No article found for “COC Ribeirão Preto?action=edit&redlink=1”.

2014 United States Senate election in Illinois

☆ Save On Wikipedia ↗
2014 United States Senate election in Illinois
November 4, 2014
Turnout48.16%
 
Nominee Dick Durbin Jim Oberweis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,929,637 1,538,522
Percentage 53.55% 42.69%
County results
Congressional district results
Township results
Durbin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Oberweis:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      40–50%      No data
U.S. senator before election

Dick Durbin
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Dick Durbin
Democratic

Elections in Illinois
Federal government
U.S. Presidential elections
Presidential primaries
U.S. Senate elections
U.S. House elections
State government
General elections
Gubernatorial elections
Lieutenant Gubernatorial elections
Attorney General elections
Secretary of State elections
Comptroller elections
Treasurer elections
Senate elections
House of Representatives elections
Judicial elections
Ballot measures and referendums
Champaign County
County Executive elections
Champaign mayoral elections
Chicago
General elections
Mayoral elections
Aldermanic elections
Chicago Board of Education elections
Referendums
Cook County
County elections
County Board of Commissioners
Clerk of Circuit Court
State's Attorney
Suburban municipalities
Will County
County Executive elections

The 2014 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Illinois, concurrently with the election of the governor of Illinois, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin ran for re-election to a fourth term.[1] He was unopposed in the Democratic primary. The Republicans nominated state senator and perennial candidate for higher office Jim Oberweis.

Durbin defeated Oberweis and Libertarian Sharon Hansen with 53.5% of the vote, the smallest vote total of any of his Senate elections.

Background

Dick Durbin was first elected to the Senate in 1996, and was re-elected by increasingly larger margins in 2002 and 2008. He has served as Senate Majority Whip since 2007 and sought a fourth term in office.[1]

For the primary election, turnout was 15.77%, with 1,183,429 votes cast.[2][3] For the general election, turnout was 48.16%, with 3,603,519 votes cast.[2][3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Durbin (incumbent) 429,041 100.00%
Total votes 429,041 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Removed

Declined

Endorsements

Doug Truax

Individuals

Newspapers'

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Jim
Oberweis		 Doug
Truax		 Other Undecided
Market Shares Corp.[11] February 5–8, 2014 600 ± 4% 52% 15% 2% 32%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Chad
Koppie		 William
Lee		 Jim
Oberweis		 Joe
Ruiz		 Doug
Truax		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[12] November 22–25, 2013 375 ± 5.1% 3% 4% 42% 1% 7% — 42%

Results

Results by county
  Oberweis
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Truax
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results[3][13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Oberweis 423,097 56.08%
Republican Doug Truax 331,237 43.91%
Republican Write-in 54 <0.01%
Total votes 754,388 100.00%

Independents and third party

Candidates

Declared

Removed from the ballot

General election

Fundraising

Campaign Finance Reports through November 24, 2014
Candidate Raised Spent
Dick Durbin $10,309,888 $12,453,951
Jim Oberweis $2,388,389 $2,416,774
Sharon Hansen $2,420 $2,367
Source: OpenSecrets[19]

Debates

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[20] Solid D November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21] Safe D November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[22] Safe D November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[23] Likely D November 3, 2014

