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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/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1998 United States Senate election in Illinois">1998</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>November 2, 2004</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Illinois" title="2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois">2010</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">68.56%</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 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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>3,597,456</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,390,690 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>69.97%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">27.05% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">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 href="/wiki/1844_Chicago_mayoral_elections" title="1844 Chicago mayoral elections">1844</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><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 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part of <br />a series about</span></div><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #FFF; text-decoration: inherit;">Barack Obama</span></a></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Personal</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_career_of_Barack_Obama" title="Early life and career of Barack Obama">Early life and career</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama" title="Family of Barack Obama">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_honors_and_awards_received_by_Barack_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="List of honors and awards received by Barack Obama">Honors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_Barack_Obama" title="Public image of Barack Obama">Public image</a></li> <li>Publications <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Promised_Land" title="A Promised Land">A Promised Land</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama%27s_summer_playlist" title="Barack Obama's summer playlist">Summer playlist</a></li> <li>Non-profit organizations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Obama_Foundation" title="Obama Foundation">Obama Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_America_Appeal" title="One America Appeal">One America Appeal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Illinois State Senator and U.S. Senator from Illinois</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama" title="Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama">Illinois State Senate tenure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention_keynote_address" title="2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address">2004 DNC keynote address</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate career of Barack Obama">U.S. Senate tenure</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2004 election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bills_sponsored_by_Barack_Obama_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="List of bills sponsored by Barack Obama in the United States Senate">sponsored bills</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">44th President of the United States</div><div class="hidden-content 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attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_States_debt-ceiling_crisis" title="2013 United States debt-ceiling crisis">2013 debt-ceiling crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State" title="War against the Islamic State">Anti-ISIL campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/US-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%932021)" title="US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="US intervention in the Syrian civil war">Syria</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy" title="Barack Obama tan suit controversy">Tan suit controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Iran nuclear deal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_thaw" title="Cuban thaw">Cuban thaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctions against Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Selma_50th_anniversary_speech" title="Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speech">Selma 50th anniversary speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style=""><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama" title="Political positions of Barack Obama">Policies</a></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Economic policy of the Barack Obama administration">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Energy policy of the Barack Obama administration">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Foreign 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href="/wiki/Peter_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Peter Fitzgerald (politician)">Peter Fitzgerald</a> decided to retire after one term. The Democratic and Republican <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary elections</a> were held in March, which included a total of 15 candidates who combined to spend a record total of over $60 million seeking the <a href="/wiki/Open_seat" class="mw-redirect" title="Open seat">open seat</a>. </p><p>On March 16, 2004, State Senator <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> won the Democratic primary, and businessman <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(politician)" title="Jack Ryan (politician)">Jack Ryan</a> won the Republican primary. Three months later, Ryan announced his withdrawal from the race four days after the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> persuaded a California court to release records from Ryan's custody case, which included allegations that Ryan had pressured his then-wife, actress <a href="/wiki/Jeri_Ryan" title="Jeri Ryan">Jeri Ryan</a>, to perform sexual acts in public. </p><p>Six weeks later, the Illinois Republican State Central Committee chose former Diplomat <a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes" title="Alan Keyes">Alan Keyes</a> to replace Ryan as the Republican candidate. Keyes had previously lost two races for the U.S. Senate in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> in <a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" title="1988 United States Senate election in Maryland">1988</a> and <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" title="1992 United States Senate election in Maryland">1992</a>, both by large margins. The election was the first in U.S. Senate history in which both major-party candidates were <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black</a>. According to Obama's 2020 memoir <i><a href="/wiki/A_Promised_Land" title="A Promised Land">A Promised Land</a></i>, he had promised his wife <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle</a> that if he lost the race, he would retire from politics.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Obama won the election with 70% of the vote and a margin of 43% over Keyes, the largest margin of victory for a U.S. Senate candidate in Illinois history, and significantly larger than Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a>'s 10.3% margin in the <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States presidential election in Illinois">concurrent presidential election</a>. Obama carried 92 of the state's 102 counties, including several where Democrats had traditionally not done well. The inequality in the candidates spending for the fall elections – $14,244,768 by Obama, and $2,545,325 by Keyes – is also among the largest in history in both <a href="/wiki/Absolute_and_relative_terms" title="Absolute and relative terms">absolute and relative terms</a>.<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> This was the first open-seat election for this seat since <a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="1980 United States Senate election in Illinois">1980</a>. Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator on January 3, 2005, and served until he resigned on November 16, 2008, 12 days after he was elected president.<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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The primaries and general elections coincided with those for federal offices (<a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States presidential election in Illinois">president</a> and <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">House</a>), as well as <a href="/wiki/2004_Illinois_elections#State_elections" title="2004 Illinois elections">those for state offices</a>. </p> <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/2004_Illinois_elections#Turnout" title="2004 Illinois elections">2004 Illinois elections § Turnout</a></div> <p>For the primary elections, turnout was 26.69%, with 1,904,800 votes cast.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-result_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-result-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the general election, turnout was 68.56%, with 5,141,520 votes cast.<sup id="cite_ref-turnoutgen_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turnoutgen-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-result_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-result-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Republican_primary">Republican primary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Republican primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Candidates">Candidates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Borling" title="John L. Borling">John L. Borling</a>, Air Force veteran</li> <li>Norm Hill, Army veteran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirinjeev_Kathuria" title="Chirinjeev Kathuria">Chirinjeev Kathuria</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McKenna" title="Andrew McKenna">Andrew McKenna</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberweis" title="Jim Oberweis">Jim Oberweis</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Rauschenberger" title="Steve Rauschenberger">Steve Rauschenberger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">State Senator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(politician)" title="Jack Ryan (politician)">Jack Ryan</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_C._Wright" title="Jonathan C. Wright">Jonathan C. Wright</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">State Representative</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign">Campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this campaign, <a href="/wiki/Chirinjeev_Kathuria" title="Chirinjeev Kathuria">Chirinjeev Kathuria</a> became the first Indian-American and first person of the <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikh</a> religion to run for a United States Senate seat. </p><p>GOP frontrunner Jack Ryan had divorced actress <a href="/wiki/Jeri_Ryan" title="Jeri Ryan">Jeri Ryan</a> in 1999, and the records of the divorce were sealed at their mutual request. Five years later, when Ryan's Senate campaign began, the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> newspaper and <a href="/wiki/WLS-TV" title="WLS-TV">WLS-TV</a>, the local <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate, sought to have the records released. On March 3, 2004, several of Ryan's GOP primary opponents urged Ryan to release the records.<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> Both Ryan and his wife agreed to make their divorce records public, but not make the child custody records public, claiming that the custody records could be harmful to their son if released. Ryan went on to win the GOP primary on March 16, 2004, defeating his nearest competitor, Jim Oberweis, by twelve percentage points.<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> </p><p>Ryan was a proponent of across-the-board <a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">tax</a> cuts and <a href="/wiki/Tort_reform" title="Tort reform">tort reform</a>, an effort to limit payout in <a href="/wiki/Medical_malpractice" title="Medical malpractice">medical malpractice</a> <a href="/wiki/Lawsuit" title="Lawsuit">lawsuits</a>. He was also a proponent of <a href="/wiki/School_choice" title="School choice">school choice</a> and supported <a href="/wiki/Vouchers" class="mw-redirect" title="Vouchers">vouchers</a> for private school students. </p><p>Oberweis's 2004 campaign was notable for a television commercial where he flew in a helicopter over Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a>, and claimed enough illegal immigrants came into America in a week (10,000 a day) to fill the stadium's 61,500 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oberweis was also fined $21,000 by the Federal Election Commission for a commercial for his dairy that ran during his 2004 Senate campaign. The FEC ruled that the commercial wrongly benefited his campaign and constituted a corporate contribution, thus violating campaign law.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results">Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Illinois_Senate_Republican_primary,_2004.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Illinois_Senate_Republican_primary%2C_2004.svg/248px-Illinois_Senate_Republican_primary%2C_2004.svg.png" decoding="async" width="248" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Illinois_Senate_Republican_primary%2C_2004.svg/372px-Illinois_Senate_Republican_primary%2C_2004.