State Representative
State House District 53; Illinois
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 72 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 104,795 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(12,694,798 ÷ 104,795) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.17, measured against a statewide vote in IL (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Elizabeth Bauer is a Republican candidate for State Representative in State House District 53 (2024) in 2026.
Records: Anti-Corruption 1 for, Government Efficiency 1 for
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Nicolle Grasse serves in the Illinois House and is a hospice chaplain and United Church of Christ clergy member, and a former Arlington Heights village trustee. She holds a master of divinity from Chicago Theological Seminary.
Records: Environment and Public Health 20 for, Corporate Accountability 19 for, Civil Rights 18 for,
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