Illinois State Profile
Election Schedule
U.S. House 2 Special Primary:
U.S. House 2 Special General:
Consolidated Local Electiuons:
Election Vitals
Governor:Pat Quinn (D) next election 2014
Senator:Richard Durbin (D) re-election 2014
Senator:Mark Kirk (R) - re-election 2016
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Past Presidential Elections
| Percentage of Votes for Jimmy Carter in 1976 |
48.1% |
| Percentage of Votes for Gerald Ford in 1976 |
50.1% |
| Percentage of Votes for Jimmy Carter in 1980 |
41.7% |
| Percentage of Votes for Ronald Reagan in 1980 |
49.6% |
| Percentage of Votes for Walter Mondale in 1984 |
43.3% |
| Percentage of Votes for Ronald Reagan in 1984 |
56.2% |
| Percentage of Votes for Michael Dukakis in 1988 |
48.6% |
| Percentage of Votes for George Bush in 1988 |
50.7% |
| Percentage of Votes for Bill Clinton in 1992 |
48.6% |
| Percentage of Votes for George Bush in 1992 |
34.3% |
| Percentage of Votes for Bill Clinton in 1996 |
54.3% |
| Percentage of Votes for Bob Dole in 1996 |
36.8% |
| Percentage of Votes for Al Gore in 2000 |
54.6% |
| Percentage of Votes for George W. Bush in 2000 |
42.6% |
| Percentage of Votes for John Kerry in 2004 |
59.2% |
| Percentage of Votes for George W. Bush in 2004 |
40.2% |
| Percentage of Votes for Barack Obama in 2008 |
61.9% |
| Percentage of Votes for John McCain in 2008 |
36.8% |
Previous Election Results, other races
| 1996 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Richard Durbin |
Democratic |
2,384,028 |
56.1% |
| Al Salvi |
Republican |
1,728,824 |
40.7% |
| Steven Perry |
Reform |
61,023 |
1.4% |
| Robin Miller |
Libertarian |
41,218 |
1.0% |
| Chad Koppie |
Taxpayers |
17,563 |
0.4% |
| James Davis |
Natural law |
13,838 |
0.3% |
| 1996 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Richard Durbin |
Democratic |
512,520 |
64.9% |
| Pat Quinn |
Democratic |
233,138 |
29.5% |
| Ronald Gibbs |
Democratic |
17,681 |
2.2% |
| J. Ahmad |
Democratic |
17,211 |
2.2% |
| Paul Park |
Democratic |
9,505 |
1.2% |
| 1996 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Al Salvi |
Republican |
377,141 |
47.6% |
| Bob Kustra |
Republican |
342,935 |
43.3% |
| Robert Marshall |
Republican |
43,937 |
5.6% |
| Martin Gallagher |
Republican |
17,276 |
2.2% |
| Wayne Kurzeja |
Republican |
10,356 |
1.3% |
| 1998 Governor General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| George Ryan |
Republican |
1,714,094 |
51.0% |
| Glenn Poshard |
Democratic |
1,594,191 |
47.5% |
| Lawrence Redmond |
Reform |
50,372 |
1.5% |
| 1998 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Glenn Poshard |
Democratic |
357,342 |
37.6% |
| Roland Burris |
Democratic |
290,393 |
30.6% |
| John Schmidt |
Democratic |
236,309 |
24.9% |
| Jim Burns |
Democratic |
55,233 |
5.8% |
| Larry Burgess |
Democratic |
6,075 |
0.6% |
| Maurice Horton |
Democratic |
4,955 |
0.5% |
| 1998 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| George Ryan |
Republican |
608,940 |
86.1% |
| Chad Koppie |
Republican |
98,466 |
13.9% |
| 1998 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Peter Fitzgerald |
Republican |
1,709,041 |
50.4% |
| Carol Moseley-Braun |
Democratic |
1,610,496 |
47.4% |
| Don Torgersen |
Reform |
74,704 |
2.2% |
| 1998 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Peter Fitzgerald |
Republican |
372,916 |
51.8% |
| Loleta Didrickson |
Republican |
346,606 |
48.2% |
| 2002 Governor General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Rod Blagojevich |
Democratic |
1,847,040 |
52.2% |
| Jim Ryan |
Republican |
1,594,960 |
45.1% |
| Cal Skinner |
Libertarian |
73,794 |
2.1% |
| Marisellis Brown |
Independent |
23,089 |
0.7% |
| 2002 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Rod Blagojevich |
Democratic |
457,197 |
36.5% |
| Paul Vallas |
Democratic |
431,728 |
34.5% |
| Roland Burris |
Democratic |
363,591 |
29.0% |
| 2002 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Ryan |
Republican |
410,074 |
44.7% |
| Patrick O'Malley |
Republican |
260,860 |
28.4% |
| Corinne Wood |
Republican |
246,825 |
26.9% |
| 2002 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Richard Durbin |
Democratic |
2,103,766 |
60.3% |
| Jim Durkin |
Republican |
1,325,703 |
38.0% |
| Steven Burgauer |
Libertarian |
57,382 |
1.6% |
| 2002 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Durkin |
Republican |
378,010 |
45.8% |
| James Oberweis |
Republican |
259,515 |
31.4% |
| John Cox |
Republican |
187,706 |
22.7% |
| 2004 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Barack Obama |
Democratic |
3,597,456 |
70.0% |
| Alan Keyes |
Republican |
1,390,690 |
27.1% |
| Albert Franzen |
Independent |
81,164 |
1.6% |
| Jerry Kohn |
Libertarian |
69,253 |
1.3% |
| 2004 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Barack Obama |
Democratic |
655,923 |
52.8% |
| Daniel Hynes |
Democratic |
294,717 |
23.7% |
| M. Blair Hull |
Democratic |
134,453 |
10.8% |
| Maria Pappas |
Democratic |
74,987 |
6.0% |
| Gery Chico |
Democratic |
53,433 |
4.3% |
| Nancy Skinner |
Democratic |
16,098 |
1.3% |
| Joyce Washington |
Democratic |
13,375 |
1.1% |
| 2004 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jack Ryan |
Republican |
234,791 |
35.5% |
| Jim Oberweis |
Republican |
155,794 |
23.5% |
| Steven Rauschenberger |
Republican |
132,655 |
20.0% |
| Andy McKenna |
Republican |
97,238 |
14.7% |
| Jonathan Wright |
Republican |
17,189 |
2.6% |
| John Borling |