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Jim
Oberweis (R)		 Other Undecided
We Ask America[24] September 24, 2013 1,434 ± 2.86% 50% 39% — 11%
Public Policy Polling[12] November 22–25, 2013 557 ± 4.2% 51% 36% — 12%
Rasmussen Reports[25] April 9–10, 2014 750 ± 4% 51% 37% 3% 10%
We Ask America[26] June 12, 2014 1,116 ± 2.93% 52% 39% — 9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[27] July 5–24, 2014 5,324 ± 2.1% 48% 41% 1% 11%
We Ask America[28] July 30, 2014 1,049 ± 3.04% 53% 38% — 9%
Gravis Marketing[29] August 4–5, 2014 567 ± 4% 48% 38% — 14%
Harper Polling*[30] August 25–27, 2014 1,340 ± 2.68% 44% 38% 8%[31] 10%
We Ask America[32] August 27, 2014 1,054 ± 3.02% 48% 41% 4%[31] 8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[33] August 18 – September 2, 2014 4,363 ± 3% 50% 38% 1% 10%
We Ask America[34] September 4, 2014 1,014 ± 3.08% 49% 39% 4%[31] 8%
Chicago Tribune[35] September 3–12, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 55% 32% 5%[31] 7%
Rasmussen Reports[25] September 24–25, 2014 750 ± 4% 51% 37% 4% 8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[36] September 20 – October 1, 2014 3,955 ± 2% 51% 39% 0% 9%
We Ask America[37] October 7, 2014 1,086 ± 2.98% 51% 38% 4%[31] 6%
UIS Survey Research[38] October 2–8, 2014 723 ± 3.7% 50% 35% 1% 14%
Southern Illinois University[39] September 23 – October 15, 2014 691 LV ± 3.7% 47% 37% 0% 12%
1,006 RV ± 3% 49% 32% 0% 14%
APC Research[40] October 16–21, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 50% 36% 7%[41] 6%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[36] October 16–23, 2014 3,519 ± 3% 52% 39% 1% 9%
McKeon & Associates[42] October 28, 2014 823 ± 3.9% 49% 39% 4%[31] 8%
Public Policy Polling[43] November 1–2, 2014 1,064 ± 3% 51% 41% 4%[31] 4%
52% 44% — 4%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Bob
Dold (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[44] November 26–28, 2012 500 ± 4.4% 54% 33% — 13%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Patrick
Hughes (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[44] November 26–28, 2012 500 ± 4.4% 53% 31% — 16%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Chad
Koppie (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[12] November 22–25, 2013 557 ± 4.2% 52% 35% — 13%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Doug
Truax (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[12] November 22–25, 2013 557 ± 4.2% 51% 33% — 16%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Joe
Walsh (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[44] November 26–28, 2012 500 ± 4.4% 54% 29% — 17%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Generic
Republican		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[44] November 26–28, 2012 500 ± 4.4% 52% 38% — 10%
  • * Internal poll for the Jim Oberweis campaign.

Results

Durbin won the election, despite winning only 14 of Illinois' 102 counties.[45]

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2014[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Dick Durbin (incumbent) 1,929,637 53.55% −14.29%
Republican Jim Oberweis 1,538,522 42.69% +14.16%
Libertarian Sharon Hansen 135,316 3.76% +2.82%
Write-in 44 0.00% N/A
Total votes 3,603,519 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Results by county

