IFCA's Election Results Update
Congress
Week after the election, it now appears that the US Senate will still be controlled by Democrats by a razor thin margin. Even if Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker wins the Georgia run-off election, the make-up of the Senate will be a 50-50 split. However, Vice President Kamela Harris will have the tie breaking vote.
In the US House of Representatives, it was announced last night that Republicans will now control that chamber, so far holding onto 218 seats to the Democrats current 208. There are still several contests that have yet be called in a few states but will not affect the Republican’s majority.
Illinois Senate and House
Only a few contests were uncertain after last week’s election in the Illinois General Assembly. In the Senate, Republican candidate Erica Harriss of Glen Carbon beat incumbent State Senator Kris Tharp in a close election. Incumbent State Senator Mike Hastings (D-Frankfort) ended up with enough votes to beat back a challenge from Republican Patrick Sheehan. Harriss was the only seat gained for Senate Republicans.
In the House, Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) appears to have lost her seat to Democrat Jenn Ladisch Douglass by 341 votes. Mazzochi was successful this week in a lawsuit she filed prohibiting DuPage County election workers from using vote-by-mail applications to verify signatures on mail-in ballots still to be counted. It is doubtful however, that she can overcome the difference in votes.
State Constitutional Amendment – Collective Bargaining
The Constitutional Amendment which was on the ballot last week has now garnered enough votes for adoption. Under this amendment, all workers in the state would gain the constitutional right to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions.
The proposal would also prevent these bargaining rights from changing or repealed in the future as it mandates that “no law shall be passed that interferes with, negates or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment and workplace safety.” This amendment would protect pro-union rights from future legislatures and governors.
Week after the election, it now appears that the US Senate will still be controlled by Democrats by a razor thin margin. Even if Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker wins the Georgia run-off election, the make-up of the Senate will be a 50-50 split. However, Vice President Kamela Harris will have the tie breaking vote.
In the US House of Representatives, it was announced last night that Republicans will now control that chamber, so far holding onto 218 seats to the Democrats current 208. There are still several contests that have yet be called in a few states but will not affect the Republican’s majority.
Illinois Senate and House
Only a few contests were uncertain after last week’s election in the Illinois General Assembly. In the Senate, Republican candidate Erica Harriss of Glen Carbon beat incumbent State Senator Kris Tharp in a close election. Incumbent State Senator Mike Hastings (D-Frankfort) ended up with enough votes to beat back a challenge from Republican Patrick Sheehan. Harriss was the only seat gained for Senate Republicans.
In the House, Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) appears to have lost her seat to Democrat Jenn Ladisch Douglass by 341 votes. Mazzochi was successful this week in a lawsuit she filed prohibiting DuPage County election workers from using vote-by-mail applications to verify signatures on mail-in ballots still to be counted. It is doubtful however, that she can overcome the difference in votes.
State Constitutional Amendment – Collective Bargaining
The Constitutional Amendment which was on the ballot last week has now garnered enough votes for adoption. Under this amendment, all workers in the state would gain the constitutional right to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions.
The proposal would also prevent these bargaining rights from changing or repealed in the future as it mandates that “no law shall be passed that interferes with, negates or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment and workplace safety.” This amendment would protect pro-union rights from future legislatures and governors.