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FIRST READING VOLUME 16, NO. 3 • DECEMBER 2002 CONTENTS Democrats Sweep State Elections emocrats captured the Perhaps the most striking thing about Illinois Senate and kept the November 2002 election results Partisan Division control of the House for was the large number of new mem- Statewide & in General the 93rd General Assem- bers. The Senate will get eight totally Assembly, 1962-2002 D bly. The House will have 66 Demo- new members (six Democrats, one 2 cratic and 52 Republican members; Republican, and one independent). In the Senate will have 32 Democrats, 26 addition, seven current representatives Biographies of Republicans, and 1 Independent. and one former representative (four New Senate Members Democrats and four Republicans) are Democrats also won all but one state- moving to the Senate; and one Repub- 3 wide executive office (Treasurer), as lican appointed to the Senate in the well as the U.S. Senate seat that was 92nd General Assembly has been 93rd General Assembly up for election. But in the only U.S. Senate Members elected to the 93rd. The House will House race in which incumbents get 24 totally new members (14 7 faced each other, Republican John Democrats and 10 Republicans); three Shimkus defeated Democrat David (two Democrats and one Republican) Biographies of Phelps for district 19 in southern Illi- who were appointed to the 92nd Gen- New House Members nois. eral Assembly; one Democratic sena- 8 tor who is moving to the House; and In an upset in the General Assembly one former Republican representative 93rd General Assembly races, Democratic challenger John returning to the House. House Members Sullivan defeated Senator Laura Kent 14 Donahue of Quincy for the 47th Sen- Biographies of new members of the ate district. The Senate will also get Senate begin on page 3; House mem- Members Not Returning its first member in many years who is bers’ biographies begin on page 8. A to Current Office not affiliated with a political party: list of Senate members for the 93rd Rev. James T. Meeks of Calumet City, General Assembly is on page 7; 15 who pastors a church in Chicago. House members begin on page 14. ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH UNIT Partisan Division Statewide & in General Assembly, 1962-2002 Year G.A. partisan division (highest Total ballots Votes for top of ticket House Senate office*) cast statewide Democratic Republican D R D R 1962 (S) 3,812,120 1,748,007 (45.8%) 1,961,202 (51.4%) 87 • 90 23 • 35 1964 (P) 4,805,928 2,796,833 (58.2) 1,905,946 (39.7) •118 59 25 • 33 1966 (S) 3,928,478 1,678,147 (42.7) 2,100,449 (53.4) 78 • 99 20 • 38 1968 (P) 4,714,943 2,039,814 (43.3) 2,174,774 (46.1) 83 • 94 20 • 38 1970 (S) 3,731,006 2,065,054 (55.3) 1,519,718 (40.7) 87 • 90 29 29 1972 (P) 4,882,865 1,913,472 (39.2) 2,788,179 (57.1) 88 • 89 29 • 30 1974 (S) 3,084,675 1,811,496 (58.7) 1,084,884 (35.2) •101 76 • 34 25 1976 (P) 4,838,961 2,271,295 (46.9) 2,384,269 (49.3) • 94 83 • 34 25 1978 (S) 3,342,985 1,448,187 (43.3) 1,698,711 (50.8) • 89 88 • 32 27 1980 (P) 4,868,890 1,981,413 (40.7) 2,358,049 (48.4) 86 • 91 • 30 29 1982 (G) 3,856,875 1,811,027 (46.9) 1,816,101 (47.1) • 70 48 • 33 26 1984 (P) 4,969,352 2,086,499 (42.0) 2,707,103 (54.5) • 67 51 • 31 28 1986 (S) 3,322,450 2,033,783 (61.0) 1,053,734 (31.6) • 67 51 • 31 28 1988 (P) 4,697,192 2,215,940 (47.2) 2,310,939 (49.2) • 67 51 • 31 28 1990 (S) 3,420,720 2,115,377 (61.8) 1,135,628 (33.2) • 72 46 • 31 28 1992 (P) 5,164,357 2,453,350 (48.6) 1,734,096 (34.3) • 67 51 27 • 32 1994 (G) 3,219,122 1,069,850 (34.4) 1,984,318 (63.9) 54 • 64 26 • 33 1996 (P) 4,418,270 2,341,744 (54.3) 1,587,021 (36.8) • 60 58 28 • 31 1998 (G) 3,541,379 1,594,191 (47.5) 1,714,094 (51.0) • 62 56 27 • 32 2000 (P) 4,932,192 2,589,026 (54.6) 2,019,421 (42.6) • 62 56 27 • 32 2002 (S) 3,651,808 2,103,766 (60.3) 1,325,703 (38.0) • 66 52 • 32† 26† * Key to highest office on ballot: P = President, S = U.S. Senator, G = Governor. † The Senate will also have one independent member. • Indicates majority. Sources: Compiled by Legislative Research Unit from Illinois election statistics published by Secretary of State and State Board of Elections; Illinois legislature handbooks; and unpublished official election results of 2002 election from the State Board of Elections. 