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  IL US Senate - D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline December 01, 2003 - 12:00pm
Polls Open March 16, 2004 - 07:00am
Polls Close March 16, 2004 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2005 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorNone Entered
Last ModifiedNone Entered July 03, 2004 05:56am
Data Sources[Link]
Description[Link]
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/03/1998
NamePeter G. Fitzgerald Votes1,709,041 (50.35%)
Term01/03/1999 - 01/03/2005 Margin98,545 (+2.90%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.4286003113 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Barack Obama
Safe 3
Strong 10
Lean 14
Slight 13
Maria Pappas
Slight 1
Dan Hynes
Strong 2
Lean 2
Slight 8
Blair Hull
Lean 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

04/02/2003 03/14/2004

CANDIDATES
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Name St. Sen. Barack Obama Comptroller Dan Hynes Blair Hull County Treasurer Maria Pappas Gery Chico Nancy Skinner Joyce Washington
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes655,923 (52.77%) 294,717 (23.71%) 134,453 (10.82%) 74,987 (6.03%) 53,433 (4.30%) 16,098 (1.30%) 13,375 (1.08%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -361,206 (-29.06%) -521,470 (-41.95%) -580,936 (-46.74%) -602,490 (-48.47%) -639,825 (-51.47%) -642,548 (-51.69%)
Predict Avg.23.33% 22.17% 16.75% 12.50% 3.92% 1.45% 2.75%
Finances$1,086,877.10 $1,560,726.28 $2,502,402.00 $0.00 $1,342,037.28 $0.00 $439,294.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
03/14-03/14		 50.00% (+6.0) 20.00% (+2.0) 16.00% (-4.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
03/08-03/10		 36.00% (+14.0) 21.00% (+1.0) 14.00% (-1.0) 15.00% (+1.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
03/08-03/10		 37.00% (+0.0) 18.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
Chicago Tribune-WGN-TV 
03/09-03/09		 33.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
03/06-03/08		 44.00% (+25.0) 18.00% (-1.0) 20.00% (-9.0) 7.00% (-7.0) 6.00% (-3.0) 0.00% (-3.0) 0.00% (-3.0)
Research 2000 
03/01-03/03		 22.00% (+0.0) 20.00% (+0.0) 15.00% (+0.0) 14.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D NCdem
D Sheila Simon
D Harry Osterman
D Lawrence Lessig [L]
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
D ev
D Alan J. Dixon [L]
D Daniel D. "Dan" "Rosty" Rostenkowski [L]
D Frank Avila
D Dick Mell
D Bobby Rush
R Carl Officer
IndP 6921
Laf-W Craverguy
D Joe Baca [L]
D Dorothy I. Height [L]
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Estella Johnson-Hunt
PartyDemocratic
Votes10 (0.00%)
Margin-655,913 (-52.77%)
Predict Avg.0.09%
Finances$0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
03/14-03/14		 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
03/08-03/10		 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
03/08-03/10		 0.00% (+0.0)
Chicago Tribune-WGN-TV 
03/09-03/09		 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
03/06-03/08		 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
03/01-03/03		 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
PM's None Entered

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 27, 2004 12:00am General Former Obama adversaries look on without regret  Article None Entered 
Mar 15, 2004 12:00am News In Ill. Senate race, character is the issue  Article None Entered 
Mar 13, 2004 12:00am News Illinois Senate Primary Airs Divorce, Drug Use Details  Article Gerald Farinas 
Mar 12, 2004 12:00am News The Gloves Come Off  Article None Entered 
Mar 11, 2004 12:00am News Hynes pounces on Obama at last debate  Article None Entered 
Mar 10, 2004 12:00am Endorsement People for the American Way Endorses Obama  Article Gerald Farinas 

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