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Election 1954 Results

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1954 US Senate election in Illinois

Paul H. Douglas (Democrat) beat Joseph T. Meek (Republican) in Illinois in 1954, 53.6% to 46.4%, a margin of 7.1 points and 240,655 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1948, when Paul H. Douglas also won.

Republicans led in 67 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 35. The largest, Cook, cast 1,804,928 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.3 points. The closest was Bond, where 13 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
Paul H. Douglas won Democratic 1,804,338 53.6%
Joseph T. Meek Republican 1,563,683 46.4%
All other candidates 4 0.0%
Total3,368,025

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,058,915 58.7% 746,013 41.3% 1,804,928 D+17.3
Du Page 21,982 31.0% 48,896 69.0% 70,878 R+38.0
St. Clair 47,773 67.8% 22,706 32.2% 70,479 D+35.6
Lake 27,963 43.3% 36,595 56.7% 3 64,561 R+13.4
Madison 40,680 66.4% 20,599 33.6% 61,279 D+32.8
Sangamon 30,138 50.2% 29,847 49.8% 59,985 D+0.5
Peoria 25,151 48.0% 27,261 52.0% 52,412 R+4.0
Will 25,143 49.3% 25,869 50.7% 1 51,013 R+1.4
Kane 17,353 34.6% 32,764 65.4% 50,117 R+30.8
Winnebago 23,463 48.0% 25,372 52.0% 48,835 R+3.9
Rock Island 25,291 56.6% 19,390 43.4% 44,681 D+13.2
La Salle 16,605 45.0% 20,298 55.0% 36,903 R+10.0
Vermilion 17,551 49.6% 17,801 50.4% 35,352 R+0.7
Macon 20,133 58.2% 14,458 41.8% 34,591 D+16.4
Champaign 11,421 41.9% 15,849 58.1% 27,270 R+16.2
Tazewell 15,269 56.5% 11,776 43.5% 27,045 D+12.9
McLean 10,639 42.5% 14,383 57.5% 25,022 R+15.0
Adams 12,625 53.5% 10,981 46.5% 23,606 D+7.0
Kankakee 10,131 43.3% 13,242 56.7% 23,373 R+13.3
Macoupin 12,512 59.3% 8,584 40.7% 21,096 D+18.6
Franklin 12,296 60.9% 7,881 39.1% 20,177 D+21.9
McHenry 5,602 28.0% 14,371 72.0% 19,973 R+43.9
Williamson 10,571 54.0% 8,997 46.0% 19,568 D+8.0
Knox 7,605 40.2% 11,328 59.8% 18,933 R+19.7
Henry 6,961 39.7% 10,590 60.3% 17,551 R+20.7
Fulton 8,510 49.8% 8,572 50.2% 17,082 R+0.4
Christian 9,946 59.3% 6,838 40.7% 16,784 D+18.5
Marion 8,912 56.6% 6,822 43.4% 15,734 D+13.3
Montgomery 8,626 54.9% 7,079 45.1% 15,705 D+9.9
Bureau 5,876 38.2% 9,501 61.8% 15,377 R+23.6
Jefferson 8,290 56.6% 6,367 43.4% 14,657 D+13.1
Whiteside 4,231 29.0% 10,341 71.0% 14,572 R+41.9
Coles 6,940 47.9% 7,546 52.1% 14,486 R+4.2
Stephenson 6,310 44.1% 8,004 55.9% 14,314 R+11.8
Saline 7,941 56.1% 6,224 43.9% 14,165 D+12.1
Livingston 4,392 31.7% 9,449 68.3% 13,841 R+36.5
Jackson 7,069 51.3% 6,704 48.7% 13,773 D+2.7
Morgan 6,178 46.8% 7,028 53.2% 13,206 R+6.4
Randolph 7,549 57.5% 5,589 42.5% 13,138 D+14.9
De Kalb 3,802 29.1% 9,264 70.9% 13,066 R+41.8
Iroquois 4,164 32.5% 8,641 67.5% 12,805 R+35.0
Ogle 3,486 28.4% 8,769 71.6% 12,255 R+43.1
Logan 5,096 43.0% 6,748 57.0% 11,844 R+13.9