County[47] Dick Durbin

Democratic

 Jim Oberweis

Republican

 Various Candidates

Other Parties

 Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Adams 6,307 28.15% 15,277 68.18% 822 3.67% -8,970 -40.03% 22,406
Alexander 1,361 58.71% 846 36.50% 111 4.79% 515 22.21% 2,318
Bond 2,001 40.65% 2,689 54.62% 233 4.73% -688 -13.97% 4,923
Boone 5,735 37.70% 8,704 57.22% 772 5.08% -2,969 -19.52% 15,211
Brown 476 30.18% 1,030 65.31% 71 4.50% -554 -35.13% 1,577
Bureau 5,329 42.09% 6,798 53.69% 534 4.22% -1,469 -11.60% 12,661
Calhoun 1,003 50.84% 904 45.82% 66 3.35% 99 5.02% 1,973
Carroll 2,161 38.92% 3,131 56.39% 260 4.68% -970 -17.47% 5,552
Cass 1,586 42.01% 2,002 53.03% 187 4.95% -416 -11.02% 3,775
Champaign 26,489 48.60% 25,958 47.63% 2,054 3.77% 531 0.97% 54,501
Christian 4,189 36.08% 6,896 59.40% 525 4.52% -2,707 -23.32% 11,610
Clark 1,507 28.95% 3,437 66.02% 262 5.03% -1,930 -37.07% 5,206
Clay 1,132 28.90% 2,587 66.05% 198 5.05% -1,455 -37.15% 3,917
Clinton 4,657 36.79% 7,428 58.67% 575 4.54% -2,771 -21.88% 12,660
Coles 5,625 38.08% 8,483 57.43% 662 4.48% -2,858 -19.35% 14,770
Cook 945,635 70.94% 345,255 25.90% 42,128 3.16% 600,380 45.04% 1,333,018
Crawford 2,032 32.24% 3,922 62.23% 348 5.52% -1,890 -29.99% 6,302
Cumberland 1,334 33.97% 2,376 60.50% 217 5.53% -1,042 -26.53% 3,927
DeKalb 12,551 44.64% 14,096 50.14% 1,467 5.22% -1,545 -5.50% 28,114
DeWitt 1,766 32.26% 3,437 62.78% 272 4.97% -1,671 -30.52% 5,475
Douglas 1,897 31.65% 3,859 64.39% 237 3.95% -1,962 -32.74% 5,993
DuPage 129,941 45.50% 144,505 50.60% 11,164 3.91% -14,564 -5.10% 285,610
Edgar 2,395 38.38% 3,555 56.96% 291 4.66% -1,160 -18.58% 6,241
Edwards 558 24.71% 1,608 71.21% 92 4.07% -1,050 -46.50% 2,258
Effingham 3,493 28.64% 8,303 68.07% 401 3.29% -4,810 -39.43% 12,197
Fayette 2,183 33.31% 4,104 62.63% 266 4.06% -1,921 -29.32% 6,553
Ford 1,256 28.05% 3,034 67.77% 187 4.18% -1,778 -39.72% 4,477
Franklin 5,723 45.13% 6,375 50.28% 582 4.59% -652 -5.15% 12,680
Fulton 5,885 53.13% 4,655 42.03% 536 4.84% 1,230 11.10% 11,076
Gallatin 905 49.56% 830 45.45% 91 4.98% 75 4.11% 1,826
Greene 1,822 41.90% 2,319 53.33% 207 4.76% -497 -11.43% 4,348
Grundy 6,982 42.33% 8,655 52.48% 856 5.19% -1,673 -10.15% 16,493
Hamilton 1,288 41.43% 1,671 53.75% 150 4.82% -383 -12.32% 3,109
Hancock 1,898 31.69% 3,851 64.30% 240 4.01% -1,953 -32.61% 5,989
Hardin 581 40.15% 811 56.05% 55 3.80% -230 -15.90% 1,447
Henderson 1,259 48.48% 1,217 46.86% 121 4.66% 42 1.62% 2,597
Henry 7,556 42.75% 9,464 53.55% 654 3.70% -1,908 -10.80% 17,674
Iroquois 2,481 26.30% 6,548 69.40% 406 4.30% -4,067 -43.10% 9,435
Jackson 8,534 52.65% 6,962 42.95% 714 4.40% 1,572 9.70% 16,210
Jasper 1,476 36.35% 2,377 58.55% 207 5.10% -901 -22.20% 4,060
Jefferson 5,018 40.73% 6,738 54.69% 565 4.59% -1,720 -13.96% 12,321
Jersey 3,176 39.85% 4,434 55.64% 359 4.50% -1,258 -15.79% 7,969
Jo Daviess 3,220 41.72% 4,138 53.61% 361 4.68% -918 -11.89% 7,719
Johnson 1,418 31.19% 2,924 64.31% 205 4.51% -1,506 -33.12% 4,547
Kane 55,253 44.26% 64,014 51.28% 5,564 4.46% -8,761 -7.02% 124,831
Kankakee 14,830 43.76% 17,434 51.45% 1,624 4.79% -2,604 -7.69% 33,888
Kendall 13,244 41.09% 17,263 53.56% 1,723 5.35% -4,019 -12.47% 32,230
Knox 8,240 51.19% 7,213 44.81% 644 4.00% 1,027 6.38% 16,097
Lake 95,886 49.57% 90,958 47.02% 6,606 3.41% 4,928 2.55% 193,450
LaSalle 14,950 42.29% 18,482 52.28% 1,920 5.43% -3,532 -9.99% 35,352
Lawrence 1,456 35.56% 2,400 58.61% 239 5.84% -944 -23.05% 4,095
