This fall, Speaker Chris Welch spoke of the possibility of House Democrats picking up 4-5 seats on Tuesday. The House Republicans’ determination in these precincts paid off, despite being vastly outspent. There is a real possibility that the House Democrats might not pick up any new seats this cycle. As of this writing, without a full count and late-arriving mail-in ballots yet to be tallied, House Democratic challengers were behind in four races, even though they had massively outspent the Republicans. If those results hold up, the Democrats will not pick up a single seat and might even lose one. But all votes have yet to be counted as the current vote is still in flux.
 
In House District 52, Rep. Marty McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) leads Democrat Maria Peterson by 969 votes with 100% of precincts reporting. (A difference of 28,532 to 27,563)
 
In House District 47, Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) leads Democrat Jackie Williamson by exactly 500 votes with 100% of precincts reporting. (A difference of 29,531 to 29,031)
 
In House District 104, Rep. Brandun Schweizer (R-Danville) leads Democrat Jarrett Clem by 771 votes with 100% of precincts reporting. (A difference of 23,163 to 22,392)
 
In House District 114, Rep. Kevin Schmidt (R-Millstadt) leads Democrat LaToya Greenwood by 1,844 votes with 100% of precincts reporting. (A difference of 22,669 to 20,825)
 
Other results: The Associated Press had Rep. Sharon Chung (D-Bloomington) up by a narrow margin but votes in her home turf of McLean County had yet to been counted by the AP, so she is expected to win by a comfortable amount.
 
Rep. Jackie Haas (R-Bourbonnais) is comfortably ahead of former Pat Quinn aide Billy Morgan by almost nine points.
 
The Senate Republicans tried to topple Sen. Patrick Joyce (D-Essex), but they eventually dropped out of the race and Joyce is ahead at 59-41 after a million dollars spent in advertising.