Editorial: For the Illinois House: Gong-Gershowitz, Matlis, LaPointe, Hurley, Ozinga, Meyers-Martin, Wehrli, Mejia-Beal, Lewis

If voters want to decrease the domination of Democrats in the Illinois House led by Speaker Michael Madigan, they’ll get their opportunity on the November ballot when 66 of the chamber’s 118 districts will feature a contested race. Currently the House has 74 Democrats and 44 Republicans. The candidates we like best — Democrats as well as Republicans — are independent-minded, fiscally prudent and