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Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type Primary Election
Filing Deadline December 01, 1953 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open April 13, 1954 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close April 13, 1954 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 05, 1955 - 12:00pm
Term End January 05, 1961 - 11:55pm
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Last Modifiedev January 07, 2018 06:40pm
Data SourcesIllinois Blue Book 1954-1955 P. 779
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1948
NamePaul H. Douglas Votes2,147,754 (55.07%)
Term01/03/1949 - 01/03/1955 Margin407,728 (+10.45%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1954
NamePaul H. Douglas Votes1,804,338 (53.57%)
Term01/03/1955 - 01/03/1961 Margin240,655 (+7.15%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceIL US Senate 11/02/1954

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Name Joseph T. Meek Edward A. Hayes Austin L. Wyman Trustee Park C. Livingston John B. Crane Julius Klein Edgar M. Elbert
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
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Certified Votes 283,843 (33.72%) 181,490 (21.56%) 103,202 (12.26%) 74,962 (8.91%) 56,086 (6.66%) 48,264 (5.73%) 29,420 (3.50%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -102,353 (-12.16%) -180,641 (-21.46%) -208,881 (-24.81%) -227,757 (-27.06%) -235,579 (-27.99%) -254,423 (-30.22%)
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Name Herbert F. Geisler Lawrence "Lar" Daly Deneen A. Watson Write-In  
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican  
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Certified Votes 27,367 (3.25%) 18,585 (2.21%) 18,496 (2.20%) 51 (0.01%)  
Margin-256,476 (-30.47%) -265,258 (-31.51%) -265,347 (-31.52%) -283,792 (-33.71%)  
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