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id="toc-Overview-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_1" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_1"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>District 1</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_1-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 1 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_1-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>District 2</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_2-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 2 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.4</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1.3</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Independents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.2</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.3</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aftermath" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aftermath"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.4</span> <span>Aftermath</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aftermath-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>District 3</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_3-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 3 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1.3</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>District 4</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_4-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 4 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>District 5</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_5-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 5 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Green_primary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Green_primary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Green primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Green_primary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>District 6</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_6-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 6 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Disqualified" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disqualified"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.1.3</span> <span>Disqualified</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disqualified-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independents_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independents_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Independents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independents_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>District 7</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_7-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 7 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>District 8</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_8-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 8 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1.1.3</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Disqualified_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disqualified_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1.1.4</span> <span>Disqualified</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disqualified_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1.1.5</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2.1.3</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.1</span> <span>Campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Debates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Debates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.3</span> <span>Debates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Debates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.4</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Predictions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.5</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.6</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>District 9</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_9-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 9 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1.2</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1.3</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>District 10</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_10-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 10 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_21" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_21"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_21-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_21" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_21"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_21-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.1.3</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Disqualified_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disqualified_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.1.4</span> <span>Disqualified</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disqualified_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.1.5</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_21" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_21"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_21-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Debates_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Debates_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3.2</span> <span>Debates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Debates_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3.3</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Predictions_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3.4</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3.5</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>District 11</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_11-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 11 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_22" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_22"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_22-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_22" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_22"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_22-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Disqualified_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disqualified_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1.1.3</span> <span>Disqualified</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disqualified_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1.1.4</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_22" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_22"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_22-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_23" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_23"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_23-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_23" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_23"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_23-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2.1.3</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_23" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_23"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_23-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_21" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_21"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_21-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_24" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_24"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_24-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3.2</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Predictions_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3.3</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3.4</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>District 12</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_12-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 12 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_24" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_24"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_24-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_24" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_24"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_24-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1.1.3</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1.1.4</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Campaign_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campaign_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1.2</span> <span>Campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campaign_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_25" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_25"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1.3</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_25-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_22" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_22"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1.4</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_22-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_25" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_25"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_25-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_25" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_25"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_25-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Disqualified_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disqualified_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.1.3</span> <span>Disqualified</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disqualified_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.1.4</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_26" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_26"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_26-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_23" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_23"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_23-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Green_primary_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Green_primary_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3</span> <span>Green primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Green_primary_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independents_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independents_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.4</span> <span>Independents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independents_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_27" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_27"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_27-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Debates_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Debates_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5.2</span> <span>Debates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Debates_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5.3</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Predictions_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Predictions_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5.4</span> <span>Predictions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Predictions_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5.5</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>District 13</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_13-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 13 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_26" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_26"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_26-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_26" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_26"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_26-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_18" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_18"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_18-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_28" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_28"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_28-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_24" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_24"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_24-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republican_convention" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_convention"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2</span> <span>Republican convention</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_convention-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_27" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_27"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_27-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_27" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_27"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_27-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_at_the_convention" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_at_the_convention"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated at the convention</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_at_the_convention-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2.1.3</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_28" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_28"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_28-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_28" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_28"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_28-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_19" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_19"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_19-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawn_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawn_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3.1.3</span> <span>Withdrawn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawn_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3.1.4</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_29" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_29"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_29-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_25" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_25"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_25-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independent" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independent"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.4</span> <span>Independent</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independent-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.5</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_30" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_30"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.5.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_30-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Debates_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Debates_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.5.2</span> <span>Debates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Debates_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.5.3</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.5.4</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>District 14</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_14-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 14 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_29" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_29"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_29-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_29" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_29"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_29-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1.1.2</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_26" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_26"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_26-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_30" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_30"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_30-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_30" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_30"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_30-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_20" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_20"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_20-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2.1.3</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_31" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_31"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_31-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_27" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_27"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2.3</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_27-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_32" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_32"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_32-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>District 15</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_15-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 15 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_31" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_31"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_31-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_31" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_31"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_31-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_28" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_28"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.1.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_28-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_32" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_32"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_32-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_32" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_32"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_32-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_29" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_29"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.2.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_29-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.3</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_33" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_33"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.3.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_33-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.3.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>District 16</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_16-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 16 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_33" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_33"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_33-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_33" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_33"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_33-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_21" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eliminated_in_primary_21"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1.1.2</span> <span>Eliminated in primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eliminated_in_primary_21-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declined_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declined_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1.1.3</span> <span>Declined</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declined_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Endorsements_34" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_34"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1.2</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_34-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polling_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polling_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1.3</span> <span>Polling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polling_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_30" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_30"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1.4</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_results_30-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Democratic_primary_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Democratic_primary_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2</span> <span>Democratic primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Democratic_primary_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_34" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_34"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_34-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_34" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_34"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_34-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Independents_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Independents_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.3</span> <span>Independents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Independents_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_election_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_election_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.4</span> <span>General election</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_election_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Endorsements_35" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Endorsements_35"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.4.1</span> <span>Endorsements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Endorsements_35-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Results_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Results_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.4.2</span> <span>Results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Results_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19</span> <span>District 17</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-District_17-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle District 17 subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-District_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Republican_primary_17" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republican_primary_17"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.1</span> <span>Republican primary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republican_primary_17-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Candidates_35" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates_35"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.1.1</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Candidates_35-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nominee_35" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nominee_35"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.1.1.1</span> <span>Nominee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nominee_35-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Primary_results_31" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_results_31"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.1.2</span> <span>Primary results</span> </div> 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class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>November 6, 2012<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2012-11-06</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 18 Illinois seats to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Majority party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Minority party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>11</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>12</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td 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mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. Presidential elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1820 United States presidential election in Illinois">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1824 United States presidential election in Illinois">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1828 United States presidential election in Illinois">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1832 United States presidential election in Illinois">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1836 United States presidential election in Illinois">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1840 United States presidential election in Illinois">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1844 United States presidential election in Illinois">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1848 United States presidential election in Illinois">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1852 United States presidential election in Illinois">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1856 United States presidential election in Illinois">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1860 United States presidential election in Illinois">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1864 United States presidential election in Illinois">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1868 United States presidential election in Illinois">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1872 United States presidential election in Illinois">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1876 United States presidential election in Illinois">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1880 United States presidential election in Illinois">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1884 United States presidential election in Illinois">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1888 United States presidential election in Illinois">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1892 United States presidential election in Illinois">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1896 United States presidential election in Illinois">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1900 United States presidential election in Illinois">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1904 United States presidential election in Illinois">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1908 United States presidential election in Illinois">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1912 United States presidential election in Illinois">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1916 United States presidential election in Illinois">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1920 United States presidential election in Illinois">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1924 United States presidential election in Illinois">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1928 United States presidential election in Illinois">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1932 United States presidential election in Illinois">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1936 United States presidential election in Illinois">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1940 United States presidential election in Illinois">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1944 United States presidential election in Illinois">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1948 United States presidential election in Illinois">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1952 United States presidential election in Illinois">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1956 United States presidential election in Illinois">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1960 United States presidential election in Illinois">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1964 United States presidential election in Illinois">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1968 United States presidential election in Illinois">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1972 United States presidential election in Illinois">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1976 United States presidential election in Illinois">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1980 United States presidential election in Illinois">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1984 United States presidential election in Illinois">1984</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="1984 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="1984 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1988 United States presidential election in Illinois">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1992 United States presidential election in Illinois">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1996 United States presidential election in Illinois">1996</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2000 United States presidential election in Illinois">2000</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2000 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2000 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States presidential election in Illinois">2004</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2004 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2004 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States presidential election in Illinois">2008</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2008 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2012 United States presidential election in Illinois">2012</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2016 United States presidential election in Illinois">2016</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2020 United States presidential election in Illinois">2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2024 United States presidential election in Illinois">2024</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2024 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2024 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> U.S. Senate elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1818 United States Senate elections in Illinois">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1819_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1819 United States Senate election in Illinois">1819</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1823_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1823 United States Senate election in Illinois">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1824 United States Senate election in Illinois">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1824 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1824 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1825_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1825 United States Senate election in Illinois">1825</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1830 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1830 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1831 United States Senate election in Illinois">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1835 United States Senate election in Illinois">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1837 United States Senate election in Illinois">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1843 United States Senate election in Illinois">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 United States Senate election in Illinois">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States Senate election in Illinois">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1849 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1853 United States Senate election in Illinois">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1859 United States Senate election in Illinois">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1861 United States Senate election in Illinois">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1863 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1867 United States Senate election in Illinois">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Illinois">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1882 United States Senate election in Illinois">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1885 United States Senate election in Illinois">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1885 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1885 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1887 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1887 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States Senate election in Illinois">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States Senate election in Illinois">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 United States Senate election in Illinois">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1896 United States Senate election in Illinois">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1897 United States Senate election in Illinois">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1901 United States Senate election in Illinois">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1903 United States Senate election in Illinois">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1907 United States Senate election in Illinois">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1909 United States Senate election in Illinois">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1913 United States Senate election in Illinois">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1913 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1913 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1914 United States Senate election in Illinois">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1918 United States Senate election in Illinois">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1920 United States Senate election in Illinois">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1924 United States Senate election in Illinois">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1926 United States Senate election in Illinois">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" title="1928 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1928 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1930 United States Senate election in Illinois">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1932 United States Senate election in Illinois">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1936 United States Senate election in Illinois">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1938 United States Senate election in Illinois">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" title="1940 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1940 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1942 United States Senate election in Illinois">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1944 United States Senate election in Illinois">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1948 United States Senate election in Illinois">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1950 United States Senate election in Illinois">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1954 United States Senate election in Illinois">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1956 United States Senate election in Illinois">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1960 United States Senate election in Illinois">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1962 United States Senate election in Illinois">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1966 United States Senate election in Illinois">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1968 United States Senate election in Illinois">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" title="1970 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1970 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1972 United States Senate election in Illinois">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1974 United States Senate election in Illinois">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1978 United States Senate election in Illinois">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1980 United States Senate election in Illinois">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1984 United States Senate election in Illinois">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1986 United States Senate election in Illinois">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1990 United States Senate election in Illinois">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1992 United States Senate election in Illinois">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1996 United States Senate election in Illinois">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1998 United States Senate election in Illinois">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2002 United States Senate election in Illinois">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States Senate election in Illinois">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States Senate election in Illinois">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois" title="2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois" title="2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois">2010 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2014 United States Senate election in Illinois">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2016 United States Senate election in Illinois">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2020 United States Senate election in Illinois">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2022 United States Senate election in Illinois">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="2026 United States Senate election in Illinois">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> U.S. House elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Illinois" title="1818 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1819_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Illinois" title="1819 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois">1819</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Illinois" title="1820 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Illinois" title="1822 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Illinois" title="1824 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Illinois" title="1826 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Illinois" title="1828 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1831 United States House of Representatives election in Illinois">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1832 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1834 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1836 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1838 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1840 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1842 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1844 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1846 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1848 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1850 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1856 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1858</a></li> <li>1859 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1859_Illinois%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1859 Illinois's 6th congressional district special elections">6th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1860 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1860</a></li> <li>1861 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1861_Illinois%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1861 Illinois's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1862 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1864 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1868 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1870</a></li> <li>1871 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1871_Illinois%27s_at-large_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1871 Illinois's at-large congressional district special election">AL sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1880 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1894</a></li> <li>1895 