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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 249
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 249 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the heading of the resolution with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "WHEREAS, Under Article IV, Section 3 of the Illinois | 6 | | Constitution of 1970, in the year following each federal | 7 | | decennial census year, the General Assembly by law shall | 8 | | redistrict the Legislative Districts and the Representative | 9 | | Districts; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In late 2010, the United States Census Bureau | 11 | | released its 2010 population totals for Illinois; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Redistricting Transparency and Public | 13 | | Participation Act requires committees of the Senate and House, | 14 | | or a joint committee, to hold public hearings statewide and | 15 | | receive testimony and inform the public on the existing |
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| 1 | | Legislative and Representative Districts; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly, in considering | 3 | | redistricting issues over the past two years, conducted over | 4 | | forty hearings throughout the State during that time; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, At those hearings, the Illinois General Assembly | 6 | | heard from experts in the area of redistricting, considered | 7 | | comments from public officials and members of the general | 8 | | public, and received proposals submitted by members of the | 9 | | public and stakeholder groups; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly has drafted a plan | 11 | | for redistricting the Legislative Districts and the | 12 | | Representative Districts (the "2011 General Assembly | 13 | | Redistricting Plan"); therefore, be it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in establishing | 16 | | boundaries for Illinois Legislative and Representative | 17 | | Districts ("Districts"), the following redistricting | 18 | | principles were taken into account: | 19 | | (i) each of the Districts contained in the 2011 General | 20 | | Assembly Redistricting Plan was drawn to be substantially | 21 | | equal in population, so that as nearly as practicable, the | 22 | | total population deviation between Districts in zero; |
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| 1 | | (ii) each of the Districts contained in the 2011 | 2 | | General Assembly Redistricting Plan was drawn to be | 3 | | consistent with the United States Constitution; | 4 | | (iii) each of the Districts contained in the 2011 | 5 | | General Assembly Redistricting Plan was drawn to be | 6 | | consistent with the federal Voting Rights Act, where | 7 | | applicable; | 8 | | (iv) each of the Districts contained in the 2011 | 9 | | General Assembly Redistricting Plan was drawn to be compact | 10 | | and contiguous, as required by the Illinois Constitution; | 11 | | (v) each of the Districts contained in the 2011 General | 12 | | Assembly Redistricting Plan was drawn to be consistent with | 13 | | the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011, where applicable; | 14 | | and | 15 | | (vi) each of the Districts contained in the 2011 | 16 | | General Assembly Redistricting Plan was drawn taking into | 17 | | account the partisan composition of the District and of the | 18 | | Plan itself; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That in addition to the foregoing redistricting | 20 | | principles, each of the Districts contained in the 2011 General | 21 | | Assembly Redistricting Plan was drawn to reflect a balance of | 22 | | the following redistricting principles: the preservation of | 23 | | the core or boundaries of the existing Districts; the | 24 | | preservation of communities of interest; respect for county, | 25 | | township, municipal, ward, and other political subdivision |
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| 1 | | boundaries; the maintenance of incumbent-constituent | 2 | | relationships and tracking of population migration; proposals | 3 | | or other input submitted by members of the public and | 4 | | stakeholder groups; public hearing testimony; other incumbent | 5 | | requests; respect for geographic features and natural or | 6 | | logical boundaries; and other redistricting principles | 7 | | recognized by state and federal court decisions; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate hereby adopts and incorporates by | 10 | | reference all information received by the House Redistricting | 11 | | Committee or the Senate Redistricting Committee that was | 12 | | submitted by the general public and stakeholders in person at | 13 | | the hearings; by e-mail; by U.S. mail; by facsimile; or in | 14 | | person at the public access stations provided by the House and | 15 | | Senate in Springfield, Illinois and in Chicago, Illinois; that | 16 | | the Senate further adopts and incorporates by reference | 17 | | transcripts of proceedings for all of the redistricting | 18 | | hearings conducted by either the House or Senate or both; and | 19 | | that all information received by the House or Senate or both, | 20 | | including but not limited to, the aforementioned information, | 21 | | was subsequently posted at one of the following websites: | 22 | | www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/hearing.asp?CommitteeID=956, | 23 | | www.ilsenateredistricting.com, and | 24 | | www.ilhousedems.com/redistricting; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the following summary describes the general | 2 | | characteristics of each Legislative District and makes | 3 | | reference to some but not all of the redistricting principles | 4 | | that were considered in drawing that District. The term | 5 | | "proposed district" will refer to the Legislative District | 6 | | proposed in the 2011 General Assembly Redistricting Plan, and | 7 | | the term "present district" will refer to the Legislative | 8 | | District under the current, existing plan adopted in 2001: | 9 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 1 | 10 | | Proposed Legislative District 1 is located on the southwest | 11 | | side of Chicago. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 12 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. The northern border | 13 | | runs along 16th Street between the Clark Street and Western | 14 | | Avenue on the east and generally along the Stevenson Expressway | 15 | | on the west. The southern border is drawn along precinct lines, | 16 | | streets and rail lines along Archer Avenue on the west, then | 17 | | the south boundary of the district turns northeast generally | 18 | | following precinct lines in a stair step pattern starting at | 19 | | 73rd Street and Central Park Avenue up to 31st Street and Clark | 20 | | Street. The far western border is drawn along Natoma Avenue. | 21 | | The eastern border runs along Clark Street and the Dan Ryan | 22 | | Expressway. Interstate 55, which runs east to west through much | 23 | | of the district, serves as a major thoroughfare, as do Cicero, | 24 | | Archer, Western, and Halsted Avenues and Cermak and Pulaski | 25 | | Roads. Chicago Transit Authority bus and rail lines (Red, |
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| 1 | | Orange, and Pink lines) also serve the district. | 2 | | Proposed Legislative District 1 contains Latino | 3 | | communities Pilsen, McKinley Park, Brighton Park, and Back of | 4 | | the Yards, Gage Park, Archer Heights, New City, Bridgeport, | 5 | | Armour Square, and Lower West Side neighborhoods of Chicago. | 6 | | These working class neighborhoods contain similar housing | 7 | | stock integrated with industrial facilities. The residents of | 8 | | this proposed district are generally first and | 9 | | second-generation immigrants who share a common need for social | 10 | | services and patronize locally owned businesses catering to the | 11 | | cultural tastes and customs of the communities. The proposed | 12 | | district contains the National Museum of Mexican Art. According | 13 | | to the 2010 U.S. Census, present District 1 is underpopulated | 14 | | by 24,058 people. In order to achieve ideal population, the | 15 | | borders were expanded south and west. The district also | 16 | | contains virtually all of the south side community of | 17 | | Chinatown. Currently, the Chinatown area is split between three | 18 | | legislative districts. The Senate and House Redistricting | 19 | | Committees received testimony from numerous witnesses | 20 | | representing businesses and residents of the greater Chinatown | 21 | | area indicating that Chinatown belongs in a single legislative | 22 | | district. The proposed district was configured in part to | 23 | | achieve that goal and indeed maintains nearly all of that | 24 | | community of interest in one legislative district. | 25 | | Proposed Legislative District 1 is a majority-minority | 26 | | district, with a Latino Voting Age Population of 60.17 percent. |
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| 1 | | It also has an Asian Voting Age Population of 12.89 percent and | 2 | | an African-American Voting Age Population of 7.25 percent. The | 3 | | proposed legislative district maintains a partisan composition | 4 | | that is comparable to the present legislative district and | 5 | | reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 6 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 7 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. | 8 | | Proposed Legislative District 1 preserves 58.9 percent of the | 9 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 10 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the | 11 | | formulation of new relationships. Senator Antonio "Tony" Muñoz | 12 | | (D) resides within the proposed district.
| 13 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 2 | 14 | | Proposed Legislative District 2 is located on the northwest | 15 | | side of Chicago. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 16 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. Generally, the | 17 | | district is bound on the south by Grand Avenue, on the west by | 18 | | Harlem Avenue, on the east by Interstate 90/94, Irving Park, | 19 | | Altgeld and Armitage Roads. Proposed Legislative District 2 | 20 | | contains portions of the well-established Puerto Rican | 21 | | neighborhoods of Humboldt Park, Hermosa, and Logan Square, as | 22 | | well as the neighborhoods of Portage Park, Belmont-Cragin, | 23 | | Dunning, Austin, Montclare, and West Town. North Avenue runs | 24 | | east to west through much of the district and Cicero Avenue | 25 | | runs north to south. The district is also serviced by public |
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| 1 | | transportation including the Chicago Transit Authority bus and | 2 | | rail lines (Blue line) and the Metra Milwaukee District-West | 3 | | line. | 4 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the present 2nd District | 5 | | is underpopulated by 23,497 people. In order to achieve ideal | 6 | | population, the district boundaries were shifted northwest to | 7 | | include the neighborhoods of Dunning and Montclare. Proposed | 8 | | Legislative District 2 has a Latino Voting Age Population of | 9 | | 55.58 percent and is a majority-minority Latino District. The | 10 | | district strongly resembles proposed district maps submitted | 11 | | to the Senate Redistricting Committee by the Latino Coalition | 12 | | for Fair Redistricting. The proposed legislative district | 13 | | maintains a partisan make-up that is comparable to the present | 14 | | legislative district and reflects the high affiliation and | 15 | | correlation of African-American and Latino voters that | 16 | | identify with the Democratic Party based on committee hearing | 17 | | testimony. Proposed Legislative District 2 preserves 82.6 | 18 | | percent of the core of the present district to provide | 19 | | continuity for the existing incumbent constituency relations | 20 | | and allows the formulation of new relationships. Senator | 21 | | William "Willie" Delgado (D) resides in the proposed district. | 22 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 3 | 23 | | Proposed Legislative District 3 is located in Chicago, | 24 | | primarily in the south side and downtown areas. It has a | 25 | | population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal |
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| 1 | | population target. The proposed district contains the vast | 2 | | majority of the downtown Loop area, as well as portions of the | 3 | | Near North Side, Near West Side, and Near South Side. Proposed | 4 | | District 3 also contains portions of the south side | 5 | | neighborhoods of Douglas, Armour Square, Bridgeport, Grand | 6 | | Boulevard, New City, Washington Park, Chicago Lawn, West | 7 | | Englewood, Englewood, Woodlawn, Greater Grand Crossing, South | 8 | | Shore, and Chatham. The South Side community of Fuller Park is | 9 | | also located wholly within the district. The northern boundary | 10 | | of proposed District 3 is Goethe Street and the southern border | 11 | | generally follows 67th Street. The eastern boundary is | 12 | | generally Michigan Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, and the | 13 | | westernmost boundary follows Interstate 94 and the Chicago | 14 | | River in the north and Kedzie Avenue in the south. The borders | 15 | | of the proposed district generally adhere to existing precinct | 16 | | boundaries. Interstate 90/94 and Michigan Avenue run north to | 17 | | south through the core of the district and Garfield Boulevard | 18 | | and 47th Street are major east to west thoroughfares. The | 19 | | district is also accessible via Chicago Transit Authority bus | 20 | | and rail lines (Red, Purple, Brown, Green, Pink, and Orange | 21 | | Lines). Proposed District 3 also contains the majority of | 22 | | downtown Chicago's Loop business district. The Chicago Loop is | 23 | | the historic commercial center of downtown Chicago. It is the | 24 | | seat of government for Chicago and Cook County, and also | 25 | | contains the historic theater and shopping districts. | 26 | | Proposed Legislative District 3 is a majority-minority |
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| 1 | | African-American district. The African-American Voting Age | 2 | | Population of the proposed district is 51.29 percent. The | 3 | | Latino Voting Age Population is 9.54 percent and the Asian | 4 | | Voting Age Population is 7.18 percent. According to the U.S. | 5 | | Census, present District 3 is underpopulated by 28,101 people. | 6 | | In order to accommodate the population loss in District 3 and | 7 | | surrounding districts, the proposed district expands | 8 | | boundaries outward. This proposed district is also configured | 9 | | to respect the Chinatown community of interest, as identified | 10 | | by witnesses at numerous Senate Redistricting Committee | 11 | | hearings, which is now located in the neighboring district | 12 | | (Proposed Legislative District 1). The proposed district | 13 | | strongly resembles proposals submitted by African-Americans | 14 | | for Legislative Redistricting (AALR). The proposed legislative | 15 | | district maintains a partisan make-up that is comparable to the | 16 | | present legislative district and reflects the high affiliation | 17 | | and correlation of African-American and Latino voters that | 18 | | identify with the Democratic Party based on committee hearing | 19 | | testimony. Proposed District 3 preserves 68.2 percent of the | 20 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 21 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the | 22 | | formulation of new relationships. Senator Mattie Hunter (D) | 23 | | resides within the proposed district. | 24 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 4 | 25 | | Proposed Legislative District 4 is located on the west side |
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| 1 | | of Chicago and in the western suburbs of Cook County. It has a | 2 | | population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 3 | | population target. The eastern boundary of proposed District 4 | 4 | | is generally Cicero Avenue in the north and LaGrange Road in | 5 | | the south. The district is bounded on the west by the | 6 | | Cook-DuPage County line. The northern boundary generally | 7 | | follows North Avenue in the west and central parts of the | 8 | | district, and Grand Avenue in the east. The northern boundary | 9 | | also runs along precinct lines in the western suburbs of | 10 | | Melrose Park and Oak Park. The southern boundary generally | 11 | | follows Roosevelt Road in the east, the BNSF rail line to the | 12 | | southwest and U.S. Route 34. The borders of the proposed | 13 | | district generally adhere to existing precinct boundaries in | 14 | | the City of Chicago. The west suburban communities of Forest | 15 | | Park, River Forest, North Riverside, Hillside, Broadview, and | 16 | | Westchester are wholly within the proposed district, as are | 17 | | nearly all of Maywood, Bellwood, and Berkeley and portions of | 18 | | Oak Park, Berwyn, Brookfield, LaGrange, and LaGrange Park. A | 19 | | portion of Chicago's Austin neighborhood including portions | 20 | | the 24th, 28th, 29th and 37th wards are also within the | 21 | | proposed district. Present District 4 contains some of the same | 22 | | municipalities as proposed District 4, including Chicago, | 23 | | Forest Park, River Forest, Maywood, North Riverside, Hillside, | 24 | | Oak Park, Bellwood, Berkeley, Berwyn, and Westchester. The | 25 | | communities of LaGrange Park, Westchester, and Western | 26 | | Springs, all located in southern Proviso Township, share the |
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| 1 | | Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve and a nearby Metra line (Green | 2 | | line). | 3 | | A majority of the community members in proposed District 4 | 4 | | share similar education-attainment levels and earn generally | 5 | | between $50,000 to $60,000 each year. The educational service, | 6 | | health care, and social assistance industries are the largest | 7 | | employment sectors for the communities within the proposed | 8 | | district. In addition, communities in proposed District 4 share | 9 | | similar housing stock; the majority of the homes in the | 10 | | proposed district were built before 1980. The Eisenhower | 11 | | Expressway runs east to west through the entire proposed | 12 | | district. Other major transportation routes include Cermak | 13 | | Road, Roosevelt Road, Harlem Avenue, and LaGrange Road. The | 14 | | proposed district is also accessible via public | 15 | | transportation, including Chicago Transit Authority bus and | 16 | | rail lines (Blue and Green lines), as well as the Metra Union | 17 | | Pacific West and Burlington Northern Santa Fe commuter rail | 18 | | lines. | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 4 has an African-American | 20 | | Voting Age Population of 50.06 percent, a Latino Voting Age | 21 | | Population of 11.94 percent, and an Asian Voting Age Population | 22 | | of 2.41 percent. According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, the | 23 | | present 4th District is underpopulated by 25,969 people. Due to | 24 | | this population loss and population losses in surrounding | 25 | | districts, the proposed District 4 shifts boundaries primarily | 26 | | to the south and west, thereby achieving ideal population. The |
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| 1 | | majority of the proposed district's shape resembles proposals | 2 | | submitted to the Senate Redistricting Committee by the National | 3 | | Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and | 4 | | African-Americans for Legislative Redistricting (AALR). The | 5 | | proposed legislative district maintains a partisan make-up | 6 | | that is comparable to the present legislative district and | 7 | | reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 8 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 9 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. The | 10 | | proposed district preserves 70.4 percent of the core of the | 11 | | present district to provide continuity for the existing | 12 | | incumbent constituency relations and allows the formulation of | 13 | | new relationships. Senator Kimberly Lightford (D) resides in | 14 | | the proposed district. | 15 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 5 | 16 | | Proposed Legislative District 5 is located on the west side | 17 | | of Chicago. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 18 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. The proposed | 19 | | district is bound on the west by Cicero Avenue. The northern | 20 | | boundary is generally Grand Avenue. The southern boundary runs | 21 | | along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line. Wells Avenue, | 22 | | Interstate 94, and the Chicago River form the eastern border. | 23 | | The borders of the proposed district generally adhere to | 24 | | existing precinct boundaries. Proposed Legislative District 5 | 25 | | contains the west side neighborhood of North Lawndale in its |
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| 1 | | entirety. It also includes all of East Garfield Park and West | 2 | | Garfield Park. This is consistent with testimony received at | 3 | | Senate Redistricting Committee hearings from the North | 4 | | Lawndale Alliance and other community members requesting that | 5 | | these neighborhoods be kept intact. The proposed district also | 6 | | contains portions of Austin, Humboldt Park, West Garfield Park, | 7 | | East Garfield Park, South Lawndale, Lower West Side, Near West | 8 | | Side, West Town, Loop, Near North Side, Logan Square, and | 9 | | Lincoln Park. | 10 | | Interstate 290 runs east to west through the heart of the | 11 | | district, Interstate 90/94 cuts through the east side of the | 12 | | district, and Ogden Avenue traverses the district diagonally | 13 | | southwest to northeast. The district is also serviced by public | 14 | | transportation including the Chicago Transit Authority bus and | 15 | | rail lines (Green, Blue, and Pink lines). The proposed district | 16 | | includes the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, | 17 | | Stroger Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, and Jesse | 18 | | Brown Veterans Administration Medical Center. The district | 19 | | also includes the University of Illinois at Chicago, Malcolm X | 20 | | College, and the United Center. | 21 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the present 5th District | 22 | | is underpopulated by 9,160 people. In order to achieve ideal | 23 | | population, the proposed district boundaries were expanded in | 24 | | the west and in the northeast. Proposed District 5 is a | 25 | | majority-minority district with an African-American Voting Age | 26 | | Population of 50.45 percent and a Latino Voting Age Population |
