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Election 1944 Results

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1944 US Senate election in Illinois

Scott W. Lucas (Democrat) beat Richard J. Lyons (Republican) in Illinois in 1944, 52.6% to 47.1%, a margin of 5.6 points and 217,230 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1938, when Scott W. Lucas also won.

Republicans led in 80 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 22. The largest, Cook, cast 2,152,681 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.8 points. The closest was Schuyler, where 30 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
Scott W. Lucas won Democratic 2,059,023 52.6%
Richard J. Lyons Republican 1,841,793 47.1%
All other candidates 13,109 0.3%
Total3,913,925

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,254,747 58.3% 892,632 41.5% 5,302 2,152,681 D+16.8
St. Clair 46,172 59.1% 31,728 40.6% 277 78,177 D+18.5
Madison 39,343 59.6% 26,372 39.9% 323 66,038 D+19.6
Peoria 33,010 53.3% 28,708 46.4% 196 61,914 D+6.9
Kane 22,390 36.8% 38,345 63.0% 152 60,887 R+26.2
Lake 25,449 42.5% 34,245 57.2% 169 59,863 R+14.7
Du Page 20,319 34.1% 39,183 65.7% 161 59,663 R+31.6
Sangamon 27,621 48.2% 29,529 51.5% 139 57,289 R+3.3
Winnebago 27,589 48.6% 28,986 51.0% 226 56,801 R+2.5
Will 26,804 47.9% 28,893 51.6% 252 55,949 R+3.7
Rock Island 30,366 56.7% 23,046 43.0% 175 53,587 D+13.7
La Salle 20,731 43.6% 26,622 56.0% 165 47,518 R+12.4
Macon 23,340 56.8% 17,624 42.9% 130 41,094 D+13.9
Vermilion 17,669 47.7% 19,160 51.7% 224 37,053 R+4.0
McLean 14,570 44.9% 17,765 54.7% 144 32,479 R+9.8
Champaign 13,736 44.5% 16,980 55.0% 140 30,856 R+10.5
Adams 14,300 51.0% 13,635 48.6% 100 28,035 D+2.4
Tazewell 15,889 61.8% 9,753 37.9% 82 25,724 D+23.9
Knox 10,503 41.3% 14,824 58.3% 102 25,429 R+17.0
Kankakee 10,854 42.7% 14,485 57.0% 68 25,407 R+14.3
Macoupin 11,869 51.4% 11,085 48.0% 125 23,079 D+3.4
Franklin 11,646 51.5% 10,831 47.9% 151 22,628 D+3.6
Williamson 9,730 44.7% 11,966 54.9% 91 21,787 R+10.3
Henry 8,809 40.9% 12,659 58.8% 72 21,540 R+17.9
McHenry 5,518 27.1% 14,827 72.7% 46 20,391 R+45.7
Fulton 9,202 46.4% 10,487 52.9% 136 19,825 R+6.5
Whiteside 5,659 28.9% 13,806 70.5% 118 19,583 R+41.6
Stephenson 8,115 41.9% 11,172 57.6% 93 19,380 R+15.8
Marion 9,846 52.7% 8,722 46.7% 128 18,696 D+6.0
Bureau 7,022 38.2% 11,348 61.7% 36 18,406 R+23.5
Livingston 6,297 34.7% 11,809 65.1% 39 18,145 R+30.4
Coles 8,906 49.8% 8,949 50.0% 42 17,897 R+0.2
Christian 9,544 53.3% 8,276 46.3% 73 17,893 D+7.1
De Kalb 5,907 33.7% 11,582 66.1% 31 17,520 R+32.4
Montgomery 7,886 47.4% 8,573 51.5% 175 16,634 R+4.1
Jackson 6,922 41.9% 9,545 57.8% 46 16,513 R+15.9
Saline 7,389 45.6% 8,717 53.9% 81 16,187 R+8.2
Jefferson 8,248 52.1% 7,499 47.3% 98 15,845 D+4.7
Morgan 7,137 46.4% 8,214 53.4% 30 15,381 R+7.0
Iroquois 5,129 33.6% 10,048 65.8% 83 15,260 R+32.2
Lee 4,981 33.5% 9,865 66.4% 14 14,860 R+32.9
Ogle 3,940 27.8% 10,151 71.7% 64 14,155 R+43.9
