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Name	Ben Wells
Born	(1999-02-24) February 24, 1999 (age 25)
Nationality	American
Country	United States
Current location	Illinois
Time zone	Central Time Zone
Race	Caucasian
Education and employment
High school	Collinsville High School
College	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
Hobbies	Gaming, Vexillology
Religion	Humanist
Politics	Democrat
Shows	Dragon Ball Z and Super, The West Wing, Stargate SG-1, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Avatar: The Last Airbender
Books	Harry Potter and Foundation
Interests
Mass Communications, Political Science, Environmentalism
Account statistics
Joined	October 11, 2010
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To Do

IL State Legislators Revamp

• Add Electoral History to all legislators and update district coverage of each legislator.
• Remaining House Legislators for electoral history: 56, 57, 60, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 110, 113, 114, 115, 117

Review election results for IL State House and Senate and update pages if needed.

Illinois Legislative Districts Project

• Blue Books: http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb
• Political Graveyard: https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html
• Illinois Data by Legislative District: https://risk-and-reach.datamade.us/illinois-map/
• Legislative District maps (2003 & 2013): http://www.ediillinois.org/ppa/meta/html/00/00/00/05/59/91.html
• Guide to Apportionment in Illinois, 1818–2001: http://idaillinois.org/digital/collection/isl/id/30456/rec/1
• Vote Totals Download: https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/DownloadVoteTotals.aspx?MID=vvc3ru6lLPI%3d&T=637536467590233857
• Laws of Illinois 1818-1839: http://www.wiu.edu/libraries/govpubs/illinois_laws/1818_1839.php
• IL Elections 1820-1846: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004859552&view=2up&seq=13
• Legislative Roster: https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/legroster.pdf
• Statistical Atlas: https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Illinois/Overview
• Old Illinois Maps: https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Illinois
• Municipal boundaries 2020 map: https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html
• Legislative Districts Maps (2023): https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-maps/2022/geo/2022-sld-maps.html

Hopes and Dreams

I want to contribute to Wikipedia with my skills in mass communications and editing, hopefully resulting in an increased quality in articles and pages on here. I want to focus on local politics, such as with State Representatives and State Senators in Illinois.

Topics of Interest

• Politics of the United States
  
• Politics of Illinois
  
• Minor Fixes to Wikipedia Articles
  

Line of Work

I formerly worked as a canvasser for State Senator Rachelle Aud Crowe when she ran to replace Bill Haine's seat. So hopefully I'll be more involved in politics and helping out the wikipedia community.

Articles Created

Article Contributions

2018 Illinois House of Representatives election: Over 200 edits made involving writing descriptions of each district's boundaries, writing in descriptions of challenging candidates, creating map for election results, and inserting election data.

2018 Illinois Senate election: Over 54 edits made involving writing descriptions for remaining districts not covered, inserting election data, and creating map for election results.

Image Contributions

Barnstars

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Awarded for your incredibly hard work and time on Illinois elections articles. I am grateful for the work you have done. Great job!!! TenorTwelve ( talk) 08:46, 12 December 2020 (UTC)