Lee 4,345 38.61% 6,346 56.39% 563 5.00% -2,001 -17.78% 11,254
Livingston 3,447 30.86% 7,236 64.78% 487 4.36% -3,789 -33.92% 11,170
Logan 2,679 31.06% 5,588 64.79% 358 4.15% -2,909 -33.73% 8,625
Macon 13,098 39.14% 19,063 56.96% 1,306 3.90% -5,965 -17.82% 33,467
Macoupin 7,163 45.43% 7,811 49.54% 794 5.04% -648 -4.11% 15,768
Madison 35,566 44.90% 40,116 50.65% 3,528 4.45% -4,550 -5.75% 79,210
Marion 4,782 40.46% 6,476 54.80% 560 4.74% -1,694 -14.34% 11,818
Marshall 1,525 35.87% 2,554 60.07% 173 4.07% -1,029 -24.20% 4,252
Mason 2,474 46.81% 2,532 47.91% 279 5.28% -58 -1.10% 5,285
Massac 1,570 36.92% 2,543 59.79% 140 3.29% -973 -22.87% 4,253
McDonough 3,422 39.89% 4,818 56.17% 338 3.94% -1,396 -16.28% 8,578
McHenry 35,445 37.88% 53,601 57.28% 4,532 4.84% -18,156 -19.40% 93,578
McLean 18,967 37.57% 29,885 59.19% 1,634 3.24% -10,918 -21.62% 50,486
Menard 1,595 32.64% 3,140 64.27% 151 3.09% -1,545 -31.63% 4,886
Mercer 3,036 46.62% 3,165 48.60% 311 4.78% -129 -1.98% 6,512
Monroe 4,441 35.42% 7,663 61.11% 435 3.47% -3,222 -25.69% 12,539
Montgomery 3,422 39.05% 4,914 56.07% 428 4.88% -1,492 -17.02% 8,764
Morgan 4,534 40.59% 6,212 55.61% 425 3.80% -1,678 -15.02% 11,171
Moultrie 1,480 32.46% 2,884 63.26% 195 4.28% -1,404 -30.80% 4,559
Ogle 5,611 33.00% 10,602 62.36% 789 4.64% -4,991 -29.36% 17,002
Peoria 23,832 45.72% 26,824 51.45% 1,475 2.83% -2,992 -5.73% 52,131
Perry 3,400 46.95% 3,592 49.61% 249 3.44% -192 -2.66% 7,241
Piatt 2,499 35.28% 4,271 60.29% 314 4.43% -1,772 -25.01% 7,084
Pike 2,019 35.08% 3,509 60.97% 227 3.94% -1,490 -25.89% 5,755
Pope 537 34.40% 951 60.92% 73 4.68% -414 -26.52% 1,561
Pulaski 1,329 51.93% 1,132 44.24% 98 3.83% 197 7.69% 2,559
Putnam 1,163 46.04% 1,232 48.77% 131 5.19% -69 -2.73% 2,526
Randolph 5,235 46.72% 5,544 49.48% 426 3.80% -309 -2.76% 11,205
Richland 1,466 29.71% 3,244 65.73% 225 4.56% -1,778 -36.02% 4,935
Rock Island 24,143 53.64% 19,406 43.11% 1,461 3.25% 4,737 10.53% 45,010
Saline 3,337 43.18% 4,043 52.32% 348 4.50% -706 -9.14% 7,728
Sangamon 31,214 43.33% 38,189 53.01% 2,638 3.66% -6,975 -9.68% 72,041
Schuyler 1,378 42.24% 1,726 52.91% 158 4.84% -348 -10.67% 3,262
Scott 827 38.04% 1,243 57.18% 104 4.78% -416 -19.14% 2,174
Shelby 2,537 31.31% 5,147 63.53% 418 5.16% -2,610 -32.22% 8,102
St. Clair 38,813 50.67% 34,877 45.53% 2,915 3.81% 3,936 5.14% 76,605
Stark 682 35.73% 1,135 59.46% 92 4.82% -453 -23.73% 1,909
Stephenson 5,728 39.54% 8,080 55.77% 680 4.69% -2,352 -16.23% 14,488
Tazewell 15,511 35.58% 26,574 60.96% 1,505 3.45% -11,063 -25.38% 43,590
Union 2,761 44.91% 3,161 51.42% 226 3.68% -400 -6.51% 6,148
Vermilion 9,112 42.12% 11,610 53.67% 910 4.21% -2,498 -11.55% 21,632
Wabash 1,232 32.32% 2,403 63.04% 177 4.64% -1,171 -30.72% 3,812
Warren 2,420 44.27% 2,857 52.27% 189 3.46% -437 -8.00% 5,466
Washington 1,885 33.27% 3,532 62.34% 249 4.39% -1,647 -29.07% 5,666
Wayne 1,289 22.45% 4,189 72.97% 263 4.58% -2,900 -50.52% 5,741
White 2,138 36.08% 3,519 59.39% 268 4.52% -1,381 -23.31% 5,925
Whiteside 8,517 48.47% 8,331 47.41% 723 4.11% 186 1.06% 17,571
Will 91,471 47.48% 93,138 48.35% 8,028 4.17% -1,667 -0.87% 192,637
Williamson 7,686 37.82% 11,880 58.46% 754 3.71% -4,194 -20.64% 20,320
Winnebago 35,436 44.94% 40,239 51.03% 3,184 4.04% -4,803 -6.09% 78,859
Woodford 3,758 26.86% 9,838 70.32% 395 2.82% -6,080 -43.46% 13,991
Total 1,929,637 53.55% 1,538,522 42.69% 135,360 3.76% 391,115 10.86% 3,603,519

