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  IL - District 10
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > IL - District 10
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline December 01, 2007 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End November 29, 2010 - 12:00pm
ContributorArmyDem
Last ModifiedJason November 30, 2010 07:27am
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionTerm end due to resignation.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameMark Kirk Votes107,929 (53.38%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2009 Margin13,651 (+6.75%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Feb 05, 2008 IL District 10 - D Primary Dan Seals
Feb 05, 2008 IL District 10 - R Primary Mark Kirk
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 7.5000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Dan Seals
Strong 1
Lean 2
Slight 20
Mark Kirk
Safe 1
Lean 2
Slight 10
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

02/07/2008 10/22/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Rep. Mark Kirk Dan Seals
PartyRepublican Democratic
Votes153,082 (52.56%) 138,176 (47.44%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -14,906 (-5.12%)
Predict Avg.49.38% 50.37%
Finances$7,195.00 $-33,595.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Research 2000 
10/20-10/22
43.00% (-1.0) 49.00% (+11.0)
Bennett, Petts & Normington (D) 
10/15-10/16
47.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/04-10/05
44.00% (+0.0) 52.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
09/30-10/01
44.00% (+0.0) 38.00% (+0.0)
McLaughlin & Associates (R) 
09/10-09/11
51.00% (-2.0) 29.00% (-3.0)
Global Strategy Group (D) 
08/17-08/19
46.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
I McCord 2014
  Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
  Chicago Sun-Times
D Some say...
  Esquire
  21st Century Democrats
Laf-W Craverguy
D Ashley

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 30, 2008 03:00pm News [IL-10] Rep. Mark Kirk sees 2nd foe knocked off ballot  Article TX DEM 
Apr 08, 2008 04:00pm News Campaign money flows into [IL] 10th District races  Article ArmyDem 

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