2013 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election

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2013 Illinois' 2nd congressional district special election
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Nominee Robin Kelly Paul McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote58,83418,387
Percentage70.7%22.1%
2013 Congressional special election in Illinois' 2nd district by county.svg
County results
Kelly:     80–90%
McKinley:     40–50%     50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

Jesse Jackson Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Robin Kelly
Democratic

A special election for Illinois' 2nd congressional district was held on April 9, 2013, to fill a seat in the United States House of Representatives for Illinois's 2nd congressional district, after Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned on November 21, 2012. The special election was required to be held within 115 days of Jackson's resignation. [1] It was won by Democratic candidate Robin Kelly, formerly the Chief Administrative Officer of Cook County. [2]

Contents

Pat Quinn, the Governor of Illinois, set the primary elections for February 26, coinciding with municipal primary elections, and initially set the general election for March 19. However, legislation was enacted at Quinn's request to allow the general election to coincide with municipal general elections held on April 9. [3]

The winner of the Democratic primary was Robin Kelly [4] and Paul McKinley won the Republican Primary. [5] The Green Party nominated 2010 U.S. Senate candidate LeAlan Jones. [6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Did not file

  • James Hickey, President of the Orland Fire Protection District board and candidate for the 11th congressional district in 2012 [18]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Anthony
Beale		Debbie
Halvorson		Napoleon
Harris		Toi
Hutchinson		Robin
Kelly		Mel
Reynolds		Joyce
Washington		OtherUndecided
GBA Strategies^ [19] February 4–5, 2013400± 4.9%10%22%—20%26%5%2%—15%
Normington, Petts & Associates + [20] January 8–10, 2013400± 4.9%5%16%7%12%8%7%—5%40%
GBA Strategies^ [21] January 3–7, 2013500± 4.4%10%25%9%16%15%8%2%—15%

Results

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Results by county:
  Kelly—50–60%
  Halvorson—70–80%
  Halvorson—60–70%
2013 Democratic Primary - Illinois's 2nd Congressional District Special Election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Robin Kelly30,87251.8N/A
Democratic Debbie Halvorson14,53324.4N/A
Democratic Anthony Beale6,42110.8N/A
Democratic Joyce W. Washington2,5504.4N/A
Democratic Toi Hutchinson1,5982.7N/A
Democratic Ernest B. Fenton1,5382.6N/A
Democratic Anthony W. Williams6361.1N/A
Democratic Mel Reynolds4540.8N/A
Democratic Clifford Eagleton2040.3N/A
Democratic Fatimah N. Muhammad1900.3N/A
Democratic Gregory Haynes1420.2N/A
Democratic Larry D. Pickens1260.2N/A
Democratic John Blyt1030.2N/A
Democratic Jonathan Victor910.2N/A
Democratic Charles Rayburn740.1N/A
Democratic Patrick O. Brutus610.1N/A

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

  • James Taylor Sr., newspaper publisher and candidate for the 2nd congressional district in 2012 [23] [24]

Results

Results by county: McKinley--30-40% Wallace--30-40% McAllister--20-30% 2013 Illinois 2nd district congressional special election Republican primary results map.svg
Results by county:
  McKinley—30–40%
  Wallace—30–40%
  McAllister—20–30%
2013 Republican Primary - Illinois's 2nd Congressional District Special Election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Paul McKinley95527.1N/A
Republican Eric M. Wallace93226.4N/A
Republican Lenny McAllister85924.3N/A
Republican Beverly E. Reid52114.8N/A
Republican James Taylor Sr.2637.5N/A

Green Party

The Green Party nominated 2010 U.S. Senate candidate and journalist LeAlan Jones to run on the Green Party ticket. [25]

Independent candidates

Did not file

Socialist Workers Party

  • John Hawkins, communist political organizer [28]

Results

Illinois's 2nd congressional district, 2013 (special) [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Robin Kelly 58,834 70.72% +7.47%
Republican Paul McKinley18,38722.10%−1.12%
Independent Elizabeth "Liz" Pahlke2,5253.04%N/A
Green LeAlan Jones1,5311.84%N/A
Independent Marcus Lewis1,3591.63%−11.81%
Independent Curtiss Llong Bey5480.66%N/A
Independent Steve Piekarczyk (write-in)90.00%N/A
Total votes83,193 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

County results

Vote breakdown by county
Robin Kelly
Democratic 		Paul McKinley
Republican 		Elizabeth Pahlke
Independent 		LeAlan Jones
Green 		Marcus Lewis
Independent 		Curtiss Llong Bey
Independent 		Steve Piekarczyk
Write-in 		Total
CountyVotes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes
Cook 49,10582.40%7,13911.98%1,2992.18%7691.29%9401.58%3320.56%90.02%59,593
Kankakee 6,07741.01%7,47050.41%5913.99%3292.22%2181.47%1340.90%00.00%14,819
Will 3,65241.59%3,77843.02%6357.23%4334.93%2012.29%820.93%00.00%8,781

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