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ILLINOISRace Summary
TOP RACES
GOVERNOR: (OPEN) Gov. Jim Edgar (R), first elected in 1990, is retiring.
U.S. Rep. Glenn W. Poshard (D) will face Secretary of State George Ryan (R) for the governor's seat.
SENATE: Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D), first elected in 1992, is seeking a second term.
She faces Attorney Peter G. Fitzgerald (R).
back to top 1998 POLLSback to topPOLL HOURS7 a.m. ET (6 a.m. CT) to 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT) back to top SENATOR AND GOVERNOR NOT UP IN 1998Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D); first elected to the House in 1982 and then to the Senate in 1996; next election in 2002. back to top VACANCIESback to top HOUSE DISTRICTSBobby L. Rush (inc.) (D); Marlene White Ahimaz (R) Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (inc.) (D); Robert Gordon III (R); William O. Lipinski (inc.) (D); Robert Marshall (R) Luis V. Gutierrez (inc.) (D); John Birch (R); Rod R. Blagojevich (inc.) (D); Alan Spitz (R) Thomas A. Cramer (D) Henry J. Hyde (inc.) (R); Danny K. Davis (inc.) (D); No Republican candidate. Mike Rothman (D); Philip M. Crane (inc.)(R) Janice D. (Jan) Schakowsky (D); Herbert Sohn (R) No Democratic candidate; John E. Porter (inc.) (R) Gary S. Mueller (D); Jerry Weller (inc.) (R) Jerry F. Costello (inc.)(D); William Melvin Price (R) Susan W. Hynes (D); Judy Biggert (R) Robert A. Cozzi Jr. (D); J. Dennis Hastert (inc.) (R) Laurel Lunt Prussing (D); Thomas W. Ewing (inc.) (R) Donald J. Gaines (D); Donald Manzullo (inc.) (R) Lane A. Evans (inc.) (D); Mark Baker (R) No Democratic candidate; Ray LaHood (inc.) (R) David D. Phelps (D); Brent Winters (R) Rick Verticchio (D); John M. Shimkus (inc.) (R) PRIMARY DATEMarch 17 December 15, 1997 back to top STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURESTotal Number: 1
Governor: Republican back to top STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
Senate: 41 seats up back to top PARTY REGISTRATIONNone
State Projected Voting Age Population: 8,754,000 (1996) back to top ELECTORAL VOTES22 PRESIDENTIAL VOTING HISTORYClinton won in 1996; Clinton in 1992; Bush in 1988; Reagan in 1984; Reagan in 1980; Ford in 1976; Nixon in 1972; Nixon in 1968; Johnson in 1964; Kennedy in 1960. LAST TIME VOTED DEMOCRATIC FOR PRESIDENT: 1996PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1996:
Clinton 54% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1992:
Clinton 49% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1988:
Bush 51% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1984:
Reagan 56% PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN 1980:
Reagan 50% back to top PAST EXIT POLLS1992: back to top TURNOUTHistorical voter turnout as a percentage of the voting age population 1996-1960 back to top DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 11,847,000 (1996)
White: 80.5% Persons of Hispanic origin account for 1.5% of the voting population (from 1990 Census) back to top STATE TIDBITS
State Capital: Springfield A mix of Democratic and Republican representatives testifies to the state's moderate place in American politics. Except for Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Illinois voters have supported every presidential winner for 100 years. The Republican Party has controlled Illinois' governor's mansion for the past 16 years. Illinois was mostly Republican in the Reagan years, but elected two Democratic senators in the 1990s and voted for Clinton in 1992 and 1996. Chicago is staunchly Democrat, but voters in the state are split between upstate (Democratic) and downstate (Republican). Moseley-Braun is one of the three Democratic women elected in 1992, the "year of the woman," who are up for re-election in 1998. back to top RELATED SITESNOTE: External sites will open in a new browser window. Government:Illinois Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.state.il.us/ Illinois State Board of Elections http://www.state.il.us/election/ Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar's Home Page http://www.state.il.us/gov/ Illinois State Senate http://www.state.il.us/legis/senate.htm Illinois State House of Representatives http://www.state.il.us/legis/house.htm News Media:CNN AffiliatesWAND (Champaign/Springfield/Decatur)http://www.wandtv.com/ WGN-TV (Chicago) http://www.wgntv.com/ State NewspapersChicago Sun-Times Onlinehttp://www.suntimes.com Chicago Tribune http://www.chicago.tribune.com Daily Herald - Arlington Heights http://www.dailyherald.com The State Journal Register http://www.sj-r.com Bloomington Pantagraph http://www.pantagraph.com General Interest:The White Househttp://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html The House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/ The Senate http://www.senate.gov/ Library of Congress -- The Legislative Branch http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html Congressional Quarterly's American Voter http://voter.cq.com/ Congressional Quarterly's VoteWatch http://pathfinder.com/CQ/ THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/ Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov/ Democratic National Committee http://www.democrats.org/ Republican National Committee http://www.rnc.org/ Project Vote Smart http://www.vote-smart.org Policy.com http://www.policy.com/ Updated: October 25, 1998 |
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