McDonough 4,761 35.6% 8,527 63.8% 77 13,365 R+28.2
Randolph 6,127 46.2% 7,112 53.6% 37 13,276 R+7.4
Hancock 5,439 41.6% 7,595 58.1% 41 13,075 R+16.5
Logan 5,061 40.5% 7,421 59.3% 23 12,505 R+18.9
Shelby 6,087 50.6% 5,837 48.5% 110 12,034 D+2.1
Edgar 5,060 43.8% 6,445 55.8% 40 11,545 R+12.0
Fayette 5,355 46.8% 5,979 52.3% 109 11,443 R+5.5
Pike 6,020 53.3% 5,226 46.2% 57 11,303 D+7.0
Perry 4,603 43.1% 6,043 56.6% 29 10,675 R+13.5
Warren 3,968 37.6% 6,539 62.0% 33 10,540 R+24.4
Crawford 4,523 43.6% 5,793 55.8% 65 10,381 R+12.2
Clinton 3,963 39.4% 6,053 60.2% 42 10,058 R+20.8
White 4,816 49.9% 4,767 49.4% 72 9,655 D+0.5
Alexander 4,550 47.2% 4,631 48.1% 452 9,633 R+0.8
Effingham 4,597 48.1% 4,902 51.3% 64 9,563 R+3.2
Jo Daviess 3,347 35.2% 6,136 64.5% 32 9,515 R+29.3
Woodford 3,644 38.4% 5,817 61.3% 29 9,490 R+22.9
Wayne 4,017 42.6% 5,364 56.8% 57 9,438 R+14.3
Grundy 3,433 36.6% 5,916 63.1% 21 9,370 R+26.5
Lawrence 3,939 43.8% 4,941 55.0% 103 8,983 R+11.2
Clark 3,644 41.1% 5,176 58.4% 44 8,864 R+17.3
Mercer 3,482 39.9% 5,216 59.8% 21 8,719 R+19.9
Union 4,431 53.0% 3,898 46.6% 37 8,366 D+6.4
Carroll 2,654 32.1% 5,608 67.7% 17 8,279 R+35.7
De Witt 3,804 46.3% 4,360 53.1% 52 8,216 R+6.8
Greene 4,237 52.3% 3,827 47.3% 31 8,095 D+5.1
Washington 2,714 34.1% 5,218 65.5% 31 7,963 R+31.4
Douglas 3,351 42.5% 4,515 57.2% 26 7,892 R+14.7
Clay 3,479 44.5% 4,271 54.6% 74 7,824 R+10.1
Boone 2,064 27.0% 5,552 72.8% 15 7,631 R+45.7
Cass 4,046 54.3% 3,388 45.4% 24 7,458 D+8.8
Ford 2,334 31.3% 5,095 68.4% 18 7,447 R+37.1
Mason 3,810 53.1% 3,343 46.6% 21 7,174 D+6.5
Richland 2,916 41.0% 4,136 58.1% 61 7,113 R+17.2
Marshall 2,696 40.1% 4,014 59.7% 8 6,718 R+19.6
Jasper 3,172 49.1% 3,269 50.6% 25 6,466 R+1.5
Bond 2,549 39.6% 3,659 56.8% 230 6,438 R+17.2
Piatt 2,761 43.2% 3,609 56.4% 24 6,394 R+13.3
Hamilton 2,954 46.3% 3,378 53.0% 44 6,376 R+6.6
Wabash 3,009 47.7% 3,236 51.3% 66 6,311 R+3.6
Jersey 2,964 47.5% 3,250 52.1% 24 6,238 R+4.6
Monroe 2,049 34.5% 3,881 65.4% 8 5,938 R+30.9
Moultrie 2,813 48.0% 3,008 51.3% 42 5,863 R+3.3
Kendall 1,639 29.9% 3,845 70.0% 5 5,489 R+40.2
Massac 1,685 30.7% 3,725 67.9% 73 5,483 R+37.2
Pulaski 2,226 41.8% 3,065 57.6% 28 5,319 R+15.8
Schuyler 2,609 49.4% 2,639 50.0% 32 5,280 R+0.6
Cumberland 2,370 47.6% 2,600 52.2% 13 4,983 R+4.6
Menard 2,015 41.3% 2,841 58.3% 19 4,875 R+16.9
Johnson 1,500 31.7% 3,221 68.0% 13 4,734 R+36.4
Stark 1,468 33.5% 2,914 66.4% 4 4,386 R+33.0
Gallatin 2,178 52.0% 1,963 46.9% 44 4,185 D+5.1
Henderson 1,587 38.6% 2,514 61.2% 10 4,111 R+22.5
Edwards 1,185 29.3% 2,830 70.0% 30 4,045 R+40.7
Scott 1,901 47.8% 2,064 52.0% 8 3,973 R+4.1
Brown 1,927 55.2% 1,548 44.3% 16 3,491 D+10.9
Hardin 1,397 40.9% 1,993 58.4% 23 3,413 R+17.5
Pope 818 26.4% 2,243 72.5% 32 3,093 R+46.1
Calhoun 1,277 41.8% 1,764 57.8% 13 3,054 R+15.9
Putnam 894 38.3% 1,427 61.2% 11 2,332 R+22.9

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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