Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010

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November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02)

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All 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Michael Madigan	Tom Cross
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	22nd-Chicago	84th-Oswego
Last election	70	48
Seats won	64	54
Seat change	6	6
Popular vote	1,739,241	1,649,274
Percentage	50.62%	48.01%
Swing	7.40%	7.41%

Speaker before election

Michael Madigan
Democratic

Speaker-Elect

Michael Madigan
Democratic

The 2010 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives was conducted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The 2010 primary election was conducted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years.

Long-time Republican incumbent Suzanne Bassi, a moderate, lost in the primary to conservative Tom Morrison (campaign site, PVS), co-owner of a Servpro franchise with his brother, in an upset. Morrison is facing Democratic nominee Matt Flamm (campaign site, PVS), senior partner in a business and real estate law practice in Chicago. The Pioneer Press endorsed Flamm on October 14, 2010.

The 54th District includes portions of Palatine, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Inverness, Hoffman Estates and Rolling Meadows.

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