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2008 Illinois Senate election

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Illinois Senate elections, 2008

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40 of 59 total seats in the Illinois Senate
30 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader John Cullerton Frank Watson
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 6th-Chicago 51st-Greenville
Last election 37 22
Seats won 37 22
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,749,517 1,457,074
Percentage 54.22% 45.15%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

President before election

Emil Jones
Democratic

President-Elect

John Cullerton
Democratic

The Illinois State Senate Election of 2008 determined, along with 19 senators not up for re-election, the membership of the 96th Illinois State Senate. The Democratic Party retained its majority.

Overview

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Illinois State Senate Elections, 2008
Party Votes Percentage Seats
up
Seats
not up
Total
seats
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Democratic 1,791,386 54.81% 24 13 37 0
Republican 1,457,074 44.58% 16 6 22 0
Green 19,818 0.61% 0 0 0 0
Independent 116 0.004% 0 0 0 0
Totals 3,268,394 100.00% 40 19 59

Individual Results

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The following are results by individual districts.

2nd District

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Illinois' 2nd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William 'Willie' Delgado 42,002 100.00
Total votes 42,002 100.00
Democratic hold

3rd District

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Illinois' 3rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mattie Hunter 53,889 100.00
Total votes 53,889 100.00
Democratic hold

5th District

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Illinois' 5th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rickey R. Hendon 69,229 85.97
Republican Jason Allen Braswell 11,297 4.03
Total votes 80,526 100.00
Democratic hold

6th District

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Illinois' 6th State Senate district election, 2008[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Cullerton 73,323 77.47
Republican Jay Valko 21,320 22.53
Total votes 94,643 100.00
Democratic hold

7th District

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Illinois' 7th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Heather Steans 55,457 83.08
Green Tom Durkin 11,297 16.92
Total votes 66,754 100.00
Democratic hold

8th District

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Illinois' 8th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ira I. Silverstein 55,691 100.00
Total votes 55,691 100.00
Democratic hold

9th District

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Illinois' 9th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeffrey Schoenberg 70,746 70.9
Republican Brendan Appel 29,036 29.1
Total votes 99,782 100.00
Democratic hold

11th District

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Illinois' 11th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis S. Viverito 51,353 70.
Republican Jeffrey Malinowski 21,213 29.2
Total votes 72,748 100.00
Democratic hold

12th District

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Illinois' 12th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin A. Sandoval 33,807 100.00
Total votes 33,807 100.00
Democratic hold

14th District

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Illinois' 14th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Emil Jones III 76,090 80.1
Republican Ray Wardingley 18,929 19.9
Total votes 95,019 100.00
Democratic hold

15th District

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Illinois' 15th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James T. Meeks 72,950 100.00
Total votes 72,950 100.00
Democratic hold

17th District

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Illinois' 17th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donne f. Trotter 79,070 100.000
Total votes 79,070 100.00
Democratic hold

18th District

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Illinois' 18th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward d. Maloney 75,229 99.92
Independent Brendan Appel 58 0.08
Total votes 75,287 100.00
Democratic hold

20th District

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Illinois' 9th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Iris Y. Martinez 42,310 100.00
Total votes 42,310 100.00
Democratic hold

21st District

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Illinois' 21st State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Cronin 64,062 63.14
Democratic A. Ghani 30 771 30.33
Green John Basco 6,628 6.53
Total votes 101,461 100.00
Republican hold

23rd District

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Illinois' 23rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carole Pankau 61,795 99.91
Independent Kevin Allen 58 0.09
Total votes 61,853 100.00
Republican hold

24th District

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Illinois' 24th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kirk W. Dillard 80,766 100.00
Total votes 80,766 100.00
Republican hold

26th District

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Illinois' 26th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Duffy 68,463 62.1
Democratic Brendan Appel 41,740 37.9
Total votes 110,203 100.00
Republican hold

27th District

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Illinois' 27th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Murphy 52,202 58.4
Democratic Peter Gutzmer 37,220 41.6
Total votes 89,422 100.00
Republican hold

29th District

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Illinois' 29th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Susan Garret 72,911 100.00
Total votes 72,911 100.00
Democratic hold

30th District

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Illinois' 30th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Terry Link 42,407 64.7
Republican Keith Grey 23,141 35.3
Total votes 65,548 100.00
Democratic hold

32nd District

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Illinois' 32nd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pamela J. Althoff 93,855 100.00
Total votes 93,855 100.00
Republican hold

33rd District

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Illinois' 33rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Kotowski 48,344 59.95
Republican Michael H. Sweeney 32,293 40.05
Total votes 80,637 100.00
Democratic hold

35th District

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Illinois' 35th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. Bradley Burzynski 61,749 58.98
Democratic Ryan Gailey 42,948 41.02
Total votes 104,697 100.00
Democratic hold

36th District

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Illinois' 36th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Jacobs 55,448 58.78
Republican Michael Bertelsen 38,882 41.22
Total votes 94,330 100.00
Democratic hold

38th District

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Illinois' 38th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gary G. Dahl 62,790 61.88
Democratic Steve Stout 38,687 38.12
Total votes 101,477 100.00
Democratic hold

39th District

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Illinois' 39th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Harmon 57,487 100.00
Total votes 57,487 100.00
Democratic hold

41st District

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Illinois' 41st State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Christine Radogno 74,777 63.57
Democratic Audrey Manly 42,848 36.43
Total votes 117,625 100.00
Republican hold

42nd district

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Illinois' 42nd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Linda Holmes 57,231 54.61
Republican Terri Ann Wintermute 47,567 45.39
Total votes 104,798 100.00
Republican hold

44th District

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Illinois' 44th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Brady 82,718 100.00
Total votes 82,718 100.00
Republican hold

45th District

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Illinois' 45th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Bivins 61,310 63.18
Democratic Marty Mulcahey 35,728 36.82
Total votes 97,038 100.00
Republican hold

47th District

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Illinois' 47th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John M. Sullivan 77,597 100.00
Total votes 77.597 100.00
Democratic hold

48th District

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Illinois' 48th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randall M. "Randy" Hultgren 77,310 100.00
Total votes 77,310 100.00
Republican hold

50th District

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Illinois' 50th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Larry K. Bomke 82,011 77.75
Democratic John Devine 23,474 22.25
Total votes 105,485 100.00
Republican hold

51st District

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Illinois' 51st State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Watson 82,718 100.00
Total votes 82,718 100.00
Republican hold

53rd District

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Illinois' 53rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Rutherford 90,199 100.00
Total votes 90,199 100.00
Republican hold

54th District

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Illinois' 54th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John O. Jones 63,944 70.05
Democratic Henry S. Kijonka 27,337 29.95
Total votes 76,108 100.00
Republican hold

56th District

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Illinois' 56th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William R. Haine 82,672 100.00
Total votes 82,672 100.00
Democratic hold

57th District

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Illinois' 57th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Clayborne, Jr. 76,108 100.00
Total votes 76,108 100.00
Democratic hold

59th District

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Illinois' 59th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gary Forby 49,552 51.47
Republican Ken W. Burzynski 46,727 48.53
Total votes 96,279 100.00
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "State of Illinois Official Vote Cast at the General Election". State Board of Elections, 2008. 2008. p. 37.
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