United States Senate election in Illinois, 2002
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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%.
[edit] 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%.
| 2002 United States Senate election, Republican primary 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Jim Durkin | 378,010 | 45.81% | ||
| Republican | James D. Oberweis | 259,515 | 31.45% | - | |
| Republican | John H. Cox | 187,706 | 22.75% | ||
| Majority | 118,495 | 14.36% | |||
| Turnout | 825,231 | ||||
[edit] General Election
On November 5 Dick Durbin beat Jim Durkin by almost a million votes.
[edit] Election results
| 2002 United States Senate election, Illinois | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Dick Durbin | 2,080,411 | 60.16% | ||
| Republican | Jim Durkin | 1,320,621 | 38.19% | ||
| Libertarian | Steven Burgauer | 56,988 | 1.65% | ||
| Majority | 759,790 | 21.97% | |||
| Turnout | 3,450,020 | 22% | |||
