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Voters face cutback remap in Illinois primary races
Illinois primary voters face a remapped House under the Cutback Amendment reducing seats and ending cumulative voting. With 60 contested House races and 19 Senate hopefuls, incumbents collide in downstate Decatur Peoria and southern districts, while veterans and newcomers contend for November wins and party control of 1983 legislature.
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Springfield
Illinois
State House
Illinois Senate
House
Alan J. Greiman
D-Skokie
John F. Dunn
Tim Donovan
Decatur
National Rifle Association
Donovan
NRA
Dunn
Morton Grove
Dunn-Donovan
Webber
Peoria
Fred Schraeder
Pabst Brewery Workers Union
Donald Saltsman
Jay Ackerman
Morton
Judy Koehler
Henry
Ackerman
James Donnewald
Dbreese
Frank Watson
Greenville
GOP
David Vaught
Fairview Heights
Daniel Walker
Watson
Senate
Willard Portell
Collinsville
Madison County
Herbert Schlarmann
Trenton
Gene Johns
Marion
Johns
Oploy
Ned Mitchell
Lesser
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
C.L. McCormick
Vienna
McCormick