Illinois elections, 2010

Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on February 2, 2010.

Federal

United States Senate

U.S. Congressman Mark Kirk (Republican Party) won against State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (Democratic Party) and football coach LeAlan Jones (Green Party).

United States House

All Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

State

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

State Office	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Governor/Lt. Gov.		Democratic	Pat Quinn	running		Democratic	Pat Quinn / Sheila Simon	1,745,219	46.8%
						Green	Rich Whitney / Don W. Crawford	100,756	2.7%
						Libertarian	Lex Green / Ed Rutledge	34,681	0.9%
						Republican	Bill Brady / Jason Plummer	1,713,385	45.9%
						Independent	Scott Lee Cohen / Baxter B. Swilley	135,705	3.6%

Secretary of State

State Office	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Secretary of State		Democratic	Jesse White	running		Democratic	Jesse White	2,558,671	69.8%
						Green	Adrian Frost (withdrew)
						Libertarian	Josh Hanson	114,065	3.1%
						Republican	Robert Enriquez	994,154	27.1%

Attorney General

State Office	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Attorney General		Democratic	Lisa Madigan	running		Democratic	Lisa Madigan	2,367,679	64.6%
						Green	David F. Black	81,669	2.2%
						Libertarian	Bill Malan	53,954	1.5%
						Republican	Steve Kim	1,164,007	31.7%

Treasurer

State Office	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Treasurer		Democratic	Alexi Giannoulias	open seat		Democratic	Robin Kelly	1,626,046	45.1%
						Green	Scott K. Summers	114,503	3.2%
						Libertarian	James Pauly	68,093	1.9%
						Republican	Dan Rutherford	1,798,005	49.9%

Comptroller

State Office	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Comptroller		Democratic	Dan Hynes	open seat		Democratic	David E. Miller	1,475,291	40.7%
						Green	R. Erika Schafer	115,489	3.2%
						Libertarian	Julie Fox	119,863	3.3%
						Republican	Judy Baar Topinka	1,911,900	52.8%

State Senate

One-third of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2010.

• Illinois State Senate elections, 2010 at Ballotpedia

State House of Representatives

All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

• Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010 at Ballotpedia

Judicial positions

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010.

• VoteForJudges.org

Ballot measures

One measure, the Governor recall amendment, was certified for the 2010 statewide election.^[1]

• Illinois 2010 ballot measures at Ballotpedia

Local

Many elections for county offices were also held on November 2, 2010.

References

1. Full Text of HJRCA0031, Illinois General Assembly

• General Election 2010: Offices and Candidates from the Illinois State Board of Elections

External links

• Illinois State Board of Elections
  • Official candidate list
• Candidates for Illinois State Offices at Project Vote Smart
• Illinois at Ballotpedia
• Illinois Election Guide at Congress.org
• Illinois at OurCampaigns.com
• Illinois Polls at Pollster.com
• Illinois at Rasmussen Reports

Finance

• 2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for Illinois at the Federal Election Commission
• Illinois Congressional Races in 2010 campaign finance data from OpenSecrets.org
• Illinois 2010 campaign finance data from Follow the Money

Media

• Election Center at the Chicago Tribune, all endorsements
• Election 2010 at the Chicago Sun-Times, all endorsements
• The 2010 Candidate Forums at Chicago Tonight