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Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline April 01, 2014 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2014 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2014 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2021 - 12:00pm
Contributorev
Last ModifiedRBH December 23, 2015 07:35pm
Data SourcesIllinois Board of Elections
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameDick Durbin Votes3,613,210 (67.82%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin2,092,314 (+39.27%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/2020
NameDick Durbin Votes3,278,930 (54.93%)
Term01/03/2021 - 01/03/2027 Margin959,060 (+16.07%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 18, 2014 IL US Senate - R Primary
Jim Oberweis
R 754,388
May 18, 2014 IL US Senate - D Primary
Dick Durbin
D 429,041
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
12/11/2008 11/04/2014
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Dick Durbin 2 1 7 29
Jim Oberweis --2 ----
Leaning Call: Dick Durbin (97.24%)
Weighted Call: Dick Durbin (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

11/22/2013 11/02/2014

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin St. Sen. Jim Oberweis Sharon Hansen (W) Roger K. Davis (W) Hilaire Fuji Shioura (W) Sherry Procarione  
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Independent Independent Independent Republican  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,929,637 (53.55%) 1,538,522 (42.70%) 135,316 (3.76%) 31 (0.00%) 12 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -391,115 (-10.85%) -1,794,321 (-49.79%) -1,929,606 (-53.55%) -1,929,625 (-53.55%) -1,929,636 (-53.55%)  
Predict Avg.49.00% 39.00% 4.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 04/01/2013 03/18/2014 03/18/2014 03/18/2014 01/01/2014 04/01/2014  
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MATCHUP POLLS (14 from 10 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg49.17%-- 38.75%-- 2.59%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Public Policy Polling 
11/01/14-11/02/14		 51.00% -- 41.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
McKeon & Associates 
10/28/14-10/29/14		 49.00% -- 39.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
10/16/14-10/23/14		 52.00% 1.0 39.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Southern Illinois University 
10/17/14-10/17/14		 46.90% -- 36.50% -- 4.20% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of Illinois at Springfield 
10/02/14-10/08/14		 50.40% -- 34.90% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
We Ask America 
10/07/14-10/07/14		 51.00% 3.2 38.00% 2.5 4.00% 0.1 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
 

DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Chad Koppie (CST)
Mar 18, 2014 -  00, 2014 		Omar N. Lopez (G)
Mar 18, 2014 -  00, 2014

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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Apr 15, 2013 02:35pm Announcement Dick Durbin stockpiles $3.23 million in first quarter; pretext to reelection announcement  Article COSDem 
Mar 08, 2013 07:00pm News Durbin telling top Democrats he'll seek re-election in 2014  Article COSDem 
Jun 29, 2012 03:00pm Speculative Who Can Replace Dick Durbin?  Article COSDem 

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