2016 Election Roundup

President: You already know has won. Trump got 279 electoral college vote to 228 for Clinton. As I write this New Hampshire, , and Arizona haven’t been called. Clinton is actually ahead in the popular vote(Clinton 59,814,018 to Trump 59,611,678).

US Senate: Democratic U.S. Rep. captured a U.S. Senate seat in beating Sen. , a Highland Park Republican seeking a second full term. This wasn’t a huge surprise to anyone. Duckworth won with 54.4% of the vote.

Republicans will hold on to control of the Senate. The GOP defied the odds in a year in which they were almost entirely on defense and rode a wave that carried Donald J. Trump to the White House. The only seat the democrats picked up was the Kirk seat. The only other seat waiting to be called is the New Hampshire seat. Republican Senator Kellie Ayotte is down 695 votes. It sounds like Senator Ayotte will ask for a recount.

US House: Republicans held on to control of the House of Representatives, but Democrats have made single-digit gains, chipping away at the GOP's 247-seat majority, the party's largest since 1928.

But even with the Democrats picking up a handful of seats, Republicans maintained a strong firewall, even in districts where they feared moderate voters would oust GOP candidates.

House will stay in Republican hands, were projected to come away with 235 seats and Democrats 194, with 6 seats undecided. Democrats had thus far picked up a net of seven seats, and Republicans current 247-member majority got 12 members smaller.

Republican Illinois Congressman did lose to Democrat Brad Schnieder. This seat has changed hands every two years since 2010. Schneider won with 52.5% of the vote.

All Illinois House Agriculture Committee members(Cong. Rodney Davis, Cong. and ) all won reelection

Illinois Senate: The Republican did pick up two seats in the Illinois Senate. Jill Tracy won Senator John Sullivan old seat in western Illinois. Also, Senator Gary Forby from deep southern also lost to Dale Fowler.

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There was $3.438 million spent in this race. One of the most expensive races in Illinois. If you break it down, $35.60 was spent on each vote in this district. Crazy!

The new vote count in the Senate is 37 D’s and 22 R’s.

Illinois House: Illinois voters erased the General Assembly's Democratic state House supermajority yesterday.

As the rest of the country convulsed over the presidential election, the GOP picked up four House seats.

Currently, Democrats in the General Assembly number 71 in the House and 39 in the Senate, enough to override a veto by Republican Gov. . With GOP gains in Tuesday's election, Democrats have lost their veto-proof state House majority.

It also means that House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-) has lost an important reason not to negotiate with Rauner over legislation about which they disagree.

Democrats that didn’t win: Rep. Bradley, Rep. Cloonen, Rep. Smiddy, Rep Frank, and Rep. Skoog.

Republican that didn’t win: Dwight Kay from the Metro-East area.

Comptroller Race: Democrat has won the 's special election over Republican incumbent Leslie Munger.

Mendoza, a former state legislator, is Chicago's city clerk. She'll finish the remainder of the comptroller term, which expires in 2019.

Transportation ‘lockbox amendment’ Illinois voters have approved a constitutional amendment aimed at making sure transportation-related funds aren’t used for other purposes.

The measure was the only lawmaker-generated ballot measure this year and had bipartisan support.

The so-called “lockbox amendment” will keep funds generated through tolls, taxes and other related transportation sources from being spent elsewhere.

Supporters of the measure included unions and the construction industry, who argue it’ll boost safety by protecting infrastructure. A coalition backing the amendment says that since 2003 nearly $7 billion in transportation-related funds have been used for other things.

To pass, the measure needed either 60 percent of those voting on the measure or a majority of those voting in the election.

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