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1924 US Senate election in Illinois

Charles S. Deneen (Republican) beat Albert A. Sprague (Democrat) in Illinois in 1924, 63.5% to 35.4%, a margin of 28.2 points and 642,478 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1918, when Medill McCormick won.

Republicans led in 90 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Cook, cast 1,056,113 votes and went to the Republican by 24.2 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 22 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Charles S. Deneen won Republican 1,449,180 63.5%
Albert A. Sprague Democratic 806,702 35.4%
All other candidates 24,965 1.1%
Total2,280,847

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 393,500 37.3% 649,052 61.5% 13,561 1,056,113 R+24.2
St. Clair 15,933 36.5% 26,716 61.3% 955 43,604 R+24.7
Sangamon 14,180 34.1% 26,816 64.5% 571 41,567 R+30.4
Kane 6,121 16.1% 31,567 83.2% 246 37,934 R+67.1
Peoria 10,037 26.8% 26,916 71.9% 472 37,425 R+45.1
Madison 13,257 37.0% 22,384 62.5% 197 35,838 R+25.5
La Salle 9,580 29.7% 22,393 69.4% 271 32,244 R+39.7
Will 8,071 25.6% 23,173 73.6% 247 31,491 R+48.0
Rock Island 6,583 22.5% 22,343 76.3% 341 29,267 R+53.8
Vermilion 7,579 27.4% 19,739 71.3% 363 27,681 R+43.9
Winnebago 4,370 16.4% 21,898 82.0% 453 26,721 R+65.6
McLean 8,395 32.5% 17,312 67.0% 136 25,843 R+34.5
Macon 7,769 30.8% 17,282 68.5% 183 25,234 R+37.7
Lake 5,804 26.4% 15,823 71.9% 375 22,002 R+45.5
Adams 9,584 45.7% 11,168 53.3% 213 20,965 R+7.6
Du Page 5,159 24.8% 15,460 74.3% 182 20,801 R+49.5
Champaign 6,340 30.7% 14,172 68.7% 110 20,622 R+38.0
Macoupin 6,963 38.6% 10,240 56.8% 819 18,022 R+18.2
Knox 3,575 20.5% 13,751 78.8% 116 17,442 R+58.3
Williamson 6,745 39.0% 10,407 60.1% 161 17,313 R+21.2
Kankakee 4,171 24.4% 12,827 75.0% 108 17,106 R+50.6
Henry 2,757 17.1% 13,262 82.0% 149 16,168 R+65.0
Fulton 5,582 36.6% 9,362 61.3% 322 15,266 R+24.8
Franklin 6,265 42.1% 8,142 54.7% 474 14,881 R+12.6
Montgomery 6,064 41.0% 8,510 57.6% 199 14,773 R+16.6
Coles 5,811 39.8% 8,741 59.8% 62 14,614 R+20.0
Morgan 6,199 42.7% 8,282 57.0% 52 14,533 R+14.3
Christian 6,387 44.3% 7,857 54.5% 180 14,424 R+10.2
Bureau 3,203 22.6% 10,582 74.6% 393 14,178 R+52.0
Whiteside 2,598 18.4% 11,455 81.3% 32 14,085 R+62.9
Livingston 3,914 27.9% 10,043 71.6% 65 14,022 R+43.7
Stephenson 4,061 29.6% 9,497 69.2% 167 13,725 R+39.6
Jefferson 6,461 52.2% 5,818 47.0% 101 12,380 D+5.2
De Kalb 1,990 16.1% 10,306 83.5% 53 12,349 R+67.3
Hancock 5,370 43.5% 6,905 55.9% 70 12,345 R+12.4
Tazewell 4,255 34.6% 7,987 64.9% 69 12,311 R+30.3
Marion 5,185 42.3% 6,907 56.4% 152 12,244 R+14.1
Jackson 4,899 40.1% 7,264 59.5% 54 12,217 R+19.4
McDonough 4,252 35.7% 7,611 63.9% 42 11,905 R+28.2
Logan 4,287 36.3% 7,462 63.1% 77 11,826 R+26.8
Edgar 5,311 45.5% 6,348 54.3% 26 11,685 R+8.9
Lee 2,862 24.9% 8,560 74.6% 50 11,472 R+49.7