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1895_Illinois%27s_10th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1895 Illinois's 10th congressional district special election">10th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Illinois%27s_18th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1895 Illinois's 18th congressional district special election">18th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1918</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1918_Illinois%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Illinois's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1922</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1922_Illinois%27s_at-large_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1922 Illinois's at-large congressional district special election">AL sp</a></li></ul></li> <li>1923 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1923 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Illinois%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1923 Illinois's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1944</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1944_Illinois%27s_19th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 Illinois's 19th congressional district special election">19th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1952</a></li> <li>1953 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1953_Illinois%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1953 Illinois's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1956</a></li> <li>1957 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1957_Illinois%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1957 Illinois's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1968</a></li> <li>1969 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_Illinois%27s_13th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Illinois's 13th congressional district special election">13th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1970</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Illinois%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 Illinois's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1972</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Illinois%27s_15th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Illinois's 15th congressional district special election">15th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li>1973 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1973_Illinois%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 Illinois's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1974</a></li> <li>1975 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_Illinois%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 Illinois's 5th congressional district special election">5th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1980</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Illinois%27s_10th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 Illinois's 10th congressional district special election">10th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1982</a></li> <li>1983 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1983_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 Illinois's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1984</a></li> <li>1985 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_Illinois%27s_14th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election">14th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1988</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Illinois%27s_21st_congressional_district_special_election" title="1988 Illinois's 21st congressional district special election">21st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1990</a></li> <li>1991 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Illinois%27s_15th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Illinois's 15th congressional district special election">15th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1994</a></li> <li>1995 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1995_Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" title="1995 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2000</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">1st</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2008</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois%27s_14th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election">14th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Illinois%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2009 Illinois's 5th congressional district special election">5th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois%27s_17th_congressional_district_election" title="2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election">17th</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2012</a></li> <li>2013 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" title="2013 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a></li> <li>2015 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Illinois%27s_18th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2015 Illinois's 18th congressional district special election">18th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2022</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2022 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">1st</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Illinois" title="Government of Illinois">State government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> General elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Illinois_elections" title="1936 Illinois elections">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Illinois_elections" title="1938 Illinois elections">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Illinois_elections" title="1940 Illinois elections">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Illinois_elections" title="1942 Illinois elections">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Illinois_elections" title="1944 Illinois elections">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Illinois_elections" title="1946 Illinois elections">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Illinois_elections" title="1948 Illinois elections">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Illinois_elections" title="1950 Illinois elections">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Illinois_elections" title="1952 Illinois elections">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Illinois_elections" title="1954 Illinois elections">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Illinois_elections" title="1956 Illinois elections">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Illinois_elections" title="1958 Illinois elections">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Illinois_elections" title="1960 Illinois elections">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Illinois_elections" title="1962 Illinois elections">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Illinois_elections" title="1964 Illinois elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Illinois_elections" title="1966 Illinois elections">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Illinois_elections" title="1968 Illinois elections">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Illinois_elections" title="1969 Illinois elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Illinois_elections" title="1970 Illinois elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Illinois_elections" title="1972 Illinois elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Illinois_elections" title="1974 Illinois elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Illinois_elections" title="1976 Illinois elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Illinois_elections" title="1978 Illinois elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Illinois_elections" title="1980 Illinois elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Illinois_elections" title="1982 Illinois elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Illinois_elections" title="1984 Illinois elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Illinois_elections" title="1986 Illinois elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Illinois_elections" title="1988 Illinois elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_elections" title="1990 Illinois elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Illinois_elections" title="1992 Illinois elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Illinois_elections" title="1994 Illinois elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Illinois_elections" title="1996 Illinois elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Illinois_elections" title="1998 Illinois elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois_elections" title="2000 Illinois elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Illinois_elections" title="2002 Illinois elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Illinois_elections" title="2004 Illinois elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Illinois_elections" title="2006 Illinois elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_elections" title="2008 Illinois elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_elections" title="2010 Illinois elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_elections" title="2012 Illinois elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_elections" title="2014 Illinois elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_elections" title="2016 Illinois elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_elections" title="2018 Illinois elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_elections" title="2020 Illinois elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_elections" title="2022 Illinois elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_elections" title="2024 Illinois elections">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Illinois_gubernatorial_elections" title="Illinois gubernatorial elections">Gubernatorial elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1818_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1818 Illinois gubernatorial election">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1822 Illinois gubernatorial election">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1826 Illinois gubernatorial election">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1830 Illinois gubernatorial election">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1834 Illinois gubernatorial election">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1838 Illinois gubernatorial election">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1842 Illinois gubernatorial election">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1846 Illinois gubernatorial election">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1848 Illinois gubernatorial election">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1852 Illinois gubernatorial election">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1856 Illinois gubernatorial election">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1860 Illinois gubernatorial election">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1864 Illinois gubernatorial election">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1868 Illinois gubernatorial election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1872 Illinois gubernatorial election">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1876 Illinois gubernatorial election">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1880 Illinois gubernatorial election">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1884 Illinois gubernatorial election">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1888 Illinois gubernatorial election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1892 Illinois gubernatorial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1896 Illinois gubernatorial election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Illinois gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Illinois gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Illinois gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Illinois gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1916 Illinois gubernatorial election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1920 Illinois gubernatorial election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Illinois gubernatorial election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1928 Illinois gubernatorial election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Illinois gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 Illinois gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 Illinois gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 Illinois gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1948 Illinois gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1952 Illinois gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1956 Illinois gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1960 Illinois gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1964 Illinois gubernatorial election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1968 Illinois gubernatorial election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1972 Illinois gubernatorial election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1976 Illinois gubernatorial election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Illinois gubernatorial election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1982 Illinois gubernatorial election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1986 Illinois gubernatorial election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 Illinois gubernatorial election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Illinois gubernatorial election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Illinois gubernatorial election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Illinois gubernatorial election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Illinois gubernatorial election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 Illinois gubernatorial election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Illinois gubernatorial election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Illinois gubernatorial election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Illinois gubernatorial election">2022</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Lieutenant Gubernatorial elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1818_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1818 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1822 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1826 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1830 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1834 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1838 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1842 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1846 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1848 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1852 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1856 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1860 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1864 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1868 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1872 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1876 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1880 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1884 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1888 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1892 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1896 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1916 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1920 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1928 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1968</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Attorney General elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Illinois Attorney General election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_Attorney_General_election" title="2022 Illinois Attorney General election">2022</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Secretary of State elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2022 Illinois Secretary of State election">2022</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Comptroller elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Comptroller_special_election" title="2016 Illinois Comptroller special election">2016</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Senate elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2008 Illinois Senate election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2010 Illinois Senate election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2012 Illinois Senate election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2014 Illinois Senate election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2016 Illinois Senate election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2018 Illinois Senate election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2020 Illinois Senate election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2022 Illinois Senate election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2024 Illinois Senate election">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> House of Representatives elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1964_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="1964 Illinois House of Representatives election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2006 Illinois House of Representatives election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Illinois House of Representatives election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2010 Illinois House of Representatives election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Illinois House of Representatives election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2014 Illinois House of Representatives election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2016 Illinois House of Representatives election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2018 Illinois House of Representatives election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2020 Illinois House of Representatives election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2022 Illinois House of Representatives election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2024 Illinois House of Representatives election">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Judicial elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2012 Illinois judicial elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2014 Illinois judicial elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2016 Illinois judicial elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2018 Illinois judicial elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2020 Illinois judicial elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2022 Illinois judicial elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Illinois_judicial_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 Illinois judicial elections (page does not exist)">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)">Ballot measures and referendums</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1834_Illinois_state_capitol_referendum" title="1834 Illinois state capitol referendum">State capitol referendum (1834)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutback_Amendment" title="Cutback Amendment">Cutback Amendment (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Crime_Victim_Rights_Amendment" title="Illinois Crime Victim Rights Amendment">Crime Victim Rights Amendment (1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Governor_Recall_Amendment" title="Illinois Governor Recall Amendment">Illinois Governor Recall Amendment (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Public_Pension_Amendment" title="Illinois Public Pension Amendment">Public Pension Amendment (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsy%27s_Law_(Illinois)" title="Marsy's Law (Illinois)">Marsy's Law (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Right_to_Vote_Amendment" title="Illinois Right to Vote Amendment">Right to Vote Amendment (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Transportation_Taxes_and_Fees_Lockbox_Amendment" title="Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment">Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fair_Tax" title="Illinois Fair Tax">Fair Tax (2020)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_elections#Right_to_Collective_Bargaining_Amendment" title="2022 Illinois elections">Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (2022)</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> General elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Chicago_elections" title="2019 Chicago elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_elections" title="2023 Chicago elections">2023</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Chicago" title="Mayoral elections in Chicago">Mayoral elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1837_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1837 Chicago mayoral election">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1838 Chicago mayoral election">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1839 Chicago mayoral election">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1840 Chicago mayoral election">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1841 Chicago mayoral election">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1842 Chicago mayoral election">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1843 Chicago mayoral election">1843</a></li> <li><a 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election">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1854 Chicago mayoral election">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1855 Chicago mayoral election">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1856 Chicago mayoral election">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1857 Chicago mayoral election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1858 Chicago mayoral election">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1859 Chicago mayoral election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1860 Chicago mayoral election">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1861 Chicago mayoral election">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1862 Chicago mayoral election">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1863 Chicago mayoral election">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1865 Chicago mayoral election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1867 Chicago mayoral election">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1869 Chicago mayoral election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1871 Chicago mayoral election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1873 Chicago mayoral election">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Chicago_mayoral_elections" title="1876 Chicago mayoral elections">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1877 Chicago mayoral election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1879 Chicago mayoral election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1881 Chicago mayoral election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1883 Chicago mayoral election">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1885 Chicago mayoral election">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1887 Chicago mayoral election">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1889 Chicago mayoral election">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1891 Chicago mayoral election">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1893 Chicago mayoral election">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Chicago_mayoral_special_election" title="1893 Chicago mayoral special election">1893 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1895 Chicago mayoral election">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1897 Chicago mayoral election">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1899 Chicago mayoral election">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1901 Chicago mayoral election">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1903 Chicago mayoral election">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1905 Chicago mayoral election">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1907 Chicago mayoral election">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1911 Chicago mayoral election">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1915 Chicago mayoral election">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1919 Chicago mayoral election">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1923 Chicago mayoral election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1927 Chicago mayoral election">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1931 Chicago mayoral election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1935 Chicago mayoral election">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1939 Chicago mayoral election">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1943 Chicago mayoral election">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1947 Chicago mayoral election">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1951 Chicago mayoral election">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1955 Chicago mayoral election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1959 Chicago mayoral election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1963 Chicago mayoral election">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1967 Chicago mayoral election">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1971 Chicago mayoral election">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1975 Chicago mayoral election">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Chicago_mayoral_special_election" title="1977 Chicago mayoral special election">1977 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1979 Chicago mayoral election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1983 Chicago mayoral election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1987 Chicago mayoral election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Chicago_mayoral_special_election" title="1989 Chicago mayoral special election">1989 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1991 Chicago mayoral election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1995 Chicago mayoral election">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1999 Chicago mayoral election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2003 Chicago mayoral election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2007 Chicago mayoral election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2011 Chicago mayoral election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2015 Chicago mayoral election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2019 Chicago mayoral election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2023 Chicago mayoral election">2023</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Aldermanic_elections_in_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldermanic elections in Chicago">Aldermanic elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1923_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="1923 Chicago aldermanic election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="1927 Chicago aldermanic election">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="1929 Chicago aldermanic election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="2011 Chicago aldermanic election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="2015 Chicago aldermanic election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="2019 Chicago aldermanic election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="2023 Chicago aldermanic election">2023</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Board_of_Education" title="Chicago Board of Education">Chicago Board of Education</a> elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Chicago_Board_of_Education_election" title="2024 Chicago Board of Education election">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_Chicago_Board_of_Education_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 Chicago Board of Education election (page does not exist)">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Government of Cook County, Illinois">Cook County</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> County elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1946 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1946</a></li> <li>1980 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Cook_County_State%27s_Attorney_election" title="1980 Cook County State's Attorney election">State's Attorney</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1984 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1986 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1988 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1990 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1992 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1994 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1996 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1998 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2000 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2002 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2004 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2006 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2008 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2010 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2012 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2014 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2016 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2018 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2020 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2024 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list 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navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Elections_in_Illinois_sidebar" title="Template:Elections in Illinois sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Elections_in_Illinois_sidebar" title="Template talk:Elections in Illinois sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Elections_in_Illinois_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Elections in Illinois sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois</b> were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 18 <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representatives</a> from the state, one from each of the state's 18 <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_districts" title="List of United States congressional districts">congressional districts</a>, a loss of one seat following the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010 United States census</a>. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">presidential election</a>. <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">Primary elections</a> were held on March 20, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Republicans struggled after a strong showing in 2010, losing a total of five seats, one via redistricting, and four via loses by incumbents. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(American_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Walsh (American politician)">Joe Walsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dold" title="Bob Dold">Bob Dold</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judy_Biggert" title="Judy Biggert">Judy Biggert</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Schilling" title="Bobby Schilling">Bobby Schilling</a> were all defeated in their bids for re-election. Walsh, Dold, and Schilling had all been elected during the wave year of 2010. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Redistricting">Redistricting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Redistricting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">redistricting</a> bill was introduced to the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_General_Assembly" title="Illinois General Assembly">Illinois General Assembly</a> by members of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> in May 2011. Although Representatives are not required to live within their districts, the new map drew the homes of at least five <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbents</a> into districts where they would have to run against other Republicans, and others into districts which strongly favor Democrats. </p><p>After an amendment which modified the 13th and 15th districts was passed with Republican support,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-politico2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the new map was passed by the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">Illinois House of Representatives</a> on May 30, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Senate</a> on May 31.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Pat_Quinn_(politician)" title="Pat Quinn (politician)">Pat Quinn</a>, a Democrat, signed the map into law on June 24. Republican members of the congressional delegation planned to mount a legal challenge.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th style="width: 7em">Percentage </th> <th style="width: 5em">Seats before </th> <th style="width: 5em">Seats after </th> <th style="width: 5em">+/– </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px"> </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois Democratic Party">Democratic</a> </td> <td align="right">2,799,570 </td> <td align="right">57.07% </td> <td align="right">8 </td> <td align="right">12 </td> <td align="right">+4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px"> </th> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Republican_Party" title="Illinois Republican Party">Republican</a> </td> <td align="right">2,002,848 </td> <td align="right">40.83% </td> <td align="right">11 </td> <td align="right">6 </td> <td align="right">-5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#DDDDDD; width: 3px"> </th> <td style="width: 130px">Others </td> <td align="right">102,826 </td> <td align="right">2.16% </td> <td align="right">0 </td> <td align="right">0 </td> <td align="right">- </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> <td colspan="2" align="right"><b>Totals</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>4,905,244</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>19</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>18</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>-1</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_1">District 1</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: District 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:250px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 1st congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_1" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_1" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobby_Rush,_Official_Portrait,_112th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Bobby_Rush%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/123px-Bobby_Rush%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Bobby_Rush%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/184px-Bobby_Rush%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Bobby_Rush%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/245px-Bobby_Rush%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="553" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rush" title="Bobby Rush">Bobby Rush</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Donald Peloquin </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>236,854</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">83,989 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>73.8%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">26.2% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_1st_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_1st_district_by_county.svg/250px-2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_1st_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_1st_district_by_county.svg/375px-2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_1st_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_1st_district_by_county.svg/500px-2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_1st_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="664" /></a></span><div>County results <br /> <b>Rush:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#3357a2; color:#3357a2;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <br /> <b>Peloquin:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d02823; color:#d02823;">    </span> 70–80%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rush" title="Bobby Rush">Bobby Rush</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rush" title="Bobby Rush">Bobby Rush</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 1st congressional district">Illinois's 1st congressional district</a></div> <p>The 1st district, which had been represented by Democrat <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rush" title="Bobby Rush">Bobby Rush</a> since 1993, had seen a decline in population and so now extends into the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Chicago suburbs</a> and rural areas of <a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-st_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bobby Rush, incumbent U.S. Representative<sup id="cite_ref-ss_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Harold Bailey<sup id="cite_ref-ss_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Raymond Lodato, lecturer in public policy at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a><sup id="cite_ref-ss_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Clifford Russell Jr., police officer<sup id="cite_ref-ss_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jordan Sims, political commentator for an online newspaper<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Fred Smith, program director for a youth care agency<sup id="cite_ref-ss_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237488509">.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box{overflow-x:hidden;margin-top:0.2em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);text-align:left;border:solid 1px silver}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-title{border-bottom:solid 1px silver;background:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list{padding:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns dl,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns ol,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns li,.mw-parser-output .endorsements-box-list-columns dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Fred Smith</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bobby Rush (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64,533 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>83.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Raymond Lodato </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,210 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Harold Bailey </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,598 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clifford Russell, Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,412 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Fred Smith </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,232 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jordan Sims </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,980 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>76,965 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_2">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_2">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Donald Peloquin, Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Blue_Island,_Illinois" title="Blue Island, Illinois">Blue Island</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_2">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Frederick Collins, police officer and 2010 candidate for <a href="/wiki/Cook_County_Sheriff%27s_Office" title="Cook County Sheriff's Office">Cook County Sheriff</a><sup id="cite_ref-ct_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ct-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jimmy Lee Tillman II, producer<sup id="cite_ref-ss_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_2">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Donald Peloquin</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_2">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Donald Peloquin </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>16,355 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frederick Collins </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,773 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jimmy Lee Tillman II </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,501 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>23,629 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_3">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Bobby Rush (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Donald Peloquin (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 1st congressional district, 2012 <sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rush" title="Bobby Rush">Bobby Rush</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>236,854 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>73.