Illinois House
District 2
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
172,648 |
94.1% |
| Frank Stratman |
Libertarian |
10,880 |
5.9% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
148,985 |
89.4% |
| Robert Gordon III |
Republican |
16,075 |
9.6% |
| Matthew Beauchamp |
Libertarian |
1,608 |
1.0% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
175,995 |
89.8% |
| Robert Gordon III |
Republican |
19,906 |
10.2% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
151,443 |
82.3% |
| Doug Nelson |
Republican |
32,567 |
17.7% |
| 2002 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
100,370 |
85.3% |
| Yvonne Christian-Williams |
Democratic |
11,757 |
10.0% |
| Anthony Williams |
Democratic |
5,501 |
4.7% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
207,535 |
88.5% |
| Stephanie Sailor |
Libertarian |
26,990 |
11.5% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
106,506 |
88.5% |
| Melvin Reynolds |
Democratic |
7,103 |
5.9% |
| Anthony Williams |
Democratic |
5,159 |
4.3% |
| Everett Shumpert |
Democratic |
1,516 |
1.3% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
146,347 |
84.8% |
| Robert Belin |
Republican |
20,395 |
11.8% |
| Anthony Williams |
Libertarian |
5,748 |
3.3% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
90,659 |
100.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Robert Belin |
Republican |
3,829 |
58.4% |
| Howard Schug |
Republican |
2,729 |
41.6% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
Democratic |
251,052 |
89.4% |
| Anthony Williams |
Republican |
29,721 |
10.6% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson |
Democratic |
149,760 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesse Jackson |
Democratic |
150,666 |
80.5% |
| Isaac Hayes |
Republican |
25,883 |
13.8% |
| Anthony Williams |
Green |
10,564 |
5.6% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jesses Jackson |
Democratic |
79,962 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Isaac Hayes |
Republican |
6,632 |
100.0% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
653,647 |
| Percentage White |
29.7% |
| Percentage Black |
62.4% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.2% |
| Percentage Asian |
0.6% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
1.8% |
| Percentage Other Race |
5.3% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
10.4% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
25.6% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
62.0% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
8.9% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$41,330 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
24.8% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
15.2% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
37.1% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
8.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
88.9% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.3% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
11.6% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
40.6% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
18.1% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
29.6% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
30.5% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
16.3% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
41.8% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
18.9% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.2% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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