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  IL District 08-R Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > IL - District 08
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline January 31, 2006 - 12:00pm
Polls Open March 21, 2006 - 07:00am
Polls Close March 21, 2006 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Last ModifiedArmyDem September 03, 2008 09:42am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameMelissa Bean Votes139,792 (51.70%)
Term01/03/2005 - 01/03/2007 Margin9,191 (+3.40%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Kathy Salvi
Slight 5
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

05/25/2005 03/01/2006
Graph MoE

CANDIDATES
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Name S. David McSweeney Kathy Salvi St. Rep. Robert W. Churchill Aaron Lincoln Ken Arnold James Creighton Mitchell, Jr.
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes25,085 (42.92%) 19,370 (33.14%) 9,169 (15.69%) 2,630 (4.50%) 1,275 (2.18%) 921 (1.58%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -5,715 (-9.78%) -15,916 (-27.23%) -22,455 (-38.42%) -23,810 (-40.74%) -24,164 (-41.34%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
02/28-03/01
19.00% (-1.0) 29.00% (+13.0) 17.00% (+2.0) 3.00% (+1.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
12/14-12/15
20.00% (+19.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 15.00% (-1.0) 2.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
05/25-05/26
1.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0) -0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Eagle Forum
  Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago)
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Chicago Tribune
R Philip M. Crane [L]
R Teresa Bartels [L]
  Teamsters, International Brotherhood of

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Mar 09, 2006 12:00am Endorsement Crane endorses Salvi as GOP's best hope to beat Bean  Article COSDem 
Feb 01, 2006 09:00pm Election Guide Bartels pulls out of primary [IL-08]  Article COSDem 
Oct 11, 2005 11:40am Election Guide Anti-tax activist enters crowded race [IL-08]  Article COSDem 
Oct 03, 2005 06:55pm Election Guide Churchill declares for IL-08 congressional seat  Article COSDem 
Sep 14, 2005 01:00pm Election Guide In role reversal, Kathy Salvi to run for Congress [Il-08]  Article COSDem 
Aug 15, 2005 01:00pm Election Guide State rep Beaubein won’t run against Bean [IL-08]  Article COSDem 

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