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Illinois_Senate_Republican_primary%2C_2004.svg/496px-Illinois_Senate_Republican_primary%2C_2004.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744" /></a><figcaption>Results by county <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Map legend</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E27F7F; color:black;"> </span> Ryan—50–60%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFB2B2; color:black;"> </span> Ryan—40–50%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC8CD; color:black;"> </span> Ryan—30–40%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFCCA9; color:black;"> </span> Oberweis—30–40%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#b4ffe5; color:black;"> </span> Rauschenberger—30–40%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7ee5c1; color:black;"> </span> Rauschenberger—40–50%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#47cc9d; color:black;"> </span> Rauschenberger—50–60%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffd670; color:black;"> </span> McKenna—30–40%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#BDD3FF; color:black;"> </span> Wright—30–40%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#A5B0FF; color:black;"> </span> Wright—40–50%</div> </li></ul> </div> </figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Republican primary results </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/Jack_Ryan_(politician)" title="Jack Ryan (politician)">Jack Ryan</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>234,791 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>35.5% </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"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Oberweis" title="Jim Oberweis">Jim Oberweis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">155,794 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23.5% </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/Steve_Rauschenberger" title="Steve Rauschenberger">Steve Rauschenberger</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">132,655 </td> <td style="text-align:right">20.0% </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/Andrew_McKenna" title="Andrew McKenna">Andrew McKenna</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">97,238 </td> <td style="text-align:right">14.7% </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/Jonathan_C._Wright" title="Jonathan C. Wright">Jonathan C. Wright</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,189 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.6% </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/John_L._Borling" title="John L. Borling">John L. Borling</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">13,390 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.0% </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">Norm Hill </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,637 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.9% </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"><a href="/wiki/Chirinjeev_Kathuria" title="Chirinjeev Kathuria">Chirinjeev Kathuria</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,110 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.8% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>661,804 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Democratic_primary">Democratic primary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Democratic primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Candidates_2">Candidates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declared">Declared</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Declared"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gery_Chico" title="Gery Chico">Gery Chico</a>, former <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Chicago_Board_of_Education" title="President of the Chicago Board of Education">President of the Chicago Board of Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blair_Hull" title="Blair Hull">Blair Hull</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hynes" title="Daniel Hynes">Daniel Hynes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Comptroller" title="Illinois Comptroller">State Comptroller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">State Senator</a> and candidate for <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 1st congressional district">IL-01</a> in <a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Pappas" title="Maria Pappas">Maria Pappas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cook_County_Treasurer" title="Cook County Treasurer">Cook County Treasurer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Skinner_(Midwestern_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nancy Skinner (Midwestern politician)">Nancy Skinner</a>, radio personality</li> <li>Joyce Washington, health care executive</li> <li>Estella Johnson Hunt (write-in)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Withdrew">Withdrew</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Withdrew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Matt O'Shea, Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Metamora,_Illinois" title="Metamora, Illinois">Metamora, Illinois</a>. He withdrew December 1, 2003 due to poor polling numbers. He endorsed Gery Chico.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign_2">Campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Campaign"><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:20040814_Bud_Billiken_Obama_float.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/20040814_Bud_Billiken_Obama_float.JPG/260px-20040814_Bud_Billiken_Obama_float.JPG" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/20040814_Bud_Billiken_Obama_float.JPG/390px-20040814_Bud_Billiken_Obama_float.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/20040814_Bud_Billiken_Obama_float.JPG/520px-20040814_Bud_Billiken_Obama_float.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="852" /></a><figcaption>Obama float at the 2004 <a href="/wiki/Bud_Billiken_Parade_and_Picnic" title="Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic">Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Fitzgerald's predecessor, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Carol_Moseley_Braun" title="Carol Moseley Braun">Carol Moseley Braun</a>, declined to run.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barack Obama, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">Illinois Senate</a> since 1997 and an unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois's 1st congressional district election, 2000">2000 Democratic primary</a> challenger to four-term incumbent U.S. Rep. <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rush" title="Bobby Rush">Bobby Rush</a> for Rush's <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 1st congressional district">U.S House</a> seat, launched a campaign committee at the beginning of July 2002 to run for the U.S. Senate, 21 months before the March 2004 primary,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two months later had <a href="/wiki/David_Axelrod_(political_consultant)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Axelrod (political consultant)">David Axelrod</a> lined up to do his campaign media.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama formally announced his candidacy on January 21, 2003,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> four days after former U.S. Sen. <a href="/wiki/Carol_Moseley_Braun" title="Carol Moseley Braun">Carol Moseley Braun</a> announced she would not seek a rematch with U.S. Sen. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Peter Fitzgerald (politician)">Peter Fitzgerald</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 15, 2003, with six Democrats already running and three Republicans threatening to run against him,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> incumbent Fitzgerald announced he would not seek a second term in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three weeks later, popular Republican former Governor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Edgar" title="Jim Edgar">Jim Edgar</a> declined to run,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to wide open Democratic and Republican primary races with 15 candidates. The two primary races included 7 millionaires,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and triggered the first application of the Millionaires' Amendment of the 2002 <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan_Campaign_Reform_Act" title="Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act">McCain–Feingold Act</a>, in what was, at that time, the most expensive Senate primary in U.S. history.<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> </p><p>Obama touted his legislative experience and early public opposition to the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> to distinguish himself from his Democratic primary rivals. Illinois Comptroller <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hynes" title="Daniel Hynes">Dan Hynes</a> won the endorsement of the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–CIO">AFL–CIO</a>. Obama succeeded in obtaining the support of three of the state's largest and most active member unions: <a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees" title="American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees">AFSCME</a>, <a href="/wiki/Service_Employees_International_Union" title="Service Employees International Union">SEIU</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Teachers" title="American Federation of Teachers">Illinois Federation of Teachers</a>. Hynes and multimillionaire former securities trader <a href="/wiki/Blair_Hull" title="Blair Hull">Blair Hull</a> each won the endorsements of two of the nine Democratic Illinois members of the US House of Representatives. Obama had the endorsements of four: <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Jackson, Jr.">Jesse Jackson, Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_K._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny K. Davis">Danny Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lane_Evans" title="Lane Evans">Lane Evans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jan_Schakowsky" title="Jan Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a>. </p><p>Obama surged into the lead after he finally began television advertising in Chicago in the final three weeks of the campaign, which was expanded to <a href="/wiki/Downstate_Illinois" title="Downstate Illinois">downstate Illinois</a> during the last six days of the campaign. The ads included strong endorsements by the five largest newspapers in Illinois—the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Herald_(Arlington_Heights)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)">Daily Herald</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rockford_Register_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rockford Register Star">The Rockford Register Star</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Peoria_Journal_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoria Journal Star">Peoria Journal Star</a></i>—and a testimonial by <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Simon" title="Sheila Simon">Sheila Simon</a> that Obama was "cut from that same cloth" as her father, the late former U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon_(politician)" title="Paul Simon (politician)">Paul Simon</a>, who had planned to endorse and campaign for Obama before his unexpected death in December 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-Simon_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simon-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_2">Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Illinois_Senate_Democratic_primary,_2004.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Illinois_Senate_Democratic_primary%2C_2004.svg/248px-Illinois_Senate_Democratic_primary%2C_2004.svg.png" decoding="async" width="248" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Illinois_Senate_Democratic_primary%2C_2004.svg/372px-Illinois_Senate_Democratic_primary%2C_2004.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Illinois_Senate_Democratic_primary%2C_2004.svg/496px-Illinois_Senate_Democratic_primary%2C_2004.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744" /></a><figcaption>Results by county <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Map legend</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6674DE; color:black;"> </span> Obama—60–70%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7996E2; color:black;"> </span> Obama—50–60%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#A5B0FF; color:black;"> </span> Obama—40–50%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#BDD3FF; color:black;"> </span> Obama—30–40%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ACF2F2; color:black;"> </span> Hynes—30–40%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7DDDDD; color:black;"> </span> Hynes—40–50%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#51C2C2; color:black;"> </span> Hynes—50–60%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#2AACAC; color:black;"> </span> Hynes—60–70%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#009696; color:black;"> </span> Hynes—70–80%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC5DA; color:black;"> </span> Hull—30–40%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFAACC; color:black;"> </span> Hull—40–50%</div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF80B2; color:black;"> </span> Hull—50–60%</div> </li></ul> </div> </figcaption></figure> <p>On March 16, 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary by an unexpected landslide—receiving 53% of the vote, 29% ahead of his nearest Democratic rival, with a vote total that nearly equaled that of all eight Republican candidates combined—which overnight made him a rising star in the national Democratic Party, started speculation about a presidential future, and led to the reissue of his memoir, <i><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-future_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-future-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-book_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Democratic primary election, including seven candidates who combined to spend over $46 million, was the most expensive U.S. Senate primary election in history. