2002 United States Senate election in Illinois

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2002 United States Senate election in Illinois
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Turnout49.50%
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Nominee Dick Durbin Jim Durkin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,103,7661,325,703
Percentage60.33%38.02%
2002 United States Senate election in Illinois results map by county.svg
2002 United States Senate election in Illinois results map by congressional district.svg
Durbin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Durkin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Dick Durbin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dick Durbin
Democratic

The United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin sought re-election to a second term in the United States Senate. Durbin defeated Republican challenger State Representative Jim Durkin in a landslide.

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Background

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for House and those for state offices.

For the primary elections, turnout was 24.66%, with 1,743,698 votes cast. [1] [2] For the general election, turnout was 49.50%, with 3,486,851 votes cast. [1] [2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dick Durbin (incumbent) 918,467 100.00%
Total votes918,467 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Durkin 378,010 45.81%
Republican Jim Oberweis 259,51531.45%
Republican John H. Cox 187,70622.74%
Total votes825,231 100.00%

General election

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [4] Safe DNovember 4, 2002

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Dick
Durbin (D)		Jim
Durkin (R)		Steven
Burgauer (L)		Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA [5] October 28–30, 2002528 (LV)± 4.3%56%37%3%4%

Results

Durbin won re-election to a second term easily, carrying a majority of the state's 102 counties.

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2002 [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Dick Durbin (incumbent) 2,103,766 60.33% +4.25%
Republican Jim Durkin 1,325,70338.02%−2.65%
Libertarian Steven Burgauer57,3821.65%+0.68%
Majority 778,06322.31%+6.90%
Turnout 3,486,85149.50%
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Only top two candidates
  2. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Voter Turnout". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Election Results". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Ballots Cast". Elections.il.gov. March 19, 2002. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ SurveyUSA
  6. ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2015.

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