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1914 US Senate election in Illinois

Lawrence Y. Sherman (Republican) beat Roger C. Sullivan (Democrat) in Illinois in 1914, 38.5% to 36.8%, a margin of 1.7 points and 17,258 votes.

Republicans led in 78 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18 and other candidates in 5. The largest, Cook, cast 375,732 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.8 points. The closest was Randolph, where 24 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lawrence Y. Sherman won Republican 390,661 38.5%
Roger C. Sullivan Democratic 373,403 36.8%
Raymond Robins Progressive 203,027 20.0%
All other candidates 48,717 4.8%
Total1,015,808

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 159,372 42.4% 103,808 27.6% 112,552 375,732 D+14.8
St. Clair 8,428 37.3% 9,704 42.9% 4,486 22,618 R+5.6
Sangamon 6,220 31.2% 10,793 54.1% 2,926 19,939 R+22.9
La Salle 7,517 41.2% 7,104 38.9% 3,643 18,264 D+2.3
Peoria 7,093 39.4% 7,478 41.5% 3,452 18,023 R+2.1
Vermilion 5,388 32.1% 7,783 46.3% 3,639 16,810 R+14.2
Will 4,868 29.1% 6,805 40.6% 5,075 16,748 R+11.6
Madison 5,714 34.3% 8,068 48.4% 2,874 16,656 R+14.1
Kane 3,744 23.9% 4,854 31.0% 7,039 15,637 Others
Rock Island 4,055 27.9% 6,480 44.7% 3,976 14,511 R+16.7
McLean 4,262 33.4% 6,114 48.0% 2,372 12,748 R+14.5
Adams 5,497 48.1% 4,008 35.1% 1,927 11,432 D+13.0
Macon 3,075 28.0% 5,668 51.6% 2,250 10,993 R+23.6
Champaign 3,017 27.5% 5,282 48.1% 2,691 10,990 R+20.6
Winnebago 1,575 15.3% 4,371 42.6% 4,325 10,271 R+27.2
Macoupin 3,599 36.7% 4,411 45.0% 1,800 9,810 R+8.3
Fulton 3,055 32.0% 3,867 40.5% 2,628 9,550 R+8.5
Livingston 2,762 31.7% 4,298 49.3% 1,662 8,722 R+17.6
Williamson 2,848 32.8% 4,081 46.9% 1,766 8,695 R+14.2
Kankakee 2,407 27.7% 4,344 50.1% 1,928 8,679 R+22.3
Knox 1,972 23.8% 3,980 48.0% 2,348 8,300 R+24.2
Stephenson 2,776 33.8% 3,062 37.3% 2,380 8,218 R+3.5
Henry 1,640 21.0% 2,861 36.7% 3,295 7,796 Others
Montgomery 2,670 34.7% 3,593 46.6% 1,441 7,704 R+12.0
Coles 2,719 36.3% 3,174 42.4% 1,590 7,483 R+6.1
Jackson 2,637 35.4% 3,420 45.9% 1,386 7,443 R+10.5
Morgan 2,608 35.6% 3,503 47.8% 1,213 7,324 R+12.2
Lake 1,972 26.9% 3,225 44.1% 2,124 7,321 R+17.1
Edgar 3,221 44.1% 2,723 37.3% 1,356 7,300 D+6.8
Christian 2,896 40.2% 2,958 41.1% 1,350 7,204 R+0.9
Du Page 1,620 22.6% 2,131 29.7% 3,421 7,172 Others
Marion 1,964 28.8% 2,375 34.8% 2,477 6,816 Others
McDonough 2,070 31.2% 3,646 54.9% 921 6,637 R+23.7
Tazewell 2,739 41.6% 2,647 40.2% 1,199 6,585 D+1.4
Iroquois 1,772 27.0% 3,350 51.0% 1,446 6,568 R+24.0
Hancock 2,319 35.5% 2,798 42.9% 1,407 6,524 R+7.3
Bureau 1,845 28.5% 2,918 45.0% 1,721 6,484 R+16.5
Saline 2,010 31.4% 2,951 46.1% 1,443 6,404 R+14.7
Whiteside 1,226 19.2% 2,976 46.7% 2,174 6,376 R+27.4
De Kalb 1,013 15.9% 2,659 41.8% 2,688 6,360 Others
Jefferson 2,519 40.7% 2,826 45.6% 847 6,192 R+5.0
Franklin 2,111 34.9% 2,904 48.0% 1,036 6,051 R+13.1
Pike 2,570 42.6% 2,810 46.5% 659 6,039 R+4.0
Logan 2,175 36.1% 2,332 38.7% 1,518 6,025 R+2.6
Lee 1,573 26.8% 2,944 50.1% 1,356 5,873 R+23.3
Fayette 2,157 36.8% 2,641 45.1% 1,064 5,862 R+8.3
Shelby 1,942 33.2% 2,390 40.8% 1,521 5,853 R+7.7
McHenry 1,359 23.5% 3,254 56.2% 1,178 5,791 R+32.7
Randolph 2,278 40.8% 2,254 40.4% 1,047 5,579 D+0.4
Warren 1,772 33.2% 1,833 34.3% 1,738 5,343 R+1.1
Ogle 927 18.0% 2,846 55.2% 1,386 5,159 R+37.2
Wayne 1,987 38.6% 2,822 54.8% 336 5,145 R+16.2
Clark 2,084 40.7% 2,314 45.2% 717 5,115 R+4.5
Lawrence 2,027 40.2% 2,500 49.5% 521 5,048 R+9.4
Crawford 2,005 41.1% 1,840 37.7% 1,035 4,880 D+3.4
White 2,143 45.3% 2,143 45.3% 440 4,726 level
Jo Daviess 1,693 36.1% 2,094 44.6% 905 4,692 R+8.5
Mercer 1,371 29.3% 2,274 48.6% 1,038 4,683 R+19.3
Alexander 1,778 38.6% 2,497 54.2% 334 4,609 R+15.6
Woodford 1,826 40.3% 2,000 44.1% 705 4,531 R+3.8
De Witt 1,461 32.6% 2,061 46.0% 958 4,480 R+13.4
Perry 1,817 41.0% 1,939 43.8% 676 4,432 R+2.8
Douglas 1,194 28.0% 2,010 47.1% 1,061 4,265 R+19.1
Clinton 2,193 51.8% 1,336 31.6% 704 4,233 D+20.2
Clay 1,611 38.6% 2,174 52.1% 386 4,171 R+13.5
Effingham 2,080 51.5% 1,517 37.5% 444 4,041 D+13.9
Washington 1,332 33.2% 2,198 54.8% 478 4,008 R+21.6
Grundy 737 18.7% 2,079 52.8% 1,121 3,937 R+34.1
Mason 1,846 47.7% 1,546 39.9% 482 3,874 D+7.7
Hamilton 1,509 41.4% 1,473 40.4% 661 3,643 D+1.0
Cass 1,416 39.0% 1,242 34.2% 970 3,628 D+4.8
Marshall 1,463 40.6% 1,578 43.7% 566 3,607 R+3.2
Jasper 1,540 42.9% 1,623 45.3% 423 3,586 R+2.3
Piatt 944 26.5% 1,739 48.9% 873 3,556 R+22.4
Bond 854 25.1% 1,883 55.3% 666 3,403 R+30.2
Union 1,730 51.0% 1,275 37.6% 384 3,389 D+13.4
Monroe 1,360 40.8% 1,763 52.9% 211 3,334 R+12.1
Ford 803 25.1% 1,276 39.9% 1,117 3,196 R+14.8
Boone 521 16.3% 1,987 62.3% 683 3,191 R+45.9
Richland 1,186 37.2% 1,295 40.6% 706 3,187 R+3.4
Jersey 1,461 46.0% 1,546 48.7% 170 3,177 R+2.7
Schuyler 1,434 45.4% 1,291 40.9% 435 3,160 D+4.5
Moultrie 1,192 38.2% 1,307 41.9% 622 3,121 R+3.7
Wabash 1,224 39.4% 1,462 47.1% 420 3,106 R+7.7
Cumberland 1,283 42.0% 1,411 46.1% 364 3,058 R+4.2
Greene 1,571 51.9% 1,009 33.3% 449 3,029 D+18.6
Menard 1,251 41.8% 1,360 45.4% 385 2,996 R+3.6
Carroll 591 20.1% 1,806 61.4% 546 2,943 R+41.3
Pulaski 727 26.9% 1,742 64.5% 232 2,701 R+37.6
Johnson 635 23.8% 1,527 57.3% 504 2,666 R+33.5
Scott 876 35.3% 1,340 53.9% 268 2,484 R+18.7
Gallatin 1,335 53.9% 923 37.2% 220 2,478 D+16.6
Henderson 595 25.2% 1,087 46.1% 678 2,360 R+20.8
Edwards 551 24.7% 1,447 65.0% 229 2,227 R+40.2
Massac 367 16.7% 1,509 68.6% 324 2,200 R+51.9
Pope 450 21.0% 1,344 62.7% 349 2,143 R+41.7
Kendall 250 11.9% 1,176 55.9% 678 2,104 R+44.0
Stark 593 28.4% 1,087 52.1% 406 2,086 R+23.7
Brown 1,004 48.2% 548 26.3% 531 2,083 D+21.9
Hardin 635 39.0% 875 53.7% 119 1,629 R+14.7
Calhoun 901 57.0% 614 38.8% 67 1,582 D+18.1
Putnam 398 31.1% 467 36.5% 414 1,279 R+5.4