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Donald Peloquin </td> <td style="text-align:right">83,989 </td> <td style="text-align:right">26.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Hawkins (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>320,844 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_2">District 2</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: District 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:250px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 2nd congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_2" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2013_Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" title="2013 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election">2013 (special)</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jesse_Jackson,_Jr.,_official_photo_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Jesse_Jackson%2C_Jr.%2C_official_photo_portrait.jpg/120px-Jesse_Jackson%2C_Jr.%2C_official_photo_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Jesse_Jackson%2C_Jr.%2C_official_photo_portrait.jpg/180px-Jesse_Jackson%2C_Jr.%2C_official_photo_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Jesse_Jackson%2C_Jr.%2C_official_photo_portrait.jpg/240px-Jesse_Jackson%2C_Jr.%2C_official_photo_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1016" data-file-height="1270" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #DDDDBB;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Jackson, Jr.">Jesse Jackson, Jr.</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Brian Woodworth </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Marcus Lewis </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>188,303</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">69,115 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">40,006 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>63.3%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">23.3% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13.4% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_2nd_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_2nd_district_by_county.svg/250px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_2nd_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_2nd_district_by_county.svg/375px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_2nd_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_2nd_district_by_county.svg/500px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_2nd_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="887" /></a></span><div>County results <br /> <b>Jackson:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#416fcd; color:#416fcd;">    </span> 70-80%</span> <br /> <b>Woodworth:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e55751; color:#e55751;">    </span> 60–70%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Jackson, Jr.">Jesse Jackson, Jr.</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Jackson, Jr.">Jesse Jackson, Jr.</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 2nd congressional district">Illinois's 2nd congressional district</a></div> <p>The new 2nd district stretches from <a href="/wiki/Kankakee_County,_Illinois" title="Kankakee County, Illinois">Kankakee County</a>, through <a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will County</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dj_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dj-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Jackson, Jr.">Jesse Jackson, Jr.</a>, who had represented the 2nd district since 1999, sought re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-ss_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_2">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_3">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_3">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jesse Jackson Jr., incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_3">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Halvorson" title="Debbie Halvorson">Debbie Halvorson</a>, former U.S. Representative<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_4">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Jesse Jackson Jr.</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jesse<br />Jackson, Jr. </th> <th style="width:100px;">Debbie<br />Halvorson </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">February 21, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,294 </td> <td align="center">± 2.7% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>54%</b> </td> <td align="center">32% </td> <td align="center">14% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_3">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jesse Jackson, Jr. (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>56,109 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>71.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Debbie Halvorson </td> <td style="text-align:right">22,672 </td> <td style="text-align:right">28.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>78,781 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_2">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Republican <a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a>, who was first elected to represent the 11th district in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois,_2010#District_11" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010">2010</a> and now lives in the 2nd district, sought re-election in the 16th district.<sup id="cite_ref-kinzinger_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kinzinger-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_4">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_4">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Brian Woodworth, <a href="/wiki/Associate_professor" title="Associate professor">associate professor</a> at <a href="/wiki/Olivet_Nazarene_University" title="Olivet Nazarene University">Olivet Nazarene University</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_4">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>James Taylor Sr., newspaper publisher<sup id="cite_ref-dj_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dj-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative for the 11th district</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_5">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Brian Woodworth</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_4">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Brian Woodworth </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,123 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Taylor, Sr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,347 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>17,470 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independents">Independents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Marcus Lewis, postal worker</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_2">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_6">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_2">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jesse<br />Jackson, Jr. (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Brian<br />Woodworth (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Marcus<br />Lewis (I) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 21, 2012 </td> <td align="center">819 </td> <td align="center">± 3.5% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>58%</b> </td> <td align="center">27% </td> <td align="center">15% </td> <td align="center">— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_2">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 2nd congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Jackson, Jr.">Jesse Jackson, Jr.</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>188,303 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brian Woodworth </td> <td style="text-align:right">69,115 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Marcus Lewis </td> <td style="text-align:right">40,006 </td> <td style="text-align:right">13.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anthony W. Williams (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">288 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>297,712 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jesse Jackson, Jr. resigned his seat in the 112th Congress on November 21, 2012, and also resigned his seat in the 113th Congress on the same day. As a result, no one was seated in the 113th Congress for the 2nd congressional district, and a special election was called for April, 2013, to fill the vacancy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_3">District 3</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: District 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 3rd congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_3" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_3" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Congressman_Dan_Lipinski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Congressman_Dan_Lipinski.jpg/123px-Congressman_Dan_Lipinski.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Congressman_Dan_Lipinski.jpg/184px-Congressman_Dan_Lipinski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Congressman_Dan_Lipinski.jpg/245px-Congressman_Dan_Lipinski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="825" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Dan_Lipinski" title="Dan Lipinski">Dan Lipinski</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Richard Grabowski </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>168,738</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">77,653 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>68.5%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31.5% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_3rd_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_3rd_district_by_county.svg/300px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_3rd_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_3rd_district_by_county.svg/450px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_3rd_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_3rd_district_by_county.svg/600px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_3rd_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="483" /></a></span><div>County results <br /> <b>Lipinski:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#416fcd; color:#416fcd;">    </span> 70-80%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Dan_Lipinski" title="Dan Lipinski">Dan Lipinski</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Dan_Lipinski" title="Dan Lipinski">Dan Lipinski</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 3rd congressional district">Illinois's 3rd congressional district</a></div> <p>The 3rd district, which had been represented by Democrat <a href="/wiki/Dan_Lipinski" title="Dan Lipinski">Dan Lipinski</a> since 2005, now extends to <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Chicago" title="Bridgeport, Chicago">Bridgeport, Chicago</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockport,_Illinois" title="Lockport, Illinois">Lockport, Will County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-st_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lipinski sought re-election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_3">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">Insurance</a> executive and health care <a href="/wiki/Political_activism" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activism">activist</a> John Atkinson was expected to challenge incumbent Lipinski, and <a href="/wiki/Fundraising#Political_campaigns" title="Fundraising">raised</a> over <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">$</a>535,000 in the first <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">quarter</a> of 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but no longer lives in Lipinski's district. Atkinson had considered instead running in the 11th district,<sup id="cite_ref-st_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-st2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but suspended his campaign on June 14, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-st3_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_5">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_5">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dan Lipinski, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_5">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Farah Baqai, police officer<sup id="cite_ref-dw_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>John Atkinson, <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">Insurance</a> executive and health care <a href="/wiki/Political_activism" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activism">activist</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_7">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Dan Lipinski</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_5">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Dan Lipinski (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>44,532 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>87.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Farah Baqai </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,463 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>50,995 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_3">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_6">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_6">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Richard Grabowski, manufacturing company supervisor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_6">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jim Falvey, attorney</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_J._Jones" title="Arthur J. Jones">Arthur J. Jones</a>, insurance sales representative<sup id="cite_ref-dw_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_8">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Richard Grabowski</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_6">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Richard Grabowski </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,895 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jim Falvey </td> <td style="text-align:right">10,449 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_J._Jones" title="Arthur J. Jones">Arthur J. Jones</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,861 </td> <td style="text-align:right">11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>35,205 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_3">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_9">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Dan Lipinsk (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_3">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 3rd congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Dan_Lipinski" title="Dan Lipinski">Dan Lipinski</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>168,738 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Grabowski </td> <td style="text-align:right">77,653 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Laura Anderson (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>246,398 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_4">District 4</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: District 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 4th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_4" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_4" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/103px-Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="103" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/155px-Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/206px-Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="2020" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Luis Gutiérrez">Luis Gutiérrez</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Hector Concepción </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>133,226</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">27,279 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>83.0%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17.0% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Luis Gutiérrez">Luis Gutiérrez</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Luis Gutiérrez">Luis Gutiérrez</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 4th congressional district">Illinois's 4th congressional district</a></div> <p>The 4th district, which had been represented by Democrat <a href="/wiki/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Luis Gutiérrez">Luis Gutiérrez</a> since 1993, was extended to incorporate Gutiérrez's new home in <a href="/wiki/Portage_Park,_Chicago" title="Portage Park, Chicago">Portage Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-st_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_4">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_7">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_7">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Luis Gutiérrez">Luis Gutiérrez</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_7">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jorge Zavala, teacher with the <a href="/wiki/City_Colleges_of_Chicago" title="City Colleges of Chicago">City Colleges of Chicago</a><sup id="cite_ref-end_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-end-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_7">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Luis Gutiérrez (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,908 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jorge Zavala (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>30,914 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_4">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Héctor Concepción, a former director of the <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rican</a> <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_commerce" title="Chamber of commerce">chamber of commerce</a>, had been removed from the ballot by the Illinois Board of Elections in January 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-end_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-end-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but since refiled and challenged Gutiérrez as the Republican nominee in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_8">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_8">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Héctor Concepción, former director of the <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rican</a> <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_commerce" title="Chamber of commerce">chamber of commerce</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_8">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Héctor Concepción (write-in) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>10 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_4">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_10">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Luis Gutiérrez (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women">National Organization for Women</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOW_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOW-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_4">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 4th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Luis Gutiérrez">Luis Gutiérrez</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>133,226 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>83.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Héctor Concepción </td> <td style="text-align:right">27,279 </td> <td style="text-align:right">17.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ymelda Viramontes </td> <td style="text-align:right">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>160,509 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_5">District 5</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: District 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 5th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_5" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_5" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Mike_Quigley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Rep._Mike_Quigley.jpg/123px-Rep._Mike_Quigley.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Rep._Mike_Quigley.jpg/184px-Rep._Mike_Quigley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Rep._Mike_Quigley.jpg/245px-Rep._Mike_Quigley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="825" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #17aa5c;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Quigley_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Quigley (politician)">Mike Quigley</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Dan Schmitt </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Nancy Wade </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>177,729</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">77,289 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">15,359 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>65.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">28.6% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.7% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_5th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_5th_district_by_county.svg/300px-2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_5th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_5th_district_by_county.svg/450px-2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_5th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_5th_district_by_county.svg/600px-2014_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_5th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="539" /></a></span><div>County results <br /> <b>Quigley:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#678cd7; color:#678cd7;">    </span> 60-70%</span> <br /> <b>Schmitt:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Mike_Quigley_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Quigley (politician)">Mike Quigley</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Mike_Quigley_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Quigley (politician)">Mike Quigley</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 5th congressional district">Illinois's 5th congressional district</a></div> <p>The 5th district, which had been represented by Democrat <a href="/wiki/Mike_Quigley_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Quigley (politician)">Mike Quigley</a> since 2009, was redrawn to include <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Park,_Illinois" title="Franklin Park, Illinois">Franklin Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Park,_Illinois" title="Elmwood Park, Illinois">Elmwood Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinsdale,_Illinois" title="Hinsdale, Illinois">Hinsdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oak_Brook,_Illinois" title="Oak Brook, Illinois">Oak Brook</a>, <a href="/wiki/River_Grove,_Illinois" title="River Grove, Illinois">River Grove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schiller_Park,_Illinois" title="Schiller Park, Illinois">Schiller Park</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Melrose_Park,_Illinois" title="Melrose Park, Illinois">Melrose Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stone_Park,_Illinois" title="Stone Park, Illinois">Stone Park</a> and the <a href="/wiki/North_Side,_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="North Side, Chicago">North Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. Quigley sought re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-dw_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_5">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_9">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_9">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Quigley_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Quigley (politician)">Mike Quigley</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_9">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mike Quigley (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>37,967 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>37,967 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_5">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_10">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_10">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dan Schmitt, self-employed<sup id="cite_ref-dw_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_10">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Dan Schmitt </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,940 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>23,940 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Green_primary">Green primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: Green primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_11">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_11">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=81" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Nancy Wade, community activist<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_5">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_11">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Mike Quigley (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a><sup id="cite_ref-NARAL_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARAL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_5">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 5th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Mike_Quigley_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Quigley (politician)">Mike Quigley</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>177,729 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>65.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dan Schmitt </td> <td style="text-align:right">77,289 </td> <td style="text-align:right">28.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nancy Wade </td> <td style="text-align:right">15,359 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>270,377 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_6">District 6</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: District 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:200px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 6th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_6" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_6" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_J._Roskam_113th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Peter_J._Roskam_113th_Congress.jpg/123px-Peter_J._Roskam_113th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Peter_J._Roskam_113th_Congress.jpg/184px-Peter_J._Roskam_113th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Peter_J._Roskam_113th_Congress.jpg/245px-Peter_J._Roskam_113th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="825" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Roskam" title="Peter Roskam">Peter Roskam</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Leslie Coolidge </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>193,138</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">132,991 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>59.2%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">40.8% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_IL_House_election_IL-06.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/2016_IL_House_election_IL-06.svg/200px-2016_IL_House_election_IL-06.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/2016_IL_House_election_IL-06.svg/300px-2016_IL_House_election_IL-06.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/2016_IL_House_election_IL-06.svg/400px-2016_IL_House_election_IL-06.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1081" /></a></span><div>County results<br /><b>Roskam:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e55751; color:#e55751;">    </span> 60–70%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Roskam" title="Peter Roskam">Peter Roskam</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Roskam" title="Peter Roskam">Peter Roskam</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 6th congressional district">Illinois's 6th congressional district</a></div> <p>The 6th district, which had been represented by Republican <a href="/wiki/Peter_Roskam" title="Peter Roskam">Peter Roskam</a> since 2007, is one of two districts which were expected to remain strongly favorable to Republicans,<sup id="cite_ref-politico_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it has been redrawn to include <a href="/wiki/Algonquin,_Illinois" title="Algonquin, Illinois">Algonquin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barrington,_Illinois" title="Barrington, Illinois">Barrington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cary,_Illinois" title="Cary, Illinois">Cary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Downers_Grove,_Illinois" title="Downers Grove, Illinois">Downers Grove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Ellyn,_Illinois" title="Glen Ellyn, Illinois">Glen Ellyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_in_the_Hills,_Illinois" title="Lake in the Hills, Illinois">Lake in the Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Zurich,_Illinois" title="Lake Zurich, Illinois">Lake Zurich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palatine,_Illinois" title="Palatine, Illinois">Palatine</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Elgin,_Illinois" title="South Elgin, Illinois">South Elgin</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Chicago,_Illinois" title="West Chicago, Illinois">West Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westmont,_Illinois" title="Westmont, Illinois">Westmont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wheaton,_Illinois" title="Wheaton, Illinois">Wheaton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dw_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_6">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_12">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_12">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Roskam" title="Peter Roskam">Peter Roskam</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_11">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Peter Roskam (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>76,146 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>76,146 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_6">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=90" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_13">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=91" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_13">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=92" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Leslie Coolidge, <a href="/wiki/Certified_public_accountant" class="mw-redirect" title="Certified public accountant">certified public accountant</a> and former partner at <a href="/wiki/KPMG" title="KPMG">KPMG</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_8">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=93" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Geoffrey Petzel, small business owner<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maureen E. Yates, retired businesswoman<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dh_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dh-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Disqualified">Disqualified</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=94" title="Edit section: Disqualified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Tim Ritter, graduate student at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Chicago">University of Illinois at Chicago</a><sup id="cite_ref-dh2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dh2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_12">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=95" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Leslie Coolidge</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_12">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=96" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Leslie Coolidge </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,919 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>54.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Maureen Yates </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,934 </td> <td style="text-align:right">32.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Geoffrey Petzel </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,343 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>18,196 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independents_2">Independents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=97" title="Edit section: Independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Khizar Jafri, a traffic analyst, ran as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_6">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=98" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_13">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=99" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Peter Roskam (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li>Campaign for Working Families<sup id="cite_ref-CWF_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWF-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRLIL_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRLIL-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Victory_Fund" title="Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRAIL_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAIL-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Leslie Coolidge (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democracy_for_America" title="Democracy for America">Democracy for America</a><sup id="cite_ref-DoA_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoA-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women">National Organization for Women</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOW_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOW-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_6">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=100" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 6th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Roskam" title="Peter Roskam">Peter Roskam</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>193,138 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Leslie Coolidge </td> <td style="text-align:right">132,991 </td> <td style="text-align:right">40.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>326,129 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_7">District 7</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=101" title="Edit section: District 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 7th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_7" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_7" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DannyKDavis113th_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/DannyKDavis113th_%28cropped%29.jpg/123px-DannyKDavis113th_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/DannyKDavis113th_%28cropped%29.jpg/184px-DannyKDavis113th_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/DannyKDavis113th_%28cropped%29.jpg/246px-DannyKDavis113th_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1851" data-file-height="2257" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_K._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny K. Davis">Danny K. Davis</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Rita Zak </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>242,439</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31,466 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>84.6%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">11.0% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Danny_K._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny K. Davis">Danny K. Davis</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Danny_K._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny K. Davis">Danny K. Davis</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 7th congressional district">Illinois's 7th congressional district</a></div> <p>The 7th district, which had been represented by Democrat <a href="/wiki/Danny_K._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny K. Davis">Danny K. Davis</a> since 1997, was redrawn to include parts of <a href="/wiki/LaGrange_Park,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="LaGrange Park, Illinois">LaGrange Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westchester,_Illinois" title="Westchester, Illinois">Westchester</a>. Davis sought re-election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_7">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=102" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_14">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=103" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_14">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=104" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Danny Davis, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_9">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=105" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jacques A. Conway, pastor and retired police officer<sup id="cite_ref-dw_29-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_14">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=106" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Danny Davis</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_13">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=107" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Danny Davis (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>57,896 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>84.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacques Conway </td> <td style="text-align:right">10,638 </td> <td style="text-align:right">15.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>68,534 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_7">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=108" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_15">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=109" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_15">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=110" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rita Zak<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_7">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=111" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_15">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=112" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Danny Davis (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J_Street" title="J Street">J Street</a><sup id="cite_ref-JStreet_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JStreet-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women">National Organization for Women</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOW_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOW-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_7">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=113" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 7th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_K._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny K. Davis">Danny K. Davis</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>242,439 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>84.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rita Zak </td> <td style="text-align:right">31,466 </td> <td style="text-align:right">11.