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  IL US Senate - D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline November 01, 2009 - 12:00pm
Polls Open February 02, 2010 - 07:00am
Polls Close February 02, 2010 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2017 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last Modifiedev March 06, 2010 12:41pm
Data SourcesIllinois State Board of Elections
DescriptionJacob Meister dropped out of the U.S. Senate race and endorsed Alexi Giannoulias. His name remains on the ballot.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameBarack Obama Votes3,597,456 (69.97%)
Term01/03/2005 - 11/16/2008 Margin2,206,766 (+42.92%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 7.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Alexander "Alexi" Giannoulias
Safe 7
Strong 6
Lean 1
Slight 9
David Hoffman
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/26/2009 01/25/2010

CANDIDATES
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Name Treasurer Alexander "Alexi" Giannoulias David Hoffman Cheryle Jackson Robert Marshall Jacob Meister (W) Christopher Smith
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes352,202 (38.93%) 304,757 (33.68%) 179,682 (19.86%) 51,813 (5.73%) 16,317 (1.80%) 2 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -47,445 (-5.24%) -172,520 (-19.07%) -300,389 (-33.20%) -335,885 (-37.12%) -352,200 (-38.93%)
Predict Avg.50.00% 23.75% 25.75% 0.50% 1.50% 0.00%
Finances$963,335.00 $738,930.00 $176,006.00 $1,000.00 $-37,847.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Rasmussen Reports 
01/25-01/25		 31.00% (+0.0) 23.00% (+0.0) 23.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
01/22-01/25		 32.00% (-6.0) 20.00% (+0.0) 18.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
01/16-01/20		 34.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
WGN/Chicago Tribune 
12/02-12/08		 31.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 17.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Hart Research (D) 
10/02-10/04		 26.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 12.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D) 
07/28-08/02		 45.00% (-6.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 13.00% (-8.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Jacob Meister
D Jesse White [L]
D COMMONSENSE
D Qbanito
I Takahe
D John
D ev
  State Journal-Register: Springfield, IL
D Dodge Landesman
D Lilly Ledbetter [L]
  EMILY's List
D Henderson Yarbrough [L]

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 31, 2010 01:00pm News Jacob Meister Drops Out Of Senate Race, Endorses Alexi Giannoulias  Article TX DEM 
Jan 28, 2010 12:15pm News Regulators clamp down on Giannoulias' Broadway Bank  Article excelsior 
Jan 20, 2010 03:00pm Endorsement Netsch Endorses Hoffman In Senate Race  Article COSDem 
Dec 30, 2009 12:00pm Endorsement Vallas backs Hoffman in Democratic U.S. Senate contest   Article ev 
Oct 06, 2009 02:00pm Profile The Million-Dollar Mystery Candidate  Article Craverguy 
Sep 24, 2009 12:00pm Blog Entry Leading With His Chin  Article Craverguy 

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