United States Senate election in Illinois, 2008

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2008
Illinois
November 4, 2008

 
Nominee Dick Durbin Steve Sauerberg
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 3,615,844 1,520,621
Percentage 67.84% 28.53%

County Results

Senator before election

Dick Durbin
Democratic

Elected Senator

Dick Durbin
Democratic

The 2008 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Dick Durbin, seeking a third term in the United States Senate, faced minimal opposition from physician Steve Sauerberg. As expected, Durbin overwhelmingly won re-election and crushed Sauerberg in a landslide.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Durbin (Incumbent) 1,653,833 100.00
Total votes 1,653,833 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Sauerberg 395,199 55.62
Republican Andy Martin 240,548 33.85
Republican Mike Psak 74,829 10.53
Total votes 710,576 100.00

General election

Results

Durbin won re-election with the best margin of his career. Durbin won all but four of the states counties.

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2008[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Dick Durbin (Incumbent) 3,615,844 67.84% +7.51%
Republican Steve Sauerberg 1,520,621 28.53% -9.49%
Green Kathy Cummings 119,135 2.24% o.oo%
Libertarian Larry A. Stafford 50,224 0.94% -0.70%
Constitution Chad N. Koppie 24,059 0.45% 0.00%
Write-ins Dan Hynes 1 0.00% 0.00%
Majority 2,095,223 39.31% +17.00%
Turnout 5,329,884
Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "Ballots Cast". Elections.il.gov. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  2. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 2008" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.

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