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| 1 | | of 10.13 percent. The proposed legislative district maintains a | 2 | | partisan make-up that is comparable to the present legislative | 3 | | district and reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 4 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 5 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. | 6 | | Proposed Legislative District 5 preserves 86.9 percent of the | 7 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 8 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the | 9 | | formulation of new relationships. The proposed district | 10 | | resembles a proposal submitted by African-Americans for | 11 | | Legislative Redistricting (AALR). Senator Annazette Collins | 12 | | (D) resides in the proposed district. | 13 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 6 | 14 | | Proposed Legislative District 6 is located on Chicago's | 15 | | near north side. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 16 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. The proposed | 17 | | district is bounded on the east by Lake Michigan, while the | 18 | | northern boundary runs generally along Montrose Avenue. The | 19 | | western and southern boundaries generally follow the North | 20 | | Branch of the Chicago River, and the southernmost boundary runs | 21 | | along Division Street in the east. The borders of the proposed | 22 | | district generally adhere to existing precinct boundaries. | 23 | | Proposed District 6 contains portions of the Chicago | 24 | | neighborhoods of Lincoln Park, Avondale, Lakeview, North | 25 | | Center, Irving Park, Uptown, Lincoln Square, Albany Park, and |
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| 1 | | Near North Side. Proposed District 6 also includes one of the | 2 | | largest lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) communities in | 3 | | Chicago and in the nation. This is consistent with testimony | 4 | | from LGBT community representatives received at the House | 5 | | Redistricting Committee's Springfield hearing. Proposed | 6 | | Legislative District 6 is home to many of Chicago's most | 7 | | popular attractions including the Lincoln Park, the Lincoln | 8 | | Park Zoo, Wrigley Field, and the Second City Theatre. DePaul | 9 | | University is also located in the proposed legislative | 10 | | district. | 11 | | Lake Shore Drive runs the length of the district on the | 12 | | east providing access to residents and businesses in each of | 13 | | the neighborhoods in the district. Western and Irving Park | 14 | | Avenues also run through the district, in addition to Lincoln | 15 | | Avenue and Clark Street. Chicago Transit Authority bus and rail | 16 | | lines (Red, Purple, and Brown lines) also service the proposed | 17 | | district. | 18 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the present 6th District | 19 | | is underpopulated by 9,764 people. In order to achieve ideal | 20 | | population, the district boundaries were shifted slightly to | 21 | | the north and west. Proposed Legislative District 6 preserves | 22 | | 90.3 percent of the core of the present district to provide | 23 | | continuity for the existing incumbent constituency relations. | 24 | | Senator John J. Cullerton (D) resides in the proposed district. | 25 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 7 |
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| 1 | | Proposed Legislative District 7 is located on Chicago's far | 2 | | north side. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 3 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. It contains the | 4 | | Lake Shore neighborhoods of Rogers Park and Edgewater, as well | 5 | | as portions of Uptown, Lakeview, North Center, Lincoln Square, | 6 | | Albany Park, North Park and West Ridge. The proposed district | 7 | | also contains a small portion of southern Evanston. The eastern | 8 | | border is Lake Michigan. The southern half of the western | 9 | | border is generally the upper branch of the Chicago River, and | 10 | | the northern half of the western boundary is generally Ridge | 11 | | Boulevard from Devon to Touhy Avenues. The district is bounded | 12 | | on the north by Calvary Cemetery as well as the CTA Skokie | 13 | | Swift rail line. The southern boundary generally runs along | 14 | | Montrose Avenue. The borders of the proposed district generally | 15 | | adhere to existing precinct boundaries. The Chicago Wards | 16 | | contained in whole or in part in proposed Legislative District | 17 | | 7 include the 40th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th and small sections | 18 | | of the 33rd and 50th. Major transportation thoroughfares in the | 19 | | proposed district include Lake Shore Drive and Ridge, Peterson | 20 | | and Western Avenues. The district is also served by Chicago | 21 | | Transit Authority bus and rail lines (Red, Purple, Yellow and | 22 | | Brown lines). | 23 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, present District 7 is | 24 | | underpopulated by 29,321 people. In order to achieve ideal | 25 | | population, the district was shifted to the north and west. | 26 | | Proposed District 7 includes the neighborhood of Rogers Park in |
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| 1 | | its entirety. This is a change from the 2001 configuration, | 2 | | which splits Rogers Park between present Districts 7 and 9. | 3 | | This reconfiguration is consistent with testimony received | 4 | | from multiple witnesses at the Senate Redistricting | 5 | | Committee's Chicago hearing indicating that the neighborhood | 6 | | should be unified into a single district. Proposed Legislative | 7 | | District 7 preserves 81.5 percent of the core of the present | 8 | | district to provide continuity for the existing incumbent | 9 | | constituency relations. Senator Heather Steans (D) resides in | 10 | | the proposed district. | 11 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 8 | 12 | | Proposed Legislative District 8 is located on Chicago's far | 13 | | north side and northwest suburbs. It has a population of | 14 | | 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 15 | | target. The proposed district's southwestern boundary is | 16 | | generally Milwaukee Avenue. The proposed district's | 17 | | southern-most boundary is generally Montrose Avenue between | 18 | | Cicero and Pulaski. The eastern boundary generally runs along | 19 | | Chicago's 50th Ward boundary. Generally, the eastern half of | 20 | | the northern boundary runs along Howard, Lee, and Dempster | 21 | | Streets. The western half of the northern boundary runs along | 22 | | the Maine Township line. The borders of the proposed district | 23 | | generally adhere to existing precinct boundaries. | 24 | | Proposed Legislative District 8 includes portions of Maine | 25 | | and Niles Townships, and portions of the communities of Morton |
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| 1 | | Grove, Niles, Skokie, Lincolnwood, and Glenview. It also | 2 | | includes portions of the Chicago neighborhoods of West Ridge, | 3 | | North Park, Albany Park, Irving Park, and Forest Glen. | 4 | | Substantially all of the 39th and 50th Wards of Chicago are | 5 | | located in the district, in addition to portions of the 41st | 6 | | and 45th Wards. Under the 2001 map, present District 8 contains | 7 | | some of the same municipalities as proposed District 8, | 8 | | including Chicago, Lincolnwood, Skokie, Morton Grove, Glenview | 9 | | and Niles. The proposed district is traversable via Interstate | 10 | | 94, Harlem and Lincoln Avenues, as well as Chicago Transit | 11 | | Authority bus and rail lines (Blue and Yellow lines) and the | 12 | | Metra Milwaukee District West commuter rail line. | 13 | | According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, present District 8 | 14 | | is underpopulated by 7,185 people, therefore, the proposed | 15 | | district shifts boundaries to the northwest. The proposed | 16 | | district has an Asian Voting Age Population of 23.66 percent, a | 17 | | Latino Voting Age Population of 12.41 percent and an | 18 | | African-American Voting Age Population of 4.36 percent. | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 8 preserves 83.4 percent of the | 20 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 21 | | existing incumbent constituency relations. Senator Ira | 22 | | Silverstein (D) resides in the proposed district. | 23 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 9 | 24 | | Proposed Legislative District 9 is located in the northeast | 25 | | corner of Cook County, directly north of Proposed Legislative |
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| 1 | | District 8. Proposed Legislative District 9 has a population of | 2 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 3 | | target. Its eastern border is Lake Michigan from Calvary | 4 | | Cemetery on the south to Beach Road in Glencoe on the north. | 5 | | Its northern border is generally Dundee Road, I-94, and the | 6 | | Cook County line. The western border is generally I-294. The | 7 | | eastern half of the southern boundary runs along Howard, Lee, | 8 | | and Dempster Streets. The western half of the southern boundary | 9 | | runs along the Maine Township boundary line. The borders of the | 10 | | proposed district generally adhere to existing precinct | 11 | | boundaries. A majority of the north shore townships of Evanston | 12 | | and New Trier, as well as portions of Northfield and Niles are | 13 | | located in the proposed district. Virtually all of the City of | 14 | | Evanston is within the district. The proposed district also | 15 | | contains the municipalities of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, | 16 | | Glencoe, Northbrook, Glenview, Golf, Skokie and Morton Grove. | 17 | | Interstate 94 runs through the heart of the district, as do | 18 | | Lake Avenue, Green Bay Road, and Waukegan Road. The district is | 19 | | serviced by Metra's Union Pacific North and Milwaukee District | 20 | | North commuter rail lines, as well as Pace suburban bus lines. | 21 | | According to 2010 Census figures, present District 9 is | 22 | | underpopulated by 5,249 people. Thus, the district boundaries | 23 | | were shifted north and west to achieve ideal population. | 24 | | Proposed Legislative District 9 preserves 87.9 percent of the | 25 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 26 | | existing incumbent constituency relations. Senator Jeff |
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| 1 | | Schoenberg (D) resides in the proposed district. | 2 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 10 | 3 | | Proposed Legislative District 10 is located on the | 4 | | Northwest side of Chicago. It has a population of 217,468, and | 5 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. The | 6 | | northernmost boundary is the Maine Township line. The eastern | 7 | | border of the proposed district generally follows Milwaukee and | 8 | | Elston Avenues. The district is bounded by Irving Park in the | 9 | | southeast and Belmont Avenue in the southwest. The district's | 10 | | western border is generally I-294, with a small portion running | 11 | | along Mannheim Road. The borders of the proposed district | 12 | | generally adhere to existing precinct boundaries. | 13 | | Proposed Legislative District 10 includes portions of | 14 | | Leyden, Maine, Norwood Park and Niles Townships. The northwest | 15 | | suburban communities of Harwood Heights, Schiller Park and | 16 | | Norridge are entirely within the district, as are portions of | 17 | | Niles, Park Ridge, Des Plaines, River Grove, Elmwood Park, | 18 | | Rosemont and Franklin Park. It also includes the small township | 19 | | of Norwood Park, which is completely encircled by the City of | 20 | | Chicago. Chicago Wards contained in whole or in part in | 21 | | proposed Legislative District 10 include the 36th, 38th, 41st | 22 | | and the 45th. Proposed District 10 also includes the Chicago | 23 | | neighborhood of Jefferson Park. Like many neighborhoods on the | 24 | | Northwest Side of Chicago, Jefferson Park is a predominantly | 25 | | middle-class neighborhood with a heavy Polish-American |
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| 1 | | community. It is home to the Copernicus Foundation, the Polish | 2 | | parish of St. Constance, as well as a host of other | 3 | | Polish-American organizations, institutions and businesses. | 4 | | The Kennedy Expressway and Northwest Highway run through the | 5 | | heart of the district, which is situated between I-294 and | 6 | | I-94. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus and rail lines (Blue | 7 | | line) as well as the Metra commuter rail lines (North Central | 8 | | Service and Union Pacific North West lines) also service the | 9 | | proposed district. | 10 | | U.S. Census figures show that present District 10 is | 11 | | underpopulated by 7,780 people. Surrounding districts in the | 12 | | area also experienced population losses; therefore, proposed | 13 | | Legislative District 10 was shifted to the north and west in | 14 | | order to achieve the ideal population. The proposed legislative | 15 | | district expands west incorporating suburban communities that | 16 | | share many similarities to communities in the present | 17 | | Legislative District 10 such as housing stock, residential | 18 | | green space, and access to quality schools. Proposed | 19 | | Legislative District 10 preserves 71.6 percent of the core of | 20 | | the present district to provide continuity for the existing | 21 | | incumbent constituency relations and allows the formulation of | 22 | | new relationships. Senator John Mulroe (D) resides in the | 23 | | proposed district. | 24 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 11 | 25 | | Proposed Legislative District 11 is located on the |
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| 1 | | southwest side of Chicago and southwestern suburbs. It has a | 2 | | population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 3 | | population target. The Stevenson Expressway and Chicago | 4 | | Sanitary and Ship Canal bisect the proposed district. The | 5 | | northern section of the proposed Legislative District 11 is | 6 | | drawn from Western Avenue in Chicago to Custer Avenue in the | 7 | | southwestern suburb of Lyons in the areas commonly between the | 8 | | Stevenson Expressway on the south and Ogden Avenue on the | 9 | | north. It contains predominately working class neighborhoods | 10 | | and suburbs located near industrial and commercial facilities | 11 | | as well as the Hawthorne Racecourse. The southern section of | 12 | | the district is drawn from Joliet Road in McCook to Kedzie | 13 | | Avenue in Chicago, this area is dominated by Midway Airport and | 14 | | working class neighborhoods adjacent to the Airport and the CSX | 15 | | Bedford Park Rail Facility. | 16 | | Proposed District 11 contains the Chicago neighborhoods of | 17 | | Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, West Lawn, West Elsdon, Clearing, | 18 | | Garfield Ridge, South Lawndale, and Brighton Park. It also | 19 | | contains the southwestern suburbs of Summit, Lyons, Stickney, | 20 | | Forest View, Riverside, Cicero, Bedford Park, and McCook. These | 21 | | suburban communities, with close proximity to Chicago, have | 22 | | been united with Chicago neighborhoods previously. The | 23 | | proposed district includes portions of well-established | 24 | | Mexican-American communities in suburban Cicero as well as in | 25 | | Chicago's Little Village, Archer Heights, Gage Park, West | 26 | | Elsdon, and West Lawn neighborhoods. These working class |
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| 1 | | neighborhoods contain similar housing stock, often referred to | 2 | | as the "Bungalow Belt", integrated with industrial facilities. | 3 | | The proposed district contains many first and | 4 | | second-generation immigrants who share a common need for social | 5 | | services and customs. Interstate 55, Cicero Avenue, and 55th | 6 | | Street traverse the proposed district. Chicago Transit | 7 | | Authority bus and rail lines (Orange and Pink lines) and the | 8 | | Metra Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Heritage commuter rail | 9 | | lines also serve the proposed district. Proposed District 11 is | 10 | | a significant transportation center containing Midway | 11 | | International Airport, I-55, and a portion of the CSX-Bedford | 12 | | Park Rail Facility. The transportation industry dominates the | 13 | | area with many local residents finding employment at the | 14 | | airport, businesses providing services connected to airport | 15 | | operations, or the local rail yards. | 16 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the present district is | 17 | | underpopulated by 8,608 people, districts to the east were | 18 | | underpopulated as well. Due to significant southwest side | 19 | | population growth in the Latino community and population | 20 | | deficiencies in the present and surrounding districts, present | 21 | | Legislative District 11 and present Legislative District 12 | 22 | | were reconfigured to encompass two districts with a majority | 23 | | Latino population based on their proximity. Present | 24 | | Legislative District 12, renumbered as proposed Legislative | 25 | | District 11, was contracted in the north and east but expanded | 26 | | south and west. Senator Martin Sandoval (D) resides within the |
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| 1 | | proposed district. Proposed Legislative District 11 is a | 2 | | majority-minority district, with a Latino Voting Age | 3 | | Population of 60.18 percent and an African-American Voting Age | 4 | | Population of 7.46 percent. Proposed District 11 preserves 49.6 | 5 | | percent of the core of the present District 11, and contains | 6 | | 21.54 percent of the present District 12 in order to provide | 7 | | continuity for the existing incumbent constituency relations | 8 | | and allows the formulation of new relationships. The proposed | 9 | | legislative district maintains a partisan composition that is | 10 | | comparable to the present legislative district and reflects the | 11 | | high affiliation and correlation of African-American and | 12 | | Latino voters that identify with the Democratic Party based on | 13 | | committee hearing testimony. | 14 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 12 | 15 | | Proposed Legislative District 12 is located in the | 16 | | southwest suburbs and City of Chicago. It has a population of | 17 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 18 | | target. Proposed Legislative District 12 contains a portion of | 19 | | southwestern Chicago as well as portions of the southwestern | 20 | | suburban communities of Cicero, Berwyn, Riverside, Brookfield, | 21 | | McCook, Justice, Bridgeview, Bedford Park, Burbank, LaGrange, | 22 | | LaGrange Park, Countryside, Summit, and Hodgkins. These | 23 | | suburban communities, with their close proximity to Chicago, | 24 | | have been joined with Chicago neighborhoods in the past. The | 25 | | proposed district includes a well-established Mexican-American |
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| 1 | | community in the Berwyn-Cicero area as well as a portion of | 2 | | Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. District lines were | 3 | | drawn primarily along precinct boundaries. Major | 4 | | transportation routes running through the district include | 5 | | Interstate 55, Cermak Road, Ogden Avenue, Harlem Avenue, 79th | 6 | | Street, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line. The | 7 | | proposed district includes Chicago Transit Authority bus and | 8 | | rail lines (Pink line) as well as the Metra Burlington Northern | 9 | | Santa Fe commuter rail line, transporting commuters daily. | 10 | | The proposed legislative district, like its southwest side | 11 | | neighbors, is a transportation hub containing two major rail | 12 | | yards, the BNSF-Cicero and the CSX-Bedford Park. The proposed | 13 | | district is also dotted with working class communities | 14 | | containing similar housing stock integrated with industrial | 15 | | facilities much like its neighboring district, proposed | 16 | | Legislative District 11. The proposed district contains many | 17 | | first and second-generation immigrants who share many customs | 18 | | and a common need for social services. Due to significant | 19 | | southwest side population growth in the Latino community and | 20 | | population deficiencies in surrounding districts, present | 21 | | district 11 and present district 12 were reconfigured to | 22 | | encompass two Latino majority-minority districts. Present | 23 | | Legislative District 11 was renumbered as proposed Legislative | 24 | | District 12, which was contracted in the south but expanded | 25 | | north and northeast. Proposed District 12 is a | 26 | | majority-minority district with a Latino Voting Age Population |
