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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2004 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 02, 2004 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 02, 2004 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2005 - 12:00pm
Term End November 16, 2008 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRBH October 15, 2018 11:02pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionTerm end due to resignation.
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%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 16, 2004 IL US Senate - D Primary Barack Obama
Mar 16, 2004 IL US Senate - R Primary Jack Ryan
Aug 04, 2004 IL US Senate - R Primary Replacement Alan L. Keyes
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.0525999069 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Barack Obama
Safe 66
Strong 15
Lean 15
Slight 10
Jack Ryan
Strong 1
Lean 1
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

03/25/2004 10/29/2004

CANDIDATES
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Name St. Sen. Barack Obama Assistant Secretary Alan L. Keyes Albert J. Franzen Jerry Kohn (W) Mark Kuhnke (W) Scott Doody (W) Donald McArthur-Self
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Libertarian Independent Republican Independent Independent
Votes3,597,456 (69.97%) 1,390,690 (27.05%) 81,164 (1.58%) 69,253 (1.35%) 2,268 (0.04%) 339 (0.01%) 134 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -2,206,766 (-42.92%) -3,516,292 (-68.39%) -3,528,203 (-68.62%) -3,595,188 (-69.92%) -3,597,117 (-69.96%) -3,597,322 (-69.97%)
Predict Avg.62.63% 26.52% 0.44% 1.48% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$3,163,111.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
10/27-10/29		 66.00% (-2.0) 27.00% (+4.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/27-10/28		 67.00% (-2.0) 25.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Richard Day Research 
10/20-10/21		 70.00% (+0.0) 20.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
10/16-10/19		 66.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/04-10/06		 68.00% (+3.0) 23.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/03-10/05		 69.00% (+1.0) 24.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D NCdem
LBR Old LW
D Geoffrey Fieger [L]
D Lawrence Lessig [L]
  Eagle Forum
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
AnFed Patient Grasshopper
AENM Angry Russian
LBT Jed
IndP 6921
LBT Classical Liberal
Veg Thomas Walker
R Imperator
NPA ...
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Kathy Campbell (W) Shaun Bill (W) Marcus Hester (W) Thomas R. Carlson (W) Orlando McDowell (W) Arthur C. Brumfield (W) Lowell M. Seida
PartyIndependent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent
Votes129 (0.00%) 37 (0.00%) 23 (0.00%) 20 (0.00%) 5 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%)
Margin-3,597,327 (-69.97%) -3,597,419 (-69.97%) -3,597,433 (-69.97%) -3,597,436 (-69.97%) -3,597,451 (-69.97%) -3,597,455 (-69.97%) -3,597,455 (-69.97%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
10/27-10/29		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/27-10/28		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Richard Day Research 
10/20-10/21		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
10/16-10/19		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/04-10/06		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/03-10/05		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jun 26, 2005 10:00am News Obama's Stand Against Patriot Act Cheered  Article The Sunset Provision 
Nov 16, 2004 12:00am Amusing How and why Dr. Keyes won in Illinois  Article Servo 
Nov 05, 2004 12:00am News Keyes blames Republicans, media for his defeat  Article Servo 
Nov 02, 2004 12:00am News Keyes Says Supporting Obama Akin to Mortal Sin  Article Servo 
Oct 29, 2004 12:00am News Obama sweeps newspaper endorsements in Senate race  Article None Entered 
Oct 24, 2004 12:00am Editorial About those Republicans . . .  Article COSDem 

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