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. Pearson, Rick (March 8, 2013). "Durbin telling top Democrats he'll seek re-election in 2014". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  2. "Voter Turnout". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. "Election Results". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. Pearson, Rick (November 22, 2013). "Oberweis to run for U.S. Senate seat held by Durbin". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  5. Held, Kevin (July 15, 2013). "Doug Truax announces challenge for Durbin's U.S. Senate seat". KSDK.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  6. "Unknown Republicans File for Illinois Governor, US Senate, Legislature". Illinois Observer. December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  7. "Republican Candidate For Governor Kicked Off The Ballot". WUIS 919. January 10, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  8. Huston, Warner Todd (April 15, 2013). "An Interview With Chad Koppie, Running for U.S. Senate From Illinois". Publius Forum. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  9. Riopell, Mike (August 30, 2013). "Walsh weighing a bid for Durbin's U.S. Senate seat". Daily Herald. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  10. Choose Truax to challenge Durbin Chicago Tribune, March 5, 2014
  11. Market Shares Corp.
  12. Public Policy Polling
  13. Official Illinois State Board of Elections Results Archived January 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  14. "Sharon Hansen". Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  15. "Fuji Shioura". Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  16. "Who is Chad Koppie?". Archived from the original on August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  17. "Campaign 2014". Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  18. Illinois Green Party on Sidelines in November Pantagraph.com, August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014
  19. Open Secrets | Elections | U.S. Senate opensecrets.org
  20. "2014 Senate Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  21. "The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  22. "2014 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  23. "2014 Elections Map - Battle for the Senate 2014". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  24. We Ask America
  25. Rasmussen Reports
  26. We Ask America
  27. CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  28. We Ask America
  29. Gravis Marketing
  30. Harper Polling*
  31. Sharon Hansen (L)
  32. We Ask America[link removed]
  33. CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  34. We Ask America
  35. Chicago Tribune
  36. CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  37. We Ask America
  38. UIS Survey Research
  39. Southern Illinois University
  40. APC Research
  41. Sharon Hansen (L) 6%, Other 1%
  42. McKeon & Associates
  43. Public Policy Polling
  44. Public Policy Polling
  45. Newman, James (November 5, 2014). "Quinn/Rauner a Squeaker? Durbin/Oberweis a Cakewalk? Think Again". NIU Today. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  46. "November 4, 2014 General election Official results" (PDF). Illinois Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  47. "2014 Senatorial General Election Results - Illinois". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved September 27, 2026.
Official campaign websites