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At the bottom of this are the questions being asked by the IPOs of candidates seeking appointment to the Illinois Senate. Background: Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas is getting appointed to Mayor (of Chicago) Brandon Johnson's administration. Under Illinois law the committee persons of the incumbent's party (Democratic) get to appoint the replacement using a weighted voted system. Those committee persons are:

 Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) announced she would resign from her seat in the Illinois Senate today (January 19, 2021). The district is mostly in Chicago with a small piece of Evanston. In accordance with Illinois law, the Democratic Party committee persons from that state senate district will convene and cast a weighted vote for Steans' replacement. Alex Nitkin did the work to calculate the weighted vote of each Democratic Party committee person. Summarized: Ward/township Committee Person Percentage of vote in Legislative District 7 48 Harry Osterman 27.00% 40 Maggie O'Keefe 23.20% 49 Kelly Cassidy 22% 47 Paul Rosenfeld 14.50% 46 Sean Tenner 10.30% Evanston Eamon Kelly 1.60% Ram Villivalam 0.80% 50 Deb Silverstein 0.40% 33 Iris Martinez 0.30% Now I'm going to include the demographics of the district : Illinois Senate districts are two adjacent House districts. To combine those numbers: District Total population White VAP % Black VAP % Asian VAP% Hispanic VAP% 7 217,468...