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| 1 | | of 57.99 percent and an African-American Voting Age Population | 2 | | of 3.32 percent. Proposed District 12 preserves 59.7 percent of | 3 | | the core of present District 12 and 30.9 percent of present | 4 | | District 11 to provide continuity for the existing incumbent | 5 | | constituency relations and allows the formulation of new | 6 | | relationships. Senator Steven Landek (D) resides within the | 7 | | proposed district. The proposed legislative district maintains | 8 | | a partisan make-up that is comparable to the present | 9 | | legislative district and reflects the high affiliation and | 10 | | correlation of African-American and Latino voters that | 11 | | identify with the Democratic Party based on committee hearing | 12 | | testimony. | 13 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 13 | 14 | | Proposed Legislative District 13 is located in Chicago | 15 | | along the downtown lakefront and on the city's south side. It | 16 | | has a population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal | 17 | | equal population target. The proposed Legislative District 13 | 18 | | begins in the north at Goethe Street and continues southeast | 19 | | along Lake Michigan to the Illinois-Indiana state line. The | 20 | | western boundary runs along Michigan Avenue and Martin Luther | 21 | | King Drive in downtown Chicago, and follows existing precinct | 22 | | lines and roadways near the Chicago Skyway in the south. The | 23 | | proposed district is accessible via Lake Shore Drive, which | 24 | | runs through the majority of the district, as well as Chicago | 25 | | Transit Authority bus lines. This lakefront district contains |
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| 1 | | many popular travel destinations that form the heart of | 2 | | Chicago's tourism industry. | 3 | | The proposed district contains a portion of the downtown | 4 | | Loop area, as well as portions of the Near North Side and Near | 5 | | South Side communities. The proposed Legislative District 13 | 6 | | also contains portions of the south side neighborhoods of | 7 | | Douglas, Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Woodlawn, and South | 8 | | Shore. The south side communities of Hyde Park, Kenwood and | 9 | | Oakland are entirely within the proposed district. The Museum | 10 | | of Science and Industry, Jackson Park, the Field Museum, | 11 | | Soldier Field, the John G. Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, | 12 | | Buckingham Fountain, The Art Institute of Chicago, Northerly | 13 | | Island, Grant Park, Millennium Park and Navy Pier are all | 14 | | contained within the district. The proposed district also | 15 | | includes the University of Chicago. | 16 | | According to the U.S. Census, present District 13 is | 17 | | underpopulated by 12,101 people. In order to accommodate the | 18 | | population loss in present District 13 and surrounding | 19 | | districts, the proposed district expands boundaries south. | 20 | | Proposed Legislative District 13 is a majority-minority | 21 | | African-American district, with an African-American Voting Age | 22 | | Population of 52.25 percent. The Latino Voting Age Population | 23 | | is 13.64 percent and the Asian Voting Age Population is 6.49 | 24 | | percent. The configuration of this proposed district is not | 25 | | without historical precedent. Previous redistricting plans | 26 | | also included similarly shaped lakefront districts. The |
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| 1 | | proposed district also resembles proposals submitted by the | 2 | | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | 3 | | (NAACP) and African-Americans for Legislative Redistricting | 4 | | (AALR). The proposed legislative district maintains a partisan | 5 | | make-up that is comparable to the present legislative district | 6 | | and reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 7 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 8 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. | 9 | | Proposed District 13 preserves 80 percent of the core of the | 10 | | present district to provide continuity for the existing | 11 | | incumbent constituency relations and allows the formulation of | 12 | | new relationships. Senator Kwame Raoul (D) resides within the | 13 | | proposed district. | 14 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 14 | 15 | | Proposed Legislative District 14 is located on the south | 16 | | side of Chicago and the southwest suburbs. It has a population | 17 | | of 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 18 | | target. The district runs from the City of Chicago in the | 19 | | northeast to the suburbs in the southwest. Its northern | 20 | | boundary generally runs along 83rd Street in the east and 119th | 21 | | Street in the west. The southern boundary is generally 138th | 22 | | Street on the east and 159th Street on the west. The eastern | 23 | | boundary of proposed District 14 runs parallel to I-94, and the | 24 | | western boundary generally runs along 88th Avenue in Orland | 25 | | Hills. The borders of the proposed district generally adhere to |
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| 1 | | existing precinct boundaries in the City of Chicago. | 2 | | Proposed Legislative District 14 contains Chicago Wards 9, | 3 | | 19, 21, and all of 34. It also includes portions of Calumet, | 4 | | Worth, Bremen, Orland and Palos Townships. Portions of the | 5 | | south side neighborhoods of Roseland, Washington Heights, | 6 | | Auburn-Gresham, Chatham, Beverly, Morgan Park and West Pullman | 7 | | are contained in the district. Parts of the suburban | 8 | | communities of Blue Island, Calumet Park, Riverdale, Alsip, | 9 | | Robbins, Crestwood, Oak Forest, Palos Heights, Orland Park and | 10 | | Tinley Park are also located in the district. The present 14th | 11 | | District also unites the suburban communities of Calumet Park, | 12 | | Blue Island, Robbins, Crestwood, Oak Forest and Orland Park | 13 | | with the City of Chicago. Roughly, 30 percent of the community | 14 | | in the proposed district is employed in sales/office work. | 15 | | Another 20 percent is employed in the service sector. A | 16 | | majority of the communities in the proposed district have | 17 | | sizable portions of the population who rent rather than own | 18 | | their homes. The median gross rent rate is generally between | 19 | | $770 and $870 throughout the proposed district. Public | 20 | | transportation, including the Chicago Transit Authority bus | 21 | | and rail lines (Red Line) and Metra rail lines (Electric | 22 | | District line) service the district. | 23 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the present 14th | 24 | | District is underpopulated by 26,597 people. In order to | 25 | | achieve the ideal population, the district boundaries were | 26 | | slightly contracted in the Chicago areas and expanded in the |
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| 1 | | suburban areas. The resulting district is substantially | 2 | | similar in shape to the present 14th District. Proposed | 3 | | Legislative District 14 is a majority-minority district with an | 4 | | African-American Voting Age Population of 55.34 percent and a | 5 | | Latino Voting Age Population of 7.65 percent. It resembles a | 6 | | proposed district submitted by African-Americans for | 7 | | Legislative Redistricting (AALR). The proposed legislative | 8 | | district maintains a partisan make-up that is comparable to the | 9 | | present legislative district and reflects the high affiliation | 10 | | and correlation of African-American and Latino voters that | 11 | | identify with the Democratic Party based on committee hearing | 12 | | testimony. Proposed Legislative District 14 preserves 77.3 | 13 | | percent of the core of the present district to provide | 14 | | continuity for the existing incumbent constituency relations | 15 | | and allows the formulation of new relationships. Senator Emil | 16 | | Jones III (D) resides in the proposed district. | 17 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 15 | 18 | | Proposed Legislative District 15 is located on the south | 19 | | side of Chicago and the south suburbs. It has a population of | 20 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 21 | | target. The proposed district begins in the north at 115th | 22 | | Street in Chicago and continues east, roughly following the | 23 | | Bishop-Ford Expressway south to the Will County border. It then | 24 | | turns west and continues to Harlem Avenue in the south suburb | 25 | | of Monee. The western border of the proposed district generally |
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| 1 | | follows precinct lines in several south suburban communities. | 2 | | The proposed district unites the southwestern portion of | 3 | | Chicago's 9th Ward with south suburban communities in Bloom, | 4 | | Thornton and Crete Townships. Portions of the south suburban | 5 | | communities of Dolton, South Holland, Markham, Glenwood, Oak | 6 | | Forest, Riverdale, Harvey, Posen, Midlothian, Dixmoor, Sauk | 7 | | Village, Thornton, Homewood, South Chicago Heights, Ford | 8 | | Heights, Crete, Steger, University Park and Monee are located | 9 | | within the district. Present District 15 also links the south | 10 | | suburban communities of Dolton, South Holland, Thornton, | 11 | | Homewood, Harvey, Dixmoor, Riverdale, Posen, Midlothian, Oak | 12 | | Forest and Markham with Chicago. In addition, the shape of | 13 | | proposed District 15 generally resembles the present district. | 14 | | The communities throughout proposed District 15 share similar | 15 | | housing stock, with a majority of families in this district | 16 | | residing in single-family homes. These communities generally | 17 | | all contain well-established neighborhoods developed in the | 18 | | same period (between 1940 and 1980). The communities within | 19 | | proposed District 15 also share similar education-attainment | 20 | | levels. Three major interstate highways run through the | 21 | | district: Interstates 94, 57 and 80. The proposed district is | 22 | | also serviced by public transportation, including the Chicago | 23 | | Transit Authority bus routes and Metra rail lines (Rock Island | 24 | | and Electric District lines). | 25 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the present 15th | 26 | | District is underpopulated by 23,008 people. In order to |
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| 1 | | achieve the ideal population, the district boundaries were | 2 | | expanded in the suburban areas of Markham, Harvey, Oak Forest, | 3 | | Crete, and Monee. Proposed Legislative District 15 is a | 4 | | majority-minority district with an African-American Voting Age | 5 | | Population of 56.94 percent and a Latino Voting Age Population | 6 | | of 9.16 percent. The proposed legislative district maintains a | 7 | | partisan make-up that is comparable to the present legislative | 8 | | district and reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 9 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 10 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. | 11 | | Proposed Legislative District 15 preserves 70.8 percent of the | 12 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 13 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the | 14 | | formulation of new relationships. Senator James Meeks (D) | 15 | | resides in the proposed district. | 16 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 16 | 17 | | Proposed Legislative District 16 is located on the | 18 | | southwest side of Chicago, entirely within Cook County. It has | 19 | | a population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 20 | | population target. The proposed district begins at Interstate | 21 | | 90 in Chicago's 6th Ward, running southwest to 88th Avenue in | 22 | | Palos Hills. From Palos Hills the district extends northwest to | 23 | | Plainfield Road in Countryside. The northern boundary also runs | 24 | | along 83rd and 67th Streets. The southern boundary of the | 25 | | proposed district generally runs along 103rd and 95th Streets |
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| 1 | | in the west and 83rd and 74th Streets in the east. | 2 | | The majority of the population of proposed Legislative | 3 | | District 16 resides in the City of Chicago, primarily in the | 4 | | neighborhoods of Greater Grand Crossing, Englewood, West | 5 | | Englewood, Auburn-Gresham, Chicago Lawn and Ashburn. The | 6 | | proposed district also contains the suburban communities of | 7 | | Chicago Ridge, Burbank, Countryside, Hickory Hills, Palos | 8 | | Hills, Oak Lawn, Willow Springs, Bridgeview, Hometown, Indian | 9 | | Head Park and Justice. The present district boundaries also | 10 | | unite the communities of Hometown, Oak Lawn, Burbank, Hickory | 11 | | Hills, Bridgeview and Justice with the City of Chicago. | 12 | | Proposed District 16 is comprised primarily of economically | 13 | | diverse, working-class communities with median yearly | 14 | | household incomes between $40,000 to $60,000. All communities | 15 | | within the proposed district share a very diverse labor force, | 16 | | with no one industry employing more than 20% of any given | 17 | | community. Transportation routes serving the district include | 18 | | the Dan Ryan Expressway in the east and the Stevenson | 19 | | Expressway and I-294 in the west. Western, Cicero and Harlem | 20 | | Avenues are also major transportation arteries in the proposed | 21 | | district. Proposed District 16 is also serviced by public | 22 | | transportation, including Chicago Transit Authority bus and | 23 | | rail lines (Red line), as well as the Metra Southwest Service | 24 | | and Rock Island District commuter rail lines, which transport | 25 | | commuters from the proposed district to downtown Chicago daily. | 26 | | Proposed district 16 preserves 68.6 percent of the core of the |
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| 1 | | present district to provide continuity for the existing | 2 | | incumbent constituency relations and allows the formulation of | 3 | | new relationships. | 4 | | Proposed Legislative District 16 is a majority-minority | 5 | | district. It has an African-American Voting Age Population of | 6 | | 52.92 percent and a Latino Voting Age Population of 10.93 | 7 | | percent. The proposed legislative district maintains a | 8 | | partisan make-up that is comparable to the present legislative | 9 | | district and reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 10 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 11 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. The | 12 | | proposed district is similar to a proposal submitted by | 13 | | African-Americans for Legislative Redistricting (AALR). | 14 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, present District 16 is | 15 | | underpopulated by 26,162 people. In order to attain the ideal | 16 | | population, the proposed district shifts west. Senator | 17 | | Jacqueline Collins (D) resides in the proposed district. | 18 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 17 | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 17 is located in | 20 | | northeastern Illinois, along the Illinois-Indiana state line. | 21 | | It has a population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the | 22 | | ideal equal population target. It includes several south | 23 | | suburban communities and portions of the southeast side of | 24 | | Chicago. Proposed District 17 begins at East 73rd Street in | 25 | | Chicago. It then follows a southeasterly path to the |
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| 1 | | Illinois-Indiana border. The district continues south along | 2 | | the Indiana state line to Momence Township in Kankakee County. | 3 | | The southern border extends from the Indiana State line to | 4 | | Manteno Township in Kankakee County. The western boundary of | 5 | | the district runs generally along I-94 in Cook County and the | 6 | | Bishop-Ford Expressway in Will County. | 7 | | The proposed Legislative District 17 includes the south | 8 | | suburban municipalities of Burnham, Calumet, Lansing, Lynwood, | 9 | | Ford Heights, and Sauk Village. The Will County municipalities | 10 | | of Beecher and Peotone are also included within the district, | 11 | | as are the Kankakee County municipalities of Manteno and Grant | 12 | | Park. Major transportation routes through the district are | 13 | | I-90, I-94, I-80, I-57 and Dixie Highway. Torrence Avenue runs | 14 | | north to south through the length of the district to the Cook | 15 | | County line. Chicago Transit Authority bus and rail lines (Red | 16 | | Line), as well as the Metra Electric District commuter line | 17 | | also serve the district, transporting residents to and from | 18 | | downtown Chicago. | 19 | | U.S. Census figures reveal that the present 17th District, | 20 | | like neighboring south side districts, experienced a | 21 | | significant population loss. Because the present District 17 is | 22 | | 28,268 people below the ideal population, the proposed district | 23 | | boundaries were reconfigured to achieve the ideal population. | 24 | | The proposed district boundaries were extended south in order | 25 | | to respect the configurations of districts adjacent to it. The | 26 | | proposed district accordingly picks up similar south suburban |
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| 1 | | communities in Cook, Will and Kankakee Counties, which is not | 2 | | without historical precedent. Under the 2001 configuration, | 3 | | many of these south suburban communities were included together | 4 | | in Legislative District 40. All communities in proposed | 5 | | District 17 generally share the same educational attainment | 6 | | levels. The manufacturing industry is a key employer in | 7 | | communities throughout this district, with at least 10% of the | 8 | | workforce employed in manufacturing. The proposed legislative | 9 | | district includes a number of manufacturing facilities, | 10 | | including Ford Motor Company's Chicago plant, that provide jobs | 11 | | to Chicago and south suburban residents. The population of the | 12 | | proposed district is primarily working-class, with a median | 13 | | household income of between $40,000 to $65,000 for the majority | 14 | | of the community. Roughly two-thirds of households own their | 15 | | own homes and the remaining one-third rent. | 16 | | Proposed Legislative District 17 is a majority-minority | 17 | | district, with an African-American Voting Age Population of | 18 | | 60.03 percent. The Latino Voting Age Population is 9.07 | 19 | | percent. The proposed legislative district maintains a | 20 | | partisan make-up that is comparable to the present legislative | 21 | | district and reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 22 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 23 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. The | 24 | | proposed district preserves 60.6 percent of the core of the | 25 | | present district to provide continuity for the existing | 26 | | incumbent constituency relations and allows the formulation of |
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| 1 | | new relationships. Senator Donne Trotter (D) resides in the | 2 | | proposed district. | 3 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 18 | 4 | | Proposed Legislative District 18 is located entirely | 5 | | within southwestern Cook County. It has a population of | 6 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 7 | | target. The northern border is generally 83rd Street in the | 8 | | eastern half of the district and 103rd Street in the western | 9 | | half. The western border is the Cook County line. The southern | 10 | | border generally follows 119th Street in the eastern half of | 11 | | the district and 159th, 167th and 171st Streets in the west. | 12 | | The eastern border generally runs along South Ashland, South | 13 | | Western and South 86th Avenues. Proposed Legislative District | 14 | | 18 begins in the City of Chicago's 18th, 19th and 21st Wards, | 15 | | and continues west into Worth, Palos, Lyons and Orland | 16 | | Townships. | 17 | | Proposed Legislative District 18 includes portions of the | 18 | | suburban communities of Orland Park, Orland Hills, Oak Lawn, | 19 | | Alsip, Merrionette Park, Evergreen Park, Chicago Ridge, Palos | 20 | | Hills, Palos Park, Palos Heights and Worth, as well as the | 21 | | Chicago communities of Beverly, Mount Greenwood, Morgan Park, | 22 | | Auburn-Gresham, Ashburn and Washington Heights. Legislative | 23 | | District 18 joins communities in southwest Chicago and | 24 | | Evergreen Park with areas such as Oak Lawn, Worth, Palos Hills | 25 | | and Orland Park. The shape of the proposed 18th Legislative |
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| 1 | | District is not without historical precedent. The 1991 and 2001 | 2 | | configurations of the district linked these southwestern | 3 | | Chicago neighborhoods with similar suburbs. Interstate 294 | 4 | | runs through much of the proposed district, as do Southwest | 5 | | Highway and Western Avenue. The district is also serviced by | 6 | | public transportation, including the Chicago Transit Authority | 7 | | bus lines as well as the Metra Southwest Service commuter rail | 8 | | line. | 9 | | The 2010 U.S. Census figures show that present District 18 | 10 | | is underpopulated by 8,320 people. Surrounding districts to the | 11 | | north and east also experienced significant population losses. | 12 | | Thus, District 18 was contracted in the north and east and | 13 | | expanded in the southwest, thereby achieving ideal population. | 14 | | Proposed Legislative District 18 preserves 73.8 percent of the | 15 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 16 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the | 17 | | formulation of new relationships. Senator Edward Maloney (D) | 18 | | resides in the proposed district. | 19 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 19 | 20 | | Proposed Legislative District 19 is located in southern | 21 | | Cook County and northern Will County. It has a population of | 22 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 23 | | target. The proposed district includes portions of Rich, Bremen | 24 | | and Orland Townships in Cook County and a majority of | 25 | | Frankfort, New Lenox and Homer Townships in Will County. Joliet |
