United States Senate election in Illinois, 1984

November 6, 1984



Nominee	Paul Simon	Charles H. Percy
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,397,165	2,308,039
Percentage	50.07%	48.21%

Senator before election

Charles H. Percy
Republican

Elected Senator

Paul Simon
Democratic

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The 1984 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Charles H. Percy ran for re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate. Senator Percy was opposed by Democratic nominee Paul Simon, who was a United States Congressman from Illinois's 22nd congressional district. The campaign between Percy and Simon was brutal and toughly-fought, and ended up with Simon ousting Percy by fewer than 90,000 votes, which was, at the time, considered an upset.

General election

Candidates

Paul Simon (D), United States Congressman from Illinois's 22nd congressional district
Charles H. Percy (R), incumbent United States Senator
Steve I. Givot (L)
Marjorie H. Pries (I)
Nelson Gonzalez (SW)
Ishmael Flory (C)

Results

United States Senate election in Illinois, 1984^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul Simon	2,397,165	50.07%	+4.60%
	Republican	Charles H. Percy (inc.)	2,308,039	48.21%	-5.13%
	Libertarian	Steve I. Givot	59,777	1.25%	+0.74%
	Independent	Marjorie H. Pries	12,366	0.26%
	Socialist Workers	Nelson Gonzalez	4,913	0.10%	-0.40%
	Communist	Ishmael Flory	4,802	0.10%
	Write-ins		273	0.01%
Majority			89,126	1.86%	-6.00%
Turnout			4,787,335
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf

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