| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Jesus Garcia | Democratic | 50% |
| IL | U.S. House | 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 15% |
| IL | U.S. House | 12 | Michael Bost | Republican | 36% |
| IL | State House | 12 | Sara Feigenholtz | Democratic | 8% |
| IL | State House | 20 | Michael McAuliffe | Republican | 42% |
| IL | State House | 22 | Michael Madigan | Democratic | 8% |
| IL | State House | 31 | Mary Flowers | Democratic | 8% |
| IL | State House | 82 | Jim Durkin | Republican | 67% |
| IL | State Senate | 6 | John Cullerton | Democratic | 50% |
| IL | State Senate | 30 | Terry Link | Democratic | 50% |
| IL | State Senate | 35 | Dave Syverson | Republican | 100% |
| IL | State Senate | 44 | Bill Brady, Jr. | Republican | 92% |
| IL | Auditor General | Frank Mautino | Democratic | 31% | |
| IL | Supervisor | At-Large | M. Maggie Crotty | Democratic | 23% |
| IL | Commissioner | 12 | John Fritchey | 8% | |
| IL | Board Member | At-Large | Dan Cronin | 100% | |
| IL | Chairman | At-Large | Christopher Lauzen | Republican | 100% |
| IL | Board Member | At-Large | David Phelps | 8% | |
| Edward Acevedo | 8% | ||||
| Jay Ackerman | 92% | ||||
| Mark Beaubien, Jr. | 85% | ||||
| Robert Bergman | 92% | ||||
| Arthur Berman | 33% | ||||
| Judy Biggert | 77% | ||||
| Robert Biggins | 77% | ||||
| William Black | 58% | ||||
| Michael Boland | 8% | ||||
| Larry Bomke | 100% | ||||
| Evelyn Bowles | 71% | ||||
| Glenn Bradford | 11% | ||||
| Richard Bradley | 9% | ||||
| James Brosnahan | 15% | ||||
| Joel Brunsvold | 31% | ||||
| Robert Bugielski | 8% | ||||
| Daniel Burke | 17% | ||||
| J. Burzynski | 100% | ||||
| Martin Butler | 100% | ||||
| Ralph Capparelli | 17% | ||||
| Howard Carroll | 57% | ||||
| Robert Churchill | 85% | ||||
| James Clayborne II | 50% | ||||
| Verna Clayton | 77% | ||||
| Earlean Collins | 67% | ||||
| Elizabeth Coulson | 67% | ||||
| Mary Lou Cowlishaw | 77% | ||||
| Tom Cross | 54% | ||||
| Barbara Currie | 8% | ||||
| Julie Curry | 8% | ||||
| Lee Daniels | 77% | ||||
| Thomas Dart | 8% | ||||
| Monique Davis | 17% | ||||
| Steve Davis | 15% | ||||
| Terry Deering | 11% | ||||
| James DeLeo | 60% | ||||
| Miguel Del Valle | 60% | ||||
| Vince Demuzio | 57% | ||||
| Suzanne Louise Deuchler | 46% | ||||
| Kirk Dillard | 100% | ||||
| Laura Kent Donahue | 100% | ||||
| Walter Dudycz | 100% | ||||
| Judy Erwin | 9% | ||||
| Arline Fantin | 8% | ||||
| Bruce Farley | 57% | ||||
| Beverly Fawell | 100% | ||||
| Peter Fitzgerald | 100% | ||||
| Lauren Beth Gash | 8% | ||||
| Adeline Jay Geo-Karis | 100% | ||||
| Michael Giglio | 15% | ||||
| Calvin Giles | 15% | ||||
| Kurt Granberg | 15% | ||||
| Debbie Halvorson | 57% | ||||
| Gary Hannig | 25% | ||||
| Charles Hartke | 8% | ||||
| Brent Hassert | 83% | ||||
| Carl Hawkinson | 100% | ||||
| Rickey Hendon | 20% | ||||
| Douglas Hoeft | 77% | ||||
