IL high court questions if GOP gerrymandering suit is ‘timely;’ GOP: ‘Unquestionably’ so – Cook County Record

IL high court questions if GOP gerrymandering suit is ‘timely;’ GOP: ‘Unquestionably’ so – Cook County Record

In their lawsuit, Republicans have noted that the results of the two elections since that ruling have demonstrated just how successful Democrats were in using the maps to entrench their political power. They noted that in 2022, Republican candidates collectively "won a majority - 50.9 percent - of the statewide votes. And in 2024, Republicans claimed 45 percent of the statewide vote, amid the election of President Donald Trump. Yet in both elect…

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IL high court questions if GOP gerrymandering suit is 'timely;' GOP: 'Unquestionably' so

Democrats have not yet responded in court to a Republican lawsuit challenging the legislative district map that has handed Democrats a supermajority in Springfield.However, the state's Republicans already have been forced to defend their action in court against an apparent move by the Democrat-dominated Illinois Supreme Court to potentially pull the plug on the legal challenge without actually ruling on whether Democrats violated Illinoisans' co…