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Election 1930 Results

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1930 US Senate election in Illinois

James H. Lewis (Democrat) beat Ruth H. McCormick (Republican) in Illinois in 1930, 64.0% to 30.7%, a margin of 33.3 points and 744,747 votes.

Illinois changed party: in 1924 it went Republican, for Charles S. Deneen.

Democrats led in 89 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 13. The largest, Cook, cast 1,077,259 votes and went to the Democrat by 43.7 points. The closest was Pulaski, where 16 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James H. Lewis won	Democratic	1,432,216	64.0%
Ruth H. McCormick	Republican	687,469	30.7%
All other candidates		117,419	5.2%
Total		2,237,104

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cook	757,623 70.3%	287,290 26.7%	32,346	1,077,259	D+43.7
St. Clair	33,432 71.9%	11,963 25.7%	1,106	46,501	D+46.2
Sangamon	23,977 59.2%	13,665 33.7%	2,863	40,505	D+25.5
Madison	28,155 69.7%	10,595 26.2%	1,626	40,376	D+43.5
La Salle	23,571 64.4%	11,786 32.2%	1,247	36,604	D+32.2
Kane	17,745 52.6%	13,297 39.4%	2,684	33,726	D+13.2
Peoria	22,258 66.9%	9,465 28.4%	1,548	33,271	D+38.5
Will	19,876 60.9%	11,024 33.8%	1,752	32,652	D+27.1
Rock Island	18,432 59.8%	10,677 34.7%	1,690	30,799	D+25.2
Lake	17,037 59.7%	9,497 33.3%	2,023	28,557	D+26.4
Du Page	15,267 56.8%	7,739 28.8%	3,851	26,857	D+28.0
Winnebago	11,132 42.0%	12,852 48.5%	2,514	26,498	R+6.5
Vermilion	15,404 61.2%	7,552 30.0%	2,221	25,177	D+31.2
Macon	13,177 58.5%	6,260 27.8%	3,106	22,543	D+30.7
Adams	14,448 69.1%	5,199 24.9%	1,250	20,897	D+44.3
Champaign	11,363 54.9%	6,810 32.9%	2,518	20,691	D+22.0
McLean	10,455 51.8%	6,626 32.8%	3,114	20,195	D+19.0
Macoupin	11,755 65.8%	4,951 27.7%	1,169	17,875	D+38.1
Williamson	11,113 65.8%	4,880 28.9%	895	16,888	D+36.9
Franklin	10,730 64.1%	5,107 30.5%	907	16,744	D+33.6
Fulton	7,832 52.4%	5,898 39.4%	1,226	14,956	D+12.9
Kankakee	9,662 65.4%	4,165 28.2%	939	14,766	D+37.2
Bureau	7,889 54.0%	5,799 39.7%	910	14,598	D+14.3
Tazewell	9,813 70.6%	3,326 23.9%	768	13,907	D+46.6
Montgomery	8,193 59.5%	4,589 33.3%	987	13,769	D+26.2
Morgan	7,105 52.5%	5,544 41.0%	882	13,531	D+11.5
Knox	4,957 37.5%	7,070 53.5%	1,195	13,222	R+16.0
Coles	7,557 57.5%	4,423 33.7%	1,155	13,135	D+23.9
Christian	7,582 59.3%	4,067 31.8%	1,137	12,786	D+27.5
Jefferson	7,353 58.7%	4,275 34.2%	888	12,516	D+24.6
Henry	6,004 48.1%	5,565 44.6%	913	12,482	D+3.5
Marion	7,898 63.5%	3,867 31.1%	680	12,445	D+32.4
Saline	7,073 57.7%	4,475 36.5%	711	12,259	D+21.2
Jackson	6,868 57.2%	4,490 37.4%	641	11,999	D+19.8
Edgar	6,273 52.5%	5,069 42.4%	600	11,942	D+10.1
Hancock	6,684 57.7%	3,874 33.4%	1,029	11,587	D+24.3
McDonough	5,833 51.6%	4,699 41.6%	774	11,306	D+10.0
McHenry	6,460 58.6%	4,151 37.7%	411	11,022	D+20.9
Livingston	5,810 53.9%	3,707 34.4%	1,270	10,787	D+19.5
Stephenson	5,564 52.0%	4,025 37.6%	1,119	10,708	D+14.4
Logan	6,284 59.2%	3,679 34.7%	653	10,616	D+24.5
Iroquois	5,941 59.9%	3,236 32.6%	736	9,913	D+27.3
Whiteside	3,876 39.6%	4,919 50.3%	988	9,783	R+10.7
Fayette	5,294 54.9%	3,977 41.2%	375	9,646	D+13.7
Randolph	6,385 67.2%	2,567 27.0%	552	9,504	D+40.2
Lee	4,376 47.0%	4,253 45.7%	687	9,316	D+1.3
De Kalb	3,813 42.7%	3,756 42.1%	1,358	8,927	D+0.6
Pike	4,865 54.8%	3,221 36.3%	794	8,880	D+18.5
Shelby	4,856 55.3%	2,831 32.2%	1,100	8,787	D+23.0
Crawford	4,773 54.5%	2,984 34.1%	995	8,752	D+20.4
Clark	4,667 55.6%	3,234 38.5%	494	8,395	D+17.1
Warren	3,642 44.0%	3,290 39.8%	1,342	8,274	D+4.3
Lawrence	4,630 56.4%	2,815 34.3%	761	8,206	D+22.1
Perry	5,163 63.5%	2,452 30.2%	514	8,129	D+33.3
Ogle	3,229 40.9%	3,564 45.1%	1,106	7,899	R+4.2
Wayne	4,170 53.3%	3,328 42.5%	329	7,827	D+10.8
Clinton	5,956 78.5%	1,479 19.5%	148	7,583	D+59.0
De Witt	4,067 55.5%	2,409 32.9%	857	7,333	D+22.6
Effingham	4,544 65.0%	2,172 31.1%	276	6,992	D+33.9
Woodford	3,949 59.2%	2,041 30.6%	686	6,676	D+28.6
Grundy	3,660 55.9%	2,358 36.0%	535	6,553	D+19.9
White	3,708 56.8%	2,539 38.9%	278	6,525	D+17.9
Richland	3,599 57.7%	2,236 35.9%	401	6,236	D+21.9
Marshall	3,567 57.5%	2,353 37.9%	288	6,208	D+19.6
Alexander	3,425 55.8%	2,546 41.5%	169	6,140	D+14.3
Clay	3,302 53.8%	2,492 40.6%	340	6,134	D+13.2
Cass	4,124 68.1%	1,431 23.6%	503	6,058	D+44.5
Mason	3,771 62.9%	1,868 31.1%	361	6,000	D+31.7
Douglas	3,282 54.8%	2,131 35.6%	579	5,992	D+19.2
Bond	2,968 50.0%	2,298 38.7%	666	5,932	D+11.3
Mercer	2,358 40.4%	2,798 47.9%	680	5,836	R+7.5
Greene	3,611 61.9%	1,860 31.9%	360	5,831	D+30.0
Jasper	3,500 60.2%	2,041 35.1%	276	5,817	D+25.1
Washington	3,374 60.6%	1,914 34.4%	278	5,566	D+26.2
Schuyler	3,099 58.2%	1,841 34.6%	384	5,324	D+23.6
Jo Daviess	2,419 46.4%	1,934 37.1%	858	5,211	D+9.3
Monroe	3,645 70.1%	1,546 29.7%	10	5,201	D+40.4
Wabash	3,080 59.7%	1,401 27.1%	680	5,161	D+32.5
Union	3,468 67.4%	1,596 31.0%	81	5,145	D+36.4
Hamilton	2,869 57.6%	1,944 39.0%	170	4,983	D+18.6
Carroll	2,014 40.6%	2,189 44.1%	760	4,963	R+3.5
Piatt	2,497 51.1%	1,738 35.6%	651	4,886	D+15.5
Moultrie	2,853 58.5%	1,594 32.7%	434	4,881	D+25.8
Jersey	2,711 59.3%	1,633 35.7%	230	4,574	D+23.6
Menard	2,723 59.9%	1,472 32.4%	348	4,543	D+27.5
Cumberland	2,277 51.6%	1,933 43.8%	203	4,413	D+7.8
Ford	2,251 51.8%	1,585 36.5%	512	4,348	D+15.3
Boone	1,622 38.6%	2,272 54.0%	313	4,207	R+15.5
Gallatin	2,564 65.2%	1,259 32.0%	111	3,934	D+33.2
Scott	2,123 54.5%	1,529 39.3%	240	3,892	D+15.3
Pulaski	1,824 47.2%	1,840 47.6%	200	3,864	R+0.4
Kendall	1,819 49.4%	1,378 37.4%	486	3,683	D+12.0
Henderson	1,560 45.7%	1,609 47.1%	246	3,415	R+1.4
Brown	2,087 61.9%	930 27.6%	355	3,372	D+34.3
Johnson	1,418 46.8%	1,513 50.0%	96	3,027	R+3.1
Edwards	1,179 39.0%	1,569 51.9%	277	3,025	R+12.9
Stark	1,407 47.0%	1,382 46.1%	206	2,995	D+0.8
Massac	1,255 42.8%	1,538 52.5%	137	2,930	R+9.7
Pope	1,151 40.4%	1,669 58.5%	32	2,852	R+18.2
Calhoun	1,570 56.3%	1,121 40.2%	98	2,789	D+16.1
Hardin	1,401 52.6%	1,222 45.8%	43	2,666	D+6.7
Putnam	1,241 56.0%	847 38.2%	128	2,216	D+17.8

Counties as they stood in 1930; 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.

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Year	Winner	Margin
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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

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