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  IL US President - R Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > President
Parent RaceUS President - R Primaries
OfficePresident
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline December 05, 2007 - 12:00pm
Polls Open February 05, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close February 05, 2008 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorCOSDem
Last ModifiedRBH February 05, 2021 11:41pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionBallot [Link] includes: Romney, McCain, Giuliani, Paul, Thompson, Tancredo, Mitchell, Keyes and Huckabee.

Polling Hours: 6:00am - 7:00pm (CST)

Elections Division: [Link]
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameJohn F. Kerry Votes2,891,550 (54.82%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin545,604 (+10.34%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Ron Paul
Slight 1
John McCain
Safe 1
Strong 4
Lean 9
Slight 5
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/11/2007 01/31/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. John McCain Gov. Mitt Romney Gov. Mike Huckabee Rep. Ron Paul Mayor Rudy Giuliani Sen. Fred Thompson Assistant Secretary Alan L. Keyes
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes426,777 (47.45%) 257,265 (28.60%) 148,053 (16.46%) 45,055 (5.01%) 11,837 (1.32%) 7,259 (0.81%) 2,318 (0.26%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -169,512 (-18.85%) -278,724 (-30.99%) -381,722 (-42.44%) -414,940 (-46.13%) -419,518 (-46.64%) -424,459 (-47.19%)
Predict Avg.1.00% 6.00% 1.00% 0.00% 4.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Market Shares Corp 
01/30-01/31		 43.00% (+31.0) 20.00% (+6.0) 15.00% (-6.0) 4.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (-23.0) 0.00% (-11.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
American Research Group 
01/30-01/31		 48.00% (+36.0) 34.00% (+23.0) 3.00% (+1.0) 3.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (-30.0) 0.00% (-21.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
01/29-01/29		 34.00% (+0.0) 26.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
12/09-12/13		 12.00% (+0.0) 14.00% (+0.0) 21.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 23.00% (+0.0) 11.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Illinois at Springfield 
07/24-09/04		 17.50% (+0.0) 11.70% (+0.0) 3.70% (+0.0) 1.90% (+0.0) 31.40% (+0.0) 14.70% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
American Research Group 
07/06-07/09		 12.00% (-12.0) 11.00% (-1.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 30.00% (-3.0) 21.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R Franco Coladipietro
R Jim Edgar
  Chicago Tribune
  Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago)
R Steven M. Haring
R Ethan A. Hastert
D Some say...
R J. Dennis "Denny" Hastert [L]
G Troy R. Dennis
R Mike Bertelsen
R Christine Radogno [L]
R Cheryl Axley [L]
R Robert A. "Bob" Biggins [L]
R Donald A. Manzullo [L]
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name James Creighton Mitchell, Jr. Rep. Tom Tancredo
PartyRepublican Republican
Votes483 (0.05%) 375 (0.04%)
Margin-426,294 (-47.40%) -426,402 (-47.41%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Market Shares Corp 
01/30-01/31		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (-1.0)
American Research Group 
01/30-01/31		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (-1.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
01/29-01/29		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
12/09-12/13		 0.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
University of Illinois at Springfield 
07/24-09/04		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.30% (+0.0)
American Research Group 
07/06-07/09		 0.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Aug 16, 2007 11:20pm News Mitt Romney wins Illinois straw poll  Article The Sunset Provision 

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