifted election timeline is likely behind a truncated election schedule for the General Assembly.
Also in October, an ad-hoc group dubbed Illinois African Americans for Equitable Redistricting filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice alleging the new state maps infringe upon Black residents voting rights. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. One of the communities at the heart of jostling: west suburban Western Springs. In weighing those decisions, Democrats put premiums on drawing districts advantageous to their party, protecting the1st, 2ndand 7thdistricts designed to yield Black representatives despite a decrease in Illinois Black population, and creating a second district that props up a growing Latino population to elect representation of their choosing. Because ofthe states declining population, Illinois will have only 17 congressional seats after the 2022 elections, one fewer than it currently has. The map is undemocratic and leaves all voters without choices, undermining the very elections that are supposed to allow voters to hold officials accountable, the organization said in a statement. From Chicagos Logan Square on the eastern edge, it reaches through the Belmont Craigin neighborhood, covers Bensenville and Addison and over to West Chicago, then stretches up to catch Hanover Park, Bartlett and Elgin. What Im saying is theres a level of professionalism that was not taken into account. Pritzker signs electric vehicle manufacturing incentives into law, Dr. Jerry Kruse: The COVID-19 vaccine is a safe, early gift for children, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. We are divvying people up, we are creating outcomes where only the most extreme people that run for political office have any chance to prevail. Pritzker signs electric vehicle manufacturing incentives into law. The next series of maps offer side-by-side representations of the current voting districts and the new voting districts. Every ten years the Illinois state legislature redraws state and local districts lines to break the state into districts based on data provided by the US Census Bureau. New districts must be retooled at all levels of government every ten years following a U.S. Census. Analysts at thePrinceton Gerrymandering Projectgave the new maps an overall grade of F in the categories of partisan fairness, competitiveness and compactness. Meanwhile, with Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos of the Quad Cities retiring, candidates from both parties are apt to battle to win the new 17thdistrict, though by connecting downstate cities, Democrats have a boost. The first map (FIND YOUR NEW 2022 DISTRICTS) allows citizens to enter their address to learn the new voting districts in which they will cast ballots in the June 28, 2022 Primary Election and the November 8, 2022 General Election. Local population changes may impact the redistricting and can create new boundaries for County Board Districts and precincts. The state's new independent commission drew a map with four Democratic-leaning districts, three where the GOP is favored and one new, competitive seat.
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government and distributed to more than 400 newspapers statewide. Then the East St. Louis Branch of the NAACP, the Illinois State Conference of the NAACP and the United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations (UCCRO) filed a lawsuit earlier this month. These processes take months to unfold in state capitals all around the country and their results mold the balance of power in Congress for a decade. I am a representation of the increase of the Latino population in the state of Illinois and that was not respected.. The precincts in County Board District 1 include: The precincts in County Board District 2 include: The precincts in County Board District 3 include: Part of Bloomington Precincts 5 and 41 are in County Board District 8. Were trying to play ball, we are trying our best as civically engaged citizens to interact, and as citizens we hope that we are being heard and we would like to see that we are being heard.. Guerrero-Cuellar was appointed and sworn into office in February, after House Speaker Michael Madigan resigned and Madigans original successor resigned after three days in office.
Current Elected Officials Federal court panel to hear lawsuit over Illinois redistricting maps in early December, Gov. Click a Count Board District to reveal the precincts that fall within that district. Miller, however, has indicated she might run in the newly-drawn 15thDistrict, which stretches from west-central Illinois eastward across the state, curling around the city of Champaign and stretching back west and south to an area just west of Collinsville. If the strategy works, Democrats will gain a seat from Illinois while the GOP will lose two. These maps align with the landmark Voting Rights Act and will ensure all communities are equitably represented in our congressional delegation, Pritzker said in a statement. Population gains in other states meant one of Illinois current 18 seats was lost to reapportionment. He said they also align with the Illinois Voting Rights Act, which requires redistricting plans to preserve clusters of minority voting groups that are large enough and cohesive enough to exert collective electoral power. The precincts in County Board District 4 include: The precincts in County Board District 5 include: The precincts in County Board District 6 include: Part of Bloomington Precinct 23 is in County Board District 8. we'll host a live conversation with a group of experts based off your feedback. Pritzker, has already secured backing of high-level Democrats in her campaign for the seat. Voters will cast ballots in these new districts in the June 28, 2022 Primary Election and the November 8, 2022 General Election. More:Federal court panel to hear lawsuit over Illinois redistricting maps in early December.
The 2011-2021 maps should be referenced for finding current district information. Learn more about the redistricting process. Because most of the states population loss occurred in southern Illinois, the new maps combine what are currently the 12thand 15thdistricts, held by Republican Reps. Mike Bost and Mary Miller, respectively, into a new 12thDistrict that covers most of the southern one-third of the state. That fine-tuning dampens the future of freshman U.S. Rep. Marie Newman of LaGrange, who in 2020 bested longtime 3rd District Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski in a heated primary. The precincts in County Board District 9 include: Part of Bloomington Precinct 44 is in County Board District 9. Your maps make a farce of democracy and the process is a charade, Keicher said. Its not that Im saying Im against the Democratic Party. The Will County Clerks Office is pleased to provide citizens with the following series of maps that reflect both their current and new voting districts. According to a schedule released Thursday, the legislature is set to adjourn April 8 more than seven weeks before the regular May 31 adjournment date. Obviously, the loss of a congressional seat following the 2020 census loomed large over this process, Illinois House Redistricting Chair Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, said. Of course not. These processes take months to unfold in state capitals all around the country and their results, uses local voting tallies and Census data to decode what these new lines mean. The final version put Newman intothe 4thdistrict with its current representative, Garcia a formidable district and a difficult opponent for Newman should she try to run there in next years election. Based on 2012-2021 maps. These maps should be referenced for 2022 Primary and General Election purposes. I am the representation of my district, and I think I know whats best and what should be included in what map and that didnt happen, she said. In a speech one Republican said was gutsy, she intimated that some of her colleagues in Springfield and/or an official who holds higher office pressured her to accept how her 22ndstate house district was treated in the congressional map, despite her concerns that the districts Latino voters voices would be undercut. Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday.