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The2006 Illinois elections were held on November 7, 2006. On that date, registered voters in the State ofIllinois elected officeholders forU.S. Congress, to six statewide offices (Governor/Lieutenant Governor,Attorney General,Secretary of States,Treasurer andComptroller), as well as to theIllinois Senate andIllinois House.
The incumbent TreasurerJudy Baar Topinka, previously the onlyRepublican elected statewide, made an unsuccessful run for governor rather than stand for re-election.DemocratAlexi Giannoulias was elected to succeed her, and the Democratic incumbents for the other statewide offices won re-election, making Illinois the only Midwestern state in which Democrats held all statewide offices.[citation needed]
For thefirst time since the 1930s, all executive offices and control of theIllinois General Assembly was won by the Democratic Party. The last time any party had met this feat had been the mid-1990s, when the Republican Party held such power following the1994 Illinois elections.
2006 was amidterm election year in the United States.
For the primary election, turnout was 24.84%, with 1,804,624 votes cast.[1]
Turnout by county[1]
| County | Registration | Votes cast | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 43,261 | 7,721 | 17.85% |
| Alexander | 7,670 | 2,330 | 30.38% |
| Bond | 10,486 | 1,877 | 17.9% |
| Boone | 30,069 | 6,066 | 20.17% |
| Brown | 3,467 | 617 | 17.8% |
| Bureau | 25,122 | 4,910 | 19.54% |
| Calhoun | 3,880 | 1,636 | 42.16% |
| Carroll | 12,360 | 2,493 | 20.17% |
| Cass | 9,136 | 1,291 | 14.13% |
| Champaign | 112,302 | 22,695 | 20.21% |
| Christian | 23,170 | 3,127 | 13.5% |
| Clark | 12,217 | 1,810 | 14.82% |
| Clay | 9,647 | 2,274 | 23.57% |
| Clinton | 25,364 | 2,313 | 9.12% |
| Coles | 29,746 | 6,745 | 22.68% |
| Cook[note 1] | 2,682,718 | 762,273 | 28.41% |
| Crawford | 13,044 | 2,146 | 16.45% |
| Cumberland | 8,723 | 1,752 | 20.08% |
| DeKalb | 53,224 | 12,439 | 23.37% |
| DeWitt | 12,426 | 2,569 | 20.67% |
| Douglas | 12,387 | 4,271 | 34.48% |
| DuPage | 518,275 | 149,399 | 28.83% |
| Edgar | 12,703 | 2,120 | 16.69% |
| Edwards | 4,596 | 1,076 | 23.41% |
| Effingham | 21,702 | 3,968 | 18.28% |
| Fayette | 14,708 | 2,926 | 19.89% |
| Ford | 8,831 | 2,851 | 32.28% |
| Franklin | 30,480 | 8,435 | 27.67% |
| Fulton | 26,445 | 8,177 | 30.92% |
| Gallatin | 4,452 | 2,524 | 56.69% |
| Greene | 9,368 | 2,784 | 29.72% |
| Grundy | 30,596 | 8,270 | 27.03% |
| Hamilton | 6,515 | 2,642 | 40.55% |
| Hancock | 13,156 | 3,750 | 28.5% |
| Hardin | 3,875 | 1,590 | 41.03% |
| Henderson | 5,211 | 1,513 | 29.03% |
| Henry | 38,356 | 5,850 | 15.25% |
| Iroquois | 19,370 | 6,208 | 32.05% |
| Jackson | 44,358 | 7,925 | 17.87% |
| Jasper | 7,498 | 2,476 | 33.02% |
| Jefferson | 26,935 | 5,451 | 20.24% |
| Jersey | 16,023 | 3,561 | 22.22% |
| Jo Daviess | 16,225 | 5,568 | 34.32% |
| Johnson | 7,485 | 3,526 | 47.11% |
| Kane | 244,891 | 66,331 | 27.09% |
| Kankakee | 64,855 | 10,322 | 15.92% |
| Kendall | 51,495 | 17,900 | 34.76% |
| Knox | 33,646 | 7,687 | 22.85% |
| Lake | 369,845 | 81,724 | 22.1% |
| LaSalle | 72,650 | 13,384 | 18.42% |
| Lawrence | 11,104 | 2,616 | 23.56% |
| Lee | 24,570 | 5,779 | 23.52% |
| Livingston | 23,302 | 4,468 | 19.17% |
| Logan | 18,845 | 4,520 | 23.99% |
| Macon | 78,617 | 8,594 | 10.93% |
| Macoupin | 35,273 | 9,289 | 26.33% |
| Madison | 170,202 | 27,101 | 15.92% |
| Marion | 30,063 | 4,259 | 14.17% |
| Marshall | 8,590 | 1,778 | 20.7% |
| Mason | 10,787 | 2,085 | 19.33% |
| Massac | 12,454 | 2,855 | 22.92% |
| McDonough | 18,230 | 3,993 | 21.9% |
| McHenry | 185,638 | 50,251 | 27.07% |
| McLean | 97,788 | 19,097 | 19.53% |
| Menard | 8,890 | 1,990 | 22.38% |
| Mercer | 13,960 | 2,235 | 16.01% |
| Monroe | 22,520 | 6,494 | 28.84% |
| Montgomery | 17,706 | 2,556 | 14.44% |
| Morgan | 22,938 | 5,949 | 25.94% |
| Moultrie | 9,561 | 1,470 | 15.37% |
| Ogle | 36,013 | 11,193 | 31.08% |
| Peoria | 109,973 | 18,772 | 17.07% |
| Perry | 14,755 | 3,008 | 20.39% |
| Piatt | 12,155 | 2,460 | 20.24% |
| Pike | 12,300 | 1,843 | 14.98% |
| Pope | 3,516 | 1,272 | 36.18% |
| Pulaski | 5,840 | 2,061 | 35.29% |
| Putnam | 4,534 | 1,139 | 25.12% |
| Randolph | 23,362 | 6,013 | 25.74% |
| Richland | 12,993 | 1,899 | 14.62% |
| Rock Island | 115,949 | 18,346 | 15.82% |
| Saline | 16,583 | 5,132 | 30.95% |
| Sangamon | 128,744 | 24,276 | 18.86% |
| Schuyler | 5,518 | 1,480 | 26.82% |
| Scott | 3,844 | 711 | 18.5% |
| Shelby | 16,062 | 3,826 | 23.82% |
| Stark | 4,870 | 819 | 16.82% |
| St. Clair | 186,967 | 27,472 | 14.69% |
| Stephenson | 33,182 | 6,370 | 19.2% |
| Tazewell | 92,905 | 15,161 | 16.32% |
| Union | 16,026 | 4,305 | 26.86% |
| Vermilion | 49,290 | 6,998 | 14.2% |
| Wabash | 10,186 | 1,896 | 18.61% |
| Warren | 12,284 | 3,733 | 30.39% |
| Washington | 11,919 | 2,980 | 25% |
| Wayne | 12,716 | 4,405 | 34.64% |
| White | 11,685 | 2,993 | 25.61% |
| Whiteside | 41,937 | 5,632 | 13.43% |
| Will | 329,996 | 105,092 | 31.85% |
| Williamson | 41,867 | 8,442 | 20.16% |
| Winnebago | 175,825 | 38,044 | 21.64% |
| Woodford | 24,171 | 6,179 | 25.56% |
| Total | 7,263,969 | 1,804,624 | 24.84% |
For the general election, turnout was 48.64%, with 3,587,676 votes cast.[2]
Turnout by county[2]
| County | Registration | Votes cast | Turnout% |
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| Adams | 43,873 | 22,599 | 51.51% |
| Alexander | 7,760 | 3,126 | 40.28% |
| Bond | 10,486 | 5,990 | 57.12% |
| Boone | 31,627 | 15,711 | 49.68% |
| Brown | 3,525 | 2,147 | 60.91% |
| Bureau | 25,226 | 12,349 | 48.95% |
| Calhoun | 3,983 | 2,486 | 62.42% |
| Carroll | 12,734 | 6,142 | 48.23% |
| Cass | 9,037 | 4,631 | 51.24% |
| Champaign | 113,905 | 53,869 | 47.29% |
| Christian | 23,329 | 11,922 | 51.1% |
| Clark | 12,263 | 5,825 | 47.5% |
| Clay | 9,384 | 5,062 | 53.94% |
| Clinton | 25,250 | 12,652 | 50.11% |
| Coles | 30,632 | 14,447 | 47.16% |
| Cook[note 2] | 2,710,118 | 1,350,915 | 49.85% |
| Crawford | 13,392 | 7,185 | 53.65% |
| Cumberland | 8,783 | 4,064 | 46.27% |
| DeKalb | 54,766 | 26,336 | 48.09% |
| DeWitt | 12,732 | 6,034 | 47.39% |
| Douglas | 12,494 | 6,089 | 48.74% |
| DuPage | 529,726 | 268,988 | 50.78% |
| Edgar | 12,205 | 6,499 | 53.25% |
| Edwards | 4,660 | 2,741 | 58.82% |
| Effingham | 22,306 | 12,829 | 57.51% |
| Fayette | 14,902 | 7,990 | 53.62% |
| Ford | 9,976 | 4,491 | 45.02% |
| Franklin | 30,466 | 13,812 | 45.34% |
| Fulton | 26,591 | 13,257 | 49.86% |
| Gallatin | 4,483 | 2,653 | 59.18% |
| Greene | 9,411 | 5,023 | 53.37% |
| Grundy | 28,508 | 14,580 | 51.14% |
| Hamilton | 6,459 | 4,040 | 62.55% |
| Hancock | 13,363 | 7,785 | 58.26% |
| Hardin | 3,959 | 2,275 | 57.46% |
| Henderson | 5,297 | 3,031 | 57.22% |
| Henry | 36,633 | 18,295 | 49.94% |
| Iroquois | 20,017 | 9,504 | 47.48% |
| Jackson | 45,362 | 16,143 | 35.59% |
| Jasper | 7,373 | 4,136 | 56.1% |
| Jefferson | 27,269 | 12,924 | 47.39% |
| Jersey | 15,730 | 7,874 | 50.06% |
| Jo Daviess | 16,311 | 8,248 | 50.57% |
| Johnson | 7,512 | 4,590 | 61.1% |
| Kane | 252,171 | 116,249 | 46.1% |
| Kankakee | 62,344 | 31,431 | 50.42% |
| Kendall | 54,857 | 25,709 | 46.87% |
| Knox | 34,254 | 17,802 | 51.97% |
| Lake | 369,853 | 190,718 | 51.57% |
| LaSalle | 73,127 | 34,221 | 46.8% |
| Lawrence | 10,028 | 5,299 | 52.84% |
| Lee | 24,922 | 11,177 | 44.85% |
| Livingston | 23,340 | 11,044 | 47.32% |
| Logan | 19,094 | 10,248 | 53.67% |
| Macon | 84,882 | 35,480 | 41.8% |
| Macoupin | 34,560 | 17,693 | 51.2% |
| Madison | 172,933 | 80,580 | 46.6% |
| Marion | 30,063 | 12,629 | 42.01% |
| Marshall | 8,736 | 4,673 | 53.49% |
| Mason | 10,611 | 5,122 | 48.27% |
| Massac | 12,688 | 5,447 | 42.93% |
| McDonough | 19,105 | 10,136 | 53.05% |
| McHenry | 186,323 | 82,725 | 44.4% |
| McLean | 99,949 | 44,171 | 44.19% |
| Menard | 8,954 | 5,183 | 57.88% |
| Mercer | 14,145 | 6,363 | 44.98% |
| Monroe | 22,375 | 11,127 | 49.73% |
| Montgomery | 18,105 | 11,213 | 61.93% |
| Morgan | 23,421 | 12,107 | 51.69% |
| Moultrie | 9,295 | 4,952 | 53.28% |
| Ogle | 36,994 | 16,223 | 43.85% |
| Peoria | 119,412 | 55,418 | 46.41% |
| Perry | 14,518 | 7,926 | 54.59% |
| Piatt | 12,323 | 6,722 | 54.55% |
| Pike | 12,397 | 6,244 | 50.37% |
| Pope | 3,535 | 2,105 | 59.55% |
| Pulaski | 6,597 | 2,921 | 44.28% |
| Putnam | 4,513 | 2,313 | 51.25% |
| Randolph | 23,607 | 12,052 | 51.05% |
| Richland | 13,236 | 6,268 | 47.36% |
| Rock Island | 117,626 | 47,130 | 40.07% |
| Saline | 16,992 | 9,487 | 55.83% |
| Sangamon | 131,579 | 76,504 | 58.14% |
| Schuyler | 5,513 | 3,216 | 58.33% |
| Scott | 3,890 | 2,089 | 53.7% |
| Shelby | 16,402 | 7,889 | 48.1% |
| Stark | 4,919 | 2,222 | 45.17% |
| St. Clair | 189,124 | 70,725 | 37.4% |
| Stephenson | 32,043 | 13,763 | 42.95% |
| Tazewell | 93,838 | 44,098 | 46.99% |
| Union | 16,237 | 7,086 | 43.64% |
| Vermilion | 50,038 | 23,716 | 47.4% |
| Wabash | 10,132 | 4,707 | 46.46% |
| Warren | 11,164 | 6,040 | 54.1% |
| Washington | 12,083 | 6,478 | 53.61% |
| Wayne | 12,159 | 7,526 | 61.9% |
| White | 11,820 | 6,330 | 53.55% |
| Whiteside | 42,621 | 17,916 | 42.04% |
| Will | 344,584 | 162,745 | 47.23% |
| Williamson | 42,900 | 21,094 | 49.17% |
| Winnebago | 184,352 | 80,876 | 43.87% |
| Woodford | 24,587 | 13,059 | 53.11% |
| Total | 7,375,688 | 3,587,676 | 48.64% |
All 19 of Illinois’ seats in theUnited States House of Representatives were up for election in 2006.