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Monaghan </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,523 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Phil Collins (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">5 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dennis Richter (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>286,435 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_8">District 8</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=114" title="Edit section: District 8"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 8th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_8" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_8" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tammy_Duckworth,_official_portrait,_113th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Tammy_Duckworth%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Tammy_Duckworth%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Tammy_Duckworth%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Tammy_Duckworth%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Tammy_Duckworth%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Tammy_Duckworth%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1101" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep_Joe_Walsh_(crop_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Rep_Joe_Walsh_%28crop_2%29.jpg/112px-Rep_Joe_Walsh_%28crop_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Rep_Joe_Walsh_%28crop_2%29.jpg/169px-Rep_Joe_Walsh_%28crop_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Rep_Joe_Walsh_%28crop_2%29.jpg/225px-Rep_Joe_Walsh_%28crop_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2266" data-file-height="3019" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth" title="Tammy Duckworth">Tammy Duckworth</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Illinois_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Illinois politician)">Joe Walsh</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>123,206</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">101,860 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>54.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">45.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_8th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_8th_district_by_county.svg/300px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_8th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_8th_district_by_county.svg/450px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_8th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_8th_district_by_county.svg/600px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_8th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="604" /></a></span><div>County results <br /><b>Duckworth:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#678cd7; color:#678cd7;">    </span> 60–70%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Illinois_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Illinois politician)">Joe Walsh</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth" title="Tammy Duckworth">Tammy Duckworth</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 8th congressional district">Illinois's 8th congressional district</a></div> <p>Republican <a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Illinois_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Illinois politician)">Joe Walsh</a>, who was first elected to represent the 8th district in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois,_2010#District_8" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010">2010</a>, ran for re-election despite no longer living within the redrawn boundaries of the district. Walsh had initially decided to run in the redrawn <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 14th congressional district">14th district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-walsh_8th_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walsh_8th-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_8">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=115" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walsh defeated <a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">write-in candidate</a> Robert Canfield, a business owner who had planned to challenge him in the Republican primary before being removed from the ballot by the Illinois Board of Elections.<sup id="cite_ref-tdch_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tdch-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_16">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=116" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_16">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=117" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Illinois_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Illinois politician)">Joe Walsh</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_10">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=118" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Robert Canfield, business owner</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_2">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=119" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rick Veenstra, DuPage County assistant state attorney<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Disqualified_2">Disqualified</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=120" title="Edit section: Disqualified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rich Evans, accountant<sup id="cite_ref-st4_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st4-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tdch_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tdch-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_2">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=121" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Harris_(Illinois_politician)" title="David Harris (Illinois politician)">David Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">state representative</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Craig Johnson, Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Elk_Grove_Village,_Illinois" title="Elk Grove Village, Illinois">Elk Grove Village</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Andrew Palomo, businessman <sup id="cite_ref-st4_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st4-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Darlene Ruscitti, <a href="/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois" title="DuPage County, Illinois">DuPage County</a> Superintendent of Education<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_14">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=122" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Joe Walsh (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>35,102 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>99.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Canfield (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">54 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>35,156 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_8">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=123" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_17">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=124" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_17">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=125" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth" title="Tammy Duckworth">Tammy Duckworth</a>, Iraq veteran, former official in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs</a> and candidate for the <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 6th congressional district">6th district</a> in <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_6th_congressional_district_election,_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois's 6th congressional district election, 2006">2006</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_11">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=126" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Krishnamoorthi" title="Raja Krishnamoorthi">Raja Krishnamoorthi</a>, former deputy <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Treasurer" title="Illinois Treasurer">state treasurer</a> and candidate for <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Comptroller" title="Illinois Comptroller">Illinois Comptroller</a> in <a href="/wiki/Illinois_elections,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois elections, 2010">2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_3">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=127" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Bean" title="Melissa Bean">Melissa Bean</a>, former U.S. Representative<sup id="cite_ref-rc_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rc-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (endorsed Krishnamoorthi)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_16">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=128" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Tammy Duckworth</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EMILY%27s_List" title="EMILY's List">EMILY's List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VoteVets.org" title="VoteVets.org">VoteVets</a></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Raja Krishnamoorthi</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>U.S. Representatives</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Bean" title="Melissa Bean">Melissa Bean</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. representative">U.S. representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 8th congressional district">Illinois's 8th congressional district</a> (2005–2011)</li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_15">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=129" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Tammy Duckworth </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,097 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>66.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Raja Krishnamoorthi </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,736 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>25,833 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_8">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=130" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Campaign">Campaign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=131" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walsh and Duckworth scheduled four debates. The first was held on May 12, 2012, on <a href="/wiki/Chicagoland_Television" title="Chicagoland Television">CLTV</a>, the second on September 14 in West Dundee at Heritage Fest, the third on October 9 on <a href="/wiki/WCPT-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WCPT-TV">WCPT</a> and <a href="/wiki/WIND_(AM)" title="WIND (AM)">WIND</a> at the Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows, open to 8th district residents. The fourth was held on October 18 on <a href="/wiki/WTTW" title="WTTW">WTTW</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tonight" title="Chicago Tonight">Chicago Tonight</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_17">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=132" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Joe Walsh (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FreedomWorks" title="FreedomWorks">FreedomWorks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a> "Patriot" Program<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRLIL_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRLIL-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Victory_Fund" title="Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRAIL_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAIL-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_Express" title="Tea Party Express">Tea Party Express</a><sup id="cite_ref-TPE_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TPE-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Tammy Duckworth (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> "Red to Blue" Program<sup id="cite_ref-DCCC_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCCC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMILY%27s_List" title="EMILY's List">EMILY's List</a><sup id="cite_ref-EMILY_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EMILY-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_Majority_Foundation" title="Feminist Majority Foundation">Feminist Majority</a><sup id="cite_ref-FM_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FM-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J_Street" title="J Street">J Street</a><sup id="cite_ref-JStreet_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JStreet-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a><sup id="cite_ref-NARAL_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARAL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women">National Organization for Women</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOW_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOW-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veterans%27_Alliance_for_Security_and_Democracy" title="Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy">Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VoteVets.org" title="VoteVets.org">VoteVets</a><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Herald_(Arlington_Heights)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)">Daily Herald</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Debates">Debates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=133" title="Edit section: Debates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308888-1/illinois-8th-congressional-district-debate">Complete video of debate</a>, October 18, 2012</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_3">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=134" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Joe<br />Walsh (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Tammy<br />Duckworth (D) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-We_Ask_America_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Ask_America-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 28, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,010 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 3.1% </td> <td align="center">45% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>55%</b> </td> <td align="center">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling (D-CREDO)</a><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 25–26, 2012 </td> <td align="center">500 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.4% </td> <td align="center">40% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>54%</b> </td> <td align="center">5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a>/<a href="/wiki/WGN-TV" title="WGN-TV">WGN</a><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 20–24, 2012 </td> <td align="center">600 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.0% </td> <td align="center">40% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>50%</b> </td> <td align="center">9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anzalone-Liszt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anzalone-Liszt (page does not exist)">Anzalone-Liszt (D-LCV)</a><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 16–18, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>54%</b> </td> <td align="center">7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">DCCC (D)</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 4, 2012 </td> <td align="center">315 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 5.5% </td> <td align="center">42% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>52%</b> </td> <td align="center">6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling (D-League of Conservation Voters)</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">September 18–20, 2012 </td> <td align="center">508 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.4% </td> <td align="center">38% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>52%</b> </td> <td align="center">10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling (D-CREDO SuperPAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">August 13–14, 2012 </td> <td align="center">500 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.4% </td> <td align="center">41% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>50%</b> </td> <td align="center">9% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=135" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#aaf" data-sort-value="-2.9">Likely D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Inside_Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Inside Elections">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Ratings_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Ratings-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#aaf" data-sort-value="-2.9">Likely D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 2, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call">Roll Call</a><sup id="cite_ref-rollcall.com_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollcall.com-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Crystal_Ball_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crystal_Ball-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times"><i>NY Times</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Race_Ratings_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Race_Ratings-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/RealClearPolitics" title="RealClearPolitics">RCP</a><sup id="cite_ref-realclearpolitics.com_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-realclearpolitics.com-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#aaf" data-sort-value="-2.9">Likely D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a><sup id="cite_ref-thehill.com_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehill.com-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#aaf" data-sort-value="-2.9">Likely D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_8">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=136" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 8th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth" title="Tammy Duckworth">Tammy Duckworth</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>123,206 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>54.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Illinois_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Illinois politician)">Joe Walsh</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">101,860 </td> <td style="text-align:right">45.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>225,066 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #F6F6F6;"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_9">District 9</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=137" title="Edit section: District 9"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 9th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_9" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_9" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_Schakowsky_113th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_Schakowsky_113th_Congress.jpg/123px-Jan_Schakowsky_113th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_Schakowsky_113th_Congress.jpg/184px-Jan_Schakowsky_113th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Jan_Schakowsky_113th_Congress.jpg/245px-Jan_Schakowsky_113th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="825" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Timothy Wolfe </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>194,869</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">98,924 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>66.3%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">33.7% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 9th congressional district">Illinois's 9th congressional district</a></div> <p>Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a>, who had represented the 9th district since 1999, sought re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-sp_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sp-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dold" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Dold">Robert Dold</a>, who was first elected to represent the 10th district in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois,_2010#District_10" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010">2010</a>, lives in the new 9th district,<sup id="cite_ref-st_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but sought re-election in the 10th.<sup id="cite_ref-lp_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lp-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_9">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=138" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_18">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=139" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_18">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=140" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_12">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=141" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Simon Ribeiro, <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education_in_the_United_States" title="Secondary education in the United States">high school</a> teacher and <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green Party</a> nominee for this seat in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois,_2010#District_9" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010">2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_18">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=142" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Jan Schakowsky</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_16">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=143" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>48,124 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>91.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Simon Ribeiro </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,270 </td> <td style="text-align:right">8.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>52,394 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_9">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=144" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_19">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=145" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_19">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=146" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Timothy Wolfe<sup id="cite_ref-sp_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sp-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_3">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=147" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ron Wallace, Niles Township Republican Committeeman<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_4">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=148" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dold" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Dold">Robert Dold</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative for the 10th district</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_17">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=149" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Timothy Wolfe </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>32,043 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>32,043 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_9">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=150" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_19">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=151" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Jan Schakowsky (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_Majority_Foundation" title="Feminist Majority Foundation">Feminist Majority</a><sup id="cite_ref-FM_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FM-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J_Street" title="J Street">J Street</a><sup id="cite_ref-JStreet_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JStreet-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a><sup id="cite_ref-NARAL_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARAL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women">National Organization for Women</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOW_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOW-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Democrats" title="Stonewall Democrats">Stonewall Democrats</a><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Timothy Wolfe (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_9">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=152" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>194,869 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>66.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Timothy Wolfe </td> <td style="text-align:right">98,924 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Hilaire Fuji Shioura (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Susanne Atanus (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>293,807 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_10">District 10</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=153" title="Edit section: District 10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:250px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 10th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_10" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_10" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brad_Schneider,_official_portrait,_113th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Brad_Schneider%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Brad_Schneider%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Brad_Schneider%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Brad_Schneider%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Brad_Schneider%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Brad_Schneider%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2513" data-file-height="3349" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Dold,_Official_Portrait,_112th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Robert_Dold%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Robert_Dold%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Robert_Dold%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Robert_Dold%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Robert_Dold%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Robert_Dold%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1360" data-file-height="1812" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Brad Schneider</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dold" title="Bob Dold">Bob Dold</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>133,890</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">130,564 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>50.6%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">49.4% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_10th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_10th_district_by_county.svg/250px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_10th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_10th_district_by_county.svg/375px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_10th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_10th_district_by_county.svg/500px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_10th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="796" /></a></span><div>County results <br /> <b>Schneider:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dold" title="Bob Dold">Bob Dold</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Brad Schneider</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 10th congressional district">Illinois's 10th congressional district</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dold" title="Bob Dold">Bob Dold</a>, who was first elected to represent the 10th district in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois,_2010#District_10" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010">2010</a>, sought re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-lp_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lp-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dold no longer lives in the redrawn district,<sup id="cite_ref-st_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but would move into the district if he won re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-lp_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lp-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_10">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=154" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_20">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=155" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_20">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=156" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dold" title="Bob Dold">Bob Dold</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_18">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=157" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bob Dold (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>36,647 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>36,647 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_10">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=158" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_21">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=159" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_21">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=160" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Brad Schneider</a>, <a href="/wiki/Management_consulting" title="Management consulting">management consultant</a><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_13">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=161" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Vivek Bavda, attorney<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilya_Sheyman" title="Ilya Sheyman">Ilya Sheyman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Community_organizing" title="Community organizing">community organizer</a><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tree" title="John Tree">John Tree</a>, business executive and <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">U.S. Air Force Reserve</a><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_4">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=162" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bob McKenzie, lawyer<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Disqualified_3">Disqualified</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=163" title="Edit section: Disqualified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Aloys Rutagwibira, mathematician and <a href="/wiki/Coach_(basketball)" title="Coach (basketball)">basketball coach</a><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dh2_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dh2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_5">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=164" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Garrett" title="Susan Garrett">Susan Garrett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">state senator</a><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Sente" title="Carol Sente">Carol Sente</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">state representative</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_20">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=165" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Brad Schneider</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Ilya Sheyman</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">John Tree</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Veterans%27_Alliance_for_Security_and_Democracy" title="Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy">Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy</a></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_19">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=166" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Brad Schneider </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,530 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ilya Sheyman </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,767 </td> <td style="text-align:right">38.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Tree </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,938 </td> <td style="text-align:right">8.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Vivek Bavda </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,881 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Aloys Rutagwibira (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">8 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>33,124 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_10">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=167" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_21">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=168" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Bob Dold (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GOProud" title="GOProud">GOProud</a><sup id="cite_ref-GOProud_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOProud-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States" title="Humane Society of the United States">Humane Society of the United States</a><sup id="cite_ref-HSVS_16-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSVS-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Log_Cabin_Republicans" title="Log Cabin Republicans">Log Cabin Republicans</a><sup id="cite_ref-Log_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Log-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a> "Patriot" Program<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Brad Schneider (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_for_a_Livable_World" title="Council for a Livable World">Council for a Livable World</a><sup id="cite_ref-CLW_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CLW-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> "Red to Blue" Program<sup id="cite_ref-DCCC_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCCC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a><sup id="cite_ref-NARAL_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARAL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Debates_2">Debates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=169" title="Edit section: Debates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308950-1/illinois-10th-congressional-district-debate">Complete video of debate</a>, October 23, 2012</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_4">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=170" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bob<br />Dold (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Brad<br />Schneider (D) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-We_Ask_America_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Ask_America-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 28, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,257 </td> <td align="center">± 2.8% </td> <td align="center">46% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>54%</b> </td> <td align="center">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">DCCC (D)</a><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 14, 2012 </td> <td align="center">451 </td> <td align="center">± 4.6% </td> <td align="center">43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>44%</b> </td> <td align="center">13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenberg_Quinlan_Rosner_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (page does not exist)">Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D-House Majority PAC</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=SEIU)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SEIU) (page does not exist)">SEIU)</a><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">August 8–12, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>46%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>46%</b> </td> <td align="center">8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=McLaughlin_%26_Associates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McLaughlin & Associates (page does not exist)">McLaughlin & Associates</a><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">June 20–21, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>42%</b> </td> <td align="center">32% </td> <td align="center">26% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Normington,_Petts_%26_Associates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Normington, Petts & Associates (page does not exist)">Normington, Petts & Associates</a><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">May 21–23, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>39%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>39%</b> </td> <td align="center">22% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_2">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=171" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Inside_Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Inside Elections">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Ratings_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Ratings-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 2, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call">Roll Call</a><sup id="cite_ref-rollcall.com_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollcall.com-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Crystal_Ball_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crystal_Ball-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fcc" data-sort-value="2">Lean R </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times"><i>NY Times</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Race_Ratings_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Race_Ratings-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/RealClearPolitics" title="RealClearPolitics">RCP</a><sup id="cite_ref-realclearpolitics.com_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-realclearpolitics.com-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a><sup id="cite_ref-thehill.com_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehill.com-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_10">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=172" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 10th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Brad_Schneider" title="Brad Schneider">Brad Schneider</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>133,890 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dold" title="Bob Dold">Bob Dold</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">130,564 </td> <td style="text-align:right">49.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>264,454 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #F6F6F6;"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_11">District 11</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=173" title="Edit section: District 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 11th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_11" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_11" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_13" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010 (13th)</a></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Foster,_Official_Portrait,_113th_Congress_(3x4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bill_Foster%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%283x4%29.jpg/112px-Bill_Foster%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%283x4%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bill_Foster%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%283x4%29.jpg/169px-Bill_Foster%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%283x4%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bill_Foster%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%283x4%29.jpg/225px-Bill_Foster%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%283x4%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="3774" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Judy_Biggert_Official_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Judy_Biggert_Official_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Judy_Biggert_Official_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Judy_Biggert_Official_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Judy_Biggert_Official_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Judy_Biggert_Official_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Judy_Biggert_Official_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="619" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(politician)" title="Bill Foster (politician)">Bill Foster</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Judy_Biggert" title="Judy Biggert">Judy Biggert</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>148,928</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">105,348 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>58.6%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">41.4% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_11th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_11th_district_by_county.svg/300px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_11th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_11th_district_by_county.svg/450px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_11th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_11th_district_by_county.svg/600px-2016_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_11th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="613" /></a></span><div>County results <br /> <b>Foster:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#678cd7; color:#678cd7;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <br /><b>Biggert:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e55751; color:#e55751;">    </span> 60–70%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Judy_Biggert" title="Judy Biggert">Judy Biggert</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>)</span><br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(politician)" title="Bill Foster (politician)">Bill Foster</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 11th congressional district">Illinois's 11th congressional district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 13th congressional district">Illinois's 13th congressional district</a></div> <p>The newly drawn 11th district is the successor to the old 13th district, which had been represented by Republican <a href="/wiki/Judy_Biggert" title="Judy Biggert">Judy Biggert</a> since 1999. While the reconfigured district contains half of Biggert's former territory, it was made significantly more Democratic than before. It now includes the Democratic-leaning areas of <a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Illinois" title="Aurora, Illinois">Aurora</a>. Biggert's home in <a href="/wiki/Hinsdale,_Illinois" title="Hinsdale, Illinois">Hinsdale</a> was drawn into the 6th district, but she sought reelection in this district.