Republican |
13,390 |
2.0% |
| Norm Hill |
Republican |
5,637 |
0.9% |
| Chirinjeev Kathuria |
Republican |
5,110 |
0.8% |
| 2006 Governor General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Rod Blagojevich |
Democratic |
1,736,731 |
50.1% |
| Judy Baar Topinka |
Republican |
1,369,315 |
39.5% |
| Rich Whitney |
Green |
361,336 |
10.4% |
| 2006 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Rod Blagojevich |
Democratic |
669,006 |
70.8% |
| Edwin Eisendrath |
Democratic |
275,375 |
29.2% |
| James Davis |
Democratic |
16 |
0.0% |
| 2006 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Judy Baar Topinka |
Republican |
280,701 |
38.1% |
| Jim Oberweis |
Republican |
233,576 |
31.7% |
| Bill Brady |
Republican |
135,370 |
18.4% |
| Ron Gidwitz |
Republican |
80,068 |
10.9% |
| Andy Martin |
Republican |
6,095 |
0.8% |
| 2008 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dick Durbin |
Democratic |
3,615,844 |
67.8% |
| Steve Sauerberg |
Republican |
1,520,621 |
28.5% |
| Kathy Cummings |
Green |
119,135 |
2.2% |
| Larry Stafford |
Libertarian |
50,224 |
0.9% |
| Chad Koppie |
Constitution |
24,059 |
0.5% |
| 2008 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Richard Durbin |
Democratic |
1,653,833 |
100.0% |
| 2008 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Steve Sauerberg |
Republican |
395,199 |
55.6% |
| Andy Martin |
Republican |
240,548 |
33.9% |
| Mike Psak |
Republican |
74,829 |
10.5% |
| 2010 Governor General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Pat Quinn |
Democratic |
1,745,219 |
46.8% |
| Bill Brady |
Republican |
1,713,385 |
45.9% |
| Scott Cohen |
Independent |
135,705 |
3.6% |
| Rich Whitney |
Green |
100,756 |
2.7% |
| Lex Green |
Libertarian |
34,681 |
0.9% |
| 2010 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Patrick Quinn |
Democratic |
462,049 |
50.5% |
| Daniel Hynes |
Democratic |
453,677 |
49.5% |
| 2010 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Bill Brady |
Republican |
155,527 |
20.3% |
| Kirk Dillard |
Republican |
155,334 |
20.2% |
| Andy McKenna |
Republican |
148,054 |
19.3% |
| Jim Ryan |
Republican |
130,785 |
17.0% |
| Adam Andrzjewski |
Republican |
111,030 |
14.5% |
| Dan Proft |
Republican |
59,335 |
7.7% |
| Robert Schillerstrom |
Republican |
7,420 |
1.0% |
| 2010 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mark Kirk |
Republican |
1,778,698 |
48.0% |
| Alexi Giannoulias |
Democratic |
1,719,478 |
46.4% |
| LeAlan Jones |
Green |
117,914 |
3.2% |
| Mike Labno |
Libertarian |
87,247 |
2.4% |
| 2010 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Alexander Giannoulias |
Democratic |
352,202 |
38.9% |
| David Hoffman |
Democratic |
304,757 |
33.7% |
| Cheryle Jackson |
Democratic |
179,682 |
19.9% |
| Robert Marshall |
Democratic |
51,813 |
5.7% |
| Jacob Meister |
Democratic |
16,317 |
1.8% |
| 2010 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mark Kirk |
Republican |
420,373 |
56.6% |
| Patrick Hughes |
Republican |
142,928 |
19.3% |
| Donald Lowery |
Republican |
66,357 |
8.9% |
| Kathleen Thomas |
Republican |
54,038 |
7.3% |
| Andy Martin |
Republican |
37,480 |
5.0% |
| John Arrington |
Republican |
21,090 |
2.8% |
| 2010 Senate Special General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mark Kirk |
Republican |
1,677,729 |
47.3% |
| Alexi Giannoulias |
Democratic |
1,641,486 |
46.3% |
| LeAlan Jones |
Green |
129,571 |
3.7% |
| Mike Labno |
Libertarian |
95,762 |
2.7% |
State Demographics
| Population |
12,843,166 |
| Percentage White |
71.5% |
| Percentage Black |
14.5% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.6% |
| Percentage Asian |
4.6% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
2.3% |
| Percentage Other Race |
6.7% |
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| Percentage Hispanic |
15.8% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
63.6% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
14.3% |
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| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
22.0% |
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| Median Household Income |
$52,972 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
40.8% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 2009 |
13.8% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 2005 |
44.1% |
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| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
13.7% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
78.9% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.2% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
12.6% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
46.0% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
31.1% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
36.1% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
25.5% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
13.6% |
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| Unemployment rate |
9.3% |
| Unemployment figures as of |
2013-4 |
| Unemployment Monthly Change |
-0.2% |
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| Percentage Married Couples |
47.6% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
20.6% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.2% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.2% |
Last updated 12:17am May 22, 2013
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