illinois

Illinois 2008 Election Coverage

Back to State-by-State Coverage

 

Offices up for Election in 2008

United States President & Vice President

United States Senate: 1 seat

United States House of Representatives: All seats

State Supreme Court: 1 seat

State Senate: Districts 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 59

State General Assembly: All seats

Primary Election Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change. 

State Supreme Court

State Senate

State General Assembly

United States President

United States Congress

   U.S. Senate

   U.S. House of Representatives

State Supreme Court

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

First District

Anne Burke (D)*^

Return to top of page

State Senate

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 2

Willie Delgado (D)*

District 3

Mattie Hunter (D)*^

District 5

Rickey Hendon (D)*

District 6

John Cullerton (D)*^

District 7

Heather Stearns (D)


District 8

Ira Silverstein (D)*^

District 9

Jeffrey M. Schoenberg (D)*^

Brendan Appel (R)^

District 11

Louis Viverito (D)*^

Jeffrey Malinowski (R)^

 

District 12

Martin A. Sandoval (D)*^

District 14

Emil Jones (D)*^

District 15

James T. Meeks (D)*^

District 17

Donne Trotter (D)*^

District 18

Edward D. Maloney (D)*^

District 20

Iris Martinez (D)*

District 21

Dan Cronin (R)*^

A. Ghani (D)^

District 23

Carole Pankau (R)*^

District 24

Kirk W. Dillard (R)*^

District 26

Dan Duffy (R)*^

Bill Gentes (D)

District 27

Matt Murphy (R)*^

Peter Gutzmer (D)^

District 29

Susan Garrett (D)*^

District 30

Terry Link (D)*

District 32

Pamela Althoff (D)*

District 33

Dan Kotowski (D)*^

Michael Sweeney (R)^

District 35

Bradley Burzynski (R)*^

District 36

Mike Jacobs (D)*^

Michael Bertelsen (R)^

District 38

Gary Dahl (R)*^

Steve Stout (D)

District 39

Don Harmon (D)*^

District 41

Christine Radogno (R)*

Audrey Manly (D)^

District 42

Linda Holmes (D)*^

Terri Ann Wintermute (R)

District 44

Bill Brady (R)*^

District 45

Tim Bivins (R)*^

Marty Mulcahey (D)^

District 47

John Sullivan (D)*^

District 48

Randy Hultgren (R)*^

District 50

Larry Bomke (R)*^

District 51

Frank Watson (R)*^

District 53

Dan Rutherford (R)*^

District 54

John Jones (R)*^

District 56

Bill Haine (D)*^

District 57

James Clayborne (D)*^

District 59

Gary Forby (D)*^

Ken Burzynski (R)^

Return to top of State Senate Results

Return to top of page

State General Assembly

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

District 1

Susana Mendoza (D)*^

District 2

Edward J. Acevedo (D)*

District 3

Luis Arroyo (D)*

District 4

Cynthia Soto (D)*^

District 5

Ken Dunkin (D)*^

District 6

Esther Golar (D)*

District 7

Karen A. Yarbrough (D)*

District 8

La Shawn K. Ford (D)*^

District 9

Arthur L. Turner (D)*

District 10

Annazette R. Collins (D)*

District 11

John Fritchey (D)*^

District 12

Sara Feigenholtz (D)*^

District 13

Gregory Harris (D)*^

District 14

Harry Osterman (D)*^

District 15

John C. D’Amico (D)*^

District 16

Lou Lang (D)*^

District 17

Elizabeth Coulson (R)*^

Daniel Biss (D)^

District 18

Julie Hamos (D)*^

District 19

Joseph Lyons (D)*^

District 20

Michael P. McAuliffe (R)*^

Michael Marzullo (D)^

District 21

Robert Molaro (D)*^

Charlie Johnson (R)^

District 22

Michael J. Madigan (D)*^

Robert Famiglietti (R)^

District 23

Daniel J. Burke (D)*^

District 24

Lisa Hernandez (D)*^

District 25

Barbara Flynn Currie (D)*

District 26

Will Burns (D)

Sylvester Hendricks (R)

