Incumbent Democratic Sen. Mike Jacobs lost his 36th District seat to Republican challenger Neil Anderson, and Democratic State Reps. Frank Mautino (District 76) and Mike Smiddy (District 71) barely won tight battles to retain their seats.
There are 23 races for the Illinois Legislature on the ballot in northern Illinois, but 13 of them are uncontested. The 10 contested races include one for State Senate and nine for the State House.
Here are our latest available numbers for the contested races:
Illinois Senate
36th District
Neil Anderson (R) .................................................25,168
Mike Jacobs (D, Inc.) ............................................20,024
Illinois House
50th District
Keith Wheeler (R) ..................................................10,715
Valerie Burd (D) .....................................................6,052
52nd District
David McSweeney (R, Inc.) ....................................16,723
Bill Downs (D) .........................................................7,165
63rd District
Steven Reich (R) ......................................................10,658
Jack Franks (D, Inc.) ...............................................14,523
64th District
Barbara Wheeler (R, Inc.) ........................................19,089
Joel Mains (D) ..........................................................8,375
71st District
Jim Wozniak (R) ..................................................13,275
Mike Smiddy (D, Inc.)...........................................13,472
75th District
John Anthony (R, Inc.) ..............................................19,470
Martha Shugart (D) ....................................................14,107
76th District
Jerry Lee Long (R) ......................................................17,006
Frank Mautino (D, Inc.) ..............................................17,346
Uncontested Races
Illinois Senate
33rd District, Republican incumbent Karen McConnaughay
45th District, Republican incumbent Tim Bivins
Illinois House
49th District, Republican incumbent Mike Fortner
51st District, Republican incumbent Ed Sullivan
65th District, Republican Steve Andersson
66th District, Republican incumbent Michael Tyron
67th District, Democratic incumbent Litesa Wallace
68th District, Republican incumbent John Cabello
69th District, Republican incumbent Joe Sosnowski
70th District, Republican incumbent Robert Pritchard
72nd District, Democratic incumbent Patric Verschoore
73rd District, Republican incumbent David Leitch
74th District, Republican incumbent Donald Moffitt
89th District, Republican incumbent Brian Stewart
90th District, Republican incumbent Tom Demmer
