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Redistricting Sparks Upstate House Split Rivalry
A Springfield dominated plan to redraw Illinois into 59 districts could pit four incumbents Rolland Tipsword D Taylorville James T Londrigan and Republicans J David Jones and W Joseph Gibbs in one central district sparking a rare intra party clash Democrats filed the plan Friday and Republicans circulated an alternate map highlighting differing county alignments across Franklin Union Alexander and other areas with key disputes over Tipsword and Londrigan pairing.
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Richard H. Teen
Lindsay - Schaub
Springfield
Clinvis
Rolland Tipsword
Taylorville
James T. Londrigan
J. David Jones
W. Joseph Gibbs
Downstate
Linois
Senate
Gene Johns
Marion
John Gilbert
Carbondale
Johns
Franklin
Union
Clyde Choate
Anna
Richard Hart
Benton
Gilbert
Alexander
Tipsword
Londrigan