| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 26 Illinois seats to theUnited States House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 26 Illinois seats in theUnited States House of Representatives were up for election in 1944.
Democrats flipped four Republican-held seats, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 15 Republicans and 11 Democrats. TheDemocratic Party flipped the3rd,9th,22nd, andat-large districts.
| 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 1,939,543 | 50.05% | 15 | -4 | |
| Democratic | 1,933,888 | 49.91% | 11 | +4 | |
| Independents | 1,414 | 0.04% | 0 | — | |
| Totals | 3,874,845 | 100.00% | 26 | — | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Emily Taft Douglas | 2,030,753 | 52.30 | |
| Republican | Stephen A. Day (incumbent) | 1,839,518 | 47.38 | |
| Socialist Labor | Walter Klobuchar | 6,588 | 0.17 | |
| Prohibition | Elizabeth S. Carr | 5,798 | 0.15 | |
| Total votes | 3,882,657 | 100.0 | ||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Dawson (Incumbent) | 12,820 | 53.3 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Geary | 11,224 | 46.7 | |
| Total votes | 24,044 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bill Dawson (Incumbent) | 42,713 | 61.98 | |
| Republican | Jimmy Lee Tillman | 26,204 | 38.02 | |
| Total votes | 68,917 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||