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| 1 | | and Lockport Township boundaries form the western boundary of | 2 | | proposed District 19. The southern boundary is generally | 3 | | Laraway Road, Prestwick Drive, and the Will-Cook County line. | 4 | | The eastern boundary is generally Kedzie and Western Avenues. | 5 | | The northern boundary generally follows 159th, 171st and 183rd | 6 | | Streets. The municipalities of Mokena, Matteson, New Lenox, | 7 | | Tinley Park, Country Club Hills, Hazel Crest and Richton Park | 8 | | are wholly or partially included in proposed Legislative | 9 | | District 19. Other municipalities partially included in the | 10 | | proposed district are Markham, Olympia Fields, Orland Park, Oak | 11 | | Forest, Park Forest, Flossmoor, Frankfort, Lockport, Homer | 12 | | Glen and Joliet. | 13 | | The shape of the 19th Legislative District is not without | 14 | | historical precedent. Many of these communities were included | 15 | | in districts together under the 1991 and 2001 redistricting | 16 | | plans. Interstate 57, Harlem Avenue and LaGrange Road are major | 17 | | north to south transportation routes through the district. In | 18 | | addition, Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 30 traverse the district | 19 | | east to west. Interstate 355 provides transportation access in | 20 | | the northwestern portion of the district. The Metra Southwest | 21 | | Service line, the Rock Island District line and the Metra | 22 | | Electric District line provide commuters with daily service to | 23 | | and from the City of Chicago. | 24 | | Due to population losses in the north and east, proposed | 25 | | Legislative District 19 encompasses additional southwestern | 26 | | suburban communities to the west. Proposed Legislative |
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| 1 | | District 19 preserves 57.6 percent of the core of the present | 2 | | district to provide continuity for the existing incumbent | 3 | | constituency relations and allows the formulation of new | 4 | | relationships. Senator Maggie Crotty (D) resides in the | 5 | | district. | 6 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 20 | 7 | | Proposed Legislative District 20 is located on the | 8 | | northwest side of Chicago, just north of proposed Legislative | 9 | | District 2. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 10 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. Generally, the | 11 | | district is bound on the south by Armitage, Fullerton and | 12 | | Belmont Avenues, and on the north by Irving Park Road, Montrose | 13 | | Avenue and Argyle Street. It is bordered on the west by Austin | 14 | | Avenue, and on the east by the Chicago River and Western | 15 | | Avenue. | 16 | | The borders of the proposed district generally adhere to | 17 | | existing precinct boundaries. Proposed District 20 contains | 18 | | well-established and growing Latino communities on Chicago's | 19 | | northwest side. Portions of the Chicago neighborhoods of | 20 | | Hermosa, Logan Square, Belmont-Cragin, Albany Park, Avondale, | 21 | | Irving Park, Portage Park and Dunning are located in the | 22 | | district. Chicago City Wards partially contained in the | 23 | | district are the 1st, 26th, 30th, 31st, 33rd, 35th, 38th and | 24 | | 39th. Irving Park Road and Belmont Avenue are major | 25 | | thoroughfares running east to west through much of the |
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| 1 | | district, while Cicero Avenue and Pulaski Road run north to | 2 | | south. The Kennedy Expressway and Milwaukee Avenue run | 3 | | diagonally from the northwest to the southeast through the | 4 | | district. Proposed District 20 is also serviced by public | 5 | | transportation, including the Chicago Transit Authority bus | 6 | | and rail lines (Blue line) and the Metra Milwaukee | 7 | | District-West and Union Pacific Northwest lines. | 8 | | In 2001, present District 20 was created as a new | 9 | | majority-minority Latino district. According to the 2010 U.S. | 10 | | Census, the present 20th District lost 29,590 people. In order | 11 | | to achieve ideal population, the boundaries were shifted west. | 12 | | Proposed District 20 has a Latino Voting Age Population of | 13 | | 52.01 percent and an Asian Voting Age Population of 6.25 | 14 | | percent. The district resembles proposed district maps | 15 | | submitted to the Senate Redistricting Committee by the Latino | 16 | | Coalition for Fair Redistricting. The proposed legislative | 17 | | district maintains a partisan make-up that is comparable to the | 18 | | present legislative district and reflects the high affiliation | 19 | | and correlation of Latino voters that identify with the | 20 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. | 21 | | Proposed Legislative District 20 preserves 80.2 percent of the | 22 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 23 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the | 24 | | formulation of new relationships. Senator Iris Martinez (D) | 25 | | resides in the proposed district. |
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| 1 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 21 | 2 | | Proposed Legislative District 21 is located in central | 3 | | DuPage County and northern Will County. It has a population of | 4 | | 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 5 | | target. Townships included in the proposed district are | 6 | | Winfield, Wayne, Bloomingdale, Milton, Naperville, Lisle, | 7 | | Wheatland and DuPage. The western border of proposed | 8 | | Legislative District 21 generally follows Illinois Route 59. | 9 | | The southern border is 111th Street and the northern border | 10 | | runs generally along Illinois Route 64. The eastern border | 11 | | generally follows Illinois Route 35 in the north and Naper | 12 | | Boulevard in the south. | 13 | | The proposed district is anchored by the City of | 14 | | Naperville, and also includes the majority of the | 15 | | municipalities of Warrenville, Lisle and Wheaton. Portions of | 16 | | West Chicago and Carol Stream are also within the proposed | 17 | | district. Interstate 88, 75th Street, Roosevelt Road and Ogden | 18 | | Avenue traverse the district from east to west. The Metra Union | 19 | | Pacific West and Burlington Northern Santa Fe commuter rail | 20 | | lines transport commuters to and from the City of Chicago | 21 | | daily. The Timber Ridge Forest Preserve lies in the northern | 22 | | part of the district and the Springbrook Prairie Forest | 23 | | Preserves lies in the south. The proposed district includes a | 24 | | portion of the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor and is | 25 | | home to many businesses including Navistar, Tellabs, and the BP | 26 | | Research Center. |
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| 1 | | Proposed District 21 is presently located in the area | 2 | | occupied by present District 48. Present District 48 is located | 3 | | between two shifting population zones. To the east, districts | 4 | | lost population while districts to the west gained | 5 | | dramatically. Thus, proposed District 21 shifts north in order | 6 | | to achieve ideal population in the proposed district and | 7 | | surrounding districts. Proposed Legislative District 21 | 8 | | preserves 59.8 percent of the core of present District 48, and | 9 | | it retains the same general shape it presently has under the | 10 | | 2001 redistricting plan. Senator Tom Johnson (R) and Senator | 11 | | John Milner (R) reside in the proposed district. | 12 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 22 | 13 | | Proposed Legislative District 22 is located in | 14 | | northwestern Cook County and eastern Kane County. It has a | 15 | | population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 16 | | population target. The proposed district's western boundary is | 17 | | generally the Fox River in the north and Illinois Route 34 in | 18 | | the south. The proposed district's southern border is generally | 19 | | U.S. Highway 20. The eastern boundary runs along Roselle Road | 20 | | in the north and generally along precinct lines in the cities | 21 | | of Streamwood, Hanover Park and Hoffman Estates in the south. | 22 | | The proposed district's northern boundary is generally I-90 to | 23 | | the east, and the McHenry-Kane County line in the west. | 24 | | Proposed Legislative District 22 has a Latino Voting Age | 25 | | Population of 35.21 percent, an Asian Voting Age Population of |
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| 1 | | 11.39 percent and an African-American Voting Age Population of | 2 | | 5.79 percent. A large portion of the Latino community in | 3 | | District 22 is located in the Fox River communities of | 4 | | Carpentersville and Elgin. The Latino Policy Forum proposed a | 5 | | similar configuration of this district at a Senate | 6 | | Redistricting Committee hearing. Other communities included in | 7 | | proposed District 22 are Streamwood, East Dundee, Schaumburg, | 8 | | Hoffman Estates, South Elgin and Hanover Park. In addition, | 9 | | proposed Legislative District 22 contains a larger portion of | 10 | | the City of Elgin than the present configuration. Under this | 11 | | proposal Elgin is now split between only two districts, rather | 12 | | than three, with 74.22 percent of the city located in proposed | 13 | | District 22. Illinois Route 59 runs north to south through the | 14 | | middle of the district, and Interstate 90 also traverses the | 15 | | district. The district is served by the Metra Milwaukee | 16 | | District West commuter rail line, which operates daily between | 17 | | these suburban communities and downtown Chicago. | 18 | | U.S. Census figures reveal that present District 22 is | 19 | | overpopulated by 4,115 people. The proposed district contracts | 20 | | borders in the northwest and expands in the southwest in order | 21 | | to incorporate a larger portion of the City of Elgin. The | 22 | | resulting district is more compact than the present district, | 23 | | yet maintains the same general shape it has had since 2001. | 24 | | Proposed Legislative District 22 preserves 97.3 percent of the | 25 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 26 | | existing incumbent constituency relations. The proposed |
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| 1 | | Legislative District maintains the virtually identical | 2 | | partisan make-up of the present district. Senator Mike Noland | 3 | | (D) resides in the proposed district. | 4 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 23 | 5 | | Proposed Legislative District 23 is primarily located in | 6 | | DuPage County, with a small portion of the district in Hanover | 7 | | Township in northwestern Cook County. Portions of the following | 8 | | DuPage County Townships are included in the proposed district: | 9 | | Wayne, Bloomingdale, Milton, Addison and York. It has a | 10 | | population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 11 | | population target. Illinois Route 59 generally serves as the | 12 | | proposed district's western border, and Illinois Route 64 | 13 | | generally serves as its southern border. The eastern boundary | 14 | | is generally Illinois Route 83. The northern border follows | 15 | | township lines in Addison Township as well as township and | 16 | | precinct lines in Bloomingdale and Hanover Townships. The | 17 | | municipalities of Bloomingdale, Itasca, Glendale Heights, and | 18 | | Medinah are wholly within the district, as are portions of | 19 | | Villa Park, Carol Stream, Bartlett, Roselle, Addison, and | 20 | | Hanover Park. Interstate 355 runs north to south through the | 21 | | district, linking with Interstate 290 which runs north and | 22 | | southeast. Bloomingdale Road runs north to south through the | 23 | | heart of the district, and Schick Road runs east to west. The | 24 | | Metra Milwaukee District West and Union Pacific West lines | 25 | | transport commuters daily between Chicago and these western |
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| 1 | | suburban areas. | 2 | | Present District 23 is located between two shifting | 3 | | population zones. To the east, districts lost population while | 4 | | districts to the north and west gained dramatically. Present | 5 | | District 23 is also underpopulated by 3,895 people. Thus, | 6 | | proposed Legislative District 23 was expanded in order to | 7 | | achieve ideal population in the proposed district and | 8 | | surrounding districts. Proposed Legislative District 23 | 9 | | preserves 59.2 percent of the core of the present district. | 10 | | Senator Carole Pankau (R) resides in the proposed district. | 11 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 24 | 12 | | Proposed Legislative District 24 is located almost | 13 | | entirely within DuPage County, with a small portion located in | 14 | | Lyons Township in Cook County. It has a population of 217,468, | 15 | | and therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. | 16 | | Milton, Lisle, Downers Grove, York and Addison Townships are | 17 | | included in the proposed district. The proposed district's | 18 | | northern boundary generally follows Geneva Road with a small | 19 | | portion running south along Villa Park municipal and precinct | 20 | | lines. From north to south, the western boundary generally | 21 | | follows Illinois Routes 23 and 53. The southern boundary | 22 | | generally follows 59th Street in Clarendon Hills and 39th | 23 | | Street in Downers Grove. The eastern boundary is generally | 24 | | Interstate 294. | 25 | | All of Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, and Highland Hills are in |
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| 1 | | the proposed district. A majority of the municipalities Glen | 2 | | Ellyn, Westmont, Oak Brook, Lombard, Elmhurst, and Oak Brook | 3 | | Terrace are within proposed Legislative District 24. Portions | 4 | | of Downers Grove, Lisle, Western Springs and Wheaton are also | 5 | | included in proposed District 24. Interstates 355, 290, 88, and | 6 | | Illinois Routes 38, 53, 64 and 83 traverse the district. The | 7 | | Metra Union Pacific West and Burlington Northern Santa Fe | 8 | | commuter rail lines transport commuters to and from the City of | 9 | | Chicago daily. Proposed Legislative District 24 contains the | 10 | | corporate headquarters of McDonald's Corporation, Keebler | 11 | | Company, Paper Mate Company, and Ace Hardware Corporation. | 12 | | Present District 24 is underpopulated by 9,662 people. | 13 | | Districts to the north and east also experienced population | 14 | | losses, according to 2010 U.S. Census figures. In order to | 15 | | achieve the ideal population, proposed District 24 was shifted | 16 | | west, picking up portions of present District 21. Proposed | 17 | | Legislative District 24 preserves 59.2 percent of the core of | 18 | | present District 21 and 18.94 percent of the core of present | 19 | | District 24. Senator Kirk Dillard (R) resides in the district. | 20 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 25 | 21 | | Proposed Legislative District 25 is located in | 22 | | northeastern Illinois, primarily in Kane County with portions | 23 | | in Kendall and DuPage Counties. It has a population of 217,469, | 24 | | and therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. The | 25 | | district wholly includes the Kendall County Township of |
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| 1 | | Bristol, as well as the Kane County Townships of Sugar Grove | 2 | | and Blackberry. Portions of Batavia, Geneva, Little Rock, | 3 | | Kendall, and Oswego Townships in Kendall County; Aurora, Elgin, | 4 | | Campton and St. Charles Townships in Kane County; Hanover | 5 | | Township in Cook County; and Wayne, Winfield and Naperville | 6 | | Townships in DuPage County are also included in the proposed | 7 | | district. A majority of the suburban municipalities of Batavia, | 8 | | Sugar Grove, St. Charles, Elburn, Montgomery, West Chicago and | 9 | | Yorkville are within the proposed district, as well as portions | 10 | | of Aurora, Geneva, Oswego and Naperville. | 11 | | The western border of proposed Legislative District 25 | 12 | | generally runs along the Campton, Blackberry, Sugar Grove and | 13 | | Bristol Township boundaries. The eastern border generally | 14 | | follows Illinois Route 59. The southern boundary generally | 15 | | follows Illinois Route 71 in the west and Batavia Township | 16 | | lines in the east. The district is generally bounded in the | 17 | | north by U.S. Route 20. The borders of the proposed district | 18 | | generally adhere to existing precinct boundaries. | 19 | | The DuPage County and Aurora Municipal Airports, as well as | 20 | | Interstate 88, U.S. Route 30 and Illinois Route 47 provide | 21 | | transportation to proposed Legislative District 25. The Fox | 22 | | River runs through the heart of the district. Fermi National | 23 | | Accelerator Laboratory, an internationally renowned research | 24 | | facility, is also located within the proposed district. | 25 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Kendall and Kane | 26 | | Counties experienced extraordinary population growth. |
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| 1 | | Presently, Legislative District 25 is overpopulated by 115,511 | 2 | | people. In order to account for this dramatic population | 3 | | increase, the proposed district contracts boundaries in the | 4 | | north, east and south. Present District 25 includes both rural | 5 | | and suburban areas in the same district. By contrast, proposed | 6 | | District 25 contains primarily suburban communities, and is | 7 | | more compact in shape. Proposed Legislative District 25 | 8 | | measures 30.1 miles from north to south, a substantial change | 9 | | compared with present District 25, which measures 54 miles from | 10 | | north to south. Proposed Legislative District 25 preserves 54.0 | 11 | | percent of the core of the present district as well as its | 12 | | partisan composition. Senator Chris Lauzen (R) resides in the | 13 | | proposed district. | 14 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 26 | 15 | | Proposed Legislative District 26 is located in northern | 16 | | Illinois in the counties of Lake, McHenry, Kane and Cook. It | 17 | | has a population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal | 18 | | equal population target. The townships of Cuba and Ela are | 19 | | entirely within the district. In addition, the vast majority of | 20 | | Algonquin, Barrington, Fremont and Libertyville Townships are | 21 | | also within the district, along with portions of Dundee, | 22 | | Wauconda, Palatine, Warren, Nunda, and Hanover Townships. The | 23 | | mainly suburban district includes the entire cities of | 24 | | Libertyville, Hawthorne Woods, Lake Zurich, Lake Barrington, | 25 | | North Barrington, Fox River Grove, Cary, Long Grove, Port |
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| 1 | | Barrington, Tower Lake, Kildeer and Forest Lake, as well as | 2 | | portions of Mundelein, Barrington Hills, Algonquin, South | 3 | | Barrington, Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, Wauconda and | 4 | | Vernon Hills. | 5 | | The western boundary of the proposed district lies just | 6 | | west of Illinois Route 31. The southern boundary generally | 7 | | follows the Barrington and Ela township lines. The eastern | 8 | | boundary of proposed District 26 generally follows the | 9 | | municipal boundary of Long Grove in the south and I-94 in the | 10 | | north. The northern boundary generally follows Illinois Route | 11 | | 176 on the west and Illinois Route 120 on the east. Northwest | 12 | | Highway runs through the heart of the district from the | 13 | | northwest to southeast. In addition, U.S. Route 12 crosses the | 14 | | northern half of the district. The proposed district is served | 15 | | by the Metra Union Pacific Northwest rail line, which | 16 | | transports commuters to and from the City of Chicago daily. The | 17 | | inclusion of multiple counties in the 26th Legislative District | 18 | | is not without historical precedent. The 2001 redistricting | 19 | | plan also divided legislative districts between Lake, McHenry | 20 | | and Cook Counties. According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, the | 21 | | present district is overpopulated by 31,130 people. | 22 | | Proposed Legislative District 26 is uniquely situated | 23 | | between multiple shifting population zones. To the north, south | 24 | | and west, districts experienced substantial population growth, | 25 | | while districts to the east experienced population losses. | 26 | | Accordingly, some areas of Present District 26 were shifted |
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| 1 | | into proposed Districts 30, 31 and 32 and present District 26 | 2 | | was expanded westward, thereby achieving ideal population in | 3 | | all four districts. Proposed Legislative District 26 preserves | 4 | | 70 percent of the core of the present district. Senator Dan | 5 | | Duffy (R) resides in the proposed district. | 6 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 27 | 7 | | Proposed Legislative District 27 is located wholly within | 8 | | northwestern Cook County. It has a population of 217,469, and | 9 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. Proposed | 10 | | Legislative District 27 contains nearly all of Palatine | 11 | | Township and a large portion of Wheeling Township, along with | 12 | | portions of Elk Grove, Maine and Barrington Townships. It | 13 | | contains a majority of the suburban municipalities of Palatine, | 14 | | Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect and | 15 | | Inverness, and portions of Hoffman Estates, Prospect Heights, | 16 | | Barrington and Des Plaines. | 17 | | The northern boundary of the proposed district runs along | 18 | | the Palatine Township line and precinct lines in Wheeling | 19 | | Township. The district's western border generally follows the | 20 | | Palatine Township boundary, as does the district's southern | 21 | | border in the west until following Algonquin and Golf Roads in | 22 | | the east. The eastern boundary of the proposed district is | 23 | | generally Wolf Road. The borders of the proposed district | 24 | | generally adhere to existing precinct boundaries. Northwest | 25 | | Highway runs the length of the district from northwest to |