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic primary results<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> </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/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>655,923 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.8% </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"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hynes" title="Daniel Hynes">Daniel W. Hynes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">294,717 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23.7% </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"><a href="/wiki/Blair_Hull" title="Blair Hull">M. Blair Hull</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">134,453 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.8% </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"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Pappas" title="Maria Pappas">Maria Pappas</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">74,987 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.0% </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"><a href="/wiki/Gery_Chico" title="Gery Chico">Gery Chico</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">53,433 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.3% </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"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Skinner_(Midwestern_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nancy Skinner (Midwestern politician)">Nancy Skinner</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,098 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.3% </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">Joyce Washington </td> <td style="text-align:right">13,375 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.1% </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">Estella Johnson-Hunt (<a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">write-in</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:right">10 </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>1,242,996 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_election">General election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Obama_vs._Ryan">Obama vs. Ryan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Obama vs. Ryan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the GOP and Democratic primaries, Democrat <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> was pitted against Republican <a href="/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(politician)" title="Jack Ryan (politician)">Jack Ryan</a>. </p><p>Ryan trailed Obama in early polls, after the media reported that Ryan had assigned Justin Warfel, a Ryan campaign worker, to track Obama's appearances.<sup id="cite_ref-Mendell_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mendell-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tactic backfired when many people, including Ryan's supporters, criticized this activity. Ryan's spokesman apologized, and promised that Warfel would give Obama more space. Obama acknowledged that it is standard practice to film an opponent in public, and Obama said he was satisfied with Ryan's decision to have Warfel back off.<sup id="cite_ref-Mendell_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mendell-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the campaign progressed, the lawsuit brought by the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> to open <a href="/wiki/Child_custody_laws_in_the_United_States" title="Child custody laws in the United States">child custody</a> files from Ryan's divorce was still continuing. Barack Obama's backers emailed reporters about the divorce controversy, but refrained from on-the-record commentary.<sup id="cite_ref-Fornek_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fornek-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 29, 2004, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider ruled that several of the Ryans' divorce records should be opened to the public, and ruled that a court-appointed referee would later decide which custody files should remain sealed to protect the interests of Ryan's young child.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few days later, on April 2, 2004, Barack Obama changed his position about the Ryans' soon-to-be-released divorce records, and called on Democrats to not inject them into the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-Fornek_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fornek-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 22, 2004, after receiving the report from the court appointed referee, the judge released the files that were deemed consistent with the interests of Ryan's young child. In those files, <a href="/wiki/Jeri_Ryan" title="Jeri Ryan">Jeri Ryan</a> alleged that Jack Ryan had taken her to sex clubs in several cities, intending for them to have sex in public.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1-30"><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> </p><p>The decision to release the files generated much controversy because it went against both parents' direct request, and because it reversed the earlier decision to seal the papers in the best interest of the child. Jim Oberweis, Ryan's defeated GOP opponent, commented that "these are allegations made in a divorce hearing, and we all know people tend to say things that aren't necessarily true in divorce proceedings when there is money involved and custody of children involved."<sup id="cite_ref-nyt1_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although their <a href="/wiki/Sensationalism" title="Sensationalism">sensational nature</a> made the revelations fodder for <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)" title="Tabloid (newspaper format)">tabloid</a> and television programs specializing in such stories, the files were also newsworthy because of questions about whether Ryan had accurately described the documents to GOP party leaders. Prior to release of the documents, Ryan had told leading Republicans that five percent of the divorce file could cause problems for his campaign.<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 after the documents were released, GOP officials including state GOP Chair <a href="/wiki/Judy_Baar_Topinka" title="Judy Baar Topinka">Judy Baar Topinka</a> said they felt Ryan had misleadingly indicated the divorce records would not be embarrassing.<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><p>That charge of dishonesty led to intensifying calls for Ryan's withdrawal, though Topinka, who was considering running herself, said after the June 25 withdrawal that Ryan's "decision was a personal one" and that the state GOP had not pressured Ryan to drop out.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ryan's campaign ended less than a week after the custody records were opened, and Ryan officially filed the documentation to withdraw on July 29, 2004. Obama was left without an opponent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Obama_vs._Keyes">Obama vs. Keyes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Obama vs. Keyes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Illinois Republican State Central Committee chose former diplomat <a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes" title="Alan Keyes">Alan Keyes</a> to replace Ryan as the Republican candidate after former governor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Edgar" title="Jim Edgar">Jim Edgar</a>, Topinka, and former <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Mike Ditka</a> declined to run.<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> Keyes, a <a href="/wiki/American_conservatism" class="mw-redirect" title="American conservatism">conservative Republican</a>, faced an uphill battle. First, as a native of Maryland, he had almost no ties to Illinois. Second, he had an unsuccessful electoral track record, losing two races for U.S. Senate in Maryland by landslides and making unsuccessful bids for the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Third, Keyes's lack of electoral momentum enabled Obama to focus on campaigning in more conservative downstate regions, an unusual move for an Illinois Democrat.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Media lambasted Keyes for what they considered his <a href="/wiki/Parachute_candidate" title="Parachute candidate">parachute candidacy</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> published a scathing <a href="/wiki/Editorial" title="Editorial">editorial</a>, calling him "[t]he GOP's rent-a-senator" and sarcastically listing basic facts about local geography for a candidate they suspected had no familiarity with the area: "Keyes may have noticed a large body of water as he flew into <a href="/wiki/O%27Hare_International_Airport" title="O'Hare International Airport">O'Hare</a>. That is called <a href="/wiki/Lake_Michigan" title="Lake Michigan">Lake Michigan</a>. It's large. It's wide. It's deep. And we'll spoil the surprise: You can't even see across it."<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> In a similar vein, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> published an editorial decrying "the rank hypocrisy", recalling that four years earlier, Keyes had attacked <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> for establishing residency in New York for the first time only two months before announcing her U.S. Senate candidacy in that state.<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> Keyes attacked Barack Obama for voting against a bill that would have outlawed a form of late-term abortion.<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> </p><p>Race became an issue in the contest between the two black candidates when Keyes claimed that he, not Obama, was the true "African-American". The black voters of Illinois voted 92% for Obama.<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-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama ran the most successful Senate campaign in 2004, and was so far ahead in polls that he soon began to campaign outside of Illinois in support of other Democratic candidates. He gave large sums of campaign funds to other candidates and the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Senatorial_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee">Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</a> and sent many of his volunteers to work on other races, including that of eventual three-term Congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Bean" title="Melissa Bean">Melissa Bean</a> who defeated then-Congressman <a href="/wiki/Phil_Crane" title="Phil Crane">Phil Crane</a> in that year's election. Obama and Keyes differed on many issues including <a href="/wiki/Education_voucher" class="mw-redirect" title="Education voucher">school vouchers</a> and tax cuts, both of which Keyes supported and Obama opposed.