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Illinois chose all 177 members of its House of Representatives on November 3, 1964, in a single at-large election. The government was required to draw new electoral districts before the election, each of which would choose three representatives, but both the legislative process and a special commission failed to produce a district map. As a result, the state's constitution mandated that all 177 representatives were to be elected from a statewide at-large district. The Republican and Democratic parties each nominated 118 candidates to appear on the ballot; voters were allowed to choose up to 177. All 118 Democratic candidates were elected, flipping the chamber from its previous narrow Republican control, alongside the concurrent presidential election won by Democratic incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson in a landslide. This election is the only time in American history that a state legislative chamber has been elected at-large. (Full article...)