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  IL US Senate - D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline December 30, 1995 - 12:00pm
Polls Open March 16, 1996 - 07:00am
Polls Close March 16, 1996 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 1997 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2001 - 12:00pm
ContributorCOSDem
Last ModifiedCOSDem August 18, 2011 01:22am
Data Sources
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/06/1990
NamePaul M. Simon Votes2,115,377 (65.07%)
Term01/03/1991 - 01/03/1997 Margin979,749 (+30.14%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/19/1996 03/02/1996

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Dick Durbin Treasurer Pat Quinn Ronald F. Gibbs Jalil Ahmad Paul H. D. Park
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes512,520 (64.87%) 233,138 (29.51%) 17,681 (2.24%) 17,211 (2.18%) 9,505 (1.20%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -279,382 (-35.36%) -494,839 (-62.63%) -495,309 (-62.69%) -503,015 (-63.67%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Chicago Tribune 
02/27-03/02		 48.00% (+20.0) 26.00% (-12.0) 3.00% (+1.0) 2.00% (-1.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
Chicago Tribune 
01/19-01/22		 28.00% (+0.0) 38.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Richard M. Daley [L]
D Carol Moseley Braun [L]
D Paul M. Simon [L]

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