McHenry 2,678 23.4% 8,692 76.1% 57 11,427 R+52.6
Shelby 5,387 47.7% 5,818 51.5% 92 11,297 R+3.8
Iroquois 3,176 28.5% 7,927 71.2% 31 11,134 R+42.7
Saline 4,135 38.4% 6,517 60.6% 105 10,757 R+22.1
Pike 5,403 50.7% 5,178 48.6% 69 10,650 D+2.1
Ogle 1,984 18.7% 8,580 80.9% 41 10,605 R+62.2
Fayette 4,818 48.1% 5,176 51.7% 20 10,014 R+3.6
Warren 2,790 28.0% 7,082 71.2% 77 9,949 R+43.1
Randolph 4,080 43.1% 5,307 56.0% 86 9,473 R+13.0
Wayne 4,267 45.8% 5,013 53.8% 45 9,325 R+8.0
Crawford 4,364 47.2% 4,848 52.4% 34 9,246 R+5.2
Clark 4,183 46.6% 4,772 53.1% 26 8,981 R+6.6
Lawrence 4,134 46.9% 4,660 52.8% 27 8,821 R+6.0
De Witt 3,058 35.9% 5,445 63.9% 24 8,527 R+28.0
Greene 4,783 56.9% 3,599 42.8% 24 8,406 D+14.1
White 4,438 53.4% 3,848 46.3% 18 8,304 D+7.1
Jo Daviess 2,533 32.2% 5,241 66.6% 91 7,865 R+34.4
Mercer 1,979 25.4% 5,778 74.1% 36 7,793 R+48.7
Perry 3,297 43.3% 4,160 54.7% 153 7,610 R+11.3
Effingham 4,147 55.1% 3,346 44.5% 34 7,527 D+10.6
Alexander 2,739 37.4% 4,546 62.0% 45 7,330 R+24.7
Woodford 2,404 34.7% 4,465 64.4% 63 6,932 R+29.7
Douglas 2,587 37.8% 4,218 61.6% 38 6,843 R+23.8
Clay 3,102 46.2% 3,587 53.4% 25 6,714 R+7.2
Cass 3,196 47.8% 3,449 51.6% 38 6,683 R+3.8
Union 3,791 58.6% 2,627 40.6% 52 6,470 D+18.0
Mason 2,814 44.1% 3,558 55.7% 13 6,385 R+11.7
Jasper 3,238 50.8% 3,109 48.8% 21 6,368 D+2.0
Carroll 1,133 18.5% 4,957 80.9% 37 6,127 R+62.4
Ford 1,446 23.7% 4,644 76.1% 10 6,100 R+52.4
Bond 2,209 36.2% 3,852 63.2% 38 6,099 R+26.9
Marshall 2,176 35.7% 3,893 63.8% 30 6,099 R+28.2
Richland 2,794 46.4% 3,204 53.2% 25 6,023 R+6.8
Hamilton 3,206 54.3% 2,673 45.3% 26 5,905 D+9.0
Clinton 2,631 45.7% 3,081 53.5% 50 5,762 R+7.8
Grundy 1,174 20.4% 4,534 78.8% 43 5,751 R+58.4
Piatt 1,871 32.6% 3,839 67.0% 24 5,734 R+34.3
Schuyler 2,931 51.3% 2,766 48.4% 16 5,713 D+2.9
Washington 1,791 32.3% 3,685 66.5% 62 5,538 R+34.2
Moultrie 2,419 43.8% 3,096 56.0% 9 5,524 R+12.3
Boone 634 11.5% 4,834 88.0% 28 5,496 R+76.4
Jersey 2,728 51.5% 2,557 48.3% 12 5,297 D+3.2
Cumberland 2,505 47.3% 2,781 52.5% 9 5,295 R+5.2
Wabash 2,523 48.0% 2,710 51.5% 25 5,258 R+3.6
Pulaski 1,730 32.9% 3,504 66.7% 17 5,251 R+33.8
Menard 2,054 41.5% 2,888 58.3% 9 4,951 R+16.8
Gallatin 2,450 55.7% 1,933 43.9% 19 4,402 D+11.7
Monroe 1,517 35.3% 2,764 64.3% 16 4,297 R+29.0
Scott 2,013 47.0% 2,262 52.8% 7 4,282 R+5.8
Massac 958 22.5% 3,276 76.8% 31 4,265 R+54.3
Kendall 630 15.2% 3,518 84.6% 8 4,156 R+69.5
Johnson 1,419 35.9% 2,522 63.8% 15 3,956 R+27.9
Edwards 1,075 27.6% 2,809 72.2% 8 3,892 R+44.6
Brown 2,195 56.4% 1,682 43.3% 12 3,889 D+13.2
Henderson 843 22.1% 2,941 77.3% 22 3,806 R+55.1
Stark 921 24.9% 2,752 74.4% 25 3,698 R+49.5
Pope 972 30.4% 2,197 68.7% 28 3,197 R+38.3
Hardin 1,366 48.9% 1,406 50.3% 21 2,793 R+1.4
Calhoun 1,129 49.4% 1,151 50.3% 7 2,287 R+1.0
Putnam 325 16.8% 1,583 82.0% 22 1,930 R+65.2

Counties as they stood in 1924; 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