Edgar 4,921 44.1% 6,238 55.9% 11,159 R+11.8
Lee 3,446 31.2% 7,582 68.8% 11,028 R+37.5
Shelby 6,039 55.9% 4,758 44.1% 10,797 D+11.9
Hancock 4,837 44.8% 5,956 55.2% 10,793 R+10.4
Fayette 5,288 51.6% 4,959 48.4% 10,247 D+3.2
Perry 5,306 53.6% 4,597 46.4% 9,903 D+7.2
Clinton 4,761 49.6% 4,834 50.4% 9,595 R+0.8
McDonough 3,406 35.6% 6,172 64.4% 9,578 R+28.9
Pike 5,037 55.7% 4,001 44.3% 9,038 D+11.5
Woodford 3,259 36.8% 5,600 63.2% 8,859 R+26.4
Effingham 4,539 51.8% 4,219 48.2% 8,758 D+3.7
Wayne 4,039 47.2% 4,512 52.8% 8,551 R+5.5
White 4,453 53.2% 3,922 46.8% 8,375 D+6.3
Clark 3,787 47.5% 4,182 52.5% 7,969 R+5.0
Jo Daviess 2,813 35.7% 5,058 64.3% 7,871 R+28.5
Warren 2,558 32.7% 5,276 67.3% 7,834 R+34.7
Lawrence 3,767 48.2% 4,046 51.8% 7,813 R+3.6
Alexander 3,832 49.5% 3,915 50.5% 7,747 R+1.1
Grundy 2,603 35.0% 4,833 65.0% 7,436 R+30.0
Washington 3,336 44.9% 4,086 55.1% 7,422 R+10.1
Union 4,203 56.9% 3,183 43.1% 7,386 D+13.8
Crawford 3,377 46.1% 3,954 53.9% 7,331 R+7.9
Clay 3,368 47.1% 3,781 52.9% 7,149 R+5.8
Greene 3,741 54.1% 3,180 45.9% 6,921 D+8.1
Mercer 2,587 37.7% 4,277 62.3% 6,864 R+24.6
Richland 3,013 45.3% 3,634 54.7% 6,647 R+9.3
De Witt 3,152 47.6% 3,476 52.4% 6,628 R+4.9
Bond 3,307 50.1% 3,294 49.9% 6,601 D+0.2
Carroll 2,310 35.0% 4,290 65.0% 6,600 R+30.0
Jersey 3,538 54.7% 2,930 45.3% 6,468 D+9.4
Cass 3,674 56.9% 2,784 43.1% 6,458 D+13.8
Mason 3,179 50.7% 3,097 49.3% 6,276 D+1.3
Douglas 2,367 38.3% 3,819 61.7% 6,186 R+23.5
Ford 1,731 29.2% 4,198 70.8% 5,929 R+41.6
Hamilton 3,067 52.1% 2,821 47.9% 5,888 D+4.2
Marshall 2,504 42.8% 3,341 57.2% 5,845 R+14.3
Jasper 3,073 53.9% 2,625 46.1% 5,698 D+7.9
Boone 1,578 28.2% 4,014 71.8% 5,592 R+43.6
Piatt 2,246 42.2% 3,071 57.8% 5,317 R+15.5
Wabash 2,552 48.0% 2,762 52.0% 5,314 R+4.0
Moultrie 2,802 53.2% 2,464 46.8% 5,266 D+6.4
Massac 2,229 43.3% 2,921 56.7% 5,150 R+13.4
Cumberland 2,456 49.5% 2,506 50.5% 4,962 R+1.0
Monroe 2,007 41.1% 2,872 58.9% 4,879 R+17.7
Kendall 1,238 26.4% 3,455 73.6% 4,693 R+47.2
Pulaski 2,126 46.5% 2,449 53.5% 4,575 R+7.1
Schuyler 2,209 48.9% 2,307 51.1% 4,516 R+2.2
Menard 1,945 43.8% 2,494 56.2% 4,439 R+12.4
Johnson 1,745 41.6% 2,448 58.4% 4,193 R+16.8
Gallatin 2,124 57.4% 1,575 42.6% 3,699 D+14.8
Henderson 1,546 41.9% 2,141 58.1% 3,687 R+16.1
Edwards 1,201 33.7% 2,361 66.3% 3,562 R+32.6
Scott 1,621 48.8% 1,699 51.2% 3,320 R+2.3
Brown 1,840 57.7% 1,350 42.3% 3,190 D+15.4
Hardin 1,530 49.2% 1,578 50.8% 3,108 R+1.5
Stark 850 27.6% 2,225 72.4% 3,075 R+44.7
Calhoun 1,493 49.6% 1,515 50.4% 3,008 R+0.7
Pope 781 34.6% 1,479 65.4% 2,260 R+30.9
Putnam 910 42.5% 1,230 57.5% 2,140 R+15.0

Counties as they stood in 1954; 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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YearWinnerMargin
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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