| Thomas Holbrook | 8% | ||||
| Constance Howard | 8% | ||||
| Ann Hughes | 100% | ||||
| Dennis Jacobs | 83% | ||||
| Thomas Lee Johnson | 100% | ||||
| Tim Johnson | 58% | ||||
| Emil Jones, Jr. | 43% | ||||
| John Jones | 50% | ||||
| Lovana Jones | 18% | ||||
| Shirley Jones | 13% | ||||
| Doris Karpiel | 100% | ||||
| Howard Kenner | 8% | ||||
| Dick Klemm | 100% | ||||
| Gwenn Klingler | 50% | ||||
| Renée Kosel | 50% | ||||
| Carolyn Krause | 55% | ||||
| Jack Kubik | 77% | ||||
| Lou Lang | 8% | ||||
| I. Ronald Lawfer | 100% | ||||
| David Leitch | 100% | ||||
| Patricia Lindner | 73% | ||||
| Edgar Lopez | 8% | ||||
| David Luechtefeld | 100% | ||||
| Eileen Lyons | 55% | ||||
| Joseph Lyons | 15% | ||||
| Robert Madigan | 100% | ||||
| William Mahar | 100% | ||||
| John Maitland, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Kevin McCarthy | 23% | ||||
| John McGuire | 8% | ||||
| Larry McKeon | 8% | ||||
| James Meyer | 77% | ||||
| Bill Mitchell | 73% | ||||
| Gerald Mitchell | 73% | ||||
| Don Moffitt | 62% | ||||
| Andrea Moore | 69% | ||||
| Gene Moore | 17% | ||||
| Charles Morrow III | 8% | ||||
| Rosemary Mulligan | 50% | ||||
| Harold Murphy | 11% | ||||
| Judith Myers | 100% | ||||
| Richard Myers | 75% | ||||
| N. Duane Noland | 77% | ||||
| John Philip Novak | 8% | ||||
| Mary O'Brien | 15% | ||||
| William O'Daniel | 100% | ||||
| Patrick O'Malley | 100% | ||||
| Carole Pankau | 77% | ||||
| Terry Parke | 91% | ||||
| Kathleen Parker | 100% | ||||
| Vincent Persico | 85% | ||||
| William Peterson | 100% | ||||
| Edward Petka | 100% | ||||
| James Philip | 100% | ||||
| Raymond Poe | 73% | ||||
| Coy Pugh | 8% | ||||
| Christine Radogno | 100% | ||||
| Steven Rauschenberger | 100% | ||||
| James Rea | 67% | ||||
| Carol Ronen | 8% | ||||
| Peter Roskam | 100% | ||||
| Dan Rutherford | 92% | ||||
| Tom Ryder | 69% | ||||
| Miguel Santiago | 11% | ||||
| Skip Saviano | 33% | ||||
| Jeffrey Schoenberg | 8% | ||||
| Douglas Scott | 8% | ||||
| George Scully, Jr. | 15% | ||||
| George Shadid | 67% | ||||
| Todd Sieben | 100% | ||||
| Sonia Silva | 9% | ||||
| Cal Skinner | 100% | ||||
| Ricca Slone | 8% | ||||
| Michael Smith | 8% | ||||
| Ron Stephens | 58% | ||||
| Todd Stroger | 8% | ||||
| Arthur Tenhouse | 92% | ||||
| Arthur Turner, Sr. | 15% | ||||
| John Turner | 92% | ||||
| Louis Viverito | 100% | ||||
| Ronald Wait | 80% | ||||
| Lawrence Walsh, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Thomas Walsh | 100% | ||||
| Frank Watson | 100% | ||||
| Michael Weaver | 33% | ||||
| Stanley Blake Weaver | 100% | ||||
| Patrick Welch | 80% | ||||
| Richard Winkel, Jr. | 67% | ||||
| David Winters | 91% | ||||
| David Wirsing | 83% | ||||
| Kathleen Wojcik | 83% | ||||
| Larry Woolard | 15% | ||||
| Wyvetter Younge | 8% | ||||
| Anne Zickus | 82% |
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