Counties as they stood in 1914; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Illinois Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tammy Duckworth (D) D+15.3
2020 Richard J Durbin (D) D+16.0
2016 Tammy Duckworth (D) D+15.1
2014 Dick Durbin (D) D+10.9
2010 Mark Kirk (R) R+1.6
2008 Richard J. Durbin (D) D+39.3
2004 Barack Obama (D) D+42.9
2002 Richard J. Durbin (D) D+22.3
1998 Peter G. Fitzgerald (R) R+2.9
1996 Richard J. Durbin (D) D+15.4
1992 Carol Moseley-Braun (D) D+10.2
1990 Paul Simon (D) D+30.1
1986 Alan J. Dixon (D) D+31.4
1984 Paul Simon (D) D+1.9
1980 Alan J. Dixon (D) D+13.5
1978 Charles H. Percy (R) R+7.9
1974 Adlai Stevenson III (D) D+24.9
1972 Charles H. Percy (R) R+24.9
1968 Everett Dirksen (R) R+6.4
1966 Charles H. Percy (R) R+11.0
1962 Everett Dirksen (R) R+5.7
1960 Paul H. Douglas (D) D+9.4
1956 Everett Dirksen (R) R+8.4
1954 Paul H. Douglas (D) D+7.1
1950 Everett Dirksen (R) R+8.1
1948 Paul H. Douglas (D) D+10.5
1944 Scott W. Lucas (D) D+5.6
1942 C. Wayland Brooks (R) R+6.8
1938 Scott W. Lucas (D) D+3.0
1936 James H. Lewis (D) D+15.8
1932 William H. Dieterich (D) D+6.2
1930 James H. Lewis (D) D+33.3
1926 Frank L. Smith (R) R+3.7
1924 Charles S. Deneen (R) R+28.2
1920 William B. McKinley (R) R+40.0
1918 Medill McCormick (R) R+5.6
1914 Lawrence Y. Sherman (R) R+1.7