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Predictions">Predictions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=15" 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/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Sabato's Crystal Ball</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> </td> <td style="color:black;background:#88f" data-sort-value="-3.9">Safe D <span style="font-size:85%;">(flip)</span> </td> <td>November 1, 2004 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Polling">Polling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Poll source </th> <th>Date(s)<br />administered </th> <th>Sample<br />size<sup id="cite_ref-key_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-key-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Margin<br /><span class="nowrap">of error</span> </th> <th style="width:100px;">Barack<br />Obama (D) </th> <th style="width:100px;">Alan<br />Keyes (R) </th> <th>Other /<br />Undecided </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SurveyUSA" title="SurveyUSA">SurveyUSA</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">October 27–29, 2004 </td> <td align="center">655 (LV) </td> <td align="center">± 3.9% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center"><b>66%</b> </td> <td align="center">27% </td> <td align="center">6% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_3">Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>2004 United States Senate election in Illinois<sup id="cite_ref-result_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-result-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-turnoutgen_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turnoutgen-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">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> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </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/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,597,456 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.97% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+22.6% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </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/Alan_Keyes" title="Alan Keyes">Alan Keyes</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,390,690 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.05% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−23.3% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </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">Al Franzen </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81,164 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FED105; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jerry Kohn </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69,253 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">N/A </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: white; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,957 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>5,141,520 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><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-heading4"><h4 id="Counties_that_flipped_from_Republican_to_Democratic">Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bond_County,_Illinois" title="Bond County, Illinois">Bond</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Illinois" title="Greenville, Illinois">Greenville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_County,_Illinois" title="Bureau County, Illinois">Bureau</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_Illinois" title="Princeton, Illinois">Princeton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Illinois" title="Cass County, Illinois">Cass</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Beardstown,_Illinois" title="Beardstown, Illinois">Beardstown</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Illinois" title="Christian County, Illinois">Christian</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Taylorville,_Illinois" title="Taylorville, Illinois">Taylorville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Illinois" title="Clinton County, Illinois">Clinton</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Breese,_Illinois" title="Breese, Illinois">Breese</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coles_County,_Illinois" title="Coles County, Illinois">Coles</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_Illinois" title="Charleston, Illinois">Charleston</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Illinois" title="DeKalb County, Illinois">DeKalb</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/DeKalb,_Illinois" title="DeKalb, Illinois">DeKalb</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Illinois" title="Fayette County, Illinois">Fayette</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Vandalia,_Illinois" title="Vandalia, Illinois">Vandalia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Illinois" title="Greene County, Illinois">Greene</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Carrollton,_Illinois" title="Carrollton, Illinois">Carrollton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy_County,_Illinois" title="Grundy County, Illinois">Grundy</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Morris,_Illinois" title="Morris, Illinois">Morris</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Illinois" title="Hamilton County, Illinois">Hamilton</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/McLeansboro,_Illinois" title="McLeansboro, Illinois">McLeansboro</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Illinois" title="Hancock County, Illinois">Hancock</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Illinois" title="Hamilton, Illinois">Hamilton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Illinois" title="Hardin County, Illinois">Hardin</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Rosiclare,_Illinois" title="Rosiclare, Illinois">Rosiclare</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Illinois" title="Jefferson County, Illinois">Jefferson</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Illinois" title="Mount Vernon, Illinois">Mount Vernon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_County,_Illinois" title="Jersey County, Illinois">Jersey</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Jerseyville,_Illinois" title="Jerseyville, Illinois">Jerseyville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Daviess_County,_Illinois" title="Jo Daviess County, Illinois">Jo Daviess</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Galena,_Illinois" title="Galena, Illinois">Galena</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_County,_Illinois" title="Kankakee County, Illinois">Kankakee</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Kankakee,_Illinois" title="Kankakee, Illinois">Kankakee</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Illinois" title="Marion County, Illinois">Marion</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Centralia,_Illinois" title="Centralia, Illinois">Centralia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Illinois" title="Marshall County, Illinois">Marshall</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Henry,_Illinois" title="Henry, Illinois">Henry</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Illinois" title="Mason County, Illinois">Mason</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Havana,_Illinois" title="Havana, Illinois">Havana</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonough_County,_Illinois" title="McDonough County, Illinois">McDonough</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Macomb,_Illinois" title="Macomb, Illinois">Macomb</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moultrie_County,_Illinois" title="Moultrie County, Illinois">Moultrie</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Sullivan,_Illinois" title="Sullivan, Illinois">Sullivan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piatt_County,_Illinois" title="Piatt County, Illinois">Piatt</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Monticello,_Illinois" title="Monticello, Illinois">Monticello</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Illinois" title="Pike County, Illinois">Pike</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Pittsfield,_Illinois" title="Pittsfield, Illinois">Pittsfield</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_County,_Illinois" title="Pope County, Illinois">Pope</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Golconda,_Illinois" title="Golconda, Illinois">Golconda</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_Illinois" title="Randolph County, Illinois">Randolph</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Illinois" title="Chester, Illinois">Chester</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saline_County,_Illinois" title="Saline County, Illinois">Saline</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Illinois" title="Harrisburg, Illinois">Harrisburg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuyler_County,_Illinois" title="Schuyler County, Illinois">Schuyler</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Rushville,_Illinois" title="Rushville, Illinois">Rushville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Illinois" title="Shelby County, Illinois">Shelby</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Shelbyville,_Illinois" title="Shelbyville, Illinois">Shelbyville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Illinois" title="Union County, Illinois">Union</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Anna,_Illinois" title="Anna, Illinois">Anna</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermilion_County,_Illinois" title="Vermilion County, Illinois">Vermilion</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Illinois" title="Danville, Illinois">Danville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Illinois" title="Warren County, Illinois">Warren</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Monmouth,_Illinois" title="Monmouth, Illinois">Monmouth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_County,_Illinois" title="Will County, Illinois">Will</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamson_County,_Illinois" title="Williamson County, Illinois">Williamson</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Marion,_Illinois" title="Marion, Illinois">Marion</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnebago_County,_Illinois" title="Winnebago County, Illinois">Winnebago</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Illinois" title="Franklin County, Illinois">Franklin</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/West_Frankfort,_Illinois" title="West Frankfort, Illinois">West Frankfort</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Illinois" title="Henry County, Illinois">Henry</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Kewanee,_Illinois" title="Kewanee, Illinois">Kewanee</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaSalle_County,_Illinois" title="LaSalle County, Illinois">LaSalle</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Illinois" title="Ottawa, Illinois">Ottawa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Illinois" title="Macon County, Illinois">Macon</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" title="Decatur, Illinois">Decatur</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macoupin_County,_Illinois" title="Macoupin County, Illinois">Macoupin</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Carlinville,_Illinois" title="Carlinville, Illinois">Carlinville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Illinois" title="Montgomery County, Illinois">Montgomery</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Litchfield,_Illinois" title="Litchfield, Illinois">Litchfield</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Illinois" title="Perry County, Illinois">Perry</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Du_Quoin,_Illinois" title="Du Quoin, Illinois">Du Quoin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Illinois" title="Boone County, Illinois">Boone</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Belvidere,_Illinois" title="Belvidere, Illinois">Belvidere</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Illinois" title="Carroll County, Illinois">Carroll</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Savanna,_Illinois" title="Savanna, Illinois">Savanna</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois" title="DuPage County, Illinois">DuPage</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Illinois" title="Aurora, Illinois">Aurora</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_County,_Illinois" title="Kane County, Illinois">Kane</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Illinois" title="Aurora, Illinois">Aurora</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendall_County,_Illinois" title="Kendall County, Illinois">Kendall</a> (largest village: <a href="/wiki/Oswego,_Illinois" title="Oswego, Illinois">Oswego</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McHenry_County,_Illinois" title="McHenry County, Illinois">McHenry</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Lake,_Illinois" title="Crystal Lake, Illinois">Crystal Lake</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Illinois" title="McLean County, Illinois">McLean</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephenson_County,_Illinois" title="Stephenson County, Illinois">Stephenson</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Illinois" title="Freeport, Illinois">Freeport</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Illinois" title="Adams County, Illinois">Adams</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Illinois" title="Quincy, Illinois">Quincy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Illinois" title="Brown County, Illinois">Brown</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Mount_Sterling,_Illinois" title="Mount Sterling, Illinois">Mount Sterling</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Illinois" title="Cumberland County, Illinois">Cumberland</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Neoga,_Illinois" title="Neoga, Illinois">Neoga</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Illinois" title="Crawford County, Illinois">Crawford</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Robinson,_Illinois" title="Robinson, Illinois">Robinson</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_County,_Illinois" title="DeWitt County, Illinois">DeWitt</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Illinois" title="Clinton, Illinois">Clinton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Illinois" title="Douglas County, Illinois">Douglas</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Tuscola,_Illinois" title="Tuscola, Illinois">Tuscola</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_County,_Illinois" title="Edgar County, Illinois">Edgar</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Paris,_Illinois" title="Paris, Illinois">Paris</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Illinois" title="Ford