No seats switched parties, leaving the composition of Illinois' House delegation 10 Democrats and 9 Republicans.
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The2006 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. IncumbentDemocraticGovernor andLieutenant GovernorRod Blagojevich andPat Quinn won re-election to a second four-year term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Rod Blagojevich (incumbent)/Pat Quinn (incumbent) | 1,736,731 | 49.79% | |
| Republican | Judy Baar Topinka/Joe Birkett | 1,369,315 | 39.26% | |
| Green | Rich Whitney/ Julie Samuels | 361,336 | 10.36% | |
| Write-in | 20,607 | 0.59% | ||
| Total votes | 3,487,989 | |||
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| Turnout | 47.18% | ||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Democraticattorney generalLisa Madigan won reelection to a second term in office. She won every county in the state except forEdwards andTazewell.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Lisa Madigan (incumbent) | 858,635 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 858,635 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Stewart Umholtz | 581,802 | 100 | |
| Republican | JoAnn Breivogel | 12 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 581,814 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Lisa Madigan (incumbent) | 2,521,113 | 72.45 | |
| Republican | Stewart Umholtz | 843,903 | 24.25 | |
| Green | David F. Black | 114,796 | 3.30 | |
| Total votes | 3,479,812 | 100 | ||
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Incumbent DemocraticSecretary of StateJesse White won reelection to a third term in office.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Jesse White (incumbent) | 880,209 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 880,209 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Dan Rutherford | 602,147 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 602,147 | 100 | ||
Green Party nominee Adrian Frost withdrew before the election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Jesse White (incumbent) | 2,204,762 | 62.82 | |
| Republican | Dan Rutherford | 1,159,363 | 33.03 | |
| Green | Karen "Young" Peterson | 145,724 | 4.15 | |
| Write-in | Alaka Wiakar | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 3,707,224 | 100 | ||
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| Turnout | 46.40% | ||||||||||||||||
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IncumbentComptrollerDaniel Hynes, a Democrat, was reelected to a third term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Daniel W. Hynes (incumbent) | 821,666 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 821,666 | 100 | ||
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| Republican | Carole Pankau | 580,148 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 580,148 | 100 | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
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| 1 | Oct. 25, 2006 | City Club of Chicago | Paul Green | YouTube | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Daniel W. Hynes (incumbent) | 2,198,658 | 64.25 | |
| Republican | Carole Pankau | 1,077,540 | 31.49 | |
| Green | Alicia Snyder | 145,930 | 4.26 | |
| Total votes | 3,422,128 | 100 | ||
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| Turnout | 46.21% | ||||||||||||||||
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 County results Giannoulias: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Radogno: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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IncumbentTreasurerJudy Baar Topinka, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a second term, instead opting to run for governor. DemocratAlexi Giannoulias was elected to succeed her.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Alexi Giannoulias | 536,329 | 61.79 | |
| Democratic | Paul L. Mangieri | 331,672 | 38.21 | |
| Total votes | 868,001 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Christine Radogno | 576,174 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 576,174 | 100 | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
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| 1 | Oct. 17, 2006 | City Club of Chicago | Paul Green | YouTube | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Alexi Giannoulias | 1,838,094 | 53.94 | |
| Republican | Christine Radogno | 1,405,540 | 41.24 | |
| Green | Dan Rodriguez Schlorff | 164,320 | 4.82 | |
| Write-in | Alaka Wiakar | 2 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 3,407,956 | 100 | ||
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39 of the seats of theIllinois Senate were up for election in 2006.[4]
All of the seats in theIllinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.
Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2006.
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as theCook County elections.
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