Fourteen legislators don’t participate; 163 others do

Legislators who don’t take part:

1. Rep. William Black (R-104 Danville)

2. Rep. James Brosnahan (D-36 Evergreen Park)

3. Sen. Dan Duffy (R-26 Barrington)

4. Rep. Lisa Dugan (D-79 Bradley)

5. Rep. Keith Farnham (D-43 Elgin)

6. Rep. Robert Flider (D-101 Mt. Zion)

7. Rep. Paul Froehlich (D-56 Schaumburg)

8. Rep. Jehan Gordon (D-92 Peoria)

9. Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-112 Collinsville)

10. Rep. Naomi Jakobsson (D-103 Urbana)

11. Rep. Emily McAsey (D-85 Lockport)

12. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D-37 Orland Park)

13. Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg (D-9 Evanston)

14. Rep. Mark L. Walker (D-66 Arlington Heights)

Fifty-seven of 59 members of the Illinois Senate hand out legislators scholarships, while 106 of 118 representatives participate in the century-old program.

Participating representatives:

1. Edward Acevedo (D-2 Chicago)

2. Luis Arroyo (D-3 Chicago)

3. Suzanne Bassi (R-54 Palatine)

4. Mark Beaubien  (R- 52 Barrington)

5. Daniel Beiser  (D-111 Alton)

6. Patricia Bellock (R-47 Hinsdale)

7. Maria Berrios  (D-39 Chicago)

8. Bob Biggins (R-41 Elmhurst)

9. Michael Boland (D-71 East Moline)

10. Mike Bost  (R-115 Murphysboro)

11. John Bradley (D-117 Marion)

12. Dan Brady (R-88 Bloomington)

13. Rich Brauer (R-100 Petersburg)

14. Daniel Burke (D-23 Chicago)

15. William Burns (D-26 Chicago)

16. John Cavaletto (R-107 Salem)

17. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-83 Aurora)

18. Franco Coladipietro (R-45 Bloomingdale)

19. Sandy Cole (R-62 Grayslake)

20. Annazette Collins  (D-10 Chicago)

21. Marlow Colvin (D-33 Chicago)

22. Michael Connelly (R-48 Lisle)

23. Elizabeth Coulson (R-17 Glenview)

24. Fred Crespo (D-44 Hoffman Estates)

25. Tom Cross (R-84 Oswego)

26. Shane Cultra (R-105 Onarga)

27. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-25 Chicago)

28. John D’Amico (D-15 Chicago)

29. Monique Davis (D-27 Chicago)

30. William Davis (D-30 Homewood)

31. Anthony DeLuca  (D-80 Chicago Heights)

32. Kenneth Dunkin (D-5 Chicago)

33. Jim Durkin (R-82 Western Springs)

34. Roger Eddy (R-109 Hutsonville)

35. Sara Feigenholtz (D-12 Chicago)

36. Mary Flowers (D-31 Chicago)

37. LaShawn Ford (D-8 Chicago)

38. Mike Fortner (R-95 West Chicago)

39. Jack Franks (D-63 Woodstock)

40. John Fritchey (D-11 Chicago)

41. Esther Golar  (D-6 Chicago)

42. Careen Gordon (D-75 Coal City)

43. Deborah Graham (D-78 Chicago)

44. Julie Hamos (D-18 Evanston)

45. Betsy Hannig (D-98 Litchfield)

46. Greg Harris (D-13 Chicago)

47. Kay Hatcher (R-50 Yorkville)

48. Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24 Cicero)