<sup id="cite_ref-st_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_11">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=174" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Biggert won the primary against nominal write-in opposition from Harris. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_22">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=175" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_22">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=176" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Biggert" title="Judy Biggert">Judy Biggert</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_14">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=177" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Diane Harris, <a href="/wiki/Notary_public" title="Notary public">notary public</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Disqualified_4">Disqualified</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=178" title="Edit section: Disqualified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jack Cunningham, <a href="/wiki/Kane_County,_Illinois" title="Kane County, Illinois">Kane County</a> Clerk<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_6">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=179" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Chris Balkema, member of the <a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Illinois" title="Grundy County, Illinois">Grundy County</a> Board<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Richard Irvin, Aurora <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderman</a><sup id="cite_ref-ns_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ns-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lauzen" title="Chris Lauzen">Chris Lauzen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">state senator</a><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (running for <a href="/wiki/Kane_County,_Illinois" title="Kane County, Illinois">Kane County</a> Board Chairman)<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_22">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=180" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Jack Cunningham</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Forum" title="Eagle Forum">Eagle Forum</a><sup id="cite_ref-Eagle_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eagle-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_20">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=181" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Judy Biggert (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,471 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>99.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Diane Harris (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">37 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>31,508 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_11">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=182" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_23">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=183" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_23">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=184" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(Illinois_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Foster (Illinois politician)">Bill Foster</a>, former U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_15">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=185" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>James Hickey, president of the Orland Fire Protection District</li> <li>Juan Thomas, former <a href="/wiki/Aurora_Township,_Kane_County,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurora Township, Kane County, Illinois">Aurora Township</a> clerk<sup id="cite_ref-ct_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ct-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_7">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=186" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>John Atkinson, <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">Insurance</a> executive and health care <a href="/wiki/Political_activism" class="mw-redirect" title="Political activism">activist</a><sup id="cite_ref-st_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-st2_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-st3_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Chapa_LaVia" title="Linda Chapa LaVia">Linda Chapa LaVia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">state representative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Holmes" title="Linda Holmes">Linda Holmes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">state senator</a><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_23">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=187" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Bill Foster</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_21">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=188" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bill Foster </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,126 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Juan Thomas </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,212 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jim Hickey </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,399 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>20,737 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_11">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=189" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_24">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=190" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Judy Biggert (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GOProud" title="GOProud">GOProud</a><sup id="cite_ref-GOProud_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOProud-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Log_Cabin_Republicans" title="Log Cabin Republicans">Log Cabin Republicans</a><sup id="cite_ref-Log_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Log-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie%27s_List" title="Maggie's List">Maggie's List</a><sup id="cite_ref-Maggie_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maggie-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a> "Patriot" Program<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_65-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Victory_Fund" title="Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRAIL_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAIL-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Bill Foster (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> "Red to Blue" Program<sup id="cite_ref-DCCC_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCCC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J_Street" title="J Street">J Street</a><sup id="cite_ref-JStreet_51-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JStreet-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a><sup id="cite_ref-NARAL_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARAL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_5">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=191" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Judy<br />Biggert (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bill<br />Foster (D) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-We_Ask_America_74-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Ask_America-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 28, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,303 </td> <td align="center">± 2.7% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>50%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>50%</b> </td> <td align="center">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garin-Hart-Yang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Garin-Hart-Yang (page does not exist)">Garin-Hart-Yang (D-House Majority PAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 16–18, 2012 </td> <td align="center">402 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">45% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>49%</b> </td> <td align="center">6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Global_Strategy_Group" title="Global Strategy Group">Global Strategy Group (D-Foster)</a><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">August 27–29, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>43%</b> </td> <td align="center">42% </td> <td align="center">15% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_3">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=192" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_81-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Inside_Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Inside Elections">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Ratings_82-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Ratings-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 2, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call">Roll Call</a><sup id="cite_ref-rollcall.com_83-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollcall.com-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Crystal_Ball_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crystal_Ball-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times"><i>NY Times</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Race_Ratings_85-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Race_Ratings-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/RealClearPolitics" title="RealClearPolitics">RCP</a><sup id="cite_ref-realclearpolitics.com_86-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-realclearpolitics.com-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a><sup id="cite_ref-thehill.com_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehill.com-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_11">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=193" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 11th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(Illinois_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Foster (Illinois politician)">Bill Foster</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>148,928 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Judy_Biggert" title="Judy Biggert">Judy Biggert</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">105,348 </td> <td style="text-align:right">41.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Michel (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">19 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>254,295 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #F6F6F6;"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_12">District 12</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=194" title="Edit section: District 12"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:250px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 12th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_12" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_12" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Enyart_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Enyart_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Enyart_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Enyart_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Enyart_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Enyart_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Enyart_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1362" data-file-height="1816" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jason_Plummer_(2011).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Jason_Plummer_%282011%29.jpg/112px-Jason_Plummer_%282011%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Jason_Plummer_%282011%29.jpg/169px-Jason_Plummer_%282011%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Jason_Plummer_%282011%29.jpg/225px-Jason_Plummer_%282011%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="871" data-file-height="1161" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #17aa5c;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Enyart" title="William Enyart">William Enyart</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Plummer_(politician)" title="Jason Plummer (politician)">Jason Plummer</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Paula Bradshaw </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>157,000</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">129,902 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17,045 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>51.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">42.7% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.6% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_12th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_12th_district_by_county.svg/250px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_12th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_12th_district_by_county.svg/375px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_12th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_12th_district_by_county.svg/500px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_12th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="938" /></a></span><div>County results <br /> <b>Enyart:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#b4c7ec; color:#b4c7ec;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span><br /> <b>Plummer:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#f1b5b2; color:#f1b5b2;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Costello" title="Jerry Costello">Jerry Costello</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/William_Enyart" title="William Enyart">William Enyart</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 12th congressional district">Illinois's 12th congressional district</a></div> <p>Democrat <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Costello" title="Jerry Costello">Jerry Costello</a>, who had represented the 12th district since 1988, decided to retire rather than run for re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_12">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=195" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_24">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=196" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_24">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=197" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Brad Harriman, <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair County</a> Regional Superintendent<sup id="cite_ref-harriman_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harriman-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_16">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=198" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kenneth Wiezer, retired carpenter<sup id="cite_ref-wiezer_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wiezer-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_5">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=199" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Chris Miller, Illinois political director of the <a href="/wiki/Truman_National_Security_Project" title="Truman National Security Project">Truman National Security Project</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> veteran<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_8">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=200" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>John Baricevic, St. Clair County Chief Judge <sup id="cite_ref-harriman_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harriman-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Bradley" title="John E. Bradley">John E. Bradley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">state representative</a><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ann Callis, <a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Illinois" title="Madison County, Illinois">Madison County</a> Chief Judge <sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Clayborne,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James Clayborne, Jr.">James Clayborne, Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">state senator</a><sup id="cite_ref-stltoday_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stltoday-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Costello" title="Jerry Costello">Jerry Costello</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Costello_II" title="Jerry Costello II">Jerry Costello II</a>, state representative and Jerry Costello's eldest son<sup id="cite_ref-bnd_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bnd-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Haine" title="William R. Haine">Bill Haine</a>, state senator<sup id="cite_ref-stltoday_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stltoday-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_C._Hoffman" class="mw-redirect" title="Jay C. Hoffman">Jay C. Hoffman</a>, former state representative<sup id="cite_ref-bnd_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bnd-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hoffman_Out_of_13_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoffman_Out_of_13-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holbrook" title="Thomas Holbrook">Tom Holbrook</a>, state representative <sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brendan Kelly, St. Clair County State's Attorney<sup id="cite_ref-bnd_129-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bnd-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mark Kern, St. Clair County Board Chairman<sup id="cite_ref-stltoday_128-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stltoday-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Matt Melucci, Madison County Circuit Clerk<sup id="cite_ref-bnd_129-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bnd-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Simon" title="Sheila Simon">Sheila Simon</a>, incumbent <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Illinois" title="Lieutenant Governor of Illinois">Lieutenant Governor</a><sup id="cite_ref-harriman_123-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harriman-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Campaign_2">Campaign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=201" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Miller ended his campaign in February 2012 and endorsed Harriman (but remained on the primary ballot).<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_25">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=202" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Brad Harriman</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_22">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=203" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Brad Harriman </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,409 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Miller </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,874 </td> <td style="text-align:right">22.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kenneth Wiezer </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,967 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>39,250 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In May 2012, Harriman dropped out of the race because of an illness; that left the decision of whom to name as a replacement candidate up to a committee that included the 12 Democratic county chairmen in the district and Rep. Costello.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee unanimously selected <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a> (ret.) and <a href="/wiki/Adjutant_general_of_Illinois" title="Adjutant general of Illinois">Adjutant General of Illinois</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Enyart" title="William Enyart">William Enyart</a> as the replacement nominee on June 23.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_12">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=204" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JasonPlummerBethalto.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/JasonPlummerBethalto.jpg/170px-JasonPlummerBethalto.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/JasonPlummerBethalto.jpg/255px-JasonPlummerBethalto.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/JasonPlummerBethalto.jpg/340px-JasonPlummerBethalto.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1260" data-file-height="2312" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jason_Plummer_(politician)" title="Jason Plummer (politician)">Jason Plummer</a> at an event in Bethalto, Illinois, 2011</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_25">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=205" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_25">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=206" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Plummer_(politician)" title="Jason Plummer (politician)">Jason Plummer</a>, chairman of the Madison County Republican Party and nominee for lieutenant governor in <a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 Illinois gubernatorial election">2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-plummer_callis_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plummer_callis-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_17">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=207" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rodger Cook, former mayor of <a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois">Belleville</a><sup id="cite_ref-wiezer_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wiezer-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Theresa Kormos, nurse and candidate for this seat in <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_12" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Disqualified_5">Disqualified</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=208" title="Edit section: Disqualified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Teri Newman, businesswoman and nominee for this seat in <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_12" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_9">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=209" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bost" title="Mike Bost">Mike Bost</a>, state representative<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_26">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=210" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Rodger Cook</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_23">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=211" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jason Plummer </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>25,280 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rodger Cook </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,313 </td> <td style="text-align:right">35.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Theresa Kormos </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,811 </td> <td style="text-align:right">8.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>45,404 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Green_primary_2">Green primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=212" title="Edit section: Green primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paula Bradshaw, a registered nurse, ran as the Green Party nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independents_3">Independents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=213" title="Edit section: Independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Retha Daugherty, a small-business owner and resident of Carbondale, had announced her intentions to be on the ballot as an independent candidate,<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but had to drop her bid in April 2012 because of a change in state election law.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_12">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=214" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_27">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=215" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Bill Enyart (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> "Red to Blue" Program<sup id="cite_ref-DCCC_67-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCCC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Jason Plummer (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FreedomWorks" title="FreedomWorks">FreedomWorks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_Owners_of_America" title="Gun Owners of America">Gun Owners of America</a><sup id="cite_ref-GOA_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOA-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a> "Young Guns" Program<sup id="cite_ref-Young_Guns_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Young_Guns-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRLIL_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRLIL-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Debates_3">Debates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=216" title="Edit section: Debates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308215-1/illinois-12th-congressional-district-debate">Complete video of debate</a>, September 20, 2012</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_6">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=217" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bill<br />Enyart (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jason<br />Plummer (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Paula<br />Bradshaw (G) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-We_Ask_America_74-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Ask_America-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 28, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,313 </td> <td align="center">± 2.7% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>51%</b> </td> <td align="center">46% </td> <td align="center">4% </td> <td align="center">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benenson_Strategy_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benenson Strategy Group (page does not exist)">Benenson (D-House Majority PAC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">September 11–13, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>49%</b> </td> <td align="center">41% </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Opinion_Strategies" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Opinion Strategies">Public Opinion Strategies</a><sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">August 1–2, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">28% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>45%</b> </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">27% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">July 9, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,510 </td> <td align="center">± 2.5% </td> <td align="center">34% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>45%</b> </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">21% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_4">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=218" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_81-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Inside_Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Inside Elections">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Ratings_82-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Ratings-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 2, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call">Roll Call</a><sup id="cite_ref-rollcall.com_83-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollcall.com-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-2">Lean D </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Crystal_Ball_84-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crystal_Ball-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times"><i>NY Times</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Race_Ratings_85-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Race_Ratings-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/RealClearPolitics" title="RealClearPolitics">RCP</a><sup id="cite_ref-realclearpolitics.com_86-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-realclearpolitics.com-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a><sup id="cite_ref-thehill.com_87-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehill.com-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_12">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=219" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Enyart" title="William Enyart">William Enyart</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>157,000 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Plummer_(politician)" title="Jason Plummer (politician)">Jason Plummer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">129,902 </td> <td style="text-align:right">42.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paula Bradshaw </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,045 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Shon-Tiyon Horton (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">2 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>303,947 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_13">District 13</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=220" title="Edit section: District 13"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 13th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_13" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_13" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_15" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010 (15th)</a></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rodney_Davis,_Official_Portrait,_113th_Congress_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Rodney_Davis%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/112px-Rodney_Davis%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Rodney_Davis%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/169px-Rodney_Davis%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Rodney_Davis%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Rodney_Davis%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1981" data-file-height="2639" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Gill_(2012)_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/David_Gill_%282012%29_%28cropped%29.png/112px-David_Gill_%282012%29_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/David_Gill_%282012%29_%28cropped%29.png/169px-David_Gill_%282012%29_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/David_Gill_%282012%29_%28cropped%29.png/225px-David_Gill_%282012%29_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="540" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #DDDDBB;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Davis_(politician)" title="Rodney Davis (politician)">Rodney Davis</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">David Gill </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">John Hartman </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>137,034</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">136,032 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21,319 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>46.6%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">46.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.2% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_13th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_13th_district_by_county.svg/300px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_13th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_13th_district_by_county.svg/450px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_13th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_13th_district_by_county.svg/600px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_13th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="693" /></a></span><div>County results <br /><b>Davis:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#f1b5b2; color:#f1b5b2;">    </span> 40–50%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e55751; color:#e55751;">    </span> 60–70%</span><br /> <b>Gill:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Judy_Biggert" title="Judy Biggert">Judy Biggert</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(Illinois_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (Illinois politician)">Tim Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>)</span><br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Davis_(politician)" title="Rodney Davis (politician)">Rodney Davis</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 13th congressional district">Illinois's 13th congressional district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 15th congressional district">Illinois's 15th congressional district</a></div> <p>The new 13th is the successor to the old 15th District, represented by Republican <a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(Illinois_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (Illinois politician)">Tim Johnson</a> since 2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_13">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=221" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_26">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=222" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_26">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=223" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Tim Johnson, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_18">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=224" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Michael Firsching, veterinarian<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Frank Metzger, retired <a href="/wiki/Ironworker" title="Ironworker">ironworker</a><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_28">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=225" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Tim Johnson</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_24">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=226" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Tim Johnson (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>35,655 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Frank Metzger </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,571 </td> <td style="text-align:right">18.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Firsching </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,706 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>51,932 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_convention">Republican convention</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=227" title="Edit section: Republican convention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Johnson won the primary, in April 2012, he chose to retire rather than seek re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pantagraph_johnson_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pantagraph_johnson-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A convention was held on May 19, 2012, to choose a replacement nominee. The 14 GOP county chairmen in the district unanimously selected Rodney Davis as the party nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_27">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=228" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_27">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=229" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_L._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Rodney L. Davis">Rodney L. Davis</a>, aide to U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/John_Shimkus" title="John Shimkus">John Shimkus</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_at_the_convention">Eliminated at the convention</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=230" title="Edit section: Eliminated at the convention"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jerry Clarke, chief of staff to U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Randy_Hultgren" title="Randy Hultgren">Randy Hultgren</a> and Johnson's former chief of staff</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erika_Harold" title="Erika Harold">Erika Harold</a>, lawyer and 2003 <a href="/wiki/Miss_America" title="Miss America">Miss America</a></li> <li>Kathy Wassink, businesswoman.