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  IL US Senate - R Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline November 01, 2009 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open February 02, 2010 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close February 02, 2010 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2017 - 12:00pm
ContributorBR_Green
Last ModifiedRBH December 03, 2018 01:07pm
Data SourcesIllinois State Board of Elections
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won01/12/2009
NameRoland Burris Votes1 (100.00%)
Term01/15/2009 - 11/29/2010 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2010
NameMark Kirk Votes1,677,729 (47.31%)
Term11/29/2010 - 01/03/2011 Margin36,243 (+1.02%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceIL US Senate - Special Election 11/02/2010
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
04/30/2009 02/02/2010
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Mark Kirk ------20
Leaning Call: Mark Kirk (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Mark Kirk (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/26/2009 01/25/2010

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Mark Kirk Patrick Hughes Circuit Court Judge Donald Lowery Kathleen Thomas Anthony R. "Andy" Martin John Arrington (W) Patricia Elaine Beard
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
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Certified Votes 420,373 (56.63%) 142,928 (19.26%) 66,357 (8.94%) 54,038 (7.28%) 37,480 (5.05%) 21,090 (2.84%) 2 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -277,445 (-37.38%) -354,016 (-47.69%) -366,335 (-49.35%) -382,893 (-51.58%) -399,283 (-53.79%) -420,371 (-56.63%)
Predict Avg.64.50% 21.50% 1.00% 0.40% 0.50% 2.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand 12/31 $3,175,952.00 12/31 $22,561.00 12/31 $10,196.00 12/31 $2,538.00 $-- 12/31 $7,718.00 $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2009 11/02/2009 07/27/2009 09/24/2009 03/00/2009 07/24/2009 --
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MATCHUP POLLS (7 from 7 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg46.94%-- 11.21%-- 3.50%-- 2.00%-- 2.83%-- 2.00%-- 0.00%--
Rasmussen Reports 
01/25/10-01/25/10		 53.00% -- 18.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
01/22/10-01/25/10		 42.00% -- 9.00% -- 4.00% -- 2.00% -- 3.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% --
Market Shares Corp 
01/16/10-01/20/10		 47.00% -- 8.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
WGN/Chicago Tribune 
12/02/09-12/08/09		 41.00% -- 3.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 2.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% --
Market Research Insight 
09/14/09-09/15/09		 24.00% -- 11.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
03/10/09-03/10/09		 26.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I smm
  Chicago Tribune
  Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago)
  Chicago Sun-Times
D COMMONSENSE
R Aaron J. Schock 🔗
N Gerald Farinas
R John McCain 🔗
R CAGOP
R Judy Biggert 🔗
I smm
REFS Servo
R SC-Conservative
R SC-Conservative

DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Robert L. Zadek (R)
Apr 16, 2009 - Dec 21, 2009 		Thomas Kuna-Jacob (R)
Aug 26, 2009 - Dec 02, 2009 		Ed Varga (R)
Aug 26, 2009 - Nov 02, 2009

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INFORMATION LINKS

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 07, 2010 04:00pm News Mark Kirk: I'm Not Gay  Article COSDem 
Dec 31, 2009 11:00am Commentary In Senate Race, the Illinois G.O.P. Is Digging Its Own Hole   Article ArmyDem 
Dec 28, 2009 05:20am Advertisement Senate GOP Candidate [IL] Questions Rival's Sexuality  Article RP 
Nov 04, 2009 12:45pm Endorsement IL-Sen: Kirk Seeks Palin Endorsement  Article RP 
Sep 24, 2009 01:55pm News Good News for Hughes: RNC Backs Away from Mark Kirk  Article COSDem 
Sep 21, 2009 10:00pm Poll Survey shows Kirk numbers weak [IL Senate]  Article COSDem 

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