49. Thomas Holbrook (D-113 Belleville)

50. Constance Howard (D-34 Chicago)

51. Eddie Lee Jackson Sr.  (D-114 East St. Louis)

52. Charles Jefferson (D-67 Rockford)

53. Kevin Joyce (D-35 Chicago)

54. Renée Kosel (R-81 New Lenox)

55. Lou Lang (D-16 Skokie)

56. David R. Leitch (R-73 Peoria)

57. Joseph M. Lyons (D-19 Chicago)

58. Michael J. Madigan (D-22 Chicago)

59. Sidney H. Mathias (R-53 Buffalo Grove)

60. Frank J. Mautino (D-76 Spring Valley)

61. Karen May (D-58 Highland Park)

62. Michael McAuliffe (R-20 Chicago)

63. Jack McGuire (D-86 Joliet)

64. Deborah Mell (D-40 Chicago)

65. Susana A. Mendoza (D-1 Chicago)

66. David E. Miller (D-29 Calumet City)

67. Bill Mitchell (R-87 Forsyth)

68. Jerry Mitchell (R-90 Sterling)

69. Donald Moffitt (R-74 Gilson)

70. Rosemary Mulligan (R-65 Des Plaines)

71. Richard Myers (R-94 Colchester)

72. Elaine Nekritz (D-57 Northbrook)

73. JoAnn Osmond (R-61 Antioch)

74. Harry Osterman (D-14 Chicago)

75. Brandon Phelps (D-118 Harrisburg)

76. Sandra Pihos (R-42 Glen Ellyn)

77. Raymond Poe (R-99 Springfield)

78. Robert Pritchard (R-70 Hinckley)

79. Randy Ramey Jr. (R-55 Carol Stream)

80. Dennis Reboletti (R-46 Elmhurst)

81. David Reis (R-108 Willow Hill)

82. Dan Reitz (D-116 Steeleville)

83. Al Riley (D-38 Olympia Fields)

84. Robert Rita  (D-28 Blue Island)

85. Chapin Rose (R-110 Mahomet)

86. Jim Sacia (R-89 Pecatonica)

87. Angelo “Skip” Saviano (R-77 Elmwood)

88. Timothy L. Schmitz (R-49 Batavia)

89. Darlene J. Senger (R-96 Naperville)

90. Carol A. Sente (D-59 Vernon Hills)

91. Michael K. Smith (D-91 Canton)

92. Keith P. Sommer (R-106 Mackinaw)

93. Cynthia Soto (D-4 Chicago)

94. Ron Stephens (R-102 Highland)

95. Ed Sullivan, Jr. (R-51 Mundelein)

96. Andre M. Thapedi (D-32 Chicago)

97. Jil Tracy (R-93 Mt. Sterling)

98. Michael W. Tryon (R-64 Crystal Lake)

99. Arthur Turner (D-9 Chicago)

100. Patrick Verschoore (D-72 Rock Island)

101. Ronald A. Wait (R-69 Belvidere)

102. Eddie Washington (D-60 Waukegan)

103. Jim Watson (R-97 Jacksonville)

104. Dave Winters (R-68 Shirland)

105. Karen Yarbrough (D-7 Maywood)

106. Michael Zalewski (D-21 Chicago)

Participating senators:

1. Pamela Althoff (R-32 McHenry)

2. Tim Bivins (R-45 Dixon)

3. Larry Bomke (R-50 Springfield)

4. Michael Bond (D-31 Grayslake)

5. Bill Brady (R-44 Bloomington)

6. J Bradley Burzynski (R-35 Rochelle)

7.  James Clayborne Jr. (D-57 Belleville)

8.  Jacqueline Collins (D-16 Chicago)

9.  Dan Cronin (R-21 Elmhurst)

10. M. Maggie Crotty (D-19 Oak Forest)

11. John Cullerton (D-6 Chicago)

12. Gary Dahl (R-38 Granville)

13. James DeLeo (D-10 Chicago)

14. William Delgado (D-2 Chicago)

15. Deanna Demuzio  (D-49 Carlinville)

16. Kirk Dillard (R-24 Hinsdale)

17. Gary Forby (D-59 Benton)

18. Michael Frerichs (D-52 Gifford)

19. Susan Garrett (D-29 Lake Forest)

20. William Haine (D-56 Alton)

21. Don Harmon (D-39 Oak Park)

22. Rickey Hendon (D-5 Chicago)

23. Linda Holmes (D-42 Plainfield)

24. Randall Hultgren (R-48 Winfield)

25. Mattie Hunter (D-3 Chicago)

26. Toi Hutchinson (D-40 Olympia Fields)

27. Mike Jacobs (D-36 East Moline)

28. Emil Jones III (D-14 Chicago)

29. John O. Jones (R-54 Mt. Vernon)

30. David Koehler (D-46 Peoria)

31. Dan Kotowski (D-33 Park Ridge)

32. Chris Lauzen  (R-25 Aurora)

33. Kimberly A. Lightford (D-4 Maywood)

34. Terry Link (D-30 Vernon Hills)

35. David Luechtefeld (R-58 Okawville)

36. Edward D. Maloney (D-18 Chicago)

37. Iris Y. Martinez (D-20 Chicago)

38. Kyle McCarter (R-51 Lebanon)

39. James T. Meeks (D-15 Calumet City)

40. John J. Millner (R-28 Carol Stream)

41. Antonio Munoz  (D-1 Chicago)

42. Matt Murphy (R-27 Palatine)

43. Michael Noland (D-22 Elgin)

44. Carole Pankau (R-23 Itasca)

45. Christine Radogno (R-41 LaGrange)

46. Kwame Raoul (D-13 Chicgao)

47. Dale Righter (R-55 Charleston)

48. Dale Risinger (R-37 Peoria)

49. Dan Rutherford (R-53 Chenoa)

50. Martin Sandoval (D-12 Chicago)

51. Ira Silverstein (D-8 Chicago)

52. Heather Steans (D-7 Chicago)

53. John Sullivan (D-47 Rushville)

54. Dave Syverson (R-34 Rockford)

55. Donne Trotter (D-17 Chicago)

56. Louis Viverito (D-11 Burbank)

57. A.J.Wilhelmi  (D-43 Joliet)

7 Responses to “ Fourteen legislators don’t participate; 163 others do ”

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