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_10">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=231" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Barickman" title="Jason Barickman">Jason Barickman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">state representative</a><sup id="cite_ref-ng_clarke_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ng_clarke-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Phil Bloomer, Johnson's communications director<sup id="cite_ref-pantagraph_johnson_153-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pantagraph_johnson-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Brady_(politician)" title="Bill Brady (politician)">Bill Brady</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">state senator</a> and nominee for governor in <a href="/wiki/Illinois_gubernatorial_election,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois gubernatorial election, 2010">2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-ng_clarke_155-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ng_clarke-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Brady_(Illinois_politician)" title="Dan Brady (Illinois politician)">Dan Brady</a>, state representative<sup id="cite_ref-DBrady_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBrady-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Brown_(Illinois_politician)" title="Adam Brown (Illinois politician)">Adam Brown</a>, state representative<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_McCann" title="Sam McCann">Sam McCann</a>, state senator<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_McCarter" title="Kyle McCarter">Kyle McCarter</a>, state senator <sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duane_Noland" title="Duane Noland">Duane Noland</a>, former state senator<sup id="cite_ref-ng_clarke_155-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ng_clarke-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapin_Rose" title="Chapin Rose">Chapin Rose</a>, state representative<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mark Shelden, Johnson's current chief of staff<sup id="cite_ref-pantagraph_johnson_153-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pantagraph_johnson-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Tate_(Illinois_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Tate (Illinois politician) (page does not exist)">Mike Tate</a>, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois and former state Representative<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Watson_(Illinois_politician)" title="Jim Watson (Illinois politician)">Jim Watson</a>, state representative<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_13">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=232" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_28">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=233" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_28">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=234" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>David Gill, physician and nominee for the 15th district in <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_15" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_15" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2006</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_15" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a><sup id="cite_ref-gill_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gill-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_19">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=235" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Matt Goetten, <a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">Greene County</a> <a href="/wiki/State%27s_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="State's Attorney">State attorney</a><sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_6">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=236" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>James Gray, retired school administrator<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_11">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=237" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Frerichs" title="Mike Frerichs">Mike Frerichs</a>, state senator <sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_C._Hoffman" class="mw-redirect" title="Jay C. Hoffman">Jay Hoffman</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">state representative</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hoffman_Out_of_13_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoffman_Out_of_13-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mark N. Lee, labor lawyer<sup id="cite_ref-LeeGazette_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeeGazette-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brendan McGinty, <a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Illinois" title="Champaign County, Illinois">Champaign County</a> Board member<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_29">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=238" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Matt Goetten</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_25">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=239" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Illinois_13th_district_Democratic_primary_results_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/2012_Illinois_13th_district_Democratic_primary_results_map.svg/200px-2012_Illinois_13th_district_Democratic_primary_results_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/2012_Illinois_13th_district_Democratic_primary_results_map.svg/300px-2012_Illinois_13th_district_Democratic_primary_results_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/2012_Illinois_13th_district_Democratic_primary_results_map.svg/400px-2012_Illinois_13th_district_Democratic_primary_results_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="693" /></a><figcaption>Results by county: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#d20056; color:white;"> </span> Gill—70–80%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f5468b; color:black;"> </span> Gill—60–70%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#4f6107; color:white;"> </span> Goetten—80–90%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#9fc311; color:black;"> </span> Goetten—60–70%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#d4ff2a; color:black;"> </span> Goetten—50–60%</div> </figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>David Gill </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,536 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matt Goetten </td> <td style="text-align:right">15,373 </td> <td style="text-align:right">49.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>30,909 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independent">Independent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=240" title="Edit section: Independent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Hartman, a medical technology company <a href="/wiki/Chief_financial_officer" title="Chief financial officer">CFO</a>, ran as an independent candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_13">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=241" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_30">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=242" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Rodney Davis (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a> "Young Guns" Program<sup id="cite_ref-Young_Guns_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Young_Guns-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRLIL_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRLIL-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Victory_Fund" title="Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRAIL_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAIL-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">David Gill (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Citizens_for_Global_Solutions" title="Citizens for Global Solutions">Citizens for Global Solutions</a><sup id="cite_ref-CGSVS_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGSVS-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_for_a_Livable_World" title="Council for a Livable World">Council for a Livable World</a><sup id="cite_ref-CLW_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CLW-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democracy_for_America" title="Democracy for America">Democracy for America</a><sup id="cite_ref-DoA_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoA-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> "Red to Blue" Program<sup id="cite_ref-DCCC_67-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCCC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_Majority_Foundation" title="Feminist Majority Foundation">Feminist Majority</a><sup id="cite_ref-FM_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FM-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a><sup id="cite_ref-NARAL_36-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARAL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women">National Organization for Women</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOW_34-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOW-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Change_Campaign_Committee" title="Progressive Change Campaign Committee">Progressive Change Campaign Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-PCCC_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCCC-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Progressive_Democrats_of_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Progressive Democrats of America (page does not exist)">Progressive Democrats of America</a><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Debates_4">Debates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=243" title="Edit section: Debates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308869-1/illinois-13th-congressional-district-debate">Complete video of debate</a>, October 17, 2012</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_7">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=244" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Rodney<br />Davis (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">David<br />Gill (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">John<br />Hartman (I) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-We_Ask_America_74-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-We_Ask_America-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 28, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,360 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 2.7% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>50%</b> </td> <td align="center">45% </td> <td align="center">4% </td> <td align="center">1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anzalone-Liszt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anzalone-Liszt (page does not exist)">Anzalone-Liszt (D-DCCC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 18–21, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>48%</b> </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">DCCC (D)</a><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 11–12, 2012 </td> <td align="center">458 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.6% </td> <td align="center">37% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>43%</b> </td> <td align="center">7% </td> <td align="center">13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victoria Research (page does not exist)">Victoria Research (D-Gill)</a><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">September 26–27, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">39% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>40%</b> </td> <td align="center">8% </td> <td align="center">13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victoria Research (page does not exist)">Victoria Research (D-Gill)</a><sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">August 4–7, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">30% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>36%</b> </td> <td align="center">9% </td> <td align="center">25% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">June 7, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,299 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 2.8% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>47%</b> </td> <td align="center">38% </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victoria Research (page does not exist)">Victoria Research (D-Gill)</a><sup id="cite_ref-Victoria_Research_D-Gill_178-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Victoria_Research_D-Gill-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">April 11–13, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (RV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">31% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>41%</b> </td> <td align="center">— </td> <td align="center">28% </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#cff">Hypothetical polling</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="border:solid 1px silver; padding:8px; background:white;"> <p><b>With Jerry Clarke</b><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Jerry<br />Clarke (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">David<br />Gill (D) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victoria Research (page does not exist)">Victoria Research (D-Gill)</a><sup id="cite_ref-Victoria_Research_D-Gill_178-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Victoria_Research_D-Gill-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">April 11–13, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (RV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">33% </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>40%</b> </td> <td align="center">17% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>With Generic Democratic</b><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Generic<br />Republican (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Generic<br />Democrat (D) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victoria Research (page does not exist)">Victoria Research (D-Gill)</a><sup id="cite_ref-Victoria_Research_D-Gill_178-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Victoria_Research_D-Gill-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">April 11–13, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (RV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">35% </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>38%</b> </td> <td align="center">27% </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_13">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=245" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 13th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_L._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Rodney L. Davis">Rodney L. Davis</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>137,034 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Gill </td> <td style="text-align:right">136,032 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Hartman </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,319 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>294,385 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_14">District 14</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=246" title="Edit section: District 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:190px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 14th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_14" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_14" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Randy_Hultgren_Official_Photo_112_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Randy_Hultgren_Official_Photo_112_%28cropped%29.jpg/110px-Randy_Hultgren_Official_Photo_112_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Randy_Hultgren_Official_Photo_112_%28cropped%29.jpg/165px-Randy_Hultgren_Official_Photo_112_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Randy_Hultgren_Official_Photo_112_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Randy_Hultgren_Official_Photo_112_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1771" data-file-height="2413" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Randy_Hultgren" title="Randy Hultgren">Randy Hultgren</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Dennis Anderson </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>177,603</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">124,351 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>58.8%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">41.2% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_14th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_14th_district_by_county.svg/190px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_14th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="190" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_14th_district_by_county.svg/285px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_14th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_14th_district_by_county.svg/380px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_14th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1335" /></a></span><div>County results<br /><b>Hultgren:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e55751; color:#e55751;">    </span> 60–70%</span><br /> <b>Anderson:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Randy_Hultgren" title="Randy Hultgren">Randy Hultgren</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Randy_Hultgren" title="Randy Hultgren">Randy Hultgren</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 14th congressional district">Illinois's 14th congressional district</a></div> <p>The redrawn 14th district includes <a href="/wiki/McHenry_County,_Illinois" title="McHenry County, Illinois">McHenry County</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois" title="DuPage County, Illinois">DuPage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kane_County,_Illinois" title="Kane County, Illinois">Kane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Illinois" title="Lake County, Illinois">Lake</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will</a> counties.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson_179-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Republican <a href="/wiki/Randy_Hultgren" title="Randy Hultgren">Randy Hultgren</a>, who was first elected to represent the 14th district in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois,_2010#District_14" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010">2010</a>, ran for re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-nh_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nh-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_14">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=247" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_29">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=248" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_29">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=249" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Hultgren" title="Randy Hultgren">Randy Hultgren</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_12">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=250" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Illinois_politician)" title="Joe Walsh (Illinois politician)">Joe Walsh</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative for the 8th district<sup id="cite_ref-walsh_8th_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walsh_8th-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_26">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=251" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Randy Hultgren (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64,419 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Mastrogiovanni (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>64,420 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_14">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=252" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(Illinois_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Foster (Illinois politician)">Bill Foster</a>, a Democrat who represented the 14th district from 2008 until 2011, decided to run in the 11th district in 2012, although some <a href="/wiki/Illinois_General_Assembly" title="Illinois General Assembly">Illinois General Assembly</a> leaders had hoped he would run in the 14th district, where his home is located.<sup id="cite_ref-st2_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_30">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=253" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_30">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=254" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dennis Anderson, public health researcher and <a href="/wiki/International_Breast_Cancer_Research_Foundation" title="International Breast Cancer Research Foundation">International Breast Cancer Research Foundation</a> trustee<sup id="cite_ref-anderson_179-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_20">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=255" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jonathan Farnick, <a href="/wiki/Technical_support" title="Technical support">computer support</a> <a href="/wiki/Technician" title="Technician">technician</a><sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_13">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=256" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_D._Franks" title="Jack D. Franks">Jack Franks</a>, state representative <sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Frank McClatchey, former <a href="/wiki/McHenry,_Illinois" title="McHenry, Illinois">McHenry</a> <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderman</a> and former chairman of the <a href="/wiki/McHenry_County,_Illinois" title="McHenry County, Illinois">McHenry County</a><sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_31">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=257" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Dennis Anderson</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_27">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=258" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Dennis Anderson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,344 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>74.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jonathan Farnick </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,258 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>12,602 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_14">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=259" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_32">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=260" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Randy Hultgren (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li>Campaign for Working Families<sup id="cite_ref-CWF_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWF-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRLIL_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRLIL-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Victory_Fund" title="Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRAIL_47-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAIL-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Dennis Anderson (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_14">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=261" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 14th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Randy_Hultgren" title="Randy Hultgren">Randy Hultgren</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>177,603 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dennis Anderson </td> <td style="text-align:right">124,351 </td> <td style="text-align:right">41.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>301,954 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_15">District 15</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=262" title="Edit section: District 15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:250px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 15th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_15" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_15" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_19" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010 (19th)</a></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Shimkus_113th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/John_Shimkus_113th_Congress.jpg/123px-John_Shimkus_113th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/John_Shimkus_113th_Congress.jpg/184px-John_Shimkus_113th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/John_Shimkus_113th_Congress.jpg/245px-John_Shimkus_113th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="553" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Shimkus" title="John Shimkus">John Shimkus</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Angela Michael </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>205,775</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">94,162 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>68.6%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31.4% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_15th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_15th_district_by_county.svg/250px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_15th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_15th_district_by_county.svg/375px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_15th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_15th_district_by_county.svg/500px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_15th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span><div>County results<br /><b>Shimkus:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e55751; color:#e55751;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d02823; color:#d02823;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#b00000; color:#b00000;">    </span> 80–90%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Johnson_(Illinois_politician)" title="Tim Johnson (Illinois politician)">Tim Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Shimkus" title="John Shimkus">John Shimkus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>)</span><br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Shimkus" title="John Shimkus">John Shimkus</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 15th congressional district">Illinois's 15th congressional district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 19th congressional district">Illinois's 19th congressional district</a></div> <p>Republican <a href="/wiki/John_Shimkus" title="John Shimkus">John Shimkus</a>, who had represented the now-obsolete 19th district since 2003 and represented the <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 20th congressional district">20th district</a> (eliminated after redistricting following the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>) from 1997 until 2003, sought re-election in the new 15th district.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_15">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=263" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_31">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=264" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_31">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=265" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Shimkus" title="John Shimkus">John Shimkus</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_28">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=266" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>John M. Shimkus (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>66,709 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>66,709 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_15">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=267" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_32">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=268" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_32">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=269" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Angela Michael, retired nurse<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_29">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=270" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Angela Michael </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>16,831 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>16,831 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_15">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=271" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_33">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=272" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">John Shimkus (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRLIL_46-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRLIL-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Victory_Fund" title="Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRAIL_47-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAIL-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_15">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=273" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 15th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Shimkus" title="John Shimkus">John Shimkus</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>205,775 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Angela Michael </td> <td style="text-align:right">94,162 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>299,937 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_16">District 16</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=274" title="Edit section: District 16"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 16th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_16" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_16" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_11" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010 (11th)</a></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adam_Kinzinger_113th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Adam_Kinzinger_113th_Congress.jpg/123px-Adam_Kinzinger_113th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Adam_Kinzinger_113th_Congress.jpg/184px-Adam_Kinzinger_113th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Adam_Kinzinger_113th_Congress.jpg/245px-Adam_Kinzinger_113th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="825" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Wanda Rohl </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>181,789</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">112,301 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>61.8%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">38.2% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_16th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_16th_district_by_county.svg/300px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_16th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_16th_district_by_county.svg/450px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_16th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_16th_district_by_county.svg/600px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_16th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="718" /></a></span><div>County results<br /><b>Kinzinger:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e55751; color:#e55751;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d02823; color:#d02823;">    </span> 70–80%</span><br /> <b>Rohl:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_A._Manzullo" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald A. Manzullo">Don Manzullo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>)</span><br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_16th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 16th congressional district">Illinois's 16th congressional district</a></div> <p>In redistricting, the 16th district was moved south to incorporate <a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Illinois" title="Livingston County, Illinois">Livingston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iroquois_County,_Illinois" title="Iroquois County, Illinois">Iroquois</a> counties and parts of <a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">Ford County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Republican U.S. Representatives <a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a>, who had represented the 11th district since January 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-kinzinger_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kinzinger-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Donald_A._Manzullo" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald A. Manzullo">Don Manzullo</a>, who had represented the 16th district since 1993,<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sought re-election in the new 16th district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_16">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=275" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_33">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=276" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_33">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=277" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Adam Kinzinger, incumbent U.S. Representative from the 11th district</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_21">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=278" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Don Manzullo, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_14">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=279" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Frank Gambino, majority leader of the <a href="/wiki/Winnebago_County,_Illinois" title="Winnebago County, Illinois">Winnebago County</a> Board;<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he announced in September 2011 that he would instead run for the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a><sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_34">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=280" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Adam Kinzinger</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Don Manzullo</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Forum" title="Eagle Forum">Eagle Forum</a><sup id="cite_ref-Eagle_117-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eagle-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Research_Council" title="Family Research Council">Family Research Council</a></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_8">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=281" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Adam<br />Kinzinger </th> <th style="width:100px;">Don<br />Manzullo </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">March 11–12, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,605 </td> <td align="center">± 2.44% </td> <td align="center">42% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>43%</b> </td> <td align="center">15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">February 19–20, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,395 </td> <td align="center">± 2.62% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>47%</b> </td> <td align="center">34% </td> <td align="center">19% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_30">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=282" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Adam Kinzinger (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>45,546 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Don Manzullo (Incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">38,889 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>84,435 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_16">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=283" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_34">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=284" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_34">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=285" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Wanda Rohl, social worker<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independents_4">Independents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=286" title="Edit section: Independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bronco Bojovic, a businessman, had planned to run as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> candidate but dropped out of the race in February 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_16">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=287" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_35">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=288" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Adam Kinzinger (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li>Campaign for Working Families<sup id="cite_ref-CWF_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWF-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRLIL_46-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRLIL-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Victory_Fund" title="Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRAIL_47-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAIL-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_16">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=289" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 16th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>181,789 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Wanda Rohl </td> <td style="text-align:right">112,301 </td> <td style="text-align:right">38.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>294,090 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_17">District 17</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=290" title="Edit section: District 17"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:200px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 17th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_17" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheri_Bustos_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Cheri_Bustos_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/107px-Cheri_Bustos_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Cheri_Bustos_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/161px-Cheri_Bustos_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>153,519</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">134,623 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>53.3%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">46.7% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_17th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_17th_district_by_county.svg/200px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_17th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_17th_district_by_county.svg/300px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_17th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_17th_district_by_county.svg/400px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_17th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1133" /></a></span><div>County results<br /><b>Bustos:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#8da9e2; color:#8da9e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#678cd7; color:#678cd7;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <br /> <b>Schilling:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#ed8883; color:#ed8883;">    </span> 50–60%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Schilling" title="Bobby Schilling">Bobby Schilling</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Cheri_Bustos" title="Cheri Bustos">Cheri Bustos</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 17th congressional district">Illinois's 17th congressional district</a></div> <p>The 17th district, based in <a href="/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois" title="Rock Island, Illinois">Rock Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moline,_Illinois" title="Moline, Illinois">Moline</a>, was extended to include most of <a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford</a> and the more Democratic areas of <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">Tazewell County</a>, thereby making it more favorable to Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-js_197-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-js-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Republican <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Schilling" title="Bobby Schilling">Bobby Schilling</a>, who had represented the district since January 2011, ran for re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-qct_198-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qct-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_17">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=291" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_35">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=292" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_35">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=293" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Schilling" title="Bobby Schilling">Bobby Schilling</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_31">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=294" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Bobby Schilling (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>46,263 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>46,623 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_17">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=295" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_36">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=296" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_36">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=297" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheri_Bustos" title="Cheri Bustos">Cheri Bustos</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Moline,_Illinois" title="East Moline, Illinois">East Moline</a> <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderwoman</a><sup id="cite_ref-qct2_199-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qct2-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_22">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=298" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Greg Aguilar, director of multicultural services at <a href="/wiki/Augustana_College_(Illinois)" title="Augustana College (Illinois)">Augustana College</a><sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>George Gaulrapp, Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Illinois" title="Freeport, Illinois">Freeport</a><sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Withdrawn_7">Withdrawn</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=299" title="Edit section: Withdrawn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Eric Reyes, attorney<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declined_15">Declined</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=300" title="Edit section: Declined"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Boland_(politician)" title="Mike Boland (politician)">Mike Boland</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">state representative</a><sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hare" title="Phil Hare">Phil Hare</a>, former U.S. Representative<sup id="cite_ref-qct_198-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qct-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Koehler" title="Dave Koehler">Dave Koehler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">state senator</a><sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Porter McNeill, activist<sup id="cite_ref-qct2_199-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qct2-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Schwiebert" title="Mark Schwiebert">Mark Schwiebert</a>, former mayor of Rock Island<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_36">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=301" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Cheri Bustos</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TribunePrim_11-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TribunePrim-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_32">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=302" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Cheri Bustos </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>18,652 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>54.