County, Illinois">Ford</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Paxton,_Illinois" title="Paxton, Illinois">Paxton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Illinois" title="Livingston County, Illinois">Livingston</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Illinois" title="Pontiac, Illinois">Pontiac</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Illinois" title="Lee County, Illinois">Lee</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Dixon,_Illinois" title="Dixon, Illinois">Dixon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Illinois" title="Logan County, Illinois">Logan</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Illinois" title="Lincoln, Illinois">Lincoln</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Illinois" title="Madison County, Illinois">Madison</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Granite_City,_Illinois" title="Granite City, Illinois">Granite City</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menard_County,_Illinois" title="Menard County, Illinois">Menard</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Illinois" title="Petersburg, Illinois">Petersburg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Illinois" title="Mercer County, Illinois">Mercer</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Aledo,_Illinois" title="Aledo, Illinois">Aledo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Illinois" title="Monroe County, Illinois">Monroe</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_Illinois" title="Waterloo, Illinois">Waterloo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Illinois" title="Morgan County, Illinois">Morgan</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Illinois" title="Jacksonville, Illinois">Jacksonville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogle_County,_Illinois" title="Ogle County, Illinois">Ogle</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Rochelle,_Illinois" title="Rochelle, Illinois">Rochelle</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Illinois" title="Putnam County, Illinois">Putnam</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Hennepin,_Illinois" title="Hennepin, Illinois">Hennpin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangamon_County,_Illinois" title="Sangamon County, Illinois">Sangamon</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois" title="Springfield, Illinois">Springfield</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Illinois" title="Scott County, Illinois">Scott</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Illinois" title="Winchester, Illinois">Winchester</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">Tazewell</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Pekin,_Illinois" title="Pekin, Illinois">Pekin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Illinois" title="Washington County, Illinois">Washington</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Illinois" title="Nashville, Illinois">Nashville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Illinois" title="Calhoun County, Illinois">Calhoun</a> (Largest village: <a href="/wiki/Hardin,_Illinois" title="Hardin, Illinois">Hardin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Illinois" title="Canton, Illinois">Canton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Illinois" title="Henderson County, Illinois">Henderson</a> (Largest village: <a href="/wiki/Oquawka,_Illinois" title="Oquawka, Illinois">Oquawka</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Galesburg,_Illinois" title="Galesburg, Illinois">Galesburg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Illinois" title="Pulaski County, Illinois">Pulaski</a> (Largest city: <a href="/wiki/Mounds,_Illinois" title="Mounds, Illinois">Mounds</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champaign_County,_Illinois" title="Champaign County, Illinois">Champaign</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois" title="Champaign, Illinois">Champaign</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_County,_Illinois" title="Rock Island County, Illinois">Rock Island</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Moline,_Illinois" title="Moline, Illinois">Moline</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Illinois" title="Lake County, Illinois">Lake</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Waukegan,_Illinois" title="Waukegan, Illinois">Waukegan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteside_County,_Illinois" title="Whiteside County, Illinois">Whiteside</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Sterling,_Illinois" title="Sterling, Illinois">Sterling</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodford_County,_Illinois" title="Woodford County, Illinois">Woodford</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Eureka,_Illinois" title="Eureka, Illinois">Eureka</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Illinois" title="Johnson County, Illinois">Johnson</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Vienna,_Illinois" title="Vienna, Illinois">Vienna</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Illinois" title="Jackson County, Illinois">Jackson</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Illinois" title="Carbondale, Illinois">Carbondale</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Clair_County,_Illinois" title="St. Clair County, Illinois">St. Clair</a> (largest city: <a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois">Belleville</a>)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Obama-Keyes race was one of the first to be called on <a href="/wiki/Election_Day_(United_States)" title="Election Day (United States)">Election Day</a>, November 2, 2004. At the start of Keyes' candidacy in August, Keyes had 24% support in the <a href="/wiki/Opinion_poll" title="Opinion poll">polls</a>. He received 27% of the vote in the November general election to Obama's 70%.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">election</a>, Keyes refused to call Obama to congratulate him. Media reports claimed that Keyes also failed to concede the race to Obama.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days after the election, a radio interviewer asked Keyes whether he had conceded the race. Keyes replied, "Of course I've conceded the race. I mean, I gave my speech to that effect."<sup id="cite_ref-radio_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the radio program, Keyes explained that his refusal to congratulate Obama was "not anything personal," but was meant to make a statement against "extend[ing] false congratulations to the triumph of what we have declared to be across the line." He said that Obama's position on moral issues regarding life and the family had crossed that line. "I'm supposed to make a call that represents the congratulations toward the triumph of that which I believe ultimately stands for... a culture evil enough to destroy the very soul and heart of my country? I can't do this. And I will not make a false gesture," Keyes said.<sup id="cite_ref-radio_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama would go on to be elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> in <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2004 United States Senate elections">2004 United States Senate elections</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/279331161.html?dids=279331161:279331161&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(paid archive)</span> on October 24, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/278226871.html?dids=278226871:278226871&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(paid archive)</span> on November 3, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(March 12, 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=2004/040312/CNDIDATE">"15 Candidates! We Can Help—The Reader's Guide to the Big Showdown"</a>. <i>Chicago Reader</i>. p. 1<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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of Barack Obama">U.S. Senate career</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama" title="Political positions of Barack Obama">Political positions</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Administration foreign policy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Cannabis policy of the Barack Obama administration">Cannabis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_on_mass_surveillance" title="Barack Obama on mass surveillance">Mass surveillance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Social_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Social policy of the Barack Obama administration">Social</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Space_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Space policy of the Barack Obama administration">Space</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="2009 Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Wing_Week" title="West Wing Week">West Wing Week</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidency of Barack Obama">Presidency</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency">timeline</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><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Barack_Obama" title="Presidential transition of Barack Obama">Transition</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">2009 inauguration</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="Second inauguration of Barack Obama">2013 inauguration</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_100_days_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency" title="First 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency">First 100 days</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency">Timeline</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2009)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2009)">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2010)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2010)">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2011)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2011)">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2012)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2012)">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2013)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2013)">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2014)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2014)">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2015)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2015)">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2016%E2%80%932017)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2016–2017)">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2016%E2%80%932017)#January_2017" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2016–2017)">January 2017</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Foreign policy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Middle Eastern foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Middle East</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)#Reassessment_and_renewed_commitment_from_2008" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)">Iraq withdrawal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Killing of Osama bin Laden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack" title="2012 Benghazi attack">Benghazi attack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/US-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%932021)" title="US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)">Return to Iraq</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="US intervention in the Syrian civil war">War in Syria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Iran nuclear deal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="East Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Pivot to Asia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cuban_thaw" title="Cuban thaw">Cuban thaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Obama_Doctrine" title="Obama Doctrine">Obama Doctrine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/European_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="European foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Europe</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Economic policy of the Barack Obama administration">Economic policy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009" title="American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009">American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act" title="Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act">Dodd–Frank Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009" title="Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009">Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Energy policy of the Barack Obama administration">Energy</a>/Environmental</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_R._Lautenberg_Chemical_Safety_for_the_21st_Century_Act" title="Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act">Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marine_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Marine policy of the Barack Obama administration">Marine policy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Energy_for_America" title="New Energy for America">New Energy for