2 ✍ Legislative Research Unit Biographies of New Senate Members Bill Brady (R-44, Bloomington) served in the House from 1993 until 2000; in 2002 he was appointed to replace Senator John Maitland. He serves on the Senate Insurance & Pensions Committee and Transportation Committee. A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, he is a real estate broker and a co-founder of real estate and construction firms. He was also a McLean County Young Republicans director, and chaired the McLean County campaigns of Congressman Edward Madigan and Secretary of State Jim Edgar in the 1980s. Jacqueline Y. “Jacqui” Collins (D-16, Chicago) has a journalism degree from Northwestern University; a master’s degree in human services administration from Spertus College; and recent or forthcoming master’s degrees from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Divinity School. She has worked as a print, radio, and television journalist; and been a press secretary to Congressman Gus Savage and legislative fellow for Senator Hillary Clinton. M. Maggie Crotty (D-19, Oak Forest), a member of the House since in 1997, now moves to the Senate. Her House committee assignments include chairing the Children and Youth Committee, and Vice-Chairing the Child Support Enforcement, Constitutional Officers, and Mental Health & Patient Abuse Committees. She has also served on and been president of the School District 145 board, and served on the Oak Forest Civil Service Commission. Susan Garrett (D-29, Lake Forest) moves to the Senate after serving for two General Assem- blies in the House, where she is vice-chairperson of the Consumer Protection and Elections & Campaign Reform Committees, and serves on the Aging, Appropriations—General Services, Elementary & Secondary Education, Tobacco Settlement Distribution, and Transportation & Motor Vehicles Committees. She has a bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College. Legislative Research Unit ✍ 3 William R. “Bill” Haine (D-56, Alton) has been the Madison County state’s attorney since 1988. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and received a Bronze Star. He served on the Madison County Board from 1978 to 1988, and chaired the Metro-East Transit District Board from 1981 to 1988. He has B.A. and J.D. degrees from St. Louis University. Don Harmon (D-39, Oak Park) is a lawyer concentrating on municipal law and public finance. He graduated from Knox College, and has law and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago. He has worked to promote public-private partnerships to build schools, hospitals, and factories. He has also been general counsel to the Young Democrats of America. John O. Jones (R-54, Mt. Vernon), after serving in the House since 1995, has been elected to the Senate. He is the minority spokesman on the House Tourism Committee, and a member of several other committees. He owns a trucking business, and served four years in the Air Force. Edward D. Maloney (D-18, Chicago) is the assistant principal and dean of faculty at Brother Rice High School in Chicago. He has also been a manager and professional development director for the Chicago Park District, and a teacher and school administrator. He served in the House for the last 4 months of the 87th General Assembly (1992-93). He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Lewis University, and a master’s in education from Chicago State University. Iris Y. Martinez (D-20, Chicago) is a special assistant to Mayor Richard M. Daley, acting as liaison to Hispanic ministers. She is also a Democratic state central committeewoman and Democratic National Committee member. She attended Northeastern University and the Univer- sity of Illinois at Chicago. 4 ✍ Legislative Research Unit James T. Meeks (Independent-15, Calumet City) is the founder and senior pastor of Chicago’s Salem Baptist Church, with some 16,000 parishioners. He has written two recent books, How to Get Out of Debt and Into Praise and Life Changing Relationships. Dale A. Righter (R-55, Mattoon) moves over to the Senate after serving in the House since 1997. He is the minority spokesman on the House Judiciary I—Civil Law Committee, and a member of several other committees. A lawyer and former prosecutor, he has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Eastern Illinois University and a law degree from St. Louis University. Dale Risinger (R-37, Peoria) is a licensed professional engineer, and Executive Vice President and a member of the board of directors of Clark Engineers. He worked 35 years for the Illinois Department of Transportation, serving as a district engineer.
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