2015 Illinois's 18th congressional district special election

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2015 Illinois's 18th congressional district special election
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Illinois's 18th congressional district
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Candidate Darin LaHood Rob Mellon
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote35,32915,979
Percentage68.8%31.1%
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County results
LaHood:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Aaron Schock
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Darin LaHood
Republican

The special election for Illinois's 18th congressional district was held on September 10, 2015, between Republican Darin LaHood and Democrat Rob Mellon to fill the remainder of the term of Republican Aaron Schock, who resigned on March 31, 2015. LaHood won the election with almost 69% of the vote.

Contents

History

Schock announced on March 17, 2015, that he would resign on March 31, 2015, following allegations of improper spending of political campaign funds and an impending ethics investigation. [1]

According to Illinois state law, Governor Bruce Rauner must call the special election within five days after Schock's resignation becoming official, and it must be held within 115 days of the call. This would mean that the latest possible day for the election under Illinois law would have been July 29, 2015. [2] However, in order to comply with the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), the general election was set for September 10, 2015, with party primaries to be held on July 7. [3]

In April 2015, the Marshall County and McLean County governments requested that Schock or his campaign fund reimburse the counties for the special election costs, and two other counties are considering similar action. [4] Stark County declined to request reimbursement, as it still had $12,000 left over from the April consolidated election and Schock had not been convicted of a crime. [5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Mark Zalcman, attorney. [12] Zalcman stated that he was forced to withdraw because a limited time to file petitions was "done purposely by the Governor to insure that Darin LaHood would not have to face any grassroots opposition in the campaign," and that he would focus on the regular March 2016 primary. [13] Zalcman did not file for the seat in 2016.

Declined

Endorsements

Darin LaHood

Incumbent and prior state elected officials

Incumbent and prior members of the U.S. House of Representatives

Incumbent Illinois legislative officials

Other people

Organizations

Newspapers

Mike Flynn

Results

Republican primary results [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Darin LaHood 31,635 69.5
Republican Mike Flynn 12,59327.7
Republican Donald Rients1,2462.7
Republican Robin Miller16>0.0
Total votes45,490 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [26] [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rob Mellon 4,613 60.5
Democratic Adam Lopez3,00839.5
Total votes7,621 100

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [36] Solid RApril 3, 2015
Inside Elections [37] Solid RMarch 24, 2015

Finance Reports

Campaign Finance Reports through August 21
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on HandDebt
Darin LaHood$1,225,929$906,379$639,101$0
Rob Mellon$10,769$9,503$1,265$0
Source: OpenSecrets [38]

Results

Illinois's 18th congressional district special election, 2015 [39] [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Darin LaHood 35,329 68.8
Democratic Rob Mellon15,97931.1
Write-InConstant "Conner" Vlakancic7>0.0
Write-In Roger K. Davis 4>0.0
Total votes51,319 100
Republican hold

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