America</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regulation_of_greenhouse_gases_under_the_Clean_Air_Act" title="Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act">Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clean_Power_Plan" title="Clean Power Plan">Clean Power Plan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act">Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Healthy,_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act_of_2010" title="Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010">Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">New START</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moving_Ahead_for_Progress_in_the_21st_Century_Act" title="Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act">MAP-21st Century Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fixing_America%27s_Surface_Transportation_Act" title="Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act">FAST Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of people granted executive clemency by Barack Obama">Pardons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama">Presidential trips</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2009)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2009)">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2010)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2010)">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2011)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2011)">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2012)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2012)">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2013)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2013)">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2014)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2014)">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2015)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2015)">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2016%E2%80%932017)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2016–2017)">2016–17</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama">international</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama">Judicial appointments</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Supreme_Court_candidates" title="Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates">Supreme Court</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination">Sotomayor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination">Kagan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Merrick_Garland_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination">Garland</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_judicial_appointment_controversies" title="Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies">controversies</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Barack_Obama" title="Cabinet of Barack Obama">Cabinet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Presidential_Center" title="Barack Obama Presidential Center">Presidential Library and Center</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of executive actions by Barack Obama">Executive actions</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Hussein_Obama/Executive_orders" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Barack Hussein Obama/Executive orders">Executive orders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_memoranda_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of presidential memoranda by Barack Obama">Memoranda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Obama/Presidential_Proclamations" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Barack Obama/Presidential Proclamations">Proclamations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidential transition of Donald Trump">Trump transition</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Estate" title="Plantation Estate">Plantation Estate</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Books_by_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Books by Barack Obama">Books</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><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father"><i>Dreams from My Father</i> (1995)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope"><i>The Audacity of Hope</i> (2006)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Of_Thee_I_Sing_(book)" title="Of Thee I Sing (book)"><i>Of Thee I Sing</i> (2010)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A_Promised_Land" title="A Promised Land"><i>A Promised Land</i> (2020)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Speeches_of_Barack_Obama" title="Speeches of Barack Obama">Speeches</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><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention_keynote_address" title="2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address">The Audacity of Hope</a>" (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Remarks_of_Senator_Barack_Obama_on_New_Hampshire_Primary_Night" class="extiw" title="s:Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on New Hampshire Primary Night">Yes We Can</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_More_Perfect_Union_(speech)" title="A More Perfect Union (speech)">A More Perfect Union</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_election_victory_speech" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential election victory speech">Change Has Come to America</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama#Ceremony:_"A_New_Birth_of_Freedom"" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">A New Birth of Freedom</a>" (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/February_2009_Barack_Obama_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress">Joint session of Congress</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_New_Beginning_(speech)" title="A New Beginning (speech)">A New Beginning</a>" (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/September_2009_Barack_Obama_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="September 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress">Joint session of Congress (health care reform)</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2010 State of the Union Address">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2011 State of the Union Address">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2012 State of the Union Address">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2013 State of the Union Address">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2014 State of the Union Address">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2015 State of the Union Address">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2016 State of the Union Address">2016</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Tucson_memorial_speech" title="Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech">Tucson memorial speech</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Jobs_Act" title="American Jobs Act">Joint session of Congress (jobs)</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/You_didn%27t_build_that" title="You didn't build that">You didn't build that</a>" (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Selma_50th_anniversary_speech" title="Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speech">Selma 50th anniversary</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama%27s_farewell_address" title="Barack Obama's farewell address">Farewell address</a> (2017)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama" title="Electoral history of Barack Obama">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Illinois</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">State Senate</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#First_state_Senate_election,_1996" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#Second_state_Senate_election,_1998" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#Third_state_Senate_election,_2002" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">2002</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">U.S. House of Representatives</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">2000</a></span></li></ul></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-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2004</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidential</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">2008 campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Republican_and_conservative_support_for_Barack_Obama_in_2008" title="Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008">GOP/conservative support</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign_staff_members" title="List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign staff members">staff members</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_primary_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign">primary campaign</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">running mate selection</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">convention</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2008 United States presidential debates">debates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">election</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign">2012 campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2012 Democratic National Convention">convention</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2012 United States presidential debates">debates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">election</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama" title="Family of Barack Obama">Family</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><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (wife)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Dunham" title="Ann Dunham">Ann Dunham</a> (mother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr." title="Barack Obama Sr.">Barack Obama Sr.</a> (father)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lolo_Soetoro" title="Lolo Soetoro">Lolo Soetoro</a> (stepfather)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maya_Soetoro-Ng" title="Maya Soetoro-Ng">Maya Soetoro-Ng</a> (maternal half-sister)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Armour_Dunham" title="Stanley Armour Dunham">Stanley Armour Dunham</a> (maternal grandfather)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Madelyn_Dunham" title="Madelyn Dunham">Madelyn Dunham</a> (maternal grandmother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Auma_Obama" title="Auma Obama">Auma Obama</a> (paternal half-sister)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malik_Obama" title="Malik Obama">Malik Obama</a> (paternal half-brother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marian_Robinson" title="Marian Robinson">Marian Robinson</a> (mother-in-law)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)" title="Craig Robinson (basketball)">Craig Robinson</a> (brother-in-law)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bo_(dog)" title="Bo (dog)">Bo</a> (family dog)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sunny_(dog)" title="Sunny (dog)">Sunny</a> (family dog)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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of Barack Obama">Oprah Winfrey's endorsement</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories" title="Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories">Citizenship conspiracy theories</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_presidential_eligibility_litigation" title="Barack Obama presidential eligibility litigation">litigation</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_religion_conspiracy_theories" title="Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories">Religion conspiracy theories</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ayers_2008_presidential_election_controversy" title="Bill Ayers 2008 presidential election controversy">Bill Ayers controversy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Wright_controversy" title="Jeremiah Wright controversy">Jeremiah Wright controversy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Republican_and_conservative_support_for_Barack_Obama_in_2008" title="Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008">Republican and conservative support (2008)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama" title="Security incidents involving Barack Obama">Assassination threats</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_assassination_plot_in_Denver" title="Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver">2008 Denver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_assassination_plot_in_Tennessee" title="Barack Obama assassination plot in Tennessee">2008 Tennessee</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Invitations_to_the_first_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="Invitations to the first inauguration of Barack Obama">First inauguration invitations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/We_Are_One:_The_Obama_Inaugural_Celebration_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial" title="We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial">Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen%27s_Briefing_Book" title="Citizen's Briefing Book">Citizen's Briefing Book</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_protests" title="Tea Party protests">Tea Party protests</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Energy_for_America" title="New