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Michael Hastings (Illinois)
Michael Hastings (Democratic Party) is a member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 19. He assumed office in 2013. His current term ends on January 10, 2029.
Hastings (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 19. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Michael Hastings received two bachelor's of science degrees, one in leadership and management, the other in civil engineering, from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He then earned an M.B.A from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Juris Doctor from the John Marshall Law School. Hastings is a former Army Captain, where he served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and earned the Bronze Star. He is also the former vice president of high school district #230 in Illinois.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Hastings was assigned to the following committees:
- Education Committee
- Energy and Public Utilities Committee, Chair
- Senate Executive Committee
- Senate Insurance Committee
- Judiciary Committee
2021-2022
Hastings was assigned to the following committees:
- Education Committee
- Energy and Public Utilities Committee, Chair
- Senate Executive Committee
- Senate Insurance Committee
- Judiciary Committee
2019-2020
Hastings was assigned to the following committees:
- Commerce and Economic Development Committee
- Committee of the Whole
- Energy and Public Utilities Committee
- Executive Appointments Committee
- Senate Executive Committee, Chair
- Judiciary Committee
- Senate Insurance Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Illinois committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Appropriations I |
| • Appropriations II |
| • Committee of the Whole |
| • Criminal Law, Chair |
| • Insurance |
| • Judiciary |
| • Telecommunications & InfoTechnology |
| • Veterans Affairs, Vice chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hastings served on the following committees:
| Illinois committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Appropriations I |
| • Appropriations II |
| • Financial Institutions |
| • Insurance |
| • Judiciary, Vice chair |
| • State Government & Veterans Affairs |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Hastings served on the following committees:
| Illinois committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Appropriations II |
| • Committee of the Whole |
| • Financial Institutions |
| • Insurance |
| • Judiciary |
| • State Government & Veterans Affairs |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Illinois State Senate District 19
Incumbent Michael Hastings defeated Samantha Gasca in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 19 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Hastings (D) | 56.4 | 62,942 |
 | Samantha Gasca (R)  | 43.6 | 48,755 | |
| Total votes: 111,697 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 19
Incumbent Michael Hastings advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 19 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Hastings | 100.0 | 16,571 |
| Total votes: 16,571 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 19
Samantha Gasca defeated Hillary Mattsey Kurzawa and Max Solomon in the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 19 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samantha Gasca | 36.8 | 3,670 |
| Hillary Mattsey Kurzawa | 34.0 | 3,391 | ||
 | Max Solomon | 29.1 | 2,904 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 9,976 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois State Senate District 19
Incumbent Michael Hastings defeated Patrick Sheehan in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 19 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Hastings (D) | 50.6 | 41,905 |
 | Patrick Sheehan (R) | 49.4 | 40,924 | |
| Total votes: 82,829 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 19
Incumbent Michael Hastings advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 19 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Hastings | 100.0 | 17,360 |
| Total votes: 17,360 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 19
Patrick Sheehan advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 19 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Sheehan | 100.0 | 13,461 |
| Total votes: 13,461 | |||
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2020
See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois State Senate District 19
Incumbent Michael Hastings won election in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Hastings (D) | 100.0 | 90,460 |
| Total votes: 90,460 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 19
Incumbent Michael Hastings advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 19 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Hastings | 100.0 | 30,722 |
| Total votes: 30,722 | |||
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Republican primary election
No Republicans filed for this race. August (O'Neill) Deuser ran as a write-in and received 299 votes. He did not receive enough votes to make the general election ballot.
