1996 United States Senate election in Illinois Turnout 63.79% County resultsDurbin: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%Salvi: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
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The1996 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1996. IncumbentDemocratic U.S. Senator Paul Simon chose to retire, rather than seek a third term in office. In theDemocratic primary,U.S. Representative Dick Durbin emerged victorious, whilestate representative Al Salvi won theRepublican primary. Though the election was initially anticipated to be close, Durbin ended up defeating Salvi by a comfortable double-digit margin of victory, allowing him to win what would be the first of five terms in the Senate.
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (president andHouse ), as well as those forstate offices .
For the primaries, turnout was 25.85%, with 1,583,406 votes cast.[ 1] [ 2]
Results by county Quinn 40–50%
Durbin 40–50%
Durbin 50–60%
Durbin 60–70%
Durbin 70–80%
Durbin >90%
Libertarian primary [ edit ] Libertarian primary results[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Libertarian Robin J. Miller 1,258 73.74 Libertarian David F. Hoscheidt 448 26.26 Total votes 1,706 100
Durbin won the election easily.
United States Senate election in Illinois, 1996[ 2] [ 8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Dick Durbin 2,384,028 56.09% −8.98% Republican Al Salvi 1,728,824 40.67% +5.74% Reform Steven H. Perry 61,023 1.44% Libertarian Robin J. Miller 41,218 0.97% Constitution Chad N. Koppie 17,563 0.40% Natural Law James E. Davis 13,838 0.33% Write-ins 4,228 0.10% Majority 655,204 15.41% −14.72% Turnout 4,250,722 63.79 Democratic hold Swing
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