Democrats win 13 of 24 Illinois seats in Congress; Mikva and Simon among victors; 9 of 12 Appellate Court judges are Democrats; Blue Ballot to modify amendatory veto fails

Congress
1ST Ralph H. Metcalfe, D (inc.)
2ND Morgan F. Murphy, D (inc.)
3RD Martin A. Russo, D
4TH Edward J. Derwinski, R (inc.)
5TH John C. Kluczynski, D (inc.)
6TH Henry J. Hyde, R
7TH Cardiss Collins, D (inc.)
8TH Daniel D. Rostenkowski, D (inc.)
9TH Sidney R. Yates, D (inc.)
10TH Abner J. Mikva, D
11TH Frank Annunzio, D (inc.)
12TH Philip M. Crane, R (inc.)
13TH Robert McClory, R (inc.)
14TH John N. Erlenborn. R (inc.)
15TH Tim L. Hall, D
16TH John B. Anderson, R (inc.)
17TH George M. O'Brien, R (inc.)
18TH Robert H. Michel, R (inc.)
19TH Tom Railsback, R (inc.)
20TH Paul Findley, R (inc.)
21ST Edward R. Madigan, R (inc.)
22ND George E. Shipley, D (inc.)
23RD Melvin Price, D (inc.)
24TH Paul Simon, D

Stevenson, in his race against Burditt, polled 250,000 fewer votes than when he ran against Smith. Treasurer Dixon,however, received about 24,000 votes more than he did when he was First elected Treasurer four years ago.

Democratic legislative victories
The Democrats won 13 of the 24 Illinois congressional seats, took control of the Illinois Senate, 34 to 25, and also won control of the Illinois House of Representatives, 101 to 76. The 101 include three who ran as Independents but are expected to line up with the Democrats. Expected to line up with the Democrats.

The table shows the history of partisan division in the Illinois congressional delegation and State legislature since 1946 and illustrates what a departure from the norm these Democratic party victories are. Excepting 1964 (the year of the at-large election of Representatives when the Democrats elected their full slate of 118), Democratic control in the legislature has never been so strong in the postwar period as it will now be.

...House .. ...Senate .Congress
.........R....D....R...D...R..D
1946 88 65 38 13 20 6
1948 72 81 33 18 14 12
1950 84 69 31 20 18 8
1952 86 67 38 13 16 9
1954 79 74 32 19 13 12

1956 94 83 38 19 14 11
1958 86 91 34 24 11 14
1960 89 88 31 27 11 14
1962 90 86 35 23 12 12
1964 59 118 33 25 11 13

1966 99 78 38 20 12 12
1968 95 82 37 19 12 12
1970 90 87 29 29 12 12
1972 89 87* 30 29 14 10

* I elected as Independent.
voted with Democrats to organize.

It was a bad year for Republican incumbents. In the congressional races, Robert H. Hanrahan (3rd) and Samuel H. Young (10th) were unseated.

In the Senate, Jack E. Walker (10th), Edward T. Scholl (16th), John H. Conolly (31st), Edward McBroom (43rd) and A. C. Bartulis (49th) were defeated. Only a third of the Senators were up for re-election.

In the House, nine incumbents lost — Richard A. Walsh (5th), Jacob J. Wolf (17th), Robert L. Dunne (28th), Frank P. North (34th), Speaker W. Robert Blair (42nd), John C. Kriegsman (45th), Ben C. Harpslrite (55th), Robert J. Walters (56th), and Robert H. Holloway (29th).

In other cases, incumbents did not seek re-election (or lost in the primary). As a result there will be seven new members in the Senate and 38 in the House. This count includes a Representative elected to the Senate (Philip) and three who served previous to 1973-74, Egan (Senate) and Friedrich and Meyer (House).

Appellate Court elections
There were partisan elections for 12 vacancies as Appellate Court judges in the five judicial districts, and Democratic candidates were elected to nine of these. One of those elected was retiring State Rep. Tobias Barry (3rd judicial district). Barry had represented the 37th district for 14 years.

U. of I. trustees
Robert J. Lenz, a Bloomington lawyer, Nina T. Shepherd, innetka, and Arthur R. Velasquez, a Chicago businessman, were elected to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, unseating incumbents Timothy W. Swain, a Peoria lawyer, and Russell W. Steger, a Chicago insurance executive, and defeating Gardner W. Heidrick, Hinsdale, a management consultant. The Democrats now have a 6 to 3 margin on the 9-member board.

Blue Ballot question fails
A proposed constitutional amendment that would have modified the Governor's power to send bills back to the legislature with recommended changes, the quot;amendatory veto," failed to receive the favorable three-fifths vote required. An amendment may also be ratified if it receives a favorable majority of all votes cast in the election.

The amendment would have limited the Governor's recommended changes to technical matters or matters of form.