Energy for America">New Energy for America</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy#Presidential_involvement" title="Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy">Gates–Crowley Rose Garden meeting</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Firing_of_Shirley_Sherrod" title="Firing of Shirley Sherrod">Firing of Shirley Sherrod</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Barack_Obama" title="Efforts to impeach Barack Obama">Impeachment efforts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy" title="Barack Obama tan suit controversy">Tan suit controversy</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Books_about_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Books about Barack Obama">Books about</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><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Barack_Obama" title="Bibliography of Barack Obama">Bibliography</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama:_From_Promise_to_Power" title="Obama: From Promise to Power">Obama: From Promise to Power</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama:_Der_schwarze_Kennedy" title="Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy">Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Redemption_Song_(Stanage_book)" title="Redemption Song (Stanage book)">Redemption Song</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_Against_Barack_Obama" title="The Case Against Barack Obama">The Case Against Barack Obama</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Nation" title="The Obama Nation">The Obama Nation</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Corruption" title="Culture of Corruption">Culture of Corruption</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Catastrophe_(Morris_and_McGann_book)" title="Catastrophe (Morris and McGann book)">Catastrophe</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_and_Michelle" title="Barack and Michelle">Barack and Michelle</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Speech_(Sharpley-Whiting_book)" title="The Speech (Sharpley-Whiting book)">The Speech</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Story" title="The Obama Story">The Obama Story</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Between_Barack_and_a_Hard_Place" title="Between Barack and a Hard Place">Between Barack and a Hard Place</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Game_Change" title="Game Change">Game Change</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama_Zombies" title="Obama Zombies">Obama Zombies</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Victory" title="Conservative Victory">Conservative Victory</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bridge:_The_Life_and_Rise_of_Barack_Obama" title="The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama">The Bridge</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Diaries" title="The Obama Diaries">The Obama Diaries</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Syndrome" title="The Obama Syndrome">The Obama Syndrome</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Identity" title="The Obama Identity">The Obama Identity</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/O:_A_Presidential_Novel" title="O: A Presidential Novel">O: A Presidential Novel</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Where%27s_the_Birth_Certificate%3F" title="Where's the Birth Certificate?">Where's the Birth Certificate?</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama%27s_Last_Stand" title="Obama's Last Stand">Obama's Last Stand</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama:_The_Story" title="Barack Obama: The Story">Barack Obama: The Story</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Down:_Game_Change_2012" title="Double Down: Game Change 2012"> Game Change 2012</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Buyer%27s_Remorse_(book)" title="Buyer's Remorse (book)">Buyer's Remorse</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rising_Star_(book)" title="Rising Star (book)">Rising Star</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Shade:_A_Tale_of_Two_Presidents" title="Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents">Shade</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_as_It_Is_(book)" title="The World as It Is (book)">The World as It Is</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amber_Lee_Ettinger" title="Amber Lee Ettinger">Obama Girl</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Crush_on_Obama" title="Crush on Obama">I Got a Crush... on Obama</a>"</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Magical_Negro#Barack_Obama" title="Magical Negro">Barack the Magic Negro</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Yes_We_Can_(will.i.am_song)" title="Yes We Can (will.i.am song)">Yes We Can</a>"</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_President_Sang_Amazing_Grace" title="The President Sang Amazing Grace">The President Sang Amazing Grace</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/There%27s_No_One_as_Irish_as_Barack_O%27Bama" title="There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama">There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/S%C3%AD_Se_Puede_Cambiar" title="Sí Se Puede Cambiar">Sí Se Puede Cambiar</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/My_President" title="My President">My President</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Deadheads_for_Obama" title="Deadheads for Obama">Deadheads for Obama</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Air_and_Simple_Gifts" title="Air and Simple Gifts">Air and Simple Gifts</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Change_Is_Now:_Renewing_America%27s_Promise" title="Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise">Change Is Now</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hope!_%E2%80%93_Das_Obama_Musical" title="Hope! – Das Obama Musical">Hope! – Das Obama Musical</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_vs._Mitt_Romney_(video)" title="Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney (video)">Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Baracksdubs" title="Baracksdubs">Barack's Dubs</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Signed,_Sealed,_Delivered_I%27m_Yours#Political_significance" title="Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours">Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours</a>"</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film, TV, <br /> and stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/By_the_People:_The_Election_of_Barack_Obama" title="By the People: The Election of Barack Obama">By the People: The Election of Barack Obama</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Change_(film)" title="Change (film)">Change</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama_Anak_Menteng" title="Obama Anak Menteng">Obama Anak Menteng</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2016:_Obama%27s_America" title="2016: Obama's America">2016: Obama's America</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_We%27ve_Traveled" title="The Road We've Traveled">The Road We've Traveled</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Southside_with_You" title="Southside with You">Southside with You</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hillary_and_Clinton" title="Hillary and Clinton">Hillary and Clinton</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barry_(2016_film)" title="Barry (2016 film)">Barry</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Great_Divide" title="America's Great Divide">America's Great Divide</a></i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/We_the_People_(2021_TV_series)" title="We the People (2021 TV series)">We the People</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Renegades:_Born_in_the_USA" title="Renegades: Born in the USA">Renegades: Born in the USA</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama:_In_Pursuit_of_a_More_Perfect_Union" title="Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union">Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series)" title="The First Lady (American TV series)">The First Lady</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Picturing_the_Obamas" title="Picturing the Obamas">Picturing the Obamas</a></i> (2022)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Images_of_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Images of Barack Obama">Other media</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><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Barack_Obama" title="Social media use by Barack Obama">Social media use</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Artists_for_Obama" title="Artists for Obama">Artists for Obama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster" title="Barack Obama "Hope" poster">"Hope" poster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Joker%22_poster" title="Barack Obama "Joker" poster">"Joker" poster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hair_Like_Mine" title="Hair Like Mine"><i>Hair Like Mine</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Situation_Room_(photograph)" title="Situation Room (photograph)"><i>Situation Room</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iman_Crosson" title="Iman Crosson">Iman Crosson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Forgotten_Man_(painting)" title="The Forgotten Man (painting)">The Forgotten Man</a></i> (2010 painting)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a 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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">1998</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> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidential</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/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></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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois">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> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="(2003_←)_2004_United_States_elections_(→_2005)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama" title="2004 United States Senate election in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alaska" title="2004 United States Senate election in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2004 United States Senate election in Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas" title="2004 United States Senate election in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_California" title="2004 United States Senate election in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Colorado" title="2004 United States Senate election in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Connecticut" title="2004 United States Senate election in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida" title="2004 United States Senate election in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia" title="2004 United States Senate election in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Hawaii" title="2004 United States Senate election in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Idaho" title="2004 United States Senate election in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Indiana" title="2004 United States Senate election in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa" title="2004 United States Senate election in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas" title="2004 United States Senate election in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky" title="2004 United States Senate election in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana" title="2004 United States Senate election in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland" title="2004 United States Senate election in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri" title="2004 United States Senate election in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada" title="2004 United States Senate election in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Hampshire" title="2004 United States Senate election in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="2004 United States Senate election in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2004 United States Senate election in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio" title="2004 United States Senate election in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oklahoma" title="2004 United States Senate election in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oregon" title="2004 United States Senate election in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania" title="2004 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina" title="2004 United States Senate election in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2004 United States Senate election in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Utah" title="2004 United States Senate election in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Vermont" title="2004 United States Senate election in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Washington" title="2004 United States Senate election in Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2004 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections">U.S.