Illinois State Senate District 53
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Chris Balkema Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Chris Balkema (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
- Earlier results
- Jason Barickman (Republican) was unopposed, 2022Jason Barickman (Republican) was unopposed, 2018, older linesAll 18 elections
Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 90,825
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChris BalkemaWon Republican 90,825100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 71,697
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason BarickmanWon(incumbent) Republican 71,697100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,592
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason BarickmanWon(incumbent) Republican 66,592100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 84,127
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason BarickmanWon(incumbent) Republican 84,127100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1970 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
All elections (18 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 90,825
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChris BalkemaWon Republican 90,825100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 71,697
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason BarickmanWon(incumbent) Republican 71,697100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,592
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason BarickmanWon(incumbent) Republican 66,592100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 84,127
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason BarickmanWon(incumbent) Republican 84,127100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,999
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason BarickmanWon Republican 76,999100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 90,199
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan RutherfordWon(incumbent) Republican 90,199100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 85,871
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan RutherfordWon(incumbent) Republican 85,871100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 60,786
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan RutherfordWon Republican 60,786100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,621
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJudith A. MyersWon Republican 42,54371.4% DemocraticDon Roesch Democratic 17,07828.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,068
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry WoodyardWon(incumbent) Republican 39,81069.8% DemocraticCharles D. Mattis Democratic 17,25830.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 84,537
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry WoodyardWon(incumbent) Republican 53,23763.0% DemocraticWilliam Warren Democratic 31,30037.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,723
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry WoodyardWon(incumbent) Republican 46,723100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 60,411
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarry WoodyardWon Republican 38,45263.6% DemocraticAlan Holderfield Democratic 21,95936.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,152
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMax E. CoffeyWon(incumbent) Republican 38,53958.3% DemocraticJerry C. Nikitas Democratic 27,61341.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 56,532
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMax E. CoffeyWon(incumbent) Republican 37,10365.6% DemocraticMaurice W. Arbuckle Democratic 19,42934.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 79,028
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMax E. CoffeyWon Republican 42,31953.5% DemocraticRichard J. Doyle Democratic 36,70946.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 81,959
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom MerrittWon(incumbent) Republican 47,72458.2% DemocraticHerbert F. Hales Jr. Democratic 34,07041.6% OtherHarry C. George Other 1650.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,529
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Illinois Senate District 53, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSam M. VadalabeneWon Democratic 30,54356.0% RepublicanMerrill Ottwien Republican 23,98644.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
More about this race
Uncontested
One candidate on the printed ballot.
Party nominees only, not the certified ballot.
Source: elections.il.gov, dated Oct 28
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- Independent
- Nonpartisan
- More than one party
- No member listed
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Election Wrld. (2026). Illinois State Senate District 53, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/il/senate/53. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026