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The2016 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of theUnited States Senate to represent the State ofIllinois , concurrently with the2016 U.S. presidential election , as well asother elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to theUnited States House of Representatives , and variousstate andlocal elections .
Prior to the election, incumbent senator Mark Kirk (R ) was considered to be the most vulnerable senator among those seeking re-election in 2016[ 1] [ 2] due to Illinois's heavy Democratic partisan balance; news networks and analysts widely expected a Democratic pickup.
Party primary elections were held on March 15, 2016. Kirk lost re-election to a second full term[ 3] toTammy Duckworth , the U.S. representative fromIllinois's 8th congressional district and a decorated combat veteran of theIraq War . Duckworth became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois since fellow DemocratCarol Moseley Braun in1992 . Despite his loss, Kirk outperformed Trump in the concurrent presidential election by around 2 percent. This is the last time a senator from Illinois lost re-election.
In 2010, RepublicanMark Kirk was elected to the Senate for Illinois, defeating Democratic nomineeAlexi Giannoulias by 59,220 votes out of more than 3.7 million votes cast.
Kirk suffered a severe stroke in January 2012 that kept him away from the Senate until January 2013.[ 4] In June 2013 he confirmed that he was "planning" to run for re-election,[ 5] [ 6] but there was speculation that he might retire,[ 7] particularly in the wake of the departure of several of his senior staff.[ 8] [ 9] RepublicanBruce Rauner was elected governor in 2014, and a possible scenario was that Kirk would resign early, allowing Rauner to appoint another Republican as the replacement.[ 10] Potential replacements included U.S. representativesBob Dold ,Adam Kinzinger ,Aaron Schock , andPeter Roskam , State SenatorsJason Barickman andChristine Radogno , hedge fund manager and founder and CEO ofCitadel LLC Kenneth C. Griffin , and businesswoman Beth Christie.[ 7] [ 9] In November 2014, Kirk reiterated that he was going to run for re-election.[ 3]
Kirk was identified byThe Washington Post ,The New York Times ,Politico ,The Huffington Post ,Slate andRoll Call as one of the most vulnerable Republican senators up for re-election in 2016.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
For the primary election, turnout was 41.94%, with 3,215,334 votes cast.[ 17] [ 18] For the general election, turnout was 68.39%, with 5,491,878 votes cast.[ 19] [ 18]
Eliminated in primary [ edit ] James Marter, businessman[ 20] Removed from ballot [ edit ] Ron Wallace, investment advisor, conservative activist and economics professor[ 23] [ 24] Mark Kirk
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ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC)[ 40] Chicago 11th Ward Republican Party[ 41] Results by county Kirk—70–80%
Kirk—60–70%
Kirk—50–60%
Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Daniel Biss , state senator (running for state comptroller)[ 58] [ 59] Richard Boykin,Cook County Commissioner [ 60] [ 61] Cheri Bustos , U.S. representative[ 6] [ 16] [ 46] [ 48] Jacqueline Y. Collins , state senator[ 62] Tom Dart ,sheriff ofCook County [ 13] Bill Foster , U.S. representative[ 63] [ 64] Mike Frerichs ,Illinois Treasurer [ 30] Daniel Hynes , formerIllinois Comptroller , candidate for U.S. Senate in2004 and candidate forgovernor of Illinois in2010 [ 30] Robin Kelly , U.S. representative[ 65] Lisa Madigan ,Illinois Attorney General [ 6] Michelle Obama ,First Lady of the United States [ 66] Mike Quigley , U.S. representative[ 67] Pat Quinn , formergovernor of Illinois [ 8] Kwame Raoul , state senator[ 8] [ 68] Jan Schakowsky , U.S. representative[ 45] [ 69] Sheila Simon , formerlieutenant governor of Illinois and nominee forIllinois Comptroller in2014 [ 70] [ 71] Tammy Duckworth
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Results by county Duckworth—80–90%
Duckworth—70–80%
Duckworth—60–70%
Duckworth—50–60%
Third party candidates [ edit ] On July 6, the Green Party candidate and the Libertarian Party candidate were announced as having made the ballot for November after no objections were filed against their petitions. However, objections against two others were filed, namely the Constitution Party candidate Chad Koppie, due to his name being on a petition slate with Constitution Party presidential candidate Darrell Castle, who turned in fewer than the required petitions needed,[ 87] and against Independent candidate Eric Conklin. Neither Koppie nor Conklin were likely to receive ballot access after a review of their petitions.[ 88] [ 89]
