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Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline November 05, 2007 - 07:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 09:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorJohn
Last Modifiedev November 30, 2008 06:43pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/2002
NameDick Durbin Votes2,103,766 (60.33%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin778,063 (+22.31%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2014
NameDick Durbin Votes1,929,637 (53.55%)
Term01/03/2015 - 01/03/2021 Margin391,115 (+10.85%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 05, 2008 IL US Senate - R Primary
Steven Sauerberg
R 710,576
Feb 05, 2008 IL US Senate - D Primary
Dick Durbin
D 1,653,833
Mar 30, 2008 IL US Senate-G Convention
Kathy J. Cummings
G 1
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
04/04/2004 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Dick Durbin 1 ----63
Steven Sauerberg 1 ------
Leaning Call: Dick Durbin (99.61%)
Weighted Call: Dick Durbin (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

07/08/2008 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin Steven Sauerberg Kathy J. Cummings Larry Stafford Chad Koppie (W) Patricia Elaine Beard  
PartyDemocratic Republican Green Libertarian Constitution Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 3,613,210 (67.82%) 1,520,896 (28.55%) 119,147 (2.24%) 50,228 (0.94%) 24,061 (0.45%) 1 (0.00%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -2,092,314 (-39.27%) -3,494,063 (-65.58%) -3,562,982 (-66.88%) -3,589,149 (-67.37%) -3,613,209 (-67.82%)  
Predict Avg.64.44% 33.27% 1.35% 0.40% 0.35% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand 3/31 $4,631,963.00 3/31 $1,070,359.00 $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 09/00/2007 09/00/2007 03/31/2008 06/23/2008 04/09/2008 --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (8 from 4 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg56.78%-- 31.52%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08
54.00% -- 31.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/20/08-10/23/08
59.00% 3.0 34.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/13/08-10/13/08
62.00% 3.0 31.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
09/15/08-09/18/08
56.00% -- 35.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/17/08-09/17/08
59.00% 2.0 35.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
08/12/08-08/12/08
61.00% 2.0 33.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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Jul 17, 2008 01:45am News Durbin's GOP foe has $1.07 million  Article ev 
Apr 06, 2007 09:30pm News Rove Predicts Republicans Won't Unseat Senator Dick Durbin in 2008  Article COSDem 
Jul 23, 2005 01:00pm News Downstate rep could help GOP defeat Durbin  Article ScottĀ³ 

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