The same. We gained exactly ZERO seats in the IL House, and 1 seat in the IL Senate:
http://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014
I believe we are the only state in the country where a "Republican" defeated a RAT incumbent for Governor but there weren't any coattails in the legislature. Madigan seems to have arranged it that way. Rauner won comfortably outside of the margin error (51% for Rauner to 45% for Quinn), so numerous voters must have voted Rauner at the top of the ticket, and RAT for the rest of the offices.
In Illinois, it takes 3/5th vote (60%) to override the Governor, rather than the 2/3rds (66%) to override the President on the federal level. So the legislature will continue to have a veto proof majority. In a hypothetical scenario that RINO Rauner actually turned out to be decent and continually vetoed Madigan's pet projects (which he won't, but let's just pretend for argument's sake), the legislature could then override every one of his vetoes. Even if they didn't get every single Dem, they have at least 4-5 RINOs who routinely vote with the Dem caucus.
Call me cynical, but its impossible for Rauner to gain anything aside from the blame when the state continues to tank.
Yes, we did get ONE seat in the Senate, District 36 Rat Senator and scion Mike Jacobs lost to fireman(!?) Neil Anderson (R) by 54%-46% (or 56.5%-43.5% according to a different source). Includes all of Rock Island County. We last won this seat in 1980 with Randy Thomas, he was CRUSHED in 1982 by some rat named Clarence A. Darrow (don’t know if he’s a relation to the famous one), who was succeeded in 1986 by Denny Jacobs, daddy to Mike, who resigned in his favor in 2005 (WE ARE A MONARCHY).
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=12790
I was surprised when it was fairly close 2 years ago (within 10 points), I presumed it was one of safest rat seats downstate, it was altered in redistricting. He won easily in 2006 and 2008 and his daddy had been unopposed in his last THREE elections.
Unfortunately we’re so criminally underrepresented in the upper chamber that we still need FOUR more to go over 40%.
We couldn’t get the ONE seat needed in the House to break the supermajority, which I find BIZARRE and questionable.
“Call me cynical”
CONN is a case study in possibilities.
1. It is tough terrain for Conservatives
2. We are undermanned and underfinanced
3. There was a lack of focus in the grassroots on this task ... only the HOUSE GOP itself worked this effort over the past 6 years.
4. Yes, the GOP in the SEnate is fullblown RINO country.
5. But, the GOP in the CT House is largely conservative across the board.
” “If 1,890 votes had been switched in the dozen closest races, Republicans would have controlled the House for the first time since Ronald Reagan was in office,” said Rep. Larry Cafero, leader of the GOP caucus.
In the closest race, Rep. Michelle Cook, D-Torrington edged out Republican challenger Dan Farley by just 52 votes, according to tallies filed with the Secretary of the State’s office.
And in another close contest in the Northwest Corner, veteran Democratic Rep. Roberta Willis of Salisbury beat GOP challenger Brian Ohler by 127 votes, according to the House Republican campaign committee.”
Perhaps this demonstrates how fragile the Progressive stranglehold is. With More effort ... they can be crushed. It can be done. Go away, ye defeatists!