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Date Type Results
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Kwame Raoul(I)
2,219,420
54.35% 		 Thomas DeVore
1,774,468
43.45% 		 Dan Robin
89,664
2.20%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Kwame Raoul
2,488,326
54.71% 		 Erika Harold
1,944,142
42.74% 		 Bubba Harsy
115,941
2.55%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Lisa Madigan(I)
2,142,558
59.46% 		 Paul Schimpf
1,360,773
37.77% 		 Ben Koyl
99,903
2.77%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Lisa Madigan(I)
2,397,723
64.72% 		 Stephen H. Kim
1,172,427
31.65% 		 David Black
80,004
2.16% 		 William Malan
54,532
1.47%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Lisa Madigan(I)
2,520,357
72.46% 		 Stewart J. Umholtz
843,352
24.24% 		 David Black
114,761
3.30%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Lisa Madigan
1,762,949
50.39% 		 Joe Birkett
1,648,003
47.10% 		 Gary L. Shilts
87,949
2.51%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Jim Ryan(I)
2,026,781
60.92% 		 Miriam Santos
1,242,979
37.36% 		 Jesse M. Dowell Jr.
56,944
1.71%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Jim Ryan
1,651,976
53.63% 		 Albert F. Hofeld
1,371,295
44.52% 		 Natalie Loder Clark
57,104
1.85%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Roland Burris
1,656,045
51.48% 		 Jim Ryan
1,560,831
48.52%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 Neil Hartigan(I)
1,925,012
61.71% 		 Bernard Carey
1,129,193
36.20% 		 John Ray Keith
33,702
1.08% 		 Natalie Loder Clark
24,068
0.77% 		 Scott Dombeck
7,254
0.23%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Neil Hartigan
2,064,196
56.77% 		 Ty Fahner(I)
1,519,057
41.78% 		 Natalie Loder Clark
28,074
0.77% 		 Gordon James Arnett
24,719
0.68% 		  Others (W)
12
0.00%
Jul 29, 1980 Appointment
 Ty Fahner
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 William J. Scott(I)
1,989,758
64.81% 		 Richard J. Troy
1,050,185
34.21% 		 Guy C. Miller
13,366
0.44% 		 Sheldon Waxman
11,917
0.39% 		 Richard D. Leebove
4,884
0.16% 		  Others (W)
31
0.00%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
 William J. Scott(I)
2,795,013
61.95% 		 Cecil Partee
1,678,800
37.21% 		 Theodore Pearson
11,154
0.25% 		 Nancy J. Cohen
9,333
0.21% 		 John C. Reis
9,165
0.20% 		 George P. Milonas
4,344
0.10% 		 Richard D. Leebove
3,918
0.09%
   Write-In (W)
45
0.00%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 William J. Scott(I)
2,898,198
63.99% 		 Thomas G. Lyons
1,613,103
35.62% 		 George P. Milonas
10,509
0.23% 		 Linda R. Appelhans
6,624
0.15% 		  Write-In
402
0.01%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
 William J. Scott
2,322,572
52.71% 		 Francis S. Lorenz
2,065,984
46.89% 		 George P. Milonas
17,788
0.40% 		  Write-In (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 William G. Clark(I)
2,530,971
55.73% 		 Elroy C. Sandquist
2,010,553
44.27% 		  Write-In (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 William G. Clark
2,354,886
51.72% 		 William L. Guild, Jr.(I)
2,190,251
48.10% 		 George P. Milonas
8,387
0.18%
Jun 17, 1960 Appointment
 William L. Guild, Jr.
1
100.00%
May 09, 1959 Appointment
 Grenville Beardsley
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 Latham Castle(I)
2,310,346
54.72% 		 James L. O'Keefe
1,904,439
45.10% 		 George P. Milonas
7,460
0.18%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 Latham Castle
2,269,082
52.36% 		 Ivan A. Elliott(I)
2,056,411
47.45% 		 Bernard Campbell
7,933
0.18%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Ivan A. Elliott
2,019,401
52.61% 		 George F. Barrett(I)
1,806,137
47.06% 		 Fredrick Juchhoff
9,613
0.25% 		 Edward C. Gross
3,118
0.08% 		  Write-In (W)
4
0.00%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 George F. Barrett(I)
1,959,836
50.53% 		 Sveinbjorn "Justice" Johnson
1,906,110
49.15% 		 Tony Berchon
6,658
0.17% 		 Fredrick Juchhoff
5,720
0.15%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 George F. Barrett
2,061,807
51.12% 		 Harold G. Ward
1,956,744
48.51% 		 Kellam Foster
7,819
0.19% 		 Joseph L. Shaw
7,090
0.18% 		  Write-In (W)
11
0.00%
Nov 23, 1938 Appointment
 John E. Cassidy, Sr.
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Otto Kerner, Sr.(I)
2,116,673
56.47% 		 Charles W. Hadley
1,531,842
40.87% 		 Thomas V. Sullivan
86,351
2.30% 		 Meyer J. Myer
7,708
0.21% 		 Frank Stewart Regan
3,254
0.09% 		 Titus Anderson
2,495
0.07%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Otto Kerner, Sr.
