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OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline March 01, 1966 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 08, 1966 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 08, 1966 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 03, 1967 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1973 - 12:00pm
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last Modifiedev December 09, 2024 10:33am
Data Sources
DescriptionThe "other" candidates included the following:

Lar Daly, running as an Independent.
Don DuMont, running as a conservative.
Vincent Knaus, running as a conservative.
Claude Lightfoot, running as a communist.

The Illinois state canvassing board rejected all write-in votes for the people listed above.

The canvassing board also rejected 803 votes cast for Sabonjian and 5 votes case for Primack in McHenry County.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/08/1960
NamePaul H. Douglas Votes2,530,943 (54.63%)
Term01/03/1961 - 01/03/1967 Margin437,097 (+9.43%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 14, 1966 IL US Senate - R Primary Charles H. Percy
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

CANDIDATES
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Name Charles H. Percy (I) Sen. Paul H. Douglas (W) Robert V. Sabonjian (W) Maxwell Primack (W) Others
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Independent Independent
Votes2,100,449 (54.95%) 1,678,147 (43.90%) 41,965 (1.10%) 1,693 (0.04%) 470 (0.01%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -422,302 (-11.05%) -2,058,484 (-53.85%) -2,098,756 (-54.90%) -2,099,979 (-54.93%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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AENM Angry Russian
R Rockefeller Republican
I E Pluribus Unum
S Tax Suchart
Laf-W Craverguy

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