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  IL Attorney General
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > Attorney General
OfficeAttorney General
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 20, 2002 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedNone Entered July 03, 2005 12:29pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/03/1998
NameJim Ryan Votes2,026,781 (60.92%)
Term01/03/1999 - 01/03/2003 Margin783,802 (+23.56%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 19, 2002 IL Attorney General - D Primary Lisa Madigan
Mar 19, 2002 IL Attorney General - R Primary Joe Birkett
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Lisa Madigan
Lean 1
Slight 4
Joe Birkett
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

09/19/2002 10/30/2002

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name St. Sen. Lisa Madigan Joe Birkett Gary L. Shilts
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian
Votes1,762,949 (50.39%) 1,648,003 (47.10%) 87,949 (2.51%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -114,946 (-3.29%) -1,675,000 (-47.87%)
Predict Avg.50.50% 47.33% 2.17%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
10/28-10/30
48.00% (-1.0) 43.00% (-1.0) 5.00% (+2.0)
Chicago Tribune 
10/25-10/27
44.00% (+0.0) 38.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/21-10/23
49.00% (+3.0) 44.00% (+1.0) 3.00% (-1.0)
Illinois Wesleyan University 
10/20-10/22
42.00% (+0.0) 40.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/07-10/09
46.00% (+0.0) 43.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
09/27-10/01
42.00% (+0.0) 37.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0)
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