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| 1 | | southeast, Illinois Route 53 runs north to south through the | 2 | | center of the district, and Illinois Route 68 and runs east to | 3 | | west across the northern half of the district. The Metra Union | 4 | | Pacific Northwest rail line services the entire district, | 5 | | transporting commuters into the City of Chicago daily. Proposed | 6 | | Legislative District 27 includes the Deer Grove Forest | 7 | | Preserve, the Paul Douglas Forest Preserve and the Arlington | 8 | | Park Race Track. | 9 | | According to U.S. Census figures, present District 27 is | 10 | | underpopulated by 9,515. Districts to the east of present | 11 | | District 27 also lost population. Thus, boundary lines were | 12 | | expanded to the north and west, thereby achieving ideal | 13 | | population. Proposed Legislative District 27 preserves 61.1 | 14 | | percent of the core of the present district to provide | 15 | | continuity for the existing incumbent constituency relations | 16 | | and allows the formulation of new relationships. Senator Matt | 17 | | Murphy (R) resides in the district. | 18 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 28 | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 28 is located in | 20 | | northwestern Cook County and northern DuPage County. It has a | 21 | | population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 22 | | population target. The district is primarily located in Elk | 23 | | Grove, Maine and Schaumburg Townships and includes portions of | 24 | | Bloomingdale, Wayne, Palatine, and Norwood Park Townships. The | 25 | | district also includes a small portion of the 41st Ward in the |
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| 1 | | City of Chicago. The proposed district includes 100 percent of | 2 | | the population of Elk Grove Village. More than 75 percent of | 3 | | the suburban communities of Schaumburg and Des Plaines, as well | 4 | | as the majority of Park Ridge and Roselle are also within the | 5 | | district. Portions of Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, | 6 | | Rolling Meadows, Hoffman Estates, and Hanover Park are also in | 7 | | the proposed district. | 8 | | Generally, the western border of proposed Legislative | 9 | | District 28 consists of precinct lines just east of Barrington | 10 | | Road. The northern border follows Algonquin Road in the west | 11 | | and West Central Road in the east. The eastern border is | 12 | | generally I-294 and Northwest Highway, and the southern border | 13 | | follows I-90 in the east and the Cook-DuPage County line in the | 14 | | west. Interstate 290 runs north to south through the center of | 15 | | the district and Illinois Route 72 runs northwest to southeast, | 16 | | as do I-90 and Illinois Route 26. The proposed district is also | 17 | | served by the Metra Milwaukee District West rail line, which | 18 | | transports commuters to and from the City of Chicago daily. | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 28 is comprised of large | 20 | | portions of present Districts 28 and 33. According to U.S. | 21 | | Census figures, present District 33 is underpopulated by 8,252 | 22 | | people and present District 28 is underpopulated by 1,300 | 23 | | people. Proposed District 28 is uniquely situated between | 24 | | multiple shifting population zones. To the north and west, | 25 | | districts experienced substantial population growth, while | 26 | | districts to the east experienced population losses. |
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| 1 | | Therefore, proposed District 28 moves north and west, picking | 2 | | up similar municipalities along the same general east to west | 3 | | axis as the present district. Proposed Legislative District 28 | 4 | | is made up of 44.6 percent of the core of the present district | 5 | | and 44.7 percent of area from the present Legislative District | 6 | | 33. Senator Dan Kotowski (D) resides within the proposed | 7 | | district. | 8 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 29 | 9 | | Proposed Legislative District 29 is located in the suburbs | 10 | | north of Chicago in Cook and Lake Counties. It has a population | 11 | | of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 12 | | target. The district is contained within Lake and Cook Counties | 13 | | along Lake Michigan. The proposed district contains the | 14 | | municipalities of Highland Park, Lake Bluff, the majority of | 15 | | Lake Forest, Northbrook and Deerfield and portions of North | 16 | | Chicago, Arlington Heights, Wheeling, Mount Prospect, Glencoe | 17 | | and Buffalo Grove. | 18 | | The proposed district runs from Lake Michigan in the east | 19 | | to Palatine Township in Cook County to the west. It runs from | 20 | | Shields Township in Lake County in the north to the southern | 21 | | part of Wheeling and Northfield Townships in Cook County to the | 22 | | south. It also includes a small portion of New Trier Township | 23 | | in the south. The borders of the proposed district generally | 24 | | adhere to existing precinct boundaries. | 25 | | According to the 2010 U.S. Census, present District 29 is |
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| 1 | | underpopulated by 11,064 people. In order to accommodate this | 2 | | loss, the proposed district shifts portions of North Chicago | 3 | | and Lake Forest, which are currently located in District 30, | 4 | | into proposed District 29. The proposed district also shifts | 5 | | west in order to incorporate portions of Palatine, Arlington | 6 | | Heights, Buffalo Grove and Wheeling in order to achieve ideal | 7 | | population. The inclusion of multiple counties within the 29th | 8 | | District is not without historical precedent. Both the 1991 and | 9 | | 2001 maps divided legislative districts between Lake and Cook | 10 | | Counties. Interstates 94 and 294 are major transportation | 11 | | arteries running through the district, as are U.S. Route 41 and | 12 | | Illinois Route 21. The Metra Union Pacific North and Milwaukee | 13 | | District North lines also service the district, bringing | 14 | | suburban commuters to and from the City of Chicago daily. The | 15 | | proposed district preserves 58 percent of the core of the | 16 | | present district as well as its partisan make-up. Senator Susan | 17 | | Garrett (D) resides within the proposed district. | 18 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 30 | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 30 is located in the north | 20 | | suburbs of Chicago. It has a population of 217,468, and | 21 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. The | 22 | | proposed district is largely contained within Lake County, and | 23 | | also includes a small portion of Cook County. The proposed | 24 | | district includes portions of Waukegan, North Chicago, Vernon | 25 | | Hills, Mundelein, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, Lincolnshire, |
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| 1 | | Mettawa, Park City, and Gurnee. The proposed district runs from | 2 | | Lake Michigan in the east to Fremont Township in Lake County to | 3 | | the west, and from Waukegan and Warren Townships in Lake County | 4 | | in the north to Wheeling Township in Cook County to the south. | 5 | | Interstate 94 is a major transportation artery running through | 6 | | the district, as are U.S. Routes 41 and 45, and Illinois Routes | 7 | | 21, 88, and 120. The Metra Union Pacific North and Milwaukee | 8 | | District North lines also service the district, bringing | 9 | | suburban commuters to and from the City of Chicago daily. | 10 | | The proposed 30th District has a Latino Voting Age | 11 | | Population of 32.3 percent, an African-American Voting Age | 12 | | Population of 11.66 percent, and an Asian Voting Age Population | 13 | | of 8.24 percent. According to the 2010 U.S. Census figures, | 14 | | present District 30 is underpopulated by 3,511 people. In order | 15 | | to achieve ideal population in the proposed district, the | 16 | | northern boundary was shifted north to include more of Waukegan | 17 | | and the western boundary was shifted west to include more of | 18 | | Mundelein, which experienced growth in the Latino population | 19 | | over the last decade. The proposed district shifts portions of | 20 | | North Chicago and Lake Forest south into District 29, which | 21 | | experienced a population loss during the last decade. Proposed | 22 | | District 30 retains a shape similar to the present district. | 23 | | The inclusion of multiple counties within the 30th District is | 24 | | also not without historical precedent. Both the 1991 and 2001 | 25 | | maps divided legislative districts between Lake and Cook | 26 | | Counties. The borders of the proposed district generally adhere |
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| 1 | | to existing precinct boundaries. The proposed district | 2 | | preserves 82.5 percent of the core of the present district as | 3 | | well as its partisan composition to provide continuity for the | 4 | | existing incumbent constituency relations. Senator Terry Link | 5 | | (D) resides within the proposed district. | 6 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 31 | 7 | | Proposed Legislative District 31 is located in | 8 | | northeastern Illinois. It has a population of 217,468, and | 9 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. The | 10 | | proposed district wholly contains the Lake County townships of | 11 | | Benton, Avon, Newport and Zion. Portions of Fremont, Grant, | 12 | | Lake Villa, Warren, Wauconda, and Antioch Townships are also | 13 | | included in proposed Legislative District 31. Municipalities | 14 | | in the district include Zion, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, | 15 | | Gages Lake, Winthrop Harbor, Old Mill Creek, Wadsworth, and | 16 | | Lindenhurst. Proposed District 31 also contains the vast | 17 | | majority of Antioch, Wauconda, Gurnee, Beach Park and | 18 | | Grayslake, and a portion of Lake Villa. | 19 | | The proposed district is bounded by Lake Michigan in the | 20 | | east and the Illinois-Wisconsin state line to the north. The | 21 | | southern boundary generally follows municipal and township | 22 | | boundaries. The proposed district's western boundaries | 23 | | generally follow municipal and precinct lines from the | 24 | | Illinois-Wisconsin state line on the north to Wauconda on the | 25 | | south. The borders of the proposed district generally adhere to |
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| 1 | | existing precinct boundaries. Major north to south | 2 | | transportation routes through the proposed district include | 3 | | Illinois Route 83, U.S. Routes 45 and 41, and I-94. Illinois | 4 | | Route 173 and Illinois Route 120 traverse the district from | 5 | | east to west. Three Metra commuter rail lines also service the | 6 | | district, transporting commuters to and from the City of | 7 | | Chicago daily: the Union Pacific North line, the North Central | 8 | | Service line, and the Milwaukee District North line. | 9 | | According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, the present District | 10 | | 31 is overpopulated by 20,495 people. Thus, the proposed | 11 | | district sheds population in western Lake County and near | 12 | | Waukegan and adds the Round Lake area, thereby achieving ideal | 13 | | population. Proposed Legislative District 31 preserves 82.8 | 14 | | percent of the core of the present district as well as its | 15 | | partisan make-up. Senator Suzi Schmidt (R) resides in the | 16 | | proposed district. | 17 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 32 | 18 | | Proposed Legislative District 32 is located in the | 19 | | northwest suburbs of Chicago, within McHenry and northwestern | 20 | | Lake Counties. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 21 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. The district's | 22 | | western boundary is the McHenry County line. The northern | 23 | | boundary is the Illinois-Wisconsin state line. The | 24 | | southernmost boundary generally follows the McHenry County | 25 | | line; the southeastern boundary generally follows precinct |
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| 1 | | lines from Coral Township to the Village of Wauconda. The | 2 | | district's eastern boundary runs generally along municipal and | 3 | | precinct lines from the Illinois-Wisconsin state line on the | 4 | | north to Wauconda on the south. The borders of the proposed | 5 | | district generally adhere to existing precinct boundaries. | 6 | | U.S. Route 14 runs through the heart of the western portion of | 7 | | the district, while Illinois Route 31 and U.S. Route 12 | 8 | | traverse the eastern portion of the district. Interstate 90 | 9 | | cuts through the southwestern corner. The proposed district is | 10 | | also served by three commuter rail lines, which operate daily | 11 | | between the northwest suburbs and the City of Chicago: the | 12 | | North Central Service Line, the Milwaukee District North Line, | 13 | | and the Union Pacific Northwest Line. Proposed District 32 also | 14 | | contains several state parks and forest preserves surrounding | 15 | | several major lakes in the region. | 16 | | Townships wholly contained within the district are | 17 | | Chemung, Dunham, Marengo, Riley, Alden, Heartland, Seneca, | 18 | | Coral, Hebron, Greenwood, Richmond, McHenry, and Burton. | 19 | | Portions of Grafton, Dorr, Nunda, and Algonquin Townships in | 20 | | McHenry County, as well as portions of Wauconda, Grant, Lake | 21 | | Villa and Antioch Townships in Lake County are also included in | 22 | | the proposed district. The proposed district includes the | 23 | | suburban communities of Woodstock, Lakemoor, Marengo, Fox | 24 | | Lake, Prairie Grove, Harvard, McHenry, and Crystal Lake. | 25 | | Several previous maps included legislative districts that were | 26 | | split between Lake and McHenry Counties. |
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| 1 | | According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, the present District | 2 | | 32 is overpopulated by 37,239 people. Due to unprecedented | 3 | | population growth in and around present District 32, the | 4 | | proposed district shifts eastward, incorporating | 5 | | municipalities in east-central McHenry County and communities | 6 | | in northwestern Lake County. Municipalities in southeastern | 7 | | McHenry County near the Kane County border were shifted into | 8 | | adjoining districts. Proposed Legislative District 32 | 9 | | preserves 63.6 percent of the core of the present district. | 10 | | Senator Pamela Althoff (R) resides in the proposed district. | 11 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 33 | 12 | | Proposed Legislative District 33 is located in | 13 | | northeastern Illinois primarily in northern Kane County, with | 14 | | portions extending to McHenry, Cook and DuPage Counties. It has | 15 | | a population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 16 | | population target. Proposed Legislative District 33 is located | 17 | | in the area previously occupied by present Legislative District | 18 | | 25. Rutland Township is wholly included in the district, as are | 19 | | majorities of Plato, Grafton, St. Charles, Elgin and Dundee | 20 | | Townships. Portions of Algonquin and Burlington Townships are | 21 | | also included in the proposed district. Municipalities wholly | 22 | | included within the district are Hampshire, North Plato, | 23 | | Starks, Huntley, Gilberts, Dundee, West Dundee, Gilberts, | 24 | | Pingree Grove, and Sleepy Hollow. Portions of Bartlett, Elgin, | 25 | | South Elgin, Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, Lakewood, Crystal |
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| 1 | | Lake, St. Charles and Campton Hills are also within the | 2 | | proposed district. | 3 | | The northern boundary of the proposed district is primarily | 4 | | township lines. The district's southernmost boundary follows | 5 | | precinct lines in Batavia Township. The eastern boundary | 6 | | generally follows the Fox River. The western boundary generally | 7 | | follows township lines in Genoa, Plato, and St. Charles | 8 | | Townships. Interstate 90 runs through the heart of the district | 9 | | with Illinois Route 47 running north to south in the western | 10 | | half of the district. The borders of the proposed district | 11 | | generally adhere to existing precinct boundaries. The Metra | 12 | | Milwaukee District West rail line serves the proposed district. | 13 | | Proposed Legislative District 33 preserves 59.8 percent of | 14 | | present Legislative District 25 and 37.5 percent of present | 15 | | Legislative District 32. No incumbent Senator currently | 16 | | resides in the proposed district. | 17 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 34 | 18 | | Proposed Legislative District 34 is contained entirely | 19 | | within Winnebago County in northern Illinois. It has a | 20 | | population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 21 | | population target. Nearly 82 percent of the City of Rockford is | 22 | | contained in this proposed legislative district, substantially | 23 | | more than under the current configuration. Other | 24 | | municipalities in this district include all of Machesney Park, | 25 | | as well as portions of Cherry Valley, Loves Park, and Roscoe. |
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| 1 | | The western border runs along Illinois Route 20 with the | 2 | | eastern border generally running along Interstate 90 and | 3 | | Interstate 39 and along precinct lines in the City of Rockford. | 4 | | The southern boundary generally follows U.S. 20, respecting | 5 | | municipal boundaries of the City of Rockford. The northern | 6 | | border generally follows the Harlem and Owen Township lines. | 7 | | The borders of the proposed district generally adhere to | 8 | | existing precinct boundaries. | 9 | | Proposed District 34 includes both Rock Valley and Rockford | 10 | | Colleges, which were previously split between two districts | 11 | | under the 2001 map. Major employers within the district include | 12 | | Rockford Memorial Hospital, St. Anthony's Medical Center, and | 13 | | Swedish-American Hospital. The Rockford-Chicago International | 14 | | Airport is also within the proposed district, as are several | 15 | | manufacturing facilities. | 16 | | According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, present District 34 | 17 | | is overpopulated by 4,012 people. In order to accommodate this | 18 | | population growth, proposed District 34 sheds rural areas and | 19 | | includes a larger portion of the City of Rockford, thus | 20 | | creating a more compact urban district. Proposed Legislative | 21 | | District 34 preserves 86 percent of the core of the present | 22 | | district. Currently, no Senator resides within the proposed | 23 | | district. | 24 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 35 | 25 | | Proposed Legislative District 35 is located in northern |
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| 1 | | Illinois, just west of the greater Chicagoland region. It has a | 2 | | population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 3 | | population target. It includes the entire county of Boone, as | 4 | | well as portions of Winnebago, DeKalb, and Kane Counties. The | 5 | | northern border of the proposed district is the | 6 | | Illinois-Wisconsin state line. The southern border generally | 7 | | runs along township and precinct lines in DeKalb and Kane | 8 | | Counties. On the west, the proposed district boundary runs | 9 | | along township lines in Winnebago and DeKalb counties, as well | 10 | | as municipal and precinct lines in the City of Rockford. The | 11 | | eastern border follows the Boone County line, the DeKalb County | 12 | | line and generally the township lines in central Kane County. | 13 | | The proposed district includes the municipalities of | 14 | | Belvedere, Sycamore, Rockford, and the vast majority of DeKalb. | 15 | | Interstate 90 traverses the northern half of district from east | 16 | | to west and Interstate 88 runs through the southern portion. | 17 | | Proposed District 35 includes Northern Illinois University and | 18 | | Kishwaukee College, as well as several large manufacturing | 19 | | plants, including the Chrysler Motors Assembly Plant in | 20 | | Belvedere. | 21 | | According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, present Legislative | 22 | | District 35 is overpopulated by 28,141 people, but uniquely | 23 | | situated between two dramatically changing population zones. | 24 | | To the west, districts generally lost population over the last | 25 | | decade, necessitating boundary shifts to the east. To the east | 26 | | and south of present District 35, satellite suburban |
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| 1 | | communities experienced an unprecedented population growth | 2 | | compared with 2000 figures. In order to accommodate these | 3 | | dramatic population shifts, and to achieve ideal population, | 4 | | proposed Legislative District 35 sheds rural areas in DeKalb, | 5 | | Ogle and LaSalle Counties, and picks up suburban communities in | 6 | | Kane County. The resulting district is more suburban, and | 7 | | incorporates many projected future high-growth areas. The | 8 | | proposed district retains 75.49 percent of the core of the | 9 | | present district. Senator Dave Syverson (R) resides within the | 10 | | proposed district. | 11 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 36 | 12 | | Proposed Legislative District 36 is located in | 13 | | northwestern Illinois along the Mississippi River. It has a | 14 | | population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 15 | | population target. The proposed district contains portions of | 16 | | Carroll County running along the Mississippi River, nearly all | 17 | | of Whiteside County, the urban portion of Henry County | 18 | | surrounding the Quad Cities, and all of Rock Island County. The | 19 | | western border of the district is the Mississippi River with | 20 | | the southern border being the Rock Island and Whiteside County | 21 | | lines. The proposed district is bounded on the north by the | 22 | | Carroll County line and township lines in Whiteside County. On | 23 | | the east, township lines in Carroll County and township and | 24 | | county lines in Whiteside County generally form the border. | 25 | | The Rock River runs through the central part of the |