1,651,683
52.05% 		 John E. Northup
1,467,438
46.25% 		 Kellam Foster
37,865
1.19% 		 John Rudin
13,090
0.41% 		 James S. O'Rourke
2,929
0.09% 		  Write-In (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Oscar E. Carlstrom(I)
1,709,348
59.30% 		 Thomas J. Courtney
1,156,287
40.11% 		 Morris A. Gold
12,555
0.44% 		 David J. Bentall
2,980
0.10% 		 Frank Schnur
1,407
0.05%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Oscar E. Carlstrom
1,474,469
65.46% 		 Thomas F. Donovan
755,223
33.53% 		 Samuel Block
16,956
0.75% 		 John L. Lindsay
2,440
0.11% 		 David J. Bentall
2,221
0.10% 		 Harry Jenkins
779
0.03% 		 Joseph W. Vistain
379
0.02%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Edward J. Brundage(I)
1,388,007
66.76% 		 James T. Burns
561,905
27.03% 		 Leopold Saltiel
65,174
3.13% 		 William E. Rodriguez
49,891
2.40% 		 Orpheus A. Harding
10,087
0.49% 		 Charles G. Zimmermann
3,139
0.15% 		 Joseph W. Vistain
757
0.04%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Edward J. Brundage
703,561
53.81% 		 Patrick J. Lucey(I)
542,745
41.51% 		 Clarence C. Brooks
50,038
3.83% 		 Orpheus A. Harding
9,396
0.72% 		 Frank Charles Zermann
1,769
0.14% 		  Write-In (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 Patrick J. Lucey
400,355
35.26% 		 William H. Stead(I)
322,339
28.39% 		 Fletcher Dobyns
309,254
27.24% 		 David J. Bentall
84,013
7.40% 		 Charles Temple
15,337
1.35% 		 Philip Veal
4,042
0.36%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 William H. Stead(I)
621,181
54.60% 		 Ross C. Hall
448,759
39.45% 		 Marcus T. Taft
33,789
2.97% 		 Frank Stewart Regan
31,471
2.77% 		 Micheal H. Schaynin
2,480
0.22%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 William H. Stead
622,807
58.49% 		 Albert Watson
334,378
31.40% 		 Samuel Block
62,765
5.89% 		 Eugene W. Chafin
34,873
3.28% 		 Harvey M. Brooks
4,645
0.44% 		 William Jochum
4,513
0.42% 		 D.W. Proctor
807
0.08%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 Howland Joseph Hamlin
590,051
52.60% 		 James Todd
502,651
44.81% 		 Frank Stewart Regan
16,665
1.49% 		 Charles H. Soelke
9,045
0.81% 		 Jerome Boul
1,345
0.12% 		 Norman Kilburn
1,101
0.10% 		 Charles A. Story
636
0.06%
  Joel W. Stephens
321
0.03%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 Edward C. Akin
598,965
55.14% 		 George Arthur Trude
466,306
42.93% 		 Robert H. Patton
11,115
1.02% 		 Daniel Valentine Samuels
6,912
0.64% 		 Paul Ehman
1,163
0.11% 		 Edwin I. Burdick
922
0.08% 		 Rev. George A. Gordon
830
0.08%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 Maurice T. Moloney
421,545
48.40% 		 George W. Prince
401,146
46.06% 		 Alonzo P. Wright
26,031
2.99% 		 Jesse Cox
22,167
2.55%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 George Hunt(I)
371,294
49.82% 		 Jacob R. Creighton
347,171
46.59% 		 Francis E. Andrews
21,174
2.84% 		 John M. Dill
5,560
0.75%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
 George Hunt
337,847
50.21% 		 Robert L. McKinlay
313,346
46.57% 		 Hale Johnson
11,429
1.70% 		 John M. Gwin
10,251
1.52%
Nov 02, 1880 General Election
 James McCartney
318,173
51.28% 		 Lawrence Harmon
276,061
44.49% 		 Herbert G. Whitlock
26,207
4.22%
Nov 07, 1876 General Election
 James Kirtland Edsall(I)
278,472
50.36% 		 Edmund Lynch
257,057
46.49% 		 Winfield S. Coy
17,433
3.15%
Nov 05, 1872 General Election
 James Kirtland Edsall
240,731
55.33% 		 John Vigers Eustace
191,897
44.10% 		 George A. Meech
2,467
0.57%
Nov 03, 1868 General Election
 Washington Bushnell
249,087
55.49% 		 Robert Ebenezer Williams
199,789
44.51%
Dec 19, 1846 General Election
 David B. Campbell
101
72.66% 		 Elihu B. Washburne
38
27.34%
Jan 14, 1839 General Election
 Wickliff Kitchell
65
51.18% 		 George Olney
60
47.24% 		  Write-In (W)
2
1.57%
Feb 10, 1835 General Election
 Jesse B. Thomas, Jr.
55
74.32% 		 A. B. Dunbar
13
17.57% 		 Seth T. Sawyer
3
4.05% 		  Others
3
4.05%
Jan 01, 1834 General Election
 Ninian Wirt Edwards
44
55.00% 		 Jesse B. Thomas, Jr.
33
41.25% 		 Stephen R. Rowan
1
1.25% 		 Orlando Bell Ficklin
1
1.25% 		 John Todd Stuart
1
1.25%

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