Constitution Party (C) (write-in)[ edit ] Chad Koppie, farmer and vice president of Kane County Regional Board of School Trustees Libertarian Party (L)[ edit ] Eric M. Conklin, law enforcement officer Tammy Duckworth (D), U.S. representativeMark Kirk (R), incumbent U.S. senatorChad Koppie (C) (write-in) Kenton McMillen (L) Scott Summers (G) Kirk had multiple factors working against him, as no Republican had won an Illinois US Senate race during a presidential election year since1972 , and he had made a number of gaffes during the campaign. He had exaggerated his Iraq War record on his campaign website,[ 94] and during a debate, Kirk made a racially charged remark about Duckworth's familial military background.[ 95] Additionally, Republican presidential nomineeDonald Trump was unpopular in Chicago and its suburbs, and Kirk refused to endorse or vote for him, instead writing in formerU.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell .[ 96] Kirk also had a mostly liberal voting record in the Senate, favoring gay marriage, an assault weapons ban, and he had voted against defunding and repealing portions of Obamacare in 2015. Due to these factors, Kirk alienated the Democratic, Independent, and Republican voters whom he had previously won over in his 2010 campaign. Unusually, the normally Republican-leaning editorial board of theChicago Tribune endorsed Duckworth, as they believed that the health problems that Kirk had suffered as a result of his stroke made him a less effective senator.[ 97] This election had been cited as historic, as both major party nominees had physicaldisabilities .[ 98]
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Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Marginof error Mark Kirk (R) Tammy Duckworth (D) Other Undecided SurveyMonkey [ 128] November 1–7, 2016 1,823 ± 4.6% 39% 56% — 5% SurveyMonkey [ 129] October 31 – November 6, 2016 1,505 ± 4.6% 39% 56% — 5% SurveyMonkey [ 130] October 28 – November 3, 2016 1,120 ± 4.6% 40% 54% — 6% SurveyMonkey [ 131] October 27 – November 2, 2016 997 ± 4.6% 40% 55% — 5% SurveyMonkey [ 132] October 26 – November 1, 2016 911 ± 4.6% 39% 55% — 6% SurveyMonkey [ 133] October 25–31, 2016 1,003 ± 4.6% 38% 57% — 5% Emerson College [ 134] October 27–30, 2016 500 ± 4.3% 36% 54% 5% 5% Loras College [ 135] October 26–27, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 34% 42% 6% 18% The Illinois Poll - Victory Research [ 136] October 16–18, 2016 1,200 ± 2.8% 39% 50% 3% 8% GS Strategy Group (R-Kirk) [ 137] October 4–5, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 37% 41% 6% 16% Southern Illinois University [ 138] Sept 27–Oct 2, 2016 865 ± 3.3% 34% 48% 8% 10% Normington, Petts and Associates (D) [ 139] September 27–29, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 37% 46% — 17% Emerson College [ 140] September 19–20, 2016 700 ± 3.6% 39% 41% 11% 9% Loras College [ 141] September 13–16, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 36% 41% — 22% Normington, Petts and Associates (D) [ 142] August 1–4, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 37% 44% — 19% The Illinois Poll - Victory Research [ 143] July 14–16, 2016 1,200 ± 2.8% 37% 46% 4% 12% Normington, Petts and Associates (D) [ 142] July 11–14, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 38% 40% — 22% Basswood Research (R) [ 144] July 11–12, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 42% 40% — 18% GS Strategy Group (R-Kirk) [ 145] March 30–31, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 40% 43% — 17% End Citizens United [ 146] September 10–14, 2015 948 ± 3.2% 41% 45% — 14% Public Policy Polling [ 85] July 20–21, 2015 931 ± 3.2% 36% 42% — 22% Ogden & Fry [ 147] June 23, 2015 598 ± 4.1% 27% 44% — 29% We Ask America [ 148] December 18, 2014 1,003 ± 3.0% 45% 46% — 9%
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with Andrea Zopp
Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of errorMark Kirk (R) Andrea Zopp (D) Other Undecided Public Policy Polling [ 85] July 20–21, 2015 931 ± 3.2% 38% 29% — 32%
with Lisa Madigan
Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of errorMark Kirk (R) Lisa Madigan (D) Undecided Public Policy Polling [ 149] November 22–25, 2013 557 ± 4.2% 41% 41% 19%
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with Pat Quinn
Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of errorMark Kirk (R) Pat Quinn (D) Undecided We Ask America [ 148] December 18, 2014 1,003 ± 3.0% 55% 36% 9%
The result was a landslide victory forTammy Duckworth . Pre-election polling showed Kirk would be easily defeated by Duckworth, and the polls were proven right when Duckworth was declared the winner quickly after polls closed in Illinois. Duckworth performed extremely well in the heavily populated and strongly DemocraticCook County , home ofChicago . Duckworth also did well inChampaign ,East St. Louis andCarbondale . Kirk did do well in rural parts of the state, but it was nowhere near enough to offset his weakness in the Chicago metropolitan area. The Chicago 'collar counties' — among them Kirk's home county ofLake County — previously voted for Kirk, but easily flipped to Duckworth. Duckworth was sworn in at 12:00 P.M. EST on January 3, 2017. TheLibertarian andGreen candidates polled well, winning three and two percent of the vote respectively.
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ] By congressional district [ edit ] Duckworth won 12 of 18 districts, including one that elected a Republican.[ 153]
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