2010 Illinois elections

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Turnout	50.53%

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Elections were held inIllinois on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.Primary elections were held on February 2, 2010.

2010 was amidterm election year in the United States.

For the primary election, turnout was 23.14%, with 1,758,489 votes cast.^[1]

Turnout by county^[1]

For the general election, turnout was 50.53%, with 3,792,770 votes cast.^[2]

Turnout by county^[2]

Incumbent DemocratRoland Burris, appointed in 2009 by then-GovernorRod Blagojevich to fill the U.S. Senate seat thatBarack Obama had vacated after being elected President of the United States, did not seek reelection.

U.S. CongressmanMark Kirk (Republican Party) won against State TreasurerAlexi Giannoulias (Democratic Party), Mike Labno (Libertarian Party), and football coachLeAlan Jones (Green Party) in both a regular election for the Senate seat and a coincidingspecial election to fill the remainder of Barack Obama's unexpired term.

All Illinois seats in theUnited States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

The Republican Party flipped four Democratic-held seats, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 11 Republicans and 8 Democrats.

Incumbent GovernorPat Quinn, who became governor afterRod Blagojevich was removed from office, was elected outright to his first full term.

2010 Illinois Attorney General election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout	49.36%
Nominee Lisa Madigan Steve Kim Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,397,723 1,172,427 Percentage 64.72% 31.65%
County results Madigan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Kim:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Attorney General before election Lisa Madigan Democratic Elected Attorney General Lisa Madigan Democratic

Incumbent Democraticattorney generalLisa Madigan won reelection to a third term in office

2010 Illinois Secretary of State election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout	49.39%
Nominee Jesse White Robert Enriquez Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,590,222 1,001,544 Percentage 69.87% 27.02%
County results White:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Enriquez:     40–50%     50–60%
Secretary of State before election Jesse White Democratic Elected Secretary of State Jesse White Democratic

Incumbent DemocraticSecretary of StateJesse White won reelection to a fourth term in office.

Green Party nominee Adrian Frost withdrew before the election.

2010 Illinois State Comptroller election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout	48.79%
Nominee Judy Baar Topinka David E. Miller Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,927,139 1,497,263 Percentage 52.62% 40.88%
County results Topinka:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Miller:     40–50%     50–60%
State Comptroller before election Daniel Hynes Democratic Elected State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka Republican

IncumbentComptrollerDaniel Hynes, a Democrat, did not seek a fourth term. RepublicanJudy Baar Topinka was elected to succeed him.

2010 Illinois State Treasurer election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout	48.58%
Nominee Dan Rutherford Robin Kelly Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,811,293 1,650,244 Percentage 49.68% 45.26%
County results Rutherford:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Kelly:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Treasurer before election Alexi Giannoulias Democratic Elected Treasurer Dan Rutherford Republican

IncumbentTreasurerAlexi Giannoulias, a Democrat, did not seek reelection to a second term, instead opting to run for United States Senate. RepublicanDan Rutherford was elected to succeed him. As of 2022^[update], this is the last time a Republican was elected Illinois state treasurer.

One-third of the seats of theIllinois Senate were up for election in 2010.

• Illinois State Senate elections, 2010 atBallotpedia

All of the seats in theIllinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

• Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010 atBallotpedia

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010.

• VoteForJudges.org

One measure, the Governor recall amendment, was certified for the 2010 statewide election.^[4]

• Illinois 2010 ballot measures atBallotpedia

Voters approved the Illinois Governor Recall Amendment, allowing voters to holdrecall elections of Illinois Governors.^[5] In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.^[6] The 60% support threshold was exceeded.^[5][6]

Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as theCook County elections.

• General Election 2010: Offices and Candidates from the Illinois State Board of Elections

• Illinois State Board of Elections
  • Official candidate list
• Candidates for Illinois State Offices atProject Vote Smart
• Illinois atBallotpedia
• Illinois Election Guide atCongress.org
• Illinois Polls at Pollster.com
• Illinois atRasmussen Reports

Finance

• 2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for Illinois at theFederal Election Commission
• Illinois Congressional Races in 2010 campaign finance data fromOpenSecrets
• Illinois 2010 campaign finance data fromFollow the Money

Media

• Election Center at theChicago Tribune,all endorsements
• Election 2010 at theChicago Sun-Times,all endorsements
• The 2010 Candidate Forums atChicago Tonight

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• 2010 elections in the United States by state

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