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| 1 | | district connecting the river towns of Sterling and Rock Falls | 2 | | with the Mississippi River towns of Rock Island, Moline, East | 3 | | Moline, and Milan. The area is a transportation hub linking the | 4 | | Mississippi River with rail lines and major highways such as | 5 | | Interstates 80, 88, 74, and 280 and U.S. Routes 67 and 150. | 6 | | Major employers located in the district include John Deere, | 7 | | Rock Island Arsenal, and Modern Woodman of America. Augustana | 8 | | College, Black Hawk College, and the new Western Illinois | 9 | | University-Quad Cities campus are major higher educational | 10 | | institutions in the area. | 11 | | Current Legislative District 36 is underpopulated by | 12 | | almost 11,000 people. The proposed district sheds rural | 13 | | portions of Mercer, Carroll, and Henry Counties and expands | 14 | | further east into Whiteside County to add more urban river | 15 | | communities similar to the Quad Cities. These shifts create a | 16 | | more urbanized district with manufacturing and | 17 | | transportation-based industries. The proposed district's | 18 | | configuration closely resembles the same shape it has had for | 19 | | the last thirty years. Proposed Legislative District 36 | 20 | | preserves 81.1 percent of the core of the present district as | 21 | | well as its partisan composition to provide continuity for the | 22 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and the formulation | 23 | | of new relationships. Senator Mike Jacobs (D) resides within | 24 | | the proposed district. | 25 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 37 |
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| 1 | | Proposed Legislative District 37 is a mostly rural district | 2 | | located in northwestern Illinois. It has a population of | 3 | | 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 4 | | target. The district contains all or portions of Mercer, Stark, | 5 | | Marshall, Knox, Peoria, Woodford, Lee, Henry, Bureau and | 6 | | LaSalle Counties. Municipalities included in the district are | 7 | | Kewanee, Princeton, Geneseo, Metamora and portions of | 8 | | Galesburg. The proposed legislative district includes 27.2 | 9 | | percent of the City of Peoria, while the majority of Peoria is | 10 | | located in proposed District 46. In Peoria, the Senate | 11 | | Redistricting Committee received testimony from various | 12 | | witnesses requesting that the City of Peoria continue to be | 13 | | divided between two districts (Legislative Districts 37 and | 14 | | 46). | 15 | | The district is bordered on the west by the Mississippi | 16 | | River and on the south by portions of the Knox and Woodford | 17 | | County lines and township lines in Peoria County. Interstate 39 | 18 | | generally serves as the easternmost edge of the district, and | 19 | | the northern portion of the district extends generally to | 20 | | Interstate 88. Interstate 80 runs east to west in the northern | 21 | | part of the district, with I-74 running east to west in the | 22 | | southern part of the district. | 23 | | According to 2010 U.S. Census figures, present District 37 | 24 | | is slightly overpopulated. However, due to overall population | 25 | | losses in surrounding districts, current District 37 was | 26 | | reconfigured. Proposed District 37 sheds a portion of the City |
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| 1 | | of Galesburg and Knox County. It also sheds a portion of the | 2 | | City of Peoria, as well as townships in Peoria County. In order | 3 | | to achieve the ideal population, proposed District 37 was | 4 | | expanded westward to the Mississippi River, incorporating all | 5 | | of Mercer County, which is currently split between two | 6 | | districts under the 2001 map. Caterpillar, Inc., is a major | 7 | | employer for the region. Many of the company's employees reside | 8 | | within proposed District 37. Proposed District 37 preserves | 9 | | 79.6 percent of the core of the present district to provide | 10 | | continuity for the existing incumbent constituency relations | 11 | | and allows the formulation of new relationships. Senator Darin | 12 | | LaHood (R) resides within the proposed district. | 13 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 38 | 14 | | Proposed Legislative District 38 is located in northern | 15 | | Illinois in Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston, Kendall, | 16 | | Grundy, and Will Counties. It has a population of 217,469, and | 17 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. Proposed | 18 | | District 38 contains all of the municipalities of Ottawa, | 19 | | Morris, LaSalle, Peru, Streator, Morris, and Braidwood. | 20 | | Portions of Channahon, Joliet, Plainfield, Wilmington, | 21 | | Mendota, Oswego, Plano, Coal City, and Diamond are also within | 22 | | the proposed district. | 23 | | The eastern boundary runs along the Kendall and Grundy | 24 | | County lines to the north and township lines in Will County to | 25 | | the south. The southern border generally follows county lines, |
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| 1 | | and the western border generally runs parallel to Interstate | 2 | | 180. The northern border generally follows township and | 3 | | precinct lines between Lake Holiday and Mendota. Interstates 80 | 4 | | and 39 traverse the district east to west and north to south, | 5 | | respectively. Interstate 55 crosses the southeastern corner | 6 | | and Illinois Route 47 runs north to south in the eastern | 7 | | portion of the district. The Illinois River runs the length of | 8 | | the district, serving as a major economic artery for tourism, | 9 | | recreation, and transportation. Starved Rock State Park and | 10 | | Buffalo Rock State Park are within the proposed district. | 11 | | Proposed Legislative District 38 preserves 80.3 percent of the | 12 | | core of the present district. Senator Sue Rezin (R) resides in | 13 | | the proposed district. | 14 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 39 | 15 | | Proposed Legislative District 39 is located on the west | 16 | | side of Chicago and western suburbs. It has a population of | 17 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 18 | | target. The proposed district begins in the Austin | 19 | | neighborhood, in Chicago's 29th Ward. It continues west to the | 20 | | western suburb of Addison. The southern boundary of proposed | 21 | | District 39 generally follows Lake Street, North Avenue, and | 22 | | the Eisenhower Expressway. The northern boundary generally | 23 | | follows Grand Avenue on the east and O'Hare Airport in the | 24 | | west. The borders of the proposed district generally adhere to | 25 | | existing precinct boundaries. |
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| 1 | | The proposed district includes portions of Oak Park, | 2 | | Proviso, and Leyden Townships in Cook County and Addison | 3 | | Township in DuPage County. The proposed district includes the | 4 | | entire municipalities of Bensenville and Stone Park as well as | 5 | | portions of Oak Park, River Grove, Elmwood Park, Rosemont, | 6 | | Melrose Park, Northlake, Franklin Park, Wood Dale, and Addison. | 7 | | The inclusion of suburban communities and the City of Chicago | 8 | | in District 39 is not without historical precedent. The present | 9 | | District 39 also unites Chicago's Austin neighborhood with Oak | 10 | | Park, River Forest, Elmwood Park, River Grove, Franklin Park, | 11 | | Melrose Park, Stone Park, Northlake, Rosemont, and | 12 | | Bensenville. In addition, the 1991 redistricting plan included | 13 | | portions of Oak Park, Elmwood Park, Northlake, Franklin Park, | 14 | | River Forest, and River Grove with suburban communities in | 15 | | eastern DuPage County. The majority of communities in proposed | 16 | | District 39 have large (greater than 40%) segments of the | 17 | | population that speak a language other than English at home. | 18 | | Communities throughout the proposed district share a similar | 19 | | workforce, with 20 to 30 percent employed in sales and office | 20 | | work. More than 15 percent of the population of proposed | 21 | | District 39 is employed in manufacturing. The mean household | 22 | | income for most communities in the district falls between | 23 | | $50,000 to $65,000. All communities have a significant | 24 | | population of renters, with the median monthly rent across most | 25 | | communities falling between $800 to $900. Major transportation | 26 | | routes through proposed District 39 include North Avenue, |
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| 1 | | Mannheim Road, and Interstate 294. Residents of the proposed | 2 | | district are served by Chicago Transit Authority bus and rail | 3 | | lines (Blue and Green lines) and Metra commuter rail lines | 4 | | (Union Pacific West, Milwaukee District West, and North Central | 5 | | Service lines). | 6 | | The 2010 U.S. Census figures show that present District 39 | 7 | | is underpopulated by 15,901 people. In order to achieve ideal | 8 | | population, the district was expanded westward to include all | 9 | | of Bensenville, which is presently split between two districts, | 10 | | and a majority of the suburb of Addison. Proposed Legislative | 11 | | District 39 has a Latino Voting Age Population of 31.35 | 12 | | percent, an African-American Voting Age Population of 16.73 | 13 | | percent and an Asian Voting Age Population of 3.53 percent. The | 14 | | proposed legislative district maintains a partisan make-up | 15 | | that is comparable to the present legislative district and | 16 | | reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 17 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 18 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 39 preserves 72.9 percent of the | 20 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 21 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the | 22 | | formulation of new relationships. Senator Don Harmon (D) | 23 | | resides in the proposed district. | 24 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 40 | 25 | | Proposed Legislative District 40 is located in |
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| 1 | | northeastern Illinois, south of Chicago. It has a population of | 2 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 3 | | target. The proposed district contains portions of Cook, | 4 | | Kankakee, Grundy, and Will Counties. The southern boundary runs | 5 | | along the southern Kankakee County line. The northern boundary | 6 | | runs generally along U.S. Route 30 and 187th Street in the | 7 | | south suburbs. The eastern boundary of the proposed district | 8 | | runs along the Illinois-Indiana state line in the south and | 9 | | along precinct and township lines in Will County and precinct | 10 | | lines in Cook County in the north. The western boundary | 11 | | consists of township lines in Will, Grundy, and Kankakee | 12 | | Counties. | 13 | | Major municipalities within the district include Kankakee, | 14 | | Bourbonnais, Manhattan, Chicago Heights, Park Forest, | 15 | | University Park, Olympia Fields, Bradley, and Flossmoor. | 16 | | Present District 40 also contains the municipalities of | 17 | | Kankakee, Bourbonnais, University Park, and Olympia Fields. As | 18 | | under present Legislative District 40, the proposed | 19 | | Legislative District 40 continues to include portions of Will | 20 | | and Washington Townships in Will County that contain the | 21 | | proposed site of the South Suburban Airport. This location | 22 | | remains in the district at the request of the Will County | 23 | | Executive. This district has a remarkably high population of | 24 | | government employees, with the largest employers being the | 25 | | educational services, health care, and social assistance | 26 | | industries. Most of the communities in this proposed district |
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| 1 | | consist of well-established neighborhoods with homes built | 2 | | primarily between 1940 and 1980. Interstate 57 runs through the | 3 | | heart of the district, and Interstate 55 runs through the | 4 | | western portion. Municipalities in the northeastern portion of | 5 | | the proposed district are served by the Metra Electric District | 6 | | and South West Service commuter rail lines. | 7 | | According to the 2010 Census, present Legislative District | 8 | | 40 has a surplus population of 2,936 people. However, | 9 | | population losses in the surrounding districts to the north and | 10 | | substantial population growth in districts to the west | 11 | | necessitated a reconfiguration of the district. In order to | 12 | | achieve ideal population in surrounding south suburban | 13 | | districts, proposed Legislative District 40 sheds rural | 14 | | portions of Iroquois, Kankakee, and Will Counties and picks up | 15 | | exurban areas in Will County. This reconfiguration tracks | 16 | | exurban growth patterns in the central and western Will County | 17 | | area. The African-American Voting Age Population in the | 18 | | proposed district is 24.29 percent. The Latino voting age | 19 | | population is 9.43 percent. The proposed legislative district | 20 | | maintains a partisan make-up that is comparable to the present | 21 | | legislative district and reflects the high affiliation and | 22 | | correlation of African-American and Latino voters that | 23 | | identify with the Democratic Party based on committee hearing | 24 | | testimony. The proposed district preserves 58.1 percent of the | 25 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 26 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the |
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| 1 | | formulation of new relationships. Senator Toi Hutchinson (D) | 2 | | resides within the proposed district. | 3 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 41 | 4 | | Proposed Legislative District 41 is located in DuPage, Cook | 5 | | and Will Counties. It has a population of 217,469, and | 6 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. Lemont | 7 | | Township is wholly contained in the proposed district in | 8 | | addition to large portions of Downers Grove and Homer | 9 | | Townships. Portions of Lisle, DuPage, and Lyons Townships are | 10 | | also within the proposed district. The eastern and western | 11 | | boundaries generally follow Homer and Lemont Township lines in | 12 | | the south, and commonly tracks precinct lines in Lyons and | 13 | | Lisle Townships in the north, respectively. The northern | 14 | | boundary follows precinct lines through Lisle, Downers Grove | 15 | | and Lyons Townships, while the southern boundary mainly follows | 16 | | precinct lines through Homer Township. | 17 | | A majority or all of the following municipalities are | 18 | | within proposed Legislative District 41: Lemont, Downers | 19 | | Grove, Woodridge, Darien, Burr Ridge, Willowbrook, and Homer | 20 | | Glen. Portions of Naperville, Lisle, Countryside, Westmont and | 21 | | La Grange are also within the district. Interstates 55, 294, | 22 | | and, 355, as well as Illinois Route 83 traverse the district. | 23 | | The Metra Heritage Corridor commuter rail line provides | 24 | | residents of proposed District 41 transportation access to and | 25 | | from the City of Chicago. The Des Plaines River flows through |
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| 1 | | the middle of the district. Argonne National Laboratory, an | 2 | | important national research facility, is located within the | 3 | | proposed district. | 4 | | Overall population losses in districts to the east, | 5 | | combined with an overpopulation of over 30,000 people in | 6 | | present Legislative District 41 resulted in proposed | 7 | | Legislative District 41 shifting north and west. Proposed | 8 | | Legislative District 41 preserves 53.7 percent of the core of | 9 | | the present district. Senator Christine Radogno (R) and Senator | 10 | | Ron Sandack (R) reside in the proposed district. | 11 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 42 | 12 | | Proposed Legislative District 42 is located in the four | 13 | | northeastern Illinois counties of DuPage, Will, Kane, and | 14 | | Kendall. It has a population of 217,469, and therefore achieves | 15 | | the ideal equal population target. Its northern boundary is | 16 | | generally Illinois Route 56 and its southern boundary is | 17 | | generally Wolfs Crossing Road in northeastern Kendall County. | 18 | | Its eastern boundary is generally Illinois Route 59 and the | 19 | | Kane County line, and the western boundary generally follows | 20 | | the Aurora Township line and precinct lines in Aurora, | 21 | | Montgomery, Oswego, and Boulder Hill. The borders of the | 22 | | proposed district generally adhere to existing precinct | 23 | | boundaries. Nearly all of Aurora Township in Kane County and 89 | 24 | | percent of the City of Aurora is located in proposed | 25 | | Legislative District 42. A similar configuration of this |
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| 1 | | district was proposed at Senate and House Redistricting | 2 | | Committees' hearings. The House Redistricting Committee also | 3 | | received testimony from citizens in Aurora indicating a | 4 | | preference for incorporating more of the city into a single | 5 | | district, which is reflected in proposed District 42. Portions | 6 | | of Oswego, Montgomery, and Naperville are also located in the | 7 | | district. | 8 | | U.S. Census figures reveal that Will and Kane Counties were | 9 | | among the fastest growing counties in Illinois between 2000 to | 10 | | 2010. Will County increased by 175,294 persons and Kane County | 11 | | increased by 111,150 persons. This combined increase | 12 | | represented nearly 70 percent of the entire growth in all | 13 | | Illinois counties between 2000 and 2010. Specifically, the City | 14 | | of Aurora grew by 38.4 percent, making it the second-fastest | 15 | | growing urban center in the State. As a result of this | 16 | | unprecedented growth, present District 42 is overpopulated by | 17 | | 120,157 people. In order to achieve ideal population and | 18 | | accommodate citizens and Latino communities of interest in the | 19 | | Aurora area, proposed District 42 was contracted. The proposed | 20 | | district is much more compact than the present configuration. | 21 | | Proposed District 42 has a Latino Voting Age Population of | 22 | | 36.73 percent, an African-American Voting Age Population of | 23 | | 10.24 percent, and an Asian Voting Age Population of 7.01 | 24 | | percent. The proposed legislative district enhances the | 25 | | partisan make-up of the present legislative district and | 26 | | reflects the high affiliation and correlation of |
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| 1 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 2 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. | 3 | | Proposed Legislative District 42 preserves 80 percent of the | 4 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 5 | | existing incumbent constituency relations and allows the | 6 | | formulation of new relationships. Senator Linda Holmes (D) | 7 | | resides in the proposed district. | 8 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 43 | 9 | | Proposed Legislative District 43 is located southwest of | 10 | | Chicago, almost entirely within Will County. It has a | 11 | | population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal | 12 | | population target. The district is anchored by the core of the | 13 | | City of Joliet; it also includes the municipalities of | 14 | | Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Elwood, Channahon and Lockport. The | 15 | | eastern boundary of the district consists of the Jackson, | 16 | | Joliet, Lockport, and DuPage Township lines. The western | 17 | | boundary runs generally along precinct boundaries in Will and | 18 | | DuPage Counties. The northern border runs along precinct lines | 19 | | in DuPage County, and the southern border runs along the | 20 | | township boundaries of Channahon and Jackson Townships. The | 21 | | borders of the proposed district generally adhere to existing | 22 | | precinct boundaries. | 23 | | Proposed Legislative District 43 is mainly suburban in the | 24 | | north and urban and industrialized in the south. The proposed | 25 | | district includes major employers such as Dow Chemical, Mobil |
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| 1 | | Oil, Caterpillar, Inc., and St. Joseph's Medical Center. The | 2 | | district is a transportation hub, with Interstates 55 and 80, | 3 | | and Illinois Route 53 running through the district as well as | 4 | | the CenterPoint Intermodal Center and the BNSF Logistics Park, | 5 | | both located in Elwood. The proposed Legislative District is | 6 | | also supported by a thriving railroad industry, with several | 7 | | Amtrak and Metra passenger lines servicing the core of the | 8 | | district. According to 2010 U.S. Census data, Will County grew | 9 | | by 175,294 (34.9 percent) making it the second fastest growing | 10 | | county in Illinois. The City of Joliet in particular | 11 | | experienced a population growth of 38.8 percent, making it the | 12 | | fastest growing urban area in Illinois. | 13 | | Present Legislative District 43, which is in the heart of | 14 | | Will County, is overpopulated by 35,424 people. As a result, | 15 | | the proposed district sheds extra population surrounding its | 16 | | urban centers. The proposed Legislative District is now more | 17 | | urban and suburban than previously. The Latino Voting Age | 18 | | Population of proposed Legislative District 43 is 22.83 percent | 19 | | and the African-American Voting Age Population is 17.33 | 20 | | percent. The proposed legislative district maintains a | 21 | | partisan make-up that is comparable to the present legislative | 22 | | district and reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 23 | | African-American and Latino voters that identify with the | 24 | | Democratic Party based on committee hearing testimony. | 25 | | Proposed District 43 preserves 86.1 percent of the core of the | 26 | | present district to provide continuity for the existing |
