United States Senate election in Illinois, 2008
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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.
Contents
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Dick Durbin, incumbent United States Senator
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
- Steve Sauerberg, family physician
- Andy Martin, perennial candidate
- Mike Psak, trucker and perennial candidate
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.
| 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
External links
- Illinois State Board of Elections
- U.S. Congress candidates for Illinois at Project Vote Smart
- Illinois, U.S. Senate from CQ Politics
- Illinois U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com
- Illinois U.S. Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker
- Campaign contributions for Illinois congressional races from OpenSecrets.org
- Official campaign websites
- Dick Durbin, Democratic incumbent nominee
- Steve Sauerberg, Republican nominee
- Larry Stafford, Libertarian nominee
- Kathy Cummings, Green Party nominee
- Chad Koppie, Constitution nominee
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