The

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

general election was held on November 8, 2016.

Primaries Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the c ...

were held March 15. In addition to federal races for President, Senate, and House, all 118 seats of the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

and 40 seats (out of 59) of the

Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state, State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adop ...

were up for election, a

special election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-larges ...

was held for

Illinois Comptroller The Comptroller of Illinois is a constitutional officer in the executive branch, executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Illinois. Ten individuals have held the office of Comptroller since the enactment of the Constitution of Illinois, ...

, judicial elections were held, and a statewide ballot measure was voted upon.

Election information

Turnout

Primary election

For the primary election, turnout was 46.56%, with 3,569,960 votes cast. Over 520,000 of votes cast were done so as early votes. ;Turnout by county

General election

For the general election, turnout was 70.56%, with 5,666,118 votes cast. ;Turnout by county

Federal elections

United States President

United States Senate

United States House

All of Illinois' 18 seats in the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

were up for election in 2016. The Democratic Party flipped one Republican-held seat, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 11 Democrats and 7 Republicans.

State elections

Comptroller

State House of Representatives

Democrats retained the majority in the State House of Representatives. However, they lost their veto-proof supermajority, as Republicans gained seats.

State Senate

Democrats retained the majority in the State Senate.

Judicial elections

Judicial elections were held. These consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for seven seats in the

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Ballot measure

Illinois voters voted a single ballot measure in 2016. In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.

Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment

Illinois voters approved the Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment, a

legislatively referred constitutional amendment A legislative referral (or legislative referendum) is a referendum in which a legislature puts proposed legislation up for popular vote. This may either be voluntarily or, as is the case in many countries for a constitutional amendment, as a man ...

that prohibits lawmakers from using transportation funds for anything other than their stated purpose. In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.

Local elections

Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.

Notes

References

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