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Gaulrupp </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,838 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Greg Aguilar </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,798 </td> <td style="text-align:right">19.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>34,288 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_17">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=303" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_37">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=304" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Bobby Schilling (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a> "Patriot" Program<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_65-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRLIL_46-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRLIL-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Victory_Fund" title="Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-NRAIL_47-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRAIL-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan B. Anthony List">Susan B. Anthony List</a><sup id="cite_ref-SBAL_207-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBAL-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_Express" title="Tea Party Express">Tea Party Express</a><sup id="cite_ref-TPE_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TPE-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Newspapers</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-tribune_19-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribune-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Cheri Bustos (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> <p><b>Organizations</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_for_a_Livable_World" title="Council for a Livable World">Council for a Livable World</a><sup id="cite_ref-CLW_106-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CLW-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a> "Red to Blue" Program<sup id="cite_ref-DCCC_67-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCCC-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMILY%27s_List" title="EMILY's List">EMILY's List</a><sup id="cite_ref-EMILY_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EMILY-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_Majority_Foundation" title="Feminist Majority Foundation">Feminist Majority</a><sup id="cite_ref-FM_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FM-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J_Street" title="J Street">J Street</a><sup id="cite_ref-JStreet_51-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JStreet-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a><sup id="cite_ref-NARAL_36-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARAL-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women" title="National Organization for Women">National Organization for Women</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOW_34-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOW-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_Action_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Planned Parenthood Action Fund">Planned Parenthood Action Fund</a><sup id="cite_ref-PPAF_17-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PPAF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-SierraIL_18-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SierraIL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Debates_5">Debates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=305" title="Edit section: Debates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308959-1/illinois-17th-congressional-district-debate">Complete video of debate</a>, October 25, 2012</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Polling_9">Polling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=306" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size </th> <th>Margin of<br />error </th> <th style="width:100px;">Bobby<br />Schilling (R) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Cheri<br />Bustos (D) </th> <th>Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 28, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,325 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 2.8% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>52%</b> </td> <td align="center">48% </td> <td align="center">- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=GBA_Strategies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GBA Strategies (page does not exist)">GBA Strategies (D-Bustos)</a><sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 16–18, 2012 </td> <td align="center">450 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.6% </td> <td align="center">45% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>49%</b> </td> <td align="center">9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Opinion_Strategies" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Opinion Strategies">Public Opinion Strategies (R-Schilling)</a><sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 14–15, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>51%</b> </td> <td align="center">44% </td> <td align="center">5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/We_Ask_America" class="mw-redirect" title="We Ask America">We Ask America</a><sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 9, 2012 </td> <td align="center">1,183 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 2.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>46%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>46%</b> </td> <td align="center">8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anzalone_Liszt_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anzalone Liszt Research (page does not exist)">Anzalone Liszt Research (D-DCCC)</a><sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 2–4, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td align="center">44% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>45%</b> </td> <td align="center">11% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=GBA_Strategies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GBA Strategies (page does not exist)">GBA Strategies (D-Bustos)</a><sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">September 24–26, 2012 </td> <td align="center">600 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.0% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>47%</b> </td> <td align="center">45% </td> <td align="center">8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Opinion_Strategies" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Opinion Strategies">Public Opinion Strategies (R-Schilling)</a><sup id="cite_ref-capitolfax.com_214-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-capitolfax.com-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">August 8–9, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>50%</b> </td> <td align="center">37% </td> <td align="center">13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Public_Opinion_Strategies" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Opinion Strategies">Public Opinion Strategies (R-Schilling)</a><sup id="cite_ref-capitolfax.com_214-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-capitolfax.com-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">May 20–22, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.9% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>51%</b> </td> <td align="center">35% </td> <td align="center">14% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=GBA_Strategies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GBA Strategies (page does not exist)">GBA Strategies (D-Bustos)</a><sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">January 29–February 1, 2012 </td> <td align="center">400 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 4.0% </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>44%</b> </td> <td align="center">35% </td> <td align="center">21% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Predictions_5">Predictions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=307" title="Edit section: Predictions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Source </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>As of </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cook_81-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Inside_Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Inside Elections">Rothenberg</a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Ratings_82-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Ratings-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 2, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Roll_Call" title="Roll Call">Roll Call</a><sup id="cite_ref-rollcall.com_83-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollcall.com-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</a><sup id="cite_ref-Crystal_Ball_84-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crystal_Ball-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 5, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times"><i>NY Times</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-House_Race_Ratings_85-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House_Race_Ratings-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/RealClearPolitics" title="RealClearPolitics">RCP</a><sup id="cite_ref-realclearpolitics.com_86-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-realclearpolitics.com-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#fff" data-sort-value="0">Tossup </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a><sup id="cite_ref-thehill.com_87-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehill.com-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#ccf" data-sort-value="-1.9">Lean D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 4, 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_17">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=308" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 17th congressional district election results, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Cheri_Bustos" title="Cheri Bustos">Cheri Bustos</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>153,519 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Schilling" title="Bobby Schilling">Bobby Schilling</a> (incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">134,623 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Eric Reyes (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">10 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joe Faber (write-in) </td> <td style="text-align:right">9 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>288,161 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #F6F6F6;"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="District_18">District 18</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=309" title="Edit section: District 18"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table" style="width:350px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Illinois's 18th congressional district election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/50px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/75px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Illinois.svg/100px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_18" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois#District_18" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #E81B23;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aaron_Schock,_official_photo_portrait,_111th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Aaron_Schock%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg/123px-Aaron_Schock%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Aaron_Schock%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg/184px-Aaron_Schock%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Aaron_Schock%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg/245px-Aaron_Schock%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #3333FF;"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/112px-3x4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/169px-3x4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/3x4.svg/225px-3x4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="4" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Schock" title="Aaron Schock">Aaron Schock</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Steve Waterworth </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>244,467</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">85,164 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>74.2%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25.8% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_18th_district_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_18th_district_by_county.svg/350px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_18th_district_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_18th_district_by_county.svg/525px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_18th_district_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_18th_district_by_county.svg/700px-2012_Congressional_election_in_Illinois%27_18th_district_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="460" /></a></span><div>County results<br /><b>Schock:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e55751; color:#e55751;">    </span> 60–70%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#d02823; color:#d02823;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#b00000; color:#b00000;">    </span> 80–90%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>U.S. Representative before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Schock" title="Aaron Schock">Aaron Schock</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected U.S. Representative</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Schock" title="Aaron Schock">Aaron Schock</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 18th congressional district">Illinois's 18th congressional district</a></div> <p>Republican <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Schock" title="Aaron Schock">Aaron Schock</a>, who had represented the 18th district since 2009, ran for and won re-election. The district was one of two which were expected to remain strongly favorable to Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-politico_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peoria's more Democratic southern portion was shifted to the 17th district, and was replaced by the heavily Republican <a href="/wiki/Bloomington-Normal" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloomington-Normal">Bloomington-Normal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Illinois" title="Quincy, Illinois">Quincy</a> areas.<sup id="cite_ref-js_197-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-js-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_primary_18">Republican primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=310" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_37">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=311" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_37">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=312" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Schock" title="Aaron Schock">Aaron Schock</a>, incumbent U.S. Representative</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Disqualified_6">Disqualified</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=313" title="Edit section: Disqualified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Darrel Miller, farmer;<sup id="cite_ref-js2_216-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-js2-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> removed from the ballot by the Illinois Board of Elections in February 2012<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_33">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=314" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Aaron Schock (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>87,441 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>87,441 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratic_primary_18">Democratic primary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=315" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_38">Candidates</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=316" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nominee_38">Nominee</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=317" title="Edit section: Nominee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Steve Waterworth, farmer and former <a href="/wiki/Master_sergeant" title="Master sergeant">master sergeant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eliminated_in_primary_23">Eliminated in primary</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=318" title="Edit section: Eliminated in primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Matthew Woodmancy, restaurant manager<sup id="cite_ref-js2_216-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-js2-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_results_34">Primary results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=319" title="Edit section: Primary results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<sup id="cite_ref-IL_BOE_12-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_BOE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Steve Waterworth </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,211 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matthew Woodmancy </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,465 </td> <td style="text-align:right">30.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>14,676 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_election_18">General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=320" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Endorsements_38">Endorsements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=321" title="Edit section: Endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Aaron Schock (R)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Letter_Carriers" title="National Association of Letter Carriers">National Association of Letter Carriers</a><sup id="cite_ref-NALC_15-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NALC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a 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Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a><sup id="cite_ref-CC_48-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237488509"><div class="endorsements-box mw-collapsible" style="width: 50em"><div class="endorsements-box-title">Steve Waterworth (D)</div><div class="endorsements-box-list mw-collapsible-content"> <p><b>Labor unions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ILAFLCIO_14-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ILAFLCIO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Steelworkers" title="United Steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_18">Results</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=322" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Illinois's 18th congressional district, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-genelex_20-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-genelex-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Schock" title="Aaron Schock">Aaron Schock</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>244,467 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>74.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steve Waterworth </td> <td style="text-align:right">85,164 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>329,631 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party 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title="1916 United States presidential election in Illinois">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1920 United States presidential election in Illinois">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1924 United States presidential election in Illinois">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1928 United States presidential election in Illinois">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1932 United States presidential election in Illinois">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1936 United States presidential election in Illinois">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1940 United States presidential election in Illinois">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1944 United States presidential election in Illinois">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1948 United States presidential election in Illinois">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1952 United States presidential election in Illinois">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1956 United States presidential election in Illinois">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1960 United States presidential election in Illinois">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1964 United States presidential election in Illinois">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1968 United States presidential election in Illinois">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1972 United States presidential election in Illinois">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1976 United States presidential election in Illinois">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1980 United States presidential election in Illinois">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1984 United States presidential election in Illinois">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1988 United States presidential election in Illinois">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1992 United States presidential election in Illinois">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="1996 United States presidential election in Illinois">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2000 United States presidential election in Illinois">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States presidential election in Illinois">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States presidential election in Illinois">2008</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2008 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem primary</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2008 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep primary</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2012 United States presidential election in Illinois">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2016 United States presidential election in Illinois">2016</a> (<a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem primary</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2020 United States presidential election in Illinois">2020</a> (<a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem primary</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2024 United States presidential election in Illinois">2024</a> (<a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2024 Illinois Democratic presidential primary">Dem primary</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2024 Illinois Republican presidential primary">Rep primary</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">U.S. Senate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1885 United States Senate election in Illinois">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois" title="1913 United States Senate elections in Illinois">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1914 United States Senate election in Illinois">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1918 United States Senate election in Illinois">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1920 United States Senate election in Illinois">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1924 United States Senate election in Illinois">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1926 United States Senate election in Illinois">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" title="1928 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1930 United States Senate election in Illinois">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1932 United States Senate election in Illinois">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1936 United States Senate election in Illinois">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1938 United States Senate election in Illinois">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" title="1940 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1942 United States Senate election in Illinois">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1944 United States Senate election in Illinois">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1948 United States Senate election in Illinois">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1950 United States Senate election in Illinois">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1954 United States Senate election in Illinois">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1956 United States Senate election in Illinois">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1960 United States Senate election in Illinois">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1962 United States Senate election in Illinois">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1966 United States Senate election in Illinois">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1968 United States Senate election in Illinois">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Illinois" title="1970 United States Senate special election in Illinois">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1972 United States Senate election in Illinois">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1974 United States Senate election in Illinois">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1978 United States Senate election in Illinois">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1980 United States Senate election in Illinois">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1984 United States Senate election in Illinois">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1986 United States Senate election in Illinois">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1990 United States Senate election in Illinois">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1992 United States Senate election in Illinois">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1996 United States Senate election in Illinois">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1998 United States Senate election in Illinois">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2002 United States Senate election in Illinois">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States Senate election in Illinois">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States Senate election in Illinois">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois" title="2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2014 United States Senate election in Illinois">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2016 United States Senate election in Illinois">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2020 United States Senate election in Illinois">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2022 United States Senate election in Illinois">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">U.S. House</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">2000 (1st)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2010</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois%27s_17th_congressional_district_election" title="2010 Illinois's 17th congressional district election">17th</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1995_Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" title="1995 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd congressional, 1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois%27s_14th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election">14th congressional, 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Illinois%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2009 Illinois's 5th congressional district special election">5th congressional, 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" title="2013 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd congressional, 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Illinois%27s_18th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2015 Illinois's 18th congressional district special election">18th congressional, 2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Comptroller_special_election" title="2016 Illinois Comptroller special election">Comptroller, 2016</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_gubernatorial_elections" title="Illinois gubernatorial elections">Gubernatorial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1818_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1818 Illinois gubernatorial election">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1822 Illinois gubernatorial election">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1826 Illinois gubernatorial election">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1830 Illinois gubernatorial election">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1834 Illinois gubernatorial election">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1838 Illinois gubernatorial election">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1842 Illinois gubernatorial election">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1846 Illinois gubernatorial election">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1848 Illinois gubernatorial election">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1852 Illinois gubernatorial election">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1856 Illinois gubernatorial election">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1860 Illinois gubernatorial election">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1864 Illinois gubernatorial election">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1868 Illinois gubernatorial election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1872 Illinois gubernatorial election">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1876 Illinois gubernatorial election">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1880 Illinois gubernatorial election">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1884 Illinois gubernatorial election">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1888 Illinois gubernatorial election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1892 Illinois gubernatorial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1896 Illinois gubernatorial election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Illinois gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Illinois gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Illinois gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Illinois gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1916 Illinois gubernatorial election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1920 Illinois gubernatorial election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Illinois gubernatorial election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1928 Illinois gubernatorial election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Illinois gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 Illinois gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 Illinois gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 Illinois gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1948 Illinois gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1952 Illinois gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1956 Illinois gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1960 Illinois gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1964 Illinois gubernatorial election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1968 Illinois gubernatorial election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1972 Illinois gubernatorial election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1976 Illinois gubernatorial election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Illinois gubernatorial election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1982 Illinois gubernatorial election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1986 Illinois gubernatorial election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 Illinois gubernatorial election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Illinois gubernatorial election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Illinois gubernatorial election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Illinois gubernatorial election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Illinois gubernatorial election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 Illinois gubernatorial election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Illinois gubernatorial election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Illinois gubernatorial election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Illinois gubernatorial election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lieutenant gubernatorial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1818_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1818 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1822 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1826 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1830 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1834 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1838 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1842 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1846 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1848 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1852 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1856 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1860 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1864 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1868 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1872 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1876 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1880 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1884 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1888 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1892 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1896 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1916 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1920 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1928 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Illinois_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election">1968</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other state executive offices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Attorney General <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Illinois Attorney General election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_Attorney_General_election" title="2022 Illinois Attorney General election">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Secretary of State <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2022 Illinois Secretary of State election">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>Comptroller <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Comptroller_special_election" title="2016 Illinois Comptroller special election">2016</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State Senate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Illinois_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Illinois Senate election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Illinois_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Illinois Senate election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2008 Illinois Senate election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2010 Illinois Senate election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2012 Illinois Senate election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2014 Illinois Senate election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2016 Illinois Senate election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2018 Illinois Senate election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2020 Illinois Senate election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2022 Illinois Senate election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2024 Illinois Senate election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State House</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Illinois House of Representatives election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2006 Illinois House of Representatives election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2008 Illinois House of Representatives election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2010 Illinois House of Representatives election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Illinois House of Representatives election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2014 Illinois House of Representatives election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2016 Illinois House of Representatives election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2018 Illinois House of Representatives election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2020 Illinois House of Representatives election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2022 Illinois House of Representatives election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2024 Illinois House of Representatives election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State judicial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Illinois_elections#Judicial_elections" title="1936 Illinois elections">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Illinois_elections#Judicial_elections" title="1938 Illinois elections">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Illinois_elections#Judicial_elections" title="1940 Illinois elections">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Illinois_elections#Judicial_elections" title="1942 Illinois elections">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Illinois_elections#Judicial_elections" title="1948 Illinois elections">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Illinois_elections#Judicial_elections" title="1960 Illinois elections">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Illinois_elections#Judicial_elections" title="1962 Illinois elections">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2012 Illinois judicial elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2014 Illinois judicial elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2016 Illinois judicial elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2018 Illinois judicial elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2020 Illinois judicial elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_judicial_elections" title="2022 Illinois judicial elections">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ballot measures and referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1834_Illinois_state_capitol_referendum" title="1834 Illinois state capitol referendum">State capitol referendum (1834)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutback_Amendment" title="Cutback Amendment">Cutback Amendment (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Crime_Victim_Rights_Amendment" title="Illinois Crime Victim Rights Amendment">Crime Victim Rights Amendment (1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Governor_Recall_Amendment" title="Illinois Governor Recall Amendment">Governor Recall Amendment (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Public_Pension_Amendment" title="Illinois Public Pension Amendment">Public Pension Amendment (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsy%27s_Law_(Illinois)" title="Marsy's Law (Illinois)">Marsy's Law (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Right_to_Vote_Amendment" title="Illinois Right to Vote Amendment">Right to Vote Amendment (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Transportation_Taxes_and_Fees_Lockbox_Amendment" title="Illinois Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment">Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Fair_Tax" title="Illinois Fair Tax">Fair Tax (2020)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Illinois_elections#Right_to_Collective_Bargaining_Amendment" title="2022 Illinois elections">Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (2022)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Chicago" title="Mayoral elections in Chicago">Chicago mayoral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1837_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1837 Chicago mayoral election">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1838 Chicago mayoral election">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1839 Chicago mayoral election">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1840 Chicago mayoral election">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1841 Chicago mayoral election">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1842 Chicago mayoral election">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1843 Chicago mayoral election">1843</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1844_Chicago_mayoral_elections#March_election" title="1844 Chicago mayoral elections">1844 (Mar)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_Chicago_mayoral_elections#April_election" title="1844 Chicago mayoral elections">1844 (Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1845 Chicago mayoral election">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1846 Chicago mayoral election">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1847 Chicago mayoral election">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1848 Chicago mayoral election">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1849 Chicago mayoral election">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1850 Chicago mayoral election">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1851 Chicago mayoral election">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1852 Chicago mayoral election">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1853 Chicago mayoral election">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1854 Chicago mayoral election">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1855 Chicago mayoral election">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1856 Chicago mayoral election">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1857 Chicago mayoral election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1858 Chicago mayoral election">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1859 Chicago mayoral election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1860 Chicago mayoral election">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1861 Chicago mayoral election">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1862 Chicago mayoral election">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1863 Chicago mayoral election">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1865 Chicago mayoral election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1867 Chicago mayoral election">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1869 Chicago mayoral election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1871 Chicago mayoral election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1873 Chicago mayoral election">1873</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1876_Chicago_mayoral_elections#Disputed_April_election" title="1876 Chicago mayoral elections">1876 (Apr)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Chicago_mayoral_elections#July_special_election" title="1876 Chicago mayoral elections">1876 (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1877 Chicago mayoral election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1879 Chicago mayoral election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1881 Chicago mayoral election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1883 Chicago mayoral election">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1885 Chicago mayoral election">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1887 Chicago mayoral election">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1889 Chicago mayoral election">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1891 Chicago mayoral election">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1893 Chicago mayoral election">1893 (Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Chicago_mayoral_special_election" title="1893 Chicago mayoral special election">1893 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1895 Chicago mayoral election">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1897 Chicago mayoral election">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1899 Chicago mayoral election">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1901 Chicago mayoral election">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1903 Chicago mayoral election">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1905 Chicago mayoral election">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1907 Chicago mayoral election">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1911 Chicago mayoral election">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1915 Chicago mayoral election">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1919 Chicago mayoral election">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1923 Chicago mayoral election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1927 Chicago mayoral election">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1931 Chicago mayoral election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1935 Chicago mayoral election">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1939 Chicago mayoral election">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1943 Chicago mayoral election">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1947 Chicago mayoral election">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1951 Chicago mayoral election">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1955 Chicago mayoral election">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1959 Chicago mayoral election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1963 Chicago mayoral election">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1967 Chicago mayoral election">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1971 Chicago mayoral election">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1975 Chicago mayoral election">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Chicago_mayoral_special_election" title="1977 Chicago mayoral special election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1979 Chicago mayoral election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1983 Chicago mayoral election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1987 Chicago mayoral election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Chicago_mayoral_special_election" title="1989 Chicago mayoral special election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1991 Chicago mayoral election">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1995 Chicago mayoral election">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="1999 Chicago mayoral election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2003 Chicago mayoral election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2007 Chicago mayoral election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2011 Chicago mayoral election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2015 Chicago mayoral election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2019 Chicago mayoral election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2023 Chicago mayoral election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aldermanic_elections_in_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldermanic elections in Chicago">Chicago City Council</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1923_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="1923 Chicago aldermanic election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="1927 Chicago aldermanic election">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="1929 Chicago aldermanic election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Chicago_aldermanic_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1933 Chicago aldermanic election">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1939 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Chicago_aldermanic_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Chicago aldermanic election (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="2011 Chicago aldermanic election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="2015 Chicago aldermanic election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="2019 Chicago aldermanic election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Chicago_aldermanic_election" title="2023 Chicago aldermanic election">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other municipal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1924_Cicero,_Illinois_municipal_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="1924 Cicero, Illinois municipal elections">1924 Cicero</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Cook_County,_Illinois" title="Government of Cook County, Illinois">Cook County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1946 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1946</a></li> <li>1980 (<a href="/wiki/1980_Cook_County_State%27s_Attorney_election" title="1980 Cook County State's Attorney election">State's Attorney</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1984 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1986 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1988 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1990 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1992 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1994 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1996 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="1998 Cook County, Illinois, elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2000 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2002 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2004 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2006 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2008 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2010 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2012 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2014 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2016 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2018 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2020 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections" title="2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections">2022</a></li></ul> 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title="2012 United States presidential election">U.S.<br />President</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Alabama" title="2012 United States presidential election in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Alaska" title="2012 United States presidential election in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arizona" title="2012 United States presidential election in Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Arkansas" title="2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_California" title="2012 United States presidential election in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2012 United States presidential election in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Connecticut" title="2012 United States presidential election in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Delaware" title="2012 United States presidential election in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2012 United States presidential election in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Georgia" title="2012 United States presidential election in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Hawaii" title="2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Idaho" title="2012 United States presidential election in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2012 United States presidential election in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Indiana" title="2012 United States presidential election in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Iowa" title="2012 United States presidential election in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kansas" title="2012 United States presidential election in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maine" title="2012 United States presidential election in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland" title="2012 United States presidential election in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Michigan" title="2012 United States presidential election in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi" title="2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Missouri" title="2012 United States presidential election in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Montana" title="2012 United States presidential election in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Nebraska" title="2012 United States presidential election in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Nevada" title="2012 United States presidential election in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Hampshire" title="2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2012 United States presidential election in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Mexico" title="2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_York" title="2012 United States presidential election in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2012 United States presidential election in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2012 United States presidential election in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Ohio" title="2012 United States presidential election in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Oklahoma" title="2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Oregon" title="2012 United States presidential election in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Rhode_Island" title="2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Carolina" title="2012 United States presidential election in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas" title="2012 United States presidential election in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Utah" title="2012 United States presidential election in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont" title="2012 United States presidential election in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States presidential election in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Washington_(state)" title="2012 United States presidential election in Washington (state)">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2012 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wyoming" title="2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_straw_poll_in_Guam" title="2012 United States presidential straw poll in Guam">Guam</a> (straw poll)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2012 United States Senate elections">U.S.<br />Senate</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2012 United States Senate election in Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_California" title="2012 United States Senate election in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2012 United States Senate election in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2012 United States Senate election in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida" title="2012 United States Senate election in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Hawaii" title="2012 United States Senate election in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana" title="2012 United States Senate election in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maine" title="2012 United States Senate election in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" title="2012 United States Senate election in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" title="2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan" title="2012 United States Senate election in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States Senate election in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="2012 United States Senate election in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" title="2012 United States Senate election in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="2012 United States Senate election in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="2012 United States Senate election in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada" title="2012 United States Senate election in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Jersey" title="2012 United States Senate election in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico" title="2012 United States Senate election in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="2012 United States Senate election in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2012 United States Senate election in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio" title="2012 United States Senate election in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island" title="2012 United States Senate election in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" title="2012 United States Senate election in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas" title="2012 United States Senate election in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Utah" title="2012 United States Senate election in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont" title="2012 United States Senate election in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States Senate election in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Washington" title="2012 United States Senate election in Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia" title="2012 United States Senate election in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2012 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wyoming" title="2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections">U.S.<br />House</a><br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_ratings" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election ratings">Election<br />ratings</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Alabama" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Alaska" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2012 American Samoan general election">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Arizona" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona">Arizona</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Arizona%27s_8th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2012 Arizona's 8th congressional district special election">8th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Arkansas" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Colorado" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Connecticut" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Delaware" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Guam" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Hawaii" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Idaho" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Illinois</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Illinois's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Iowa" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kansas" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kentucky" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky">Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kentucky%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Kentucky's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maine" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maryland" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Michigan" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan">Michigan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Michigan%27s_11th_congressional_district_election" title="2012 Michigan's 11th congressional district election">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Michigan%27s_11th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2012 Michigan's 11th congressional district special election">11th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Mississippi" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Montana" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nebraska" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nevada" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Jersey" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey">New Jersey</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Jersey%27s_10th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2012 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election">10th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Mexico" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oklahoma" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oregon" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon">Oregon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Oregon%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_general_election" title="2012 Puerto Rican general election">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Rhode_Island" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_South_Carolina" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Tennessee" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Utah" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Vermont" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Washington" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington">Washington</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Washington's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_West_Virginia" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Wyoming" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2012 United States gubernatorial elections">Governors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_Samoa_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 American Samoa gubernatorial election">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Delaware gubernatorial election">Delaware</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indiana_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Indiana gubernatorial election">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Missouri_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Missouri gubernatorial election">Missouri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Missouri_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Montana_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Montana gubernatorial election">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Hampshire_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election">North Carolina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">Lt. Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Dakota_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 North Dakota gubernatorial election">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_general_election" title="2012 Puerto Rican general election">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Utah_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Utah gubernatorial election">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Vermont_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Vermont gubernatorial election">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 Washington gubernatorial election">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_West_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 West Virginia gubernatorial election">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_recall_election" title="2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election">Wisconsin (recall)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:2012_United_States_Attorney_General_elections" title="Category:2012 United States Attorney General elections">Attorneys<br />general</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Missouri_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 Missouri Attorney General election">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 North Carolina Attorney General election">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Pennsylvania_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 Pennsylvania Attorney General election">Pennsylvania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />statewide<br />elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Wisconsin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_lieutenant_gubernatorial_recall_election" title="2012 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial recall election">Lieutenant Governor (recall)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2012 United States state legislative elections">State<br />legislatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Arizona <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Arizona_Senate_election" title="2012 Arizona Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>California <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_California_State_Assembly_election" title="2012 California State Assembly election">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_California_State_Senate_election" title="2012 California State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Connecticut <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Connecticut_Senate_election" title="2012 Connecticut Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Delaware <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Delaware House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_Senate_election" title="2012 Delaware Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Florida <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Florida_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Florida House of Representatives election">House</a></li></ul></li> <li>Hawaii <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hawaii_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Hawaii House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hawaii_Senate_election" title="2012 Hawaii Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Illinois <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Illinois House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_Senate_election" title="2012 Illinois Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Iowa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Iowa_Senate_election" title="2012 Iowa Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Michigan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Michigan_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Michigan House of Representatives election">House</a></li></ul></li> <li>Minnesota <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Minnesota House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_Senate_election" title="2012 Minnesota Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Montana <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Montana_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Montana House of Representatives election">House</a></li></ul></li> <li>New Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Mexico_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 New Mexico House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Mexico_Senate_election" title="2012 New Mexico Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>New York <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_York_State_Senate_election" title="2012 New York State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>North Carolina <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 North Carolina House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_Senate_election" title="2012 North Carolina Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Oregon <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Oregon_legislative_election" title="2012 Oregon legislative election">Legislative Assembly</a></li></ul></li> <li>Pennsylvania <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Pennsylvania_Senate_election" title="2012 Pennsylvania Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Texas <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Texas_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Texas House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Texas_State_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Texas State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Washington <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2012 Washington House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_State_Senate_election" title="2012 Washington State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wisconsin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_State_Assembly_election" title="2012 Wisconsin State Assembly election">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2012 Wisconsin Senate election">Senate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections" title="2012 Wisconsin Senate recall elections">recalls</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Wyoming <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wyoming_Senate_election" title="2012 Wyoming Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mayoral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Alexandria,_Virginia_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Alexandria, Virginia mayoral election">Alexandria, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Anchorage_mayoral_election" title="2012 Anchorage mayoral election">Anchorage, AK</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Augusta_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Augusta mayoral election (page does not exist)">Augusta, GA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Austin_mayoral_election" title="2012 Austin mayoral election">Austin, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Bakersfield,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Bakersfield, California mayoral election">Bakersfield, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Baton_Rouge_mayoral_election" title="2012 Baton Rouge mayoral election">Baton Rouge, LA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Cheyenne_mayoral_election" title="2012 Cheyenne mayoral election">Cheyenne, WY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Corpus_Christi_mayoral_election" title="2012 Corpus Christi mayoral election">Corpus Christi, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Fort_Lauderdale_mayoral_election" title="2012 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election">Fort Lauderdale, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Fresno_mayoral_election" title="2012 Fresno mayoral election">Fresno, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Glendale,_Arizona_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Glendale, Arizona mayoral election">Glendale, AZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Honolulu_mayoral_election" title="2012 Honolulu mayoral election">Honolulu, HI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Huntsville_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Huntsville mayoral election">Huntsville, AL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Irvine_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Irvine mayoral election">Irvine, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Juneau_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Juneau mayoral election (page does not exist)">Juneau, AK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Lubbock_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Lubbock mayoral election">Lubbock, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Mesa_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Mesa mayoral election (page does not exist)">Mesa, AZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Miami-Dade_County_mayoral_election" title="2012 Miami-Dade County mayoral election">Miami-Dade County, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Milwaukee_mayoral_election" title="2012 Milwaukee mayoral election">Milwaukee, WI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Orlando_mayoral_election" title="2012 Orlando mayoral election">Orlando, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Portland,_Oregon_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Portland, Oregon mayoral election">Portland, OR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Richmond_mayoral_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Richmond mayoral election (page does not exist)">Richmond, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Riverside,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Riverside, California mayoral election">Riverside, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Sacramento_mayoral_election" title="2012 Sacramento mayoral election">Sacramento, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_San_Diego_mayoral_election" title="2012 San Diego mayoral election">San Diego, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election">San Juan, PR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Santa_Ana,_California#2012" title="Mayoral elections in Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Stockton,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Stockton, California mayoral election">Stockton, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Virginia_Beach_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Virginia Beach mayoral election">Virginia Beach, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wilmington_mayoral_election" title="2012 Wilmington mayoral election">Wilmington, DE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States and<br />territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Alabama_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Alabama elections (page does not exist)">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Alaska_elections" title="2012 Alaska elections">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2012 American Samoan general election">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Arizona_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Arizona elections (page does not exist)">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Arkansas_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Arkansas elections (page does not exist)">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2012_California_elections" title="November 2012 California elections">California</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Colorado_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Colorado elections (page does not exist)">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Connecticut_elections" title="2012 Connecticut elections">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Delaware_elections" title="2012 Delaware elections">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Florida_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Florida elections (page does not exist)">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Georgia_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Georgia elections (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Guamanian_legislative_election" title="2012 Guamanian legislative election">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hawaii_elections" title="2012 Hawaii elections">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Idaho_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Idaho elections (page does not exist)">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Illinois_elections" title="2012 Illinois elections">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indiana_elections" title="2012 Indiana elections">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Iowa_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Iowa elections (page does not exist)">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kansas_elections" title="2012 Kansas elections">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kentucky_elections" title="2012 Kentucky elections">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Louisiana_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Louisiana elections (page does not exist)">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Maine_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Maine elections (page does not exist)">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Maryland_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Maryland elections (page does not exist)">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Massachusetts_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Massachusetts general election">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Michigan_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Michigan elections (page does not exist)">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Minnesota_elections" title="2012 Minnesota elections">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Mississippi_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Mississippi elections (page does not exist)">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Missouri_elections" title="2012 Missouri elections">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Montana_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Montana elections (page does not exist)">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Nebraska_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Nebraska elections (page does not exist)">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Nevada_elections" title="2012 Nevada elections">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Hampshire_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 New Hampshire elections (page does not exist)">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Jersey_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 New Jersey elections (page does not exist)">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_New_Mexico_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 New Mexico elections (page does not exist)">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_New_York_state_elections" title="2012 New York state elections">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_North_Carolina_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 North Carolina elections (page does not exist)">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Dakota_elections" title="2012 North Dakota elections">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Ohio_elections" title="2012 Ohio elections">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Oklahoma_state_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Oklahoma state elections">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Oregon_state_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Oregon state elections">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Pennsylvania_state_elections" title="2012 Pennsylvania state elections">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Puerto_Rican_general_election" title="2012 Puerto Rican general election">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Rhode_Island_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Rhode Island elections (page does not exist)">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_South_Carolina_elections" title="2012 South Carolina elections">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_South_Dakota_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 South Dakota elections (page does not exist)">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Tennessee_elections" title="2012 Tennessee elections">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Texas_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Texas elections (page does not exist)">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Virgin_Islands_general_election" title="2012 United States Virgin 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