Illinois Senate Candidates for Senator, IL Election Race 2012

Illinois Senate Candidates
Illinois Candidates for Congress

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Democrat/Republican filing deadline is December 27, 2011

Republican and Democrat Primary Election is being held on March 6, 2012

Illinois Candidates for US Congress

District 1:
Bobby Rush (D)
Harold Bailey (D)
Ray Lodato (D)
Clifford Russell Jr. (D)
Jordan Sims (D)
Fred Smith (D)
Frederick Collins (R)
Don Peloquin (R)
Jimmie Lee Tillman II (R)

District 2:
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D)
Debbie Halvorson (D)
James Taylor Sr. (R)
Brian Woodworth (R)

District 3:
Dan Lipinski (D)
Farah Baqai (D)
Jim Falvey (R)
Rich Grabowski (R)
Art Jones (R)

District 4:
Luis Gutierrez (D)
Jorge Zavala (D)
Hector Concepcion (R)

District 5:
Mike Quigley (D)
Dan Schmitt (R)

District 6:
Peter Roskam (R)
Leslie Coolidge (D)
Geoffrey Petzel (D)
Tim Ritter (D)
Maureen Yates (D)
Khizar Jafri (Independent)

District 7:
Danny K. Davis (D)
Jacques Conway (D)

District 8:
Joe Walsh (R)
Robert Canfield (R)
Rich Evans (R)
Tammy Duckworth (D)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)

District 9:
Jan Schakowsky (D)
Susanne Atanus (R)
Simon Ribeiro (D)
Tim Wolfe (R)

District 10:
Bob Dold (R)
Vivek Bavda (D)
Brad Schneider (D)
Aloys Rutagwibira (D)
Ilya Sheyman (D)
John Tree (D)

District 11:
Judy Biggert (R)
Jack Cunningham (R)
Diane Harris (R)
 Bill Foster (D)
Jim Hickey (D)
Juan Thomas (D)

District 12:
Brad Harriman (D)
Chris Miller (D)
Kenneth "Bud" Wiezer (D)
Rodger Cook (R)
Theresa Kormos (R)
Teri Newman (R)
Jason Plummer (R) Conservative Candidate

District 13:
 Tim Johnson (R)
Mike Firsching (R)
Frank Metzger (R)
David Gill (D)
Matt Goetten (D)

District 14:
Randy Hultgren (R)
Dennis Anderson (D)
Jonathan Farnick (D)

District 15:
John Shimkus (R)
Angela Michael (D)

District 16:
Adam Kinzinger (R)
Don Manzullo (R)Conservative Candidate
Bronco Bojovic (Independent)

District 17:
Bobby Schilling (R)
Greg Aguilar (D)
Cheri Bustos (D)
George Gaulrapp (D)

District 18:
Aaron Schock (R)
Darrel Miller (R)
Steve Waterworth (D)
Matt Woodmancy (D)


Illinois Congressional Election Information 2012

With Illinois’ new Democrat-drawn congressional map having survived a Republican legal challenge, dozens of community hearings and emotional court testimony, prospective candidates for Congress began filing their petitions for candidacy Friday.

The 18 Illinois contests could help determine if Democrats are able to retake the U.S. House in 2012, with national party officials eyeing the state as a place to make gains and reverse the trend that gave Republicans a delegation majority in 2010. Half a dozen incumbents were among the first candidates to file early Friday to qualify for a lottery determining the order of names on ballots.

National Democratic officials have repeatedly described Illinois as a “center of gravity” in the Democrats’ efforts to reclaim the House congressional majority. But Republicans say they’re in a good position to keep their majority delegation, and that Democratic leadership in the state is out of touch. They see an opportunity to grab the state’s only open congressional seat in southern Illinois following the sudden retirement of a longtime Democrat, Rep. Jerry Costello. Democrats may have an advantage with the new map, which cuts down the number of districts by one, preserves existing Democratic-leaning districts, creates new ones and pits several Republican incumbents against each other. All but one of the state’s Republican congressmen sued to overturn the map, which Democrats crafted because they control the state Legislature and governor’s office.

Nine-term GOP incumbent Republican Don Manzullo faces a challenge from freshmen Congressman Adam Kinzinger. The new map moved Kinzinger’s Manteno home into Democratic-friendly territory and he decided to run in the 16th because it contained most of his former district. The former Air Force pilot captured a House seat south of Chicago from then-U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson in 2010 with Tea Party support.

Republican Don Manzullo vs. Congressman Adam Kinzinger

Heritage Foundation Scorecard

History of Illinois. Information that every Illinois Election Congressional Candidates Should Know:

Mrs. Ella Park Lawrence, of Galesburg, was elected Illinois State Regent of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) in 1911. As State Regent, she was required to attend the National Congress at the D.A.R. headquarters in Washington, D.C. each year. She realized at one meeting that Illinois did not have a state flag and she began a campaign to adopt a design for an official State banner for the State of Illinois. More congressional information.

They picked a design by Miss Lucy Derwent for their state flag. Miss Derwent's design featured the pictorial content of the 1868 Great Seal of the State of Illinois on a white field. The design was approved by both houses of the General Assembly and became official on July 16, 1915.

Mrs. Lawrence requested five hand-made flags and the design was painted on each flag using oil-based paints. One flag was given to the National Headquarters of the D.A.R. and another given to the State organization. The remaining three were distributed to Secretary of State Stevenson, Governor Dunne, and the Illinois State Historical Society. One of these original flags hang in the Henry Knox Room at the Knox County Courthouse.

While serving in Vietnam, Chief Petty Officer Bruce McDaniel of Waverly became concerned over a perceived deficiency of design of his Illinois State Flag. One of many State flags that hung in his mess hall, its identity was consistently questioned. McDaniel requested that the design of the flag be amended to include the State's name. A bill was approved on September 17, 1969 to authorize adding the states name to their flag.

The flag includes the emblem of the Illinois State Shield on a white field. The name of the State represented by the flag, Illinois, is printed below the emblem in blue upper case letters.

The Bald Eagle, representing the United States, holds a red streamer in its beak. The State motto, "State sovereignty, national union" means that Illinois governs itself under the government of the United States. In the Bald Eagle's talons is a shield with thirteen bars and thirteen stars representing the original thirteen colonies. The date Illinois was admitted to the Union and the date of the State seal are printed on the boulder. The ground around the boulder symbolizes the rich soil of this prairie State.