<br />House</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/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Alabama" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Alaska" title="2004 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Arizona" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Arkansas" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_California" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in California">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Colorado" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Connecticut" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Delaware" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li>District of Columbia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="2004 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia">delegate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Shadow_Representative_election_in_the_District_of_Columbia" title="2004 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia">shadow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Georgia" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Hawaii" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho">Idaho</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">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kansas" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Kentucky" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky">Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Kentucky%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2004 Kentucky's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maryland" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Massachusetts" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Michigan" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Minnesota" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Mississippi" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Missouri" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Montana" title="2004 United States House of Representatives election in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Hampshire" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Jersey" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_Mexico" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New York">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina">North Carolina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_North_Carolina%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="2004 North Carolina's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2004 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oklahoma" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oregon" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_South_Carolina" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_South_Dakota" title="2004 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota">South Dakota</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_South_Dakota%27s_at-large_congressional_district_special_election" title="2004 South Dakota's at-large congressional district special election">At-large sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Tennessee" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Vermont" title="2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Virginia" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Washington" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_West_Virginia" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a 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Gov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_North_Dakota_gubernatorial_election" title="2004 North Dakota gubernatorial election">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Utah_gubernatorial_election" title="2004 Utah gubernatorial election">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Vermont_gubernatorial_election" title="2004 Vermont gubernatorial election">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Washington_gubernatorial_election" title="2004 Washington gubernatorial election">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_West_Virginia_gubernatorial_election" title="2004 West Virginia gubernatorial election">West Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2004 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><a href="/wiki/2004_Arizona_Senate_election" title="2004 Arizona Senate election">Arizona Senate</a></li> <li>California <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_California_State_Assembly_election" title="2004 California State Assembly election">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_California_State_Senate_election" title="2004 California State Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Connecticut_State_Senate_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Connecticut State Senate election">Connecticut Senate</a></li> <li>Delaware <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Delaware_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2004 Delaware House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Delaware_Senate_election" title="2004 Delaware Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Iowa_Senate_election" title="2004 Iowa Senate election">Iowa Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Massachusetts_Senate_election" title="2004 Massachusetts Senate election">Massachusetts Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Michigan_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2004 Michigan House of Representatives election">Michigan House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2004 Minnesota House of Representatives election">Minnesota House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Montana_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2004 Montana House of Representatives election">Montana House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_New_Hampshire_General_Court_election" title="2004 New Hampshire General Court election">New Hampshire General Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_New_Mexico_Senate_election" title="2004 New Mexico Senate election">New Mexico Senate</a></li> <li>North Carolina <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2004 North Carolina House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_North_Carolina_Senate_election" title="2004 North Carolina Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Texas <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Texas_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2004 Texas House of Representatives election">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Texas_Senate_election" title="2004 Texas Senate election">Senate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Washington_State_Senate_election" title="2004 Washington State Senate election">Washington Senate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State officials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Pennsylvania <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Pennsylvania_Attorney_General_election" title="2004 Pennsylvania Attorney General election">Attorney General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Pennsylvania_Auditor_General_election" title="2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General election">Auditor General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Pennsylvania_State_Treasurer_election" title="2004 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election">Treasurer</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_elections" title="2004 United States elections">Mayors</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/2003%E2%80%9304_Baltimore_mayoral_election" title="2003–04 Baltimore mayoral election">Baltimore, <abbr title="Maryland">MD</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Bakersfield,_California_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Bakersfield, California mayoral election">Bakersfield, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Baton_Rouge_mayoral_election" title="2004 Baton Rouge mayoral election">Baton Rouge, <abbr title="Louisiana">LA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Fresno_mayoral_election" title="2004 Fresno mayoral election">Fresno, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Irvine_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Irvine mayoral election">Irvine, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Jersey_City_mayoral_special_election" title="2004 Jersey City mayoral special election">Jersey City, <abbr title="New Jersey">NJ</abbr> (special)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Milwaukee_mayoral_election" title="2004 Milwaukee mayoral election">Milwaukee, <abbr title="Wisconsin">WI</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Orlando_mayoral_election" title="2004 Orlando mayoral election">Orlando, <abbr title="Florida">FL</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Portland,_Oregon_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Portland, Oregon mayoral election">Portland, <abbr title="Oregon">OR</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Sacramento_mayoral_election" title="2004 Sacramento mayoral election">Sacramento, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_San_Diego_mayoral_election" title="2004 San Diego mayoral election">San Diego, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election">San Juan, <abbr title="Puerto Rico">PR</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Santa_Ana,_California#2004" title="Mayoral elections in Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana, CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Virginia_Beach_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Virginia Beach mayoral election">Virginia Beach, <abbr title="Virginia">VA</abbr></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States</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="/w/index.php?title=2004_Alabama_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Alabama state elections (page does not exist)">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Alaska_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Alaska state elections (page does not exist)">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Arizona_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Arizona state elections (page does not exist)">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Arkansas_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Arkansas state elections (page does not exist)">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_California_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 California state elections (page does not exist)">California</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Colorado_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Colorado state elections (page does not exist)">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Connecticut_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Connecticut state elections (page does not exist)">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Delaware_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Delaware state elections (page does not exist)">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Florida_statewide_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Florida statewide elections (page does not exist)">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Georgia_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Georgia state elections (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Hawaii_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Hawaii state elections (page does not exist)">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Idaho_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Idaho state elections (page does not exist)">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Illinois_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Illinois state elections (page does not exist)">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Indiana_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Indiana state elections (page does not exist)">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Iowa_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Iowa state elections (page does not exist)">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Kansas_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Kansas state elections (page does not exist)">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Kentucky_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Kentucky state elections (page does not exist)">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Louisiana_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Louisiana state elections (page does not exist)">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Maine_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Maine state elections (page does not exist)">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Maryland_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Maryland state elections (page does not exist)">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Massachusetts_general_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Massachusetts general election (page does not exist)">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Michigan_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Michigan state elections (page does not exist)">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Minnesota_state_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Minnesota state elections (page does not exist)">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a 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