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| 1 | | incumbent constituency relations. Senator A.J. Wilhelmi (D) | 2 | | resides within the proposed district. | 3 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 44 | 4 | | Proposed Legislative District 44 is located in central | 5 | | Illinois. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 6 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. The district | 7 | | contains all of Logan and Menard Counties, and portions of | 8 | | Tazewell, McLean and Sangamon Counties. This mainly rural | 9 | | district encompasses much of the central part of the state | 10 | | between the major communities of Springfield, Peoria and | 11 | | Bloomington. Population centers of Bloomington, Lincoln, | 12 | | Morton, and the northern section of Springfield are in the | 13 | | district. | 14 | | Interstate 55 runs southwest to northeast through much of | 15 | | the district, with I-155 running north to south through the | 16 | | northern part of the district. Interstate 72 runs east to west | 17 | | along the southern border of the district. A majority of the | 18 | | eastern boundary line is composed of the Logan County line. | 19 | | Interstate 74 generally serves as the district's northern | 20 | | boundary. The western boundary follows the Menard, Logan and | 21 | | Tazewell County lines. | 22 | | Although present Legislative District 44 has a population | 23 | | surplus, population pressures from surrounding districts | 24 | | caused proposed Legislative District 44 to move west creating a | 25 | | more streamlined configuration. As a result, proposed |
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| 1 | | Legislative District 44 now divides Tazewell County between two | 2 | | districts rather than three districts. Logan County, which is | 3 | | currently split between two Legislative Districts, is now | 4 | | wholly included in proposed District 44. The district includes | 5 | | major employers such as State Farm Insurance, Country | 6 | | Financial, and Mitsubishi Motors, as well as the core of | 7 | | Bloomington's business district. Proposed Legislative District | 8 | | 44 preserves 44.5 percent of the core of the present district. | 9 | | Senator Bill Brady (R) currently resides in the proposed | 10 | | legislative district. | 11 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 45 | 12 | | Proposed Legislative District 45 is a rural district | 13 | | located in northwestern Illinois. It has a population of | 14 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 15 | | target. The proposed district includes all of Jo Daviess, | 16 | | Stephenson and Ogle Counties, in addition to portions of | 17 | | Carroll, Whiteside, Lee, DeKalb, LaSalle and Winnebago | 18 | | Counties. The northern border of the district is the | 19 | | Illinois-Wisconsin State Line. The northern half of the | 20 | | district's western border is the Mississippi River and the | 21 | | southern half of the western border generally follows township | 22 | | lines through Carroll and Whiteside Counties. The southern | 23 | | boundary generally follows township lines along U.S. Route 52 | 24 | | and U.S. Route 30. The eastern border generally consists of | 25 | | township lines in Winnebago County, the Ogle-DeKalb County |
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| 1 | | line, and township lines in DeKalb County. | 2 | | Major cities located wholly within proposed Legislative | 3 | | District 45 include Freeport, Dixon, Galena and Rochelle. Many | 4 | | major thoroughfares including U.S. Routes 20, 30, 34, and 52, | 5 | | as well as Interstates 39 and 88, traverse the proposed | 6 | | district. While the proposed district has a strong agricultural | 7 | | base, it also contains numerous state parks, natural areas, and | 8 | | tourist attractions. | 9 | | Due to overall population loss in the present district and | 10 | | region, the proposal adds largely rural areas within DeKalb, | 11 | | LaSalle, and Winnebago Counties to the present district. Many | 12 | | of the counties have previously been paired together in a | 13 | | district and the proposed shape of the 45th is similar to the | 14 | | district's shape under both the current map and the 1981 map. | 15 | | Proposed Legislative District 45 preserves 72.3 percent of the | 16 | | core of the present district. Senator Tim Bivins (R) and | 17 | | Senator Christine Johnson (R) reside in the proposed district. | 18 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 46 | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 46 is located in portions of | 20 | | three central Illinois Counties: Peoria, Tazewell and Fulton. | 21 | | It has a population of 217,469, and therefore achieves the | 22 | | ideal equal population target. Generally, its eastern border | 23 | | lies along the Illinois River, with the exception of East | 24 | | Peoria and Peoria, where the district's boundaries follow | 25 | | county, municipal and precinct lines. The southern border of |
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| 1 | | the district roughly follows U.S. Route 24 and the Tazewell | 2 | | County line. The district's western boundary is generally | 3 | | Illinois Route 97 and its northern boundary is the Fulton | 4 | | County line and township lines in Peoria County. | 5 | | The proposed district includes over 72.8 percent of the | 6 | | City of Peoria, in addition to communities directly to the east | 7 | | of the Illinois River including Pekin, Creve Coeur and East | 8 | | Peoria. The configuration of the City of Peoria within the | 9 | | proposed Legislative District is generally similar the City's | 10 | | configuration under the last three maps (1981, 1991, and 2001). | 11 | | As a result of community input received by the Senate | 12 | | Redistricting Committee at its Peoria hearing, the City of | 13 | | Peoria remains split between proposed 46th and the 37th | 14 | | Legislative Districts. The Illinois River runs through the | 15 | | heart of the district and serves as an economic engine for | 16 | | agricultural, tourism, and recreational interests within the | 17 | | district. Proposed Legislative District 46 includes the major | 18 | | manufacturing and business hubs of Pekin, Peoria, East Peoria, | 19 | | and Canton. Caterpillar, Inc., is a major employer in the | 20 | | region, and many of the company's employees reside within | 21 | | proposed District 46. The proposed legislative district also | 22 | | includes Bradley University and Illinois Central Community | 23 | | College. | 24 | | According to the 2010 Census, the current Legislative | 25 | | District 46 needed to increase by 14,619 persons. Thus, the | 26 | | district was expanded to include a larger portion of eastern |
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| 1 | | Peoria together with townships in Peoria County east of the | 2 | | Fulton County line. Proposed Legislative District 46 preserves | 3 | | 89.6 percent of the core of the present district to provide | 4 | | continuity for the existing incumbent constituency relations. | 5 | | Senator David Koehler (D) resides in the proposed district. | 6 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 47 | 7 | | Proposed Legislative District 47 is rural, agriculturally | 8 | | based district located in western Illinois containing the whole | 9 | | of Adams, Brown, Cass, Mason, Schuyler, Hancock, McDonough, | 10 | | Henderson and Warren Counties, as well as parts of Knox and | 11 | | Fulton Counties. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 12 | | achieves the ideal equal population target, and includes the | 13 | | municipalities of Quincy, Macomb, Beardstown, as well as a | 14 | | portion of Galesburg, and numerous smaller towns and | 15 | | unincorporated areas. Testimony from community members | 16 | | received at the Senate Redistricting Committee's Macomb | 17 | | hearing indicated that residents in the area preferred to have | 18 | | McDonough County and the City of Macomb located within the same | 19 | | district, which this proposed legislative district | 20 | | accomplishes. | 21 | | The district is bounded by the Mississippi River to the | 22 | | west, taking in small river communities such as Nauvoo, | 23 | | Hamilton, Oquawka and Warsaw. The southern border runs along | 24 | | the county lines of Adams, Brown, Cass and Mason Counties. The | 25 | | northern border runs along the Henderson and Warren County |
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| 1 | | lines, and the eastern border runs along precinct and township | 2 | | lines in Knox and Fulton County, as well as the Mason County | 3 | | line. U.S. Route 67 traverses the entire length of the district | 4 | | from north to south, with U.S. Route 136 crossing the district | 5 | | from east to west. Other significant transportation routes in | 6 | | the district are U.S. Routes 24 and 34. The Illinois and | 7 | | Sangamon Rivers run through the southeast portion of the | 8 | | proposed district, taking in the communities of Havana and | 9 | | Beardstown. The proposed legislative district contains several | 10 | | institutions of higher education, including Western Illinois | 11 | | University, Monmouth College, Quincy University and Knox | 12 | | College. | 13 | | The current Legislative District 47 is underpopulated by | 14 | | 13,520 people. By shedding portions of rural counties only | 15 | | partially contained in the current district and by expanding | 16 | | into the population center of Galesburg, the proposed district | 17 | | achieves the ideal population, while becoming more compact. | 18 | | Proposed Legislative District 47 preserves 89.5 percent of the | 19 | | core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 20 | | existing incumbent constituency relations. Senator John | 21 | | Sullivan (D) resides in the proposed district. | 22 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 48 | 23 | | Proposed Legislative District 48 is located in central | 24 | | Illinois. It has a population of 217,468, and therefore | 25 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. The district |
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| 1 | | contains all of Montgomery and Christian Counties, as well as | 2 | | portions of Macoupin, Madison, Sangamon and Macon Counties. The | 3 | | northern border of the district generally follows township and | 4 | | precinct lines in Sangamon and Macon Counties. The eastern | 5 | | border encompasses the Decatur area, with the Christian and | 6 | | Montgomery County lines forming the remainder of the eastern | 7 | | border. The southern border runs along the Montgomery County | 8 | | line and follows township lines in Madison County. The western | 9 | | border runs along county and township lines in Sangamon, | 10 | | Macoupin and Christian Counties, as well as precinct lines in | 11 | | City of Springfield. | 12 | | The proposed legislative district contains the | 13 | | municipalities of Carlinville, Taylorville, Pana, Staunton, | 14 | | Litchfield, and Hillsboro. The proposed district also includes | 15 | | the urban cores of the Cities of Decatur and Springfield. The | 16 | | economy of proposed District 48 is largely driven by three main | 17 | | industries: government, energy and agriculture. The proposed | 18 | | district includes numerous State and federal employers such as | 19 | | the Illinois Department of Transportation and Secretary of | 20 | | State, and various State governmental agency offices in | 21 | | Springfield, as well as correctional facilities in Decatur, | 22 | | Hillsboro, and Taylorville. There are numerous energy | 23 | | production facilities, including coal mines and power plants, | 24 | | and a planned clean coal facility in Taylorville. The district | 25 | | also has a strong agricultural base, lead by the agri-business | 26 | | conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland, located in Decatur, as |
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| 1 | | well as Tate & Lyle and Caterpillar which have facilities in | 2 | | the district. The district is traversed via several major | 3 | | transportation arteries, including Interstates 55 (the Vince | 4 | | Demuzio Expressway from Carlinville to Springfield) and 72, | 5 | | U.S. Route 51, and Illinois Routes 48, 29, and 4. The proposed | 6 | | legislative district contains several institutions of higher | 7 | | education including: (i) Blackburn College in Carlinville, | 8 | | (ii) Richland Community College and Millikin University in | 9 | | Decatur, (iii) Southern Illinois University School of Medicine | 10 | | in Springfield and (iv) three educational service centers of | 11 | | Lincoln Land Community College (Hillsboro, Litchfield, and | 12 | | Taylorville). The proposed district abuts the University of | 13 | | Illinois at Springfield and Lincoln Land Community College's | 14 | | main Springfield campus, as well as Lewis and Clark Community | 15 | | College in Godfrey. The proposed district contains the | 16 | | Mid-Illinois Medical District and numerous state-of-the-art | 17 | | medical facilities beginning in the west with the Southern | 18 | | Illinois School of Medicine, the Simmons Cancer Institute, | 19 | | Memorial Medical Center, and St. John's Hospital in Springfield | 20 | | and in the east with Decatur Memorial Hospital and St. Mary's | 21 | | Hospital. These facilities provide vital healthcare services | 22 | | to numerous residents of proposed Legislative District 48.
| 23 | | Springfield, Decatur and southern parts of the district share | 24 | | media markets including television stations WICS (ABC), WAND | 25 | | (NBC), WCIA (CBS), and WRSP-TV (Fox) and radio stations WSMI | 26 | | (AM and FM), WTAX (AM), and WSOY (AM). The proposed legislative |
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| 1 | | district joins substantial African-American communities in | 2 | | Springfield and Decatur in the same district, in a | 3 | | configuration that closely resembles map lines proposed by | 4 | | African Americans for Legislative Redistricting (AALR). The | 5 | | proposed district has an African American Voting Age Population | 6 | | of 13.18 percent. The Capital City Courier, an independent | 7 | | African-American newspaper based in Springfield, delivers free | 8 | | newspapers to locations in the African-American communities in | 9 | | Springfield and Decatur. The proposed Legislative District 48 | 10 | | encompasses 47.5 percent of the core of the present Legislative | 11 | | District 49 and 25.6 percent of present Legislative District | 12 | | 51. Senator William "Sam" McCann (R) currently resides in this | 13 | | proposed district. | 14 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 49 | 15 | | Proposed Legislative District 49 is located in Will County | 16 | | and northeastern Kendall County. It has a population of | 17 | | 217,469, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 18 | | target. Plainfield Township is wholly contained within the | 19 | | district. Portions of Troy, Joliet, Lockport, DuPage, | 20 | | Wheatland, and Oswego Townships are also within the district. | 21 | | The southern boundary of the district generally runs south | 22 | | of I-80. The district's western border generally follows the | 23 | | Will County line and precinct lines in Oswego Township. The | 24 | | district's northern border generally follows the Kendall | 25 | | County line, then Wolf Crossing Road, then 104th and 111th |
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| 1 | | Streets in the city of Plainfield. The district's eastern | 2 | | border generally follows Weber Road. The borders of the | 3 | | proposed district generally adhere to existing precinct | 4 | | boundaries. | 5 | | Proposed Legislative District 49 contains portions of | 6 | | several communities with similar housing stock. U.S. Census | 7 | | Bureau numbers show that the proposed 49th District is a | 8 | | fast-growing district with many new homes. Since 2000, more | 9 | | than 6,000 new homes have been built in Plainfield accounting | 10 | | for nearly 60 percent of all the homes in the city. Similarly, | 11 | | over 2,200 homes have been built in Shorewood, accounting for | 12 | | 46 percent of the homes in that community. Oswego has seen | 13 | | nearly 4,100 new homes built since 2000, accounting for around | 14 | | 50 percent of the homes in the municipality. In addition, 80 | 15 | | percent of the homes in Oswego have been built since 1990. The | 16 | | more established communities of Bolingbrook and Romeoville | 17 | | have seen new homes grow by 21 percent and 38 percent, | 18 | | respectively. | 19 | | Major transportation routes in the district include I-55 in | 20 | | the eastern section, Illinois Route 59 running north to south, | 21 | | and U.S. 30 running from the northwest to southeast. U.S. Route | 22 | | 52 and Weber Road are also major transportation arteries for | 23 | | the area. | 24 | | Kendall County was the fastest growing county in the State | 25 | | of Illinois from 2000-2010 with a 110 percent increase in | 26 | | population. Similarly, Will County was the second fastest |
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| 1 | | growing county in the state from 2000-2010 with an almost 35 | 2 | | percent increase in population. The region's huge population | 3 | | growth necessitates the need for an additional Legislative | 4 | | District. | 5 | | This newly proposed Legislative District is made up of 72 | 6 | | percent of what was present Legislative District 42, and 25 | 7 | | percent of what was present Legislative District 43; two of the | 8 | | fastest growing districts between 2000 and 2010. Currently, | 9 | | only one member of the General Assembly resides in this | 10 | | newly-created district: Representative Tom Cross (R). | 11 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 50 | 12 | | Proposed Legislative District 50 is located in south and | 13 | | west-central Illinois. It has a population of 217,468, and | 14 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. This | 15 | | mostly rural district contains the counties of Calhoun, Greene, | 16 | | Morgan, Pike, Scott and virtually all of Jersey County. It also | 17 | | contains portions of Sangamon, Macoupin and Madison Counties. | 18 | | The northern boundary is formed by the county lines of Pike, | 19 | | Morgan and Sangamon with the western border formed by the | 20 | | Mississippi River. The southern and eastern borders of the | 21 | | district run along township lines in the counties of Jersey, | 22 | | Macoupin and Sangamon, as well as precinct lines in the City of | 23 | | Springfield. The Illinois River runs through the western | 24 | | portion of the district. The district is largely rural, but | 25 | | also contains some sizeable municipalities including |
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| 1 | | Jacksonville, Chatham, Pittsfield, Jerseyville and the outer | 2 | | southern and western portions of Springfield. | 3 | | Under the proposal, Pike County is wholly included in the | 4 | | district, in contrast to the current district configuration, | 5 | | which splits Pike County between Legislative Districts 47 and | 6 | | 49. The current map also splits Scott and Morgan Counties | 7 | | between two separate Legislative Districts (47 and 49). The | 8 | | proposed Legislative District keeps Scott and Morgan Counties | 9 | | intact and in one Legislative District. The U.S. Census Bureau | 10 | | defines Scott County as part of the Jacksonville (Morgan | 11 | | County) micropolitan area. In addition, Scott and Morgan | 12 | | Counties are served by many of the same social, human service, | 13 | | emergency service, and economic development programs. The | 14 | | University of Illinois' Morgan-Scott Extension Unit, MCS | 15 | | Community Services, and the Jacksonville Regional Economic | 16 | | Development Corporation all focus their services on the Morgan | 17 | | and Scott County area. | 18 | | Interstate 72 runs east to west along the northern half of | 19 | | the district, linking commuters from Jacksonville to major | 20 | | employers in Springfield. In addition, U.S. 67 runs north to | 21 | | south through the heart of the district. Current Illinois | 22 | | Department of Transportation plans call for the expansion of | 23 | | U.S. 67 to become a major highway in the region. To date, some | 24 | | portions of U.S. 67 around Jacksonville and to the south have | 25 | | been completed. The Jacksonville based West Central Mass | 26 | | Transit District provides bus service in Morgan and Scott |
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| 1 | | Counties as well as transportation services to Springfield. | 2 | | The district contains a large number of State employers in | 3 | | both Jacksonville and Springfield, including the University of | 4 | | Illinois at Springfield, Jacksonville Correctional Center, the | 5 | | Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, the Illinois School | 6 | | for the Deaf, Lincoln Land Community College, and several state | 7 | | parks and recreation areas. The small private colleges of | 8 | | MacMurray College, Illinois College, and Robert Morris | 9 | | University are located in the district. The proposed district | 10 | | preserves 50.2 percent of the core of the present Legislative | 11 | | District 50 and 45 percent of present Legislative District 49. | 12 | | Senator Larry Bomke (R) currently resides in the proposed | 13 | | district. | 14 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 51 | 15 | | Proposed Legislative District 51 is located in | 16 | | east-central Illinois. It has a population of 217,468, and | 17 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. The | 18 | | district wholly contains Piatt, DeWitt, Douglas, Moultrie and | 19 | | Shelby Counties, as well as portions of Edgar, Vermillion, | 20 | | Champaign, McLean and Macon Counties. The northern boundary of | 21 | | the district follows township and county lines north of U.S. | 22 | | 136. The eastern border of the district is the Illinois-Indiana | 23 | | state line. The southern border follows the Shelby and Douglas | 24 | | County lines, and township and county lines in Edgar County. | 25 | | The western border generally follows the county lines in DeWitt |