2018
General election
General election for Illinois Secretary of State
Incumbent Jesse White defeated Jason Helland and Steve Dutner in the general election for Illinois Secretary of State on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jesse White (D) | 68.3 | 3,120,207 |
 | Jason Helland (R) | 29.2 | 1,336,079 | |
 | Steve Dutner (L) | 2.5 | 114,556 | |
| Total votes: 4,570,842 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois Secretary of State
Incumbent Jesse White advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois Secretary of State on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesse White | 100.0 | 1,209,978 |
| Total votes: 1,209,978 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Hastings (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois Secretary of State
Jason Helland advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois Secretary of State on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Helland | 100.0 | 609,190 |
| Total votes: 609,190 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2016
- See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Illinois State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was November 30, 2015.[2]
Incumbent Michael Hastings ran unopposed in the Illinois State Senate District 19 general election.[3][4]
| Illinois State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Michael Hastings Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections | ||
Incumbent Michael Hastings defeated Max Solomon in the Illinois State Senate District 19 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| Illinois State Senate, District 19 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Michael Hastings Incumbent |
81.11% | 32,084 | |
| Democratic | Max Solomon | 18.89% | 7,474 | |
| Total Votes | 39,558 | |||
2012
- See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012
Hastings won election in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 19. Hastings defeated Gregory Hannon in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012, and defeated Edgar Montalvo (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michael Hastings |
62.2% | 62,029 | |
| Republican | Edgar Montalvo | 37.8% | 37,704 | |
| Total Votes | 99,733 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Michael Hastings |
76.8% | 11,480 |
| Gregory Hannon | 23.2% | 3,476 |
| Total Votes | 14,956 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michael Hastings did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Michael Hastings did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Michael Hastings did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
On his 2012 campaign website, Hastings listed six main issues of his campaign:
- Getting Illinois Financial House in Order: "Tax and spend is not the answer. Fiscal responsibility is -- I will bring this back to Illinois."[10]
- Pension Reform: "Bottom line – Pensions should not be an 'entitlement' or a 'government handout.' The current pension system needs to be overhauled. The numbers do not lie, if we do nothing to provide solutions to these complex problems -- Illinois will be crippled by the growing size of our debt."[11]
- Bringing Business Back to Illinois: "For a state with great cities like Tinley Park, Matteson, or Mokena there should be no reason why we are not the epicenter for job creation. The problem: ILLINOIS IS BECOMING AN UNFRIENDLY BUSINESS STATE!"[12]
- Illinois Veterans: "Illinois does a great job at providing benefits and services for veterans. We can still push forward and do better."[13]
- Get Illinois Back to Work
- Education for Illinois
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 16 to May 29.
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2023
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In 2023, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 27.
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2022
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In 2022, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 9.
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2021
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In 2021, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 1.
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2020
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In 2020, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 8 to May 23.
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2019
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In 2019, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 9 through December 31.
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2018
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In 2018, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 31.
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2017
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In 2017, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 11 through May 31. There were also special sessions. The 1st special session was June 21-July 6. The 2nd special session was July 26-July 31. During the 3rd special session, the Senate met on August 13, and the House met on August 16. The 4th special session was on August 28-29. There was a veto session from October 24-November 9.
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2016
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In 2016, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 13 through May 31.
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2015
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In 2015, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 14 through December 7 (extended session).
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2014
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In 2014, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 29 through June 2.
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2013
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In 2013, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 31.
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Personal
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Hastings earned his MBA from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. His professional experience includes serving as Vice-President of the Consolidated High School District #230 School Board and working for Johnson & Johnson’s BioSurgery Division. He served as a Captain in the United States Army.[16]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Illinois State Senate District 19 |
Officeholder Illinois State Senate District 19 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ "Illinois General Assembly", "Senator Michael E. Hastings," accessed March 9, 2020
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate list: General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election results, General election 2016," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed January 3, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election Results: GENERAL PRIMARY - 3/15/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed December 5, 2011
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, “Official Vote - November 6, 2012 General Election,” accessed December 31, 2012
- ↑ Hastings 2012, "Issues - Illinois budget crisis," accessed January 3, 2012
- ↑ Hastings 2012, "Issues - pension reform," accessed January 3, 2012
- ↑ Hastings 2012, "Issues - Bringing business back Illinois," accessed January 3, 2012
- ↑ Hastings 2012, "Issues - Illinois Veterans," accessed January 3, 2012
- ↑ Citizen Action Illinois, "99th General Assembly Legislative Scorecard 2016," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities, "2016 Illinois Community Living Report," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Hastings 2012, "About," accessed January 3, 2012
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Maggie Crotty (D) |
Illinois State Senate District 19 2013-Present |
Succeeded by - |