District 27

Monique D. Davis (D)*

District 28

Robert Rita (D)*

District 29

David E. Miller (D)*^

District 30

William (Will) Davis (D)*

District 31

Mary E. Flowers (D)*^

District 32

Andre Thapedi (D)^

District 33

Marlow H. Colvin (D)*^

District 34

Connie Howard (D)*^

District 35

Kevin Joyce (D)*^

District 36

James D. Brosnahan (D)*^

District 37

Kevin A. McCarthy  (D)*^

District 38

Al Riley (D)*

District 39

Toni Berrios (D)*^

District 40

Deborah Mell (D)^

District 41

Bob Biggins (R)*^

Kevin O'Connor (GRN)^

District 42

Sandra Pihos (R)*^

District 43

Ruth Munson (R)*^

Keith Farnham (D)^

District 44

Fred Crespo (D)*^

Peggy Brothman (R)^

District 45

Franco Coladipietro (R)*^

District 46

Dennis M. Reboletti (R)*^

Gary Nowak (D)^

District 47

Patti Bellock (R)*^

District 48

Michael Connelly (R)

District 49

Timothy Schmitz (R)*

District 50

Kay Hatcher (R)

Mary Schneider (D)

District 51

Ed Sullivan, Jr. (R)*^

Amanda Howland (D)^

District 52

Mark Beaubien, Jr. (R)*^

District 53

Sidney H. Mathias (R)*^

Carol Javens (D)^

District 54

Suzanne Bassi (R)*^

District 55

Randy Ramey (R)*^

Broc Montgomery (D)^

District 56

Paul Froehlich (D)*

Anita Forte-Scott (R)^

District 57

Elaine Nekritz (D)*^

District 58

Karen May (D)*^

Timothy Stratton (R)^

District 59

Kathleen A. Ryg (D)*^

District 60

Eddie Washington (D)*

District 61

JoAnn D. Osmond (R)*^

Jim Parks (D)^

District 62

Sandy Cole (R)*^

District 63

Jack D. Franks (D)*^

District 64

Michael W. Tryon (R)*^

Robert Kaempfe (D)^

District 65

Rosemary Mulligan (R)*^

Aurora Austriaco (D)^

District 66

Mark Walker (D)^

Christine Prochno (R)

District 67

Chuck Jefferson (D)*^

District 68

Dave Winters (R)*^

Clint Little (D)^

Gerry Woods (GRN)^

District 69

Ronald A. Wait (R)*^

Greg Tuite (D)^

District 70

Robert W. Pritchard (R)*^

District 71

Mike Boland (D)*

District 72

Patrick Verschoore (D)*^

District 73

David R. Leitch (R)*^

District 74

Donald L. Moffitt (R)*^

District 75

Careen M. Gordon (D)*^

David McAloon (R)^

District 76

Frank J. Mautino (D)*^

District 77

Angelo Saviano (R)*^

District 78

Deborah L. Graham (D)*

District 79

Lisa M. Dugan (D)*^

District 80

George Scully (D)*^

District 81

Renée Kosel (R)*^

Rich Kelly (D)^

District 82

Jim Durkin (R)*^

District 83

Linda Chapa LaVia (D)*^

Joan Solms (R)^

District 84

Tom Cross (R)*^

Dennis Grosskoph (D)^

District 85

Brent Hassert (R)*^

Emily Klunk-McAsey (D)^

District 86

Jack McGuire (D)*^

District 87

Bill Mitchell (R)*^

District 88

Dan Brady (R)*^

District 89

Jim Sacia (R)*^

District 90

Jerry L. Mitchell (R)*^

Kenneth Novak (D)^

District 91

Michael K. Smith (D)*

District 92

Joan Krupa (R)^

Jehan Gordon (D)

District 93

Jil Tracy (R)*^

District 94

Richard Myers (R)*^

District 95

Mike Fortner (R)*^

District 96

Diane McGuire (D)^

Darlene Senger (R)

