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  IL - District 10
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > IL - District 10
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline December 01, 2007 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End November 29, 2010 - 12:00pm
Turnout 44.56% Total Population
ContributorArmyDem
Last ModifiedJason November 30, 2010 07:27am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Term end due to resignation.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameMark Kirk Votes107,929 (53.38%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2009 Margin13,651 (+6.75%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2010
NameRobert J. "Bob" Dold Votes109,941 (51.08%)
Term01/03/2011 - 01/03/2013 Margin4,651 (+2.16%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 05, 2008 IL District 10 - D Primary
Dan Seals
D 93,148
Feb 05, 2008 IL District 10 - R Primary
Mark Kirk
R 44,685
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/13/2007 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Dan Seals 20 2 1 --
Mark Kirk 10 2 --1
Leaning Call: Dan Seals (60.00%)
Weighted Call: Dan Seals (74.71%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/07/2008 10/22/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (I) Rep. Mark Kirk Dan Seals  
PartyRepublican Democratic  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 153,082 (52.56%) 138,176 (47.44%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -14,906 (-5.12%)  
Predict Avg.49.38% 50.37%  
ev51.65% (+4.34 pts) 48.35% (+3.95 pts)
Don't Tase Me, Bro!37.00% (-5.43 pts) 62.00% (-5.15 pts)
M@59.37% (+0.40 pts) 40.63% (+0.02 pts)
Some say...49.50% (+2.90 pts) 50.50% (+2.52 pts)
Cash On Hand 12/31 $7,195.00 12/31 $-33,595.00  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 11/12/2006 11/12/2006  
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MATCHUP POLLS (9 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg45.89%-- 43.47%--  
Research 2000 
10/20/08-10/22/08		 43.00% 1.0 49.00% 11.0
Bennett, Petts & Normington (D) 
10/15/08-10/16/08		 47.00% -- 41.00% --
Survey USA 
10/04/08-10/05/08		 44.00% -- 52.00% --
Research 2000 
09/30/08-10/01/08		 44.00% -- 38.00% --
McLaughlin & Associates (R) 
09/10/08-09/11/08		 51.00% 2.0 29.00% 3.0
Global Strategy Group (D) 
08/17/08-08/19/08		 46.00% -- 39.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I McCord 2014
  Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
  Chicago Sun-Times
D Some say...
R ...
  Esquire
  21st Century Democrats
Laf-W Craverguy
D Ashley
 

DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Allan Stevo (I)
Apr 26, 2008 - Jul 21, 2008 		David Kalbfleisch (G)
Jun 09, 2008

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 30, 2008 03:00pm News [IL-10] Rep. Mark Kirk sees 2nd foe knocked off ballot  Article TX DEM 
Apr 08, 2008 04:00pm News Campaign money flows into [IL] 10th District races  Article ArmyDem 

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