United States Senate election in Illinois, 2014

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2014
Illinois
November 4, 2014
 
Nominee Dick Durbin Jim Oberweis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,929,637 1,538,522
Percentage 53.55% 42.69%

County results
U.S. Senator before election

Dick Durbin
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Dick Durbin
Democratic

The 2014 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Illinois, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Illinois, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic Senator and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin ran for re-election to a fourth term.[1] He was unopposed in the Democratic primary. The Republicans nominated State Senator and perennial candidate for higher office Jim Oberweis.

Durbin defeated Oberweis and Libertarian Sharon Hansen with 53.5% of the vote, the smallest vote total of any of his Senate elections.

Background

Dick Durbin was first elected to the Senate in 1996 and was re-elected by increasingly larger margins in 2002 and 2008. He has served as Senate Majority Whip since 2007 and sought a fourth term in office.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Durbin (Incumbent) 429,031 100
Total votes 429,031 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Removed

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Jim
Oberweis		 Doug
Truax		 Other Undecided
Market Shares Corp. February 5–8, 2014 600 ± 4% 52% 15% 2% 32%

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Oberweis 423,097 56.08
Republican Doug Truax 331,237 43.91
Republican Write-in 54 <0.01
Total votes 754,388 100

Independents and Third Party

Candidates

Declared

Removed from the ballot

General election

Fundraising

Campaign Finance Reports through November 24, 2014
Candidate Raised Spent
Dick Durbin $10,309,888 $12,453,951
Jim Oberweis $2,388,389 $2,416,774
Sharon Hansen $2,420 $2,367
Source: OpenSecrets[15]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Jim
Oberweis (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–2, 2014 1,064 ± 3% 51% 41% 4%[16] 4%
52% 44% — 4%
McKeon & Associates October 28, 2014 823 ± 3.9% 49% 39% 4%[16] 8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 3,519 ± 3% 52% 39% 1% 9%
APC Research October 16–21, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 50% 36% 7%[17] 6%
Southern Illinois University September 23–October 15, 2014 691 LV ± 3.7% 46.9% 36.5% 0.3% 12.2%
1,006 RV ± 3% 48.9% 32.3% 0.2% 13.7%
UIS Survey Research October 2–8, 2014 723 ± 3.7% 50.4% 34.9% 0.6% 14.1%
We Ask America October 7, 2014 1,086 ± 2.98% 51% 38% 4%[16] 6%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014 3,955 ± 2% 51% 39% 0% 9%
Rasmussen Reports September 24–25, 2014 750 ± 4% 51% 37% 4% 8%
Chicago Tribune September 3–12, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 55% 32% 5%[16] 7%
We Ask America September 4, 2014 1,014 ± 3.08% 49.29% 39.22% 3.73%[16] 7.76%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014 4,363 ± 3% 50% 38% 1% 10%
We Ask America August 27, 2014 1,054 ± 3.02% 47.78% 40.5% 4.09%[16] 7.63%
Harper Polling* August 25–27, 2014 1,340 ± 2.68% 44% 38% 8%[16] 10%
Gravis Marketing August 4–5, 2014 567 ± 4% 48% 38% — 14%
We Ask America July 30, 2014 1,049 ± 3.04% 53.11% 38.13% — 8.76%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 5,324 ± 2.1% 48% 41% 1% 11%
We Ask America June 12, 2014 1,116 ± 2.93% 52.13% 38.6% — 9.27%
Rasmussen Reports April 9–10, 2014 750 ± 4% 51% 37% 3% 10%
Public Policy Polling November 22–25, 2013 557 ± 4.2% 51% 36% — 12%
We Ask America September 24, 2013 1,434 ± 2.86% 49.97% 38.67% — 11.36%

Results

Durbin won the election, despite winning 14 of Illinois's 102 counties.[18]

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2014[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Durbin (Incumbent) 1,929,637 53.55
Republican Jim Oberweis 1,538,522 42.69
Libertarian Sharon Hansen 135,316 3.76
Write-in Various candidates 44 <0.01
Majority 391,115 10.85%
Total votes 3,603,519 100
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pearson, Rick (March 8, 2013). "Durbin telling top Democrats he'll seek re-election in 2014". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Official Illinois State Board of Elections Results Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Pearson, Rick (22 November 2013). "Oberweis to run for U.S. Senate seat held by Durbin". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Held, Kevin (15 July 2013). "Doug Truax announces challenge for Durbin's U.S. Senate seat". KSDK.com. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Unknown Republicans File for Illinois Governor, US Senate, Legislature". Illinois Observer. December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Republican Candidate For Governor Kicked Off The Ballot". WUIS 919. January 10, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ Huston, Warner Todd (15 April 2013). "An Interview With Chad Koppie, Running for U.S. Senate From Illinois". Publius Forum. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  8. ↑ Riopell, Mike (30 August 2013). "Walsh weighing a bid for Durbin's U.S. Senate seat". Daily Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  9. ↑ Choose Truax to challenge Durbin Chicago Tribune, March 5, 2014
  10. ↑ "Fuji Shioura". Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sharon Hansen". Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Who is Chad Koppie?". Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Campaign 2014". Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Illinois Green Party on Sidelines in November Pantagraph.com, August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014
  15. ↑ Open Secrets | Elections | U.S. Senate opensecrets.org
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sharon Hansen (L)
  17. ↑ Sharon Hansen (L) 6%, Other 1%
  18. ↑ Newman, James (November 5, 2014). "Quinn/Rauner a Squeaker? Durbin/Oberweis a Cakewalk? Think Again". NIU Today. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  19. ↑ "November 4, 2014 General election Official results" (PDF). Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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