United States Senate election in Illinois, 2002

The 2002 race for Senate featured 3 candidates Democratic incumbent Dick Durbin Republican State Representitive Jim Durkin and Libertarian Steven Burgauer. On November 5 Dick Durbin easily defeated Jim Durkin 60% to 38%.

Republican primary

The Republican primary very competitive with Jim Durkin, James D. Oberweis and John H. Cox. Coming in first was Durkin with 45% coming in second was James D. Oberweis with 31% and coming in last was Cox with 22%. Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Jim Durkin
votes = 378,010
percentage = 45.81%
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party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = James D. Oberweis
votes = 259,515
percentage = 31.45%
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party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = John H. Cox
votes = 187,706
percentage = 22.75%
change = Election box majority
votes = 118,495
percentage = 14.36%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 825,231
percentage =
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General Election

On November 5 Dick Durbin beat Jim Durkin by almost a million votes.

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Dick Durbin
votes = 2,080,411
percentage = 60.16%
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party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Jim Durkin
votes = 1,320,621
percentage = 38.19%
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (US)
candidate = Steven Burgauer
votes = 56,988
percentage = 1.65%
change = Election box majority
votes = 759,790
percentage = 21.97%
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,450,020
percentage = 22%
change =

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