| Election Name: | 2010 Illinois House of Representatives election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Illinois House of Representatives election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Illinois House of Representatives election |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Seats For Election: | All 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 60 |
| Leader1: | Michael Madigan |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 22nd-Chicago |
| Last Election1: | 70 |
| Seats1: | 64 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,739,241 |
| Percentage1: | 50.62% |
| Swing1: | 7.40% |
| Leader2: | Tom Cross |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 97th-Oswego |
| Last Election2: | 48 |
| Seats2: | 54 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,649,274 |
| Percentage2: | 48.01% |
| Swing2: | 7.41% |
| Speaker | |
| Posttitle: | Speaker-Elect |
| Before Election: | Michael Madigan |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Michael Madigan |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2010 Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives was conducted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The 2010 primary election was conducted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years.
| Illinois State House Elections, 2010 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | ||
| Democratic | 1,739,241 | 50.62% | 70 | 64 | align="right" | -6 | |
| Republican | 1,649,274 | 48.01% | 48 | 54 | +6 | ||
| Green | 31,974 | 0.93% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independent | 15,057 | 0.44% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3,435,546 | 100.00% | 118 | 118 | — | ||
The 2010 general election resulted in a net gain of 5 seats for the Republican Party.[1]
Long-time Republican incumbent Suzanne Bassi, a moderate, lost in the primary to conservative Tom Morrison (campaign site, PVS), co-owner of a Servpro franchise with his brother, in an upset. Morrison is facing Democratic nominee Matt Flamm (campaign site, PVS), senior partner in a business and real estate law practice in Chicago.[2] [3] The Pioneer Press endorsed Flamm on October 14, 2010.[4]
The 54th District includes portions of Palatine, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Inverness, Hoffman Estates and Rolling Meadows.