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| 1 | | and Shelby Counties, and precinct, township and county lines in | 2 | | McLean and Macon Counties. | 3 | | The proposed district includes all of Shelby County, in | 4 | | contrast to the current district configuration which splits | 5 | | Shelby County between three Legislative Districts. The Senate | 6 | | Redistricting Committee received testimony at its Springfield | 7 | | hearing from community members requesting that Shelby County be | 8 | | made whole. | 9 | | Municipalities in the district include Shelbyville, | 10 | | Clinton, Monticello, Tuscola, and Mahomet. The district is a | 11 | | rural, agriculturally-driven district located between the | 12 | | major downstate urban centers of Decatur, Champaign-Urbana, | 13 | | Effingham, Bloomington-Normal and Charleston-Mattoon. This is | 14 | | consistent with testimony received at the Senate Redistricting | 15 | | Committee's Macomb hearing where various farm bureaus | 16 | | indicated a preference for an increased number of | 17 | | agriculture-based districts. | 18 | | The district is easily traversed via three major | 19 | | interstates (I-72, I-74 and I-57) as well as U.S. Routes 36 and | 20 | | 51. The proposed district includes major recreational areas | 21 | | such Allerton Park, Lake Shelbyville, and Clinton Lake. | 22 | | Currently there is no Senator residing in the proposed | 23 | | district. | 24 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 52 | 25 | | Proposed Legislative District 52 is located in eastern |
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| 1 | | Illinois and is anchored by the cities of Champaign and Urbana | 2 | | in the west and Danville in the east. It has a population of | 3 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 4 | | target. The district is wholly contained in Champaign and | 5 | | Vermilion counties. | 6 | | Generally, the district is bounded on the west by I-57. The | 7 | | northern boundary runs generally along the Champaign County | 8 | | line. In Vermillion County, the northern boundary runs parallel | 9 | | to U.S. 136. In the east, the Indiana-Illinois state line | 10 | | serves as the district's boundary. The southern boundary runs | 11 | | along precinct and township lines in Champaign County and along | 12 | | township and county lines in Vermillion County. | 13 | | Interstate 74 connects the urban communities of | 14 | | Champaign/Urbana and Danville within the district. These three | 15 | | communities are currently located in present District 52. The | 16 | | House Redistricting Committee received testimony at its | 17 | | Champaign hearing indicating that members of the community | 18 | | preferred to keep the current configuration, which includes all | 19 | | three cities in a single district. Testimony received indicated | 20 | | that a sizeable portion of Danville residents commute to the | 21 | | city of Champaign on a daily basis for work. Interstate 74 | 22 | | serves as a major commuter line bringing workers from Danville | 23 | | to Champaign to the region's major employers, including the | 24 | | University of Illinois, Parkland Community College, Carle | 25 | | Clinic, and Kraft Foods. | 26 | | According to 2010 Census figures, current District 52 is |
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| 1 | | overpopulated. In order to accommodate this population growth | 2 | | and testimony received at the House's Champaign hearing, the | 3 | | district was contracted, shedding rural precincts in Champaign | 4 | | and Vermillion Counties, and expanded to include fast growing | 5 | | areas in the municipalities of Champaign and Savoy. The result | 6 | | is a largely urban downstate district, which now includes 91.7 | 7 | | percent of the City of Champaign and 82.0 percent of the | 8 | | village of Savoy in a single, more compact district. The | 9 | | Champaign News-Gazette serves the Champaign-Urbana and | 10 | | Danville communities, as does a Champaign CBS affiliate, WCIA. | 11 | | The proposed district contains 91.1 percent of the core of the | 12 | | present district to provide continuity for the existing | 13 | | incumbent constituency relations. Senator Michael Frerichs (D) | 14 | | resides in this proposed district. | 15 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 53 | 16 | | Proposed Legislative District 53 is located in north | 17 | | central Illinois. It has a population of 217,469, and therefore | 18 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. This agricultural | 19 | | district includes the entire counties of Iroquois and Ford and | 20 | | nearly all of Livingston County. Rural parts of Woodford, | 21 | | McLean, and Vermilion counties are also in the district. | 22 | | The Illinois-Indiana state line forms the eastern border of | 23 | | the district. In the north, the district boundary runs along | 24 | | the Iroquois, Ford, Livingston and Woodford County lines. The | 25 | | western boundary is located west of U.S. Route 39. The southern |
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| 1 | | boundary runs along the Ford and Woodford County lines, and | 2 | | along township and precinct lines in McLean and Vermillion | 3 | | Counties. | 4 | | The proposed legislative district includes the communities | 5 | | of Bloomington, Pontiac, Onarga, Hoopeston, Watseka and Gibson | 6 | | City. The district is anchored in the southwest by the City of | 7 | | Normal with 100 percent of the city's population located in the | 8 | | proposed district. Currently, Normal is divided between two | 9 | | Legislative Districts (44th and 53rd). The new, more compact | 10 | | district includes all of Iroquois County, which was previously | 11 | | split between 3 Legislative Districts. | 12 | | Several major transportation arteries run through the | 13 | | proposed district, including Interstates 39, 55 and 57, as well | 14 | | as U.S. Route 24, which traverses the entire district from east | 15 | | to west. While proposed Legislative District 53 is largely | 16 | | agricultural, it includes Illinois State University and | 17 | | Pontiac Correctional Center, two major employers for the | 18 | | region. The proposed district also includes the Illinois State | 19 | | University Farm near Lexington. Proposed Legislative District | 20 | | 53 encompasses 59.8 percent of the core of the present | 21 | | district. Senator Shane Cultra (R) resides in the proposed | 22 | | district. | 23 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 54 | 24 | | Proposed Legislative District 54 is located in the central | 25 | | region of southern Illinois. It has a population of 217,468, |
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| 1 | | and therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. The | 2 | | district contains the whole counties of Bond, Clinton, Marion | 3 | | and Fayette. Rural portions of Madison and St. Clair Counties | 4 | | as well as portions of Effingham and Washington Counties are | 5 | | also within the district. Major communities in the district | 6 | | include Salem, Vandalia, Greenville, Highland and Centralia. | 7 | | Under the proposal, 96.8 percent of the City of Effingham is | 8 | | contained within the district, a significant change from the | 9 | | current configuration which splits Effingham into three | 10 | | districts. | 11 | | The district's northern border follows county lines of | 12 | | Bond, Fayette, and Effingham Counties, as well as township | 13 | | lines in Madison County. The western boundary is comprised of | 14 | | precinct and township lines in Madison and St. Clair Counties. | 15 | | The southern boundary of proposed District 54 generally follows | 16 | | the southern borders of Effingham and Marion Counties and | 17 | | township and county lines in Washington and St. Clair Counties. | 18 | | The eastern border runs along the eastern boundary of Fayette | 19 | | and Marion Counties and precinct and township boundaries in | 20 | | Effingham County. | 21 | | Proposed Legislative District 54 is largely rural, with a | 22 | | major transportation hub in Effingham. The district includes | 23 | | Vandalia and Centralia Correctional Facilities, which are | 24 | | major employers in the region. The district is easily | 25 | | traversable via Interstates 57, 64, 70, as well as U.S. 50, | 26 | | which runs east to west, and U.S. 51, which runs north to south |
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| 1 | | through the heart of the district. | 2 | | Due to population losses in the region, proposed District | 3 | | 55 absorbed eastern portions of present District 54, thereby | 4 | | achieving ideal population. The western portions of present | 5 | | District 54 were combined with the southern portions of present | 6 | | District 51 and northern portions of present District 58. The | 7 | | result is a much more compact district, which strongly | 8 | | resembles a district proposed by the Republicans in their 2001 | 9 | | "Alternative Plan" and the 55th Legislative District as | 10 | | configured under the 1971, 1981, and 1991 maps. | 11 | | Proposed Legislative District 54 forms a new district by | 12 | | preserving 35.7 percent of the core of the present district and | 13 | | 48.8 percent of the present District 51. Senators residing in | 14 | | the proposed district include Senators Kyle McCarter (R) and | 15 | | Dave Luechtefeld (R). The pairing of these incumbents stems | 16 | | mainly from residences located in relatively close proximity to | 17 | | the southwestern edge where two rural districts meet. | 18 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 55 | 19 | | Proposed Legislative District 55 is located in | 20 | | east-central and southeastern Illinois. It has a population of | 21 | | 217,468, and therefore achieves the ideal equal population | 22 | | target. The proposed district contains the whole counties of | 23 | | White, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, | 24 | | Crawford, Jasper, Cumberland, Clark and Coles, as well as | 25 | | portions of Edgar and Effingham Counties. Proposed District 55 |
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| 1 | | is bounded by the Illinois-Indiana state line and the Wabash | 2 | | River on the east, and Coles, Cumberland, Clay and Wayne County | 3 | | lines on the west. In Effingham County, the western boundary | 4 | | runs along township and precinct lines. The Wayne and White | 5 | | County lines form the southern boundary of Proposed District | 6 | | 55, and the northern border utilizes the Coles and Clark County | 7 | | lines, as well as township lines in Edgar County. | 8 | | Under the current map, the present district contains only | 9 | | eight whole counties, splitting another four. Under the | 10 | | proposed district map, District 55 now contains 12 whole | 11 | | counties and splits only two. The largest cities in the | 12 | | proposed district are Charleston and Mattoon, but the district | 13 | | also includes many smaller communities such as Olney, | 14 | | Lawrenceville, Flora and Fairfield. | 15 | | Though the economy of this rural district is primarily | 16 | | agriculture-based, it also contains large employers such as | 17 | | Eastern Illinois University, Olney Community College and | 18 | | Robinson and Lawrence Correctional Centers. There are a number | 19 | | of major transportation routes running through proposed | 20 | | District 55, including Interstates 64, 70 and 57. Illinois | 21 | | Route 130 is a major north to south artery in the district, | 22 | | running from Charleston to White County. Other major routes | 23 | | include U.S. 45, U.S. 50, and Illinois Route 15. | 24 | | Proposed District 55 preserves 57.8 percent of the core of | 25 | | the present district. Senator Dale Righter (R) currently | 26 | | resides in the proposed district. |
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| 1 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 56 | 2 | | Proposed Legislative District 56 is the northern of two | 3 | | proposed Legislative Districts wholly contained in the | 4 | | Metro-East portion of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. | 5 | | It has a population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the | 6 | | ideal equal population target. | 7 | | The proposed legislative district is bounded on the west by | 8 | | the Mississippi River. Its northern boundary generally follows | 9 | | the Madison County line. On its eastern and southern edges, the | 10 | | proposed district follows township and precinct boundary lines | 11 | | in Madison and St. Clair Counties. | 12 | | The borders of the proposed district generally adhere to | 13 | | existing precinct boundaries. Elsah Township is now wholly | 14 | | contained within the district, in contrast to the 2001 | 15 | | configuration, which splits it between two districts. Due to | 16 | | overall population growth in the present district, some rural | 17 | | areas were shed to create a more compact, urban district. | 18 | | Proposed Legislative District 56 contains the communities | 19 | | of Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Bethalto, Collinsville, and | 20 | | portions of Godfrey. The district also includes the | 21 | | working-class communities of Alton, Wood River, Roxana, | 22 | | Hartford, Pontoon Beach and portions of Granite City in the | 23 | | Mississippi Bottoms region. The district runs from | 24 | | southeastern Jersey County south along the Mississippi River | 25 | | through the urban heart of Madison County to Caseyville |
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| 1 | | Township. | 2 | | Interstates 270 and 55/70 along with the Clark Bridge in | 3 | | Alton provide the residents of proposed Legislative District 56 | 4 | | easy access to downtown St. Louis and the city's western | 5 | | suburbs. Planned expansion of Interstate 255 between I-270 near | 6 | | Edwardsville and U.S. 67 in Godfrey will further link | 7 | | residential corridors in Madison County with the St. Louis | 8 | | Metro-East area. The proposed district also includes Southern | 9 | | Illinois University at Edwardsville, Southern Illinois Dental | 10 | | School, Lewis & Clark Community College and Principia College. | 11 | | Proposed Legislative District 56 preserves 91.2 percent of | 12 | | the core of the present district to provide continuity for the | 13 | | existing incumbent constituency relations. Senator William | 14 | | Haine (D) resides in the proposed district. | 15 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 57 | 16 | | Proposed Legislative District 57 is the most southern of | 17 | | two proposed Legislative Districts wholly contained in the | 18 | | Metro-East portion of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. | 19 | | It has a population of 217,468, and therefore achieves the | 20 | | ideal equal population target. The district is almost entirely | 21 | | included within St. Clair County. The northern and southern | 22 | | borders run along township, precinct, and county lines in St. | 23 | | Clair County. Illinois Route 4 is generally the district's | 24 | | eastern border and the Mississippi River is the district's | 25 | | western border. |
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| 1 | | The proposed legislative district also contains portions | 2 | | of southwestern Madison County, in and around Granite City. | 3 | | According to 2010 Census figures, current District 57 is | 4 | | underpopulated by 8,223 people. With the Mississippi River | 5 | | prohibiting expansion to the west, the district lines were | 6 | | shifted south and eastward to include the communities of | 7 | | Smithton, Freeburg and Lebanon, all of which are high growth | 8 | | areas, sharing many similar characteristics with the greater | 9 | | Metro-East region. | 10 | | Proposed Legislative District 57 is anchored by the two | 11 | | major Metro-East cities of East St. Louis and Belleville, in | 12 | | addition to communities with significant African-American | 13 | | populations, such as Brooklyn, Centreville, Alorton, Madison, | 14 | | Venice and Washington Park. The African-American population of | 15 | | the proposed district is 33.29 percent, roughly the same as | 16 | | under present and prior district maps. Illinois Routes 15 and | 17 | | 159, as well as Interstates 64, 55 and 255 run through proposed | 18 | | Legislative District 57, providing access to downtown St. | 19 | | Louis. Continued infrastructure expansion projects, such as | 20 | | the new Mississippi River Bridge and the expansion of I-64 will | 21 | | unite this area with the greater St. Louis, Missouri | 22 | | metropolitan area. | 23 | | Proposed Legislative District 57 preserves 88.8 percent of | 24 | | the core of the present district as well as its partisan | 25 | | make-up to provide continuity for the existing incumbent | 26 | | constituency relations and allows the formulation of new |
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| 1 | | relationships. The proposed legislative district maintains a | 2 | | partisan make-up that is comparable to the present legislative | 3 | | district and reflects the high affiliation and correlation of | 4 | | African-American voters that identify with the Democratic | 5 | | Party based on committee hearing testimony. Senator James | 6 | | Clayborne (D) resides in the proposed district. | 7 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 58 | 8 | | Proposed Legislative District 58 is located in | 9 | | southwestern Illinois. It has a population of 217,468, and | 10 | | therefore achieves the ideal equal population target. The whole | 11 | | counties of Monroe, Randolph, Perry and Jefferson are contained | 12 | | in the largely rural Legislative District while portions of St. | 13 | | Clair, Union, Washington and Jackson counties are also | 14 | | included. The district runs from Metro-East St. Louis in the | 15 | | north to Union County. | 16 | | Proposed Legislative District 58 includes the | 17 | | municipalities of Mt. Vernon, Pinckneyville, DuQuoin, | 18 | | Murphysboro, Red Bud, Chester, Columbia, Cahokia, and the | 19 | | portion of Carbondale west of U.S. 51. The western boundary of | 20 | | the proposed district is the Mississippi River and its eastern | 21 | | boundary follows the county lines of Jefferson, Perry and | 22 | | Jackson and Illinois Route 51 south of Carbondale. | 23 | | According to the 2010 Census, the current Legislative | 24 | | District 58 is underpopulated by 1,118 individuals. However, | 25 | | due to overall population decline in the region, the boundaries |
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| 1 | | of current District 58 were shifted eastward to include | 2 | | Jefferson County. Jefferson County was wholly incorporated | 3 | | into the proposed district, pursuant to requests made by County | 4 | | Board Chairman and the Jefferson County Farm Bureau. | 5 | | The proposed district's economy is largely supported by | 6 | | agriculture, tourism, coal mining and light manufacturing. | 7 | | Proposed Legislative District 58 preserves 79.4 percent of the | 8 | | core of the present district. Senator John O. Jones (R) resides | 9 | | in the proposed district. | 10 | | LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 59 | 11 | | Proposed Legislative District 59 is located at the southern | 12 | | tip of Illinois and has population of 217,468, and therefore | 13 | | achieves the ideal equal population target. The largely rural | 14 | | district is bounded by the Ohio River to the south and east and | 15 | | the Mississippi River to the southwest. Its western border | 16 | | generally follows Illinois Route 51 and the Franklin and | 17 | | Williamson County lines. To the north, the Franklin, Hamilton | 18 | | and Gallatin county lines bound proposed Legislative District | 19 | | 59. | 20 | | Major cities in the district include Benton, Metropolis, | 21 | | Marion, Harrisburg, Carbondale, Cairo, and McLeansboro. | 22 | | Proposed Legislative District 59 contains the entire counties | 23 | | of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Johnson, Williamson, Pope, | 24 | | Hardin, Gallatin, Saline, Franklin, Hamilton and portions of | 25 | | Union and Jackson Counties. Under the current map, Hamilton |
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| 1 | | County is split between the 59th and 54th Legislative | 2 | | Districts, whereas proposed District 59 contains all of | 3 | | Hamilton County. As a result of testimony received at the | 4 | | Senate Redistricting Committee's Carbondale hearing, Alexander | 5 | | and Pulaski Counties were kept whole and together in the | 6 | | district, as they have been under every map since the 1970 map. | 7 | | According to the 2010 Census figures, present District 59 | 8 | | is underpopulated by 7,625 people. Accordingly, the proposed | 9 | | district now includes a larger portion of Union County, as well | 10 | | as a portion of Carbondale east of U.S. 51. | 11 | | The district's economy is largely supported by | 12 | | agriculture, tourism, coal mining and light manufacturing. | 13 | | With more than 10 major coal mines, the coal industry is one of | 14 | | the top employers in the district, employing over 1,500 people | 15 | | in Saline County alone. The proposed district also includes | 16 | | major governmental employers of Tamms, Shawnee, and Vienna | 17 | | Correctional Centers as well as the Marion Federal Correctional | 18 | | Center. A large portion of the Shawnee National Forest and Rend | 19 | | Lake are also located in proposed Legislative District 59. | 20 | | Interstates 24 and 57 provide transportation access to the | 21 | | district's residents and businesses. | 22 | | Proposed Legislative District 59 preserves 91.2 percent of | 23 | | the core of the present district as well as its partisan | 24 | | composition to provide continuity for the existing incumbent | 25 | | constituency relations. Senator Gary Forby (D) resides in the | 26 | | proposed district; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That this Senate Resolution adopts and | 2 | | incorporates by reference the provisions of House Resolution | 3 | | 385 of the Ninety-Seventh General Assembly.". |
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