District 97

Jim Watson (R)*^

District 98

Gary Hannig (D)*^

District 99

Raymond Poe (R)*^

Kent DeLay (D)^

District 100

Rich Brauer (R)*^

District 101

Bob Flider (D)*^

District 102

Ron Stephens (R)*^

District 103

Naomi D. Jakobsson (D)*^

District 104

Scott Eisenhauer (R)^

District 105

Shane Cultra (R)*

District 106

Keith P. Sommer (R)*^

District 107

Patti Hahn (D)

John Cavaletto (R)^

District 108

David B. Reis (R)*^

Jason Warfel (D)^

District 109

Roger L. Eddy (R)*^

District 110

Chapin Rose (R)*^

District 111

Daniel V. Beiser (D)*^

District 112

Jay C. Hoffman (D)*^

Dwight Kay (R)^

District 113

Tom Holbrook (D)*^

District 114

Wyvetter H. Younge (D)*^

District 115

Mike Bost (R)*^

Cheryl Graff (D)^

Charlie Howe (GRN)^

District 116

Dan Reitz (D)*^

District 117

John Bradley (D)*^

Ron Emery (R)^

District 118

Brandon W. Phelps (D)*^

Scott Doody (R)^

Return to top of State General Assembly results

Return to top of page

United States President

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

John McCain (R)

Barack Obama (D)

Cynathia McKinney (GRN)

Return to top of page

United States Congress

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

U.S. Senate

Dick Durbin (D)*^

Steve Sauerberg (R)

U.S. House District 1

Bobby Rush (D)*

Antoine Members (R)^

U.S. House District 2

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D)*^

U.S. House District 3

Daniel William Lipinski (D)*

Michael Hawkins (R)

Jerome Pohlen (GRN)

U.S. House District 4

Luis V. Gutierrez (D)*^

U.S. House District 5

Rahm Emanuel (D)*^

Alan Augustson (R)^

U.S. House District 6

Peter J. Roskam (R)*^

Jill Morgenthaler (D)

U.S. House District 7

Danny K. Davis (D)*

U.S. House District 8

Melissa Bean (D)*

Steve Greenberg (R)

U.S. House District 9

Janice D. Schakowsky (D)*

Michael Younan (R)^

Morris Shanfield (GRN)^

U.S. House District 10

Mark Steven Kirk (R)*^

Daniel Seals (D)

U.S. House District 11

Debbie Halvorson (D)^

Timothy Baldermann (R)

Jason Wallace (GRN)^

U.S. House District 12

Jerry F. Costello (D)*^

Timmy Richardson (R)^

Rodger Jennings (GRN)^

U.S. House District 13

Judy Biggert (R)*

Scott Harper (D)^

Steve Alesch (GRN)^

U.S. House District 14

Bill Foster (D)

Jim Oberweis (R)

U.S. House District 15

Timothy V. Johnson (R)*^

Steve Cox (D)^

U.S. House District 16

Donald A. Manzullo (R)*^

Robert Abboud (D)^

U.S. House District 17

Phil Hare (D)*^

U.S. House District 18

Aaron Schock (R)

U.S. House District 19

John M. Shimkus (R)*^

Daniel Davis (D)

Vic Roberts (GRN)^

Return to top of Congressional Race results

Return to top of page

Special Election for Congressional District 14

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Congressional District 14

Bill Foster (D)

Return to top of page

 

State Election Calendar

February 5

Primary Election

CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS

March 8

Special Election

Congressional District 14

CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS

November 4

General Election

Illinois Election
Resources

Illinois State Board of
Elections

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Tribune

State Journal-Register

 

 
THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS
 
NEWS

Learn from CSG Regional Meetings
Learn more from meetings of the Southern Legislative Conference of The Council of State Governments, CSG-Midwest and CSG-WEST at Capitol Comments.

Health Reform Strategies in the Midwest
State strategies to contain health care costs and reform health systems are the focus of a new Midwestern Legislative Conference report, released last week in conjunction with the nonpartisan association's four-day meeting in Rapid City, S.D.

State Funding for Homeland Security Down
A Southern Legislative Conference Special Series Report explores ways in which states are dealing with decreased funding for state homeland security programs.

Visit www.stateline.org for the latest news
affecting state governments.