Illinois Most Entrenched Districts

Illinois has been a problem for a very long time. The following chart is based on people currently serving in the Illinois General Assembly:

This chart is skewed because it's based on currently serving incumbents, but it does show a rapid increase it the rate that seats are turned over. However the power of the house and senate lie within the list of the longest serving, most entrenched incumbents. The turnover over the years has accomplished little, due to the hidden power structure behind the veneer of what we are taught in public school about how politics works Here is the list of top most entrenched districts in Illinois:

Name	District	Party	Chamber	Start Date	Years
Michael J. Madigan	22	D	House	1971	47
Barbara Flynn Currie	25	D	House	1979	39
David Harris	53	R	House	1983	35
Mary E. Flowers	31	D	House	1985	33
Lou Lang	16	D	House	1987	31
Daniel J. Burke	1	D	House	1991	27
Jay Hoffman	113	D	House	1991	27
Jim Durkin	82	R	House	1995	23
Sara Feigenholtz	12	D	House	1995	23
Michael P. McAuliffe	20	R	House	1996	22
Patricia R. Bellock	47	R	House	1999	19
Bill Mitchell	101	R	House	1999	19
Keith P. Sommer	88	R	House	1999	19
Dan Brady	105	R	House	2001	17
Cynthia Soto	4	D	House	2001	17
Linda Chapa LaVia	83	D	House	2003	15
William Davis	30	D	House	2003	15
Robert W. Pritchard	70	R	House	2003	15
Robert Rita	28	D	House	2003	15
John C. D'Amico	15	D	House	2004	14
David B. Reis	109	R	House	2005	13
Luis Arroyo	3	D	House	2006	12
Gregory Harris	13	D	House	2006	12
Fred Crespo	44	D	House	2007	11
La Shawn K. Ford	8	D	House	2007	11
Mike Fortner	49	R	House	2007	11
Elizabeth Hernandez	24	D	House	2007	11
Al Riley	38	D	House	2007	11
Michael J. Zalewski	23	D	House	2008	10
John J. Cullerton	6	D	Senate	1979	39
William E. Brady	44	R	Senate	1993	25
Dave Syverson	35	R	Senate	1993	25
James F. Clayborne, Jr.	57	D	Senate	1995	23
Terry Link	30	D	Senate	1997	21
Kimberly A. Lightford	4	D	Senate	1998	20
Dale A. Righter	55	R	Senate	1998	20
Antonio Muñoz	1	D	Senate	1999	19
Ira I. Silverstein	8	D	Senate	1999	19
William R. Haine	56	D	Senate	2002	16
Pamela J. Althoff	32	R	Senate	2003	15
Jacqueline Y. Collins	16	D	Senate	2003	15
Don Harmon	39	D	Senate	2003	15
Mattie Hunter	3	D	Senate	2003	15
Iris Y. Martinez	20	D	Senate	2003	15
Chapin Rose	51	R	Senate	2003	15
Martin A. Sandoval	11	D	Senate	2003	15
Kwame Raoul	13	D	Senate	2004	14
David Koehler	46	D	Senate	2006	12
Jil Tracy	47	R	Senate	2006	12
Linda Holmes	42	D	Senate	2007	11
Tim Bivins	45	R	Senate	2008	10
Heather A. Steans	7	D	Senate	2008	10