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Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 0000 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorRP
Last ModifiedBarack O-blame-a January 26, 2008 10:26am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1996
NameDick Durbin Votes2,384,028 (56.09%)
Term01/03/1997 - 01/03/2003 Margin655,204 (+15.41%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameDick Durbin Votes3,613,210 (67.82%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin2,092,314 (+39.27%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 19, 2002 IL US Senate - R Primary
Jim Durkin
R 825,231
Mar 19, 2002 IL US Senate - D Primary
Dick Durbin
D 918,467
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/05/2002 11/05/2002
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Dick Durbin --1 6 17
Leaning Call: Dick Durbin (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Dick Durbin (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

03/06/2002 10/30/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Sen. Dick Durbin St. Rep. Jim Durkin Steven Burgauer  
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 2,103,766 (60.33%) 1,325,703 (38.02%) 57,382 (1.65%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -778,063 (-22.31%) -2,046,384 (-58.69%)  
Predict Avg.57.59% 40.57% 1.43%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
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MATCHUP POLLS (10 from 7 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg51.79%-- 31.80%-- 1.84%--  
Survey USA 
10/28/02-10/30/02		 56.00% -- 37.00% 1.0 3.00% --
Chicago Tribune 
10/25/02-10/27/02		 47.00% -- 27.00% -- 4.00% --
Survey USA 
10/21/02-10/23/02		 56.00% -- 36.00% -- 3.00% --
Illinois Wesleyan University 
10/20/02-10/22/02		 51.00% -- 33.00% -- 0.00% --
Pantagraph 
10/18/02-10/18/02		 55.00% -- 37.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/07/02-10/09/02		 56.90% 2.9 27.40% 1.6 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
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