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Election 1992 Results

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1992 US Senate election in Illinois

Carol Moseley-Braun (Democrat) beat Richard S. Williamson (Republican) in Illinois in 1992, 53.3% to 43.1%, a margin of 10.2 points and 504,396 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1986, when Alan J. Dixon won.

Democrats led in 57 of the 102 counties and Republicans in 45. The largest, Cook, cast 2,105,233 votes and went to the Democrat by 25.6 points. The closest was Mercer, where 12 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
Carol Moseley-Braun won Democratic 2,631,229 53.3%
Richard S. Williamson Republican 2,126,833 43.1%
All other candidates 181,496 3.7%
Total4,939,558

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,294,440 61.5% 754,945 35.9% 55,848 2,105,233 D+25.6
DuPage 139,402 38.2% 210,818 57.8% 14,337 364,557 R+19.6
Lake 93,996 43.5% 113,541 52.5% 8,674 216,211 R+9.0
Will 66,660 44.3% 77,550 51.6% 6,118 150,328 R+7.2
Kane 53,407 42.5% 65,092 51.8% 7,132 125,631 R+9.3
Madison 66,228 59.7% 40,243 36.3% 4,479 110,950 D+23.4
Winnebago 51,962 47.2% 50,404 45.8% 7,739 110,105 D+1.4
St. Clair 61,508 58.9% 39,200 37.6% 3,662 104,370 D+21.4
Sangamon 44,248 46.4% 47,743 50.1% 3,317 95,308 R+3.7
McHenry 32,339 37.4% 49,057 56.7% 5,164 86,560 R+19.3
Peoria 41,204 51.8% 34,541 43.5% 3,750 79,495 D+8.4
Champaign 38,103 51.6% 32,236 43.6% 3,515 73,854 D+7.9
Rock Island 37,465 53.1% 30,072 42.7% 2,967 70,504 D+10.5
Tazewell 29,362 49.9% 26,387 44.9% 3,073 58,822 D+5.1
McLean 26,585 45.5% 29,619 50.6% 2,283 58,487 R+5.2
Macon 28,897 52.7% 23,421 42.7% 2,515 54,833 D+10.0
LaSalle 24,556 50.4% 21,993 45.2% 2,153 48,702 D+5.3
Kankakee 18,795 47.6% 18,924 48.0% 1,731 39,450 R+0.3
Vermilion 19,990 53.2% 16,079 42.8% 1,489 37,558 D+10.4
DeKalb 16,133 48.0% 15,596 46.4% 1,873 33,602 D+1.6
Adams 13,473 43.9% 15,759 51.3% 1,465 30,697 R+7.4
Williamson 14,037 50.1% 12,587 44.9% 1,418 28,042 D+5.2
Whiteside 13,650 51.3% 12,003 45.1% 966 26,619 D+6.2
Knox 13,001 52.6% 10,877 44.0% 824 24,702 D+8.6
Jackson 13,665 56.9% 9,342 38.9% 1,002 24,009 D+18.0
Henry 11,690 49.2% 11,197 47.1% 870 23,757 D+2.1
Macoupin 13,842 60.1% 8,361 36.3% 813 23,016 D+23.8
Coles 10,704 48.9% 10,300 47.1% 874 21,878 D+1.8
Stephenson 8,820 42.0% 10,936 52.0% 1,260 21,016 R+10.1
Franklin 12,391 60.0% 7,438 36.0% 811 20,640 D+24.0
Ogle 7,565 38.6% 10,664 54.3% 1,393 19,622 R+15.8
Marion 10,372 56.7% 7,216 39.4% 714 18,302 D+17.2
Kendall 6,740 36.9% 10,582 58.0% 923 18,245 R+21.1
Bureau 8,438 48.4% 8,326 47.8% 670 17,434 D+0.6
Fulton 10,393 59.7% 6,325 36.4% 681 17,399 D+23.4
Christian 9,561 55.4% 6,951 40.3% 751 17,263 D+15.1
Jefferson 8,435 49.7% 7,783 45.9% 746 16,964 D+3.8
Livingston 6,776 40.4% 9,321 55.5% 691 16,788 R+15.2
Randolph 9,033 55.8% 6,569 40.6% 586 16,188 D+15.2
Morgan 7,104 44.3% 8,351 52.0% 591 16,046 R+7.8
Grundy 6,759 42.5% 8,406 52.9% 733 15,898 R+10.4
Woodford 6,397 40.3% 8,655 54.5% 829 15,881 R+14.2
Clinton 7,467 49.2% 7,068 46.6% 628 15,163 D+2.6
Lee 6,240 41.4% 8,179 54.2% 671 15,090 R+12.8
Effingham 5,896 40.6% 7,639 52.6% 990 14,525 R+12.0
Montgomery 8,104 56.2% 5,659 39.3% 647 14,410 D+17.0
Iroquois 5,066 35.7% 8,368 59.0% 746 14,180 R+23.3
Logan 5,558 40.3% 7,469 54.1% 775 13,802 R+13.8
McDonough 6,430 47.6% 6,490 48.1% 584 13,504 R+0.4
Boone 5,648 42.2% 6,830 51.0% 914 13,392 R+8.8
Saline 7,230 57.2% 5,044 39.9% 376 12,650 D+17.3
Monroe 5,461 45.2% 6,109 50.6% 506 12,076 R+5.4
Shelby 5,510 50.6% 4,801 44.1% 585 10,896 D+6.5
Perry 5,820 54.4% 4,327 40.4% 552 10,699 D+14.0
Jo Daviess 4,493 44.7% 5,136 51.1% 422 10,051 R+6.4
Fayette 4,977 50.6% 4,452 45.3% 407 9,836 D+5.3
Jersey 5,572 57.2% 3,729 38.3% 440 9,741 D+18.9
Hancock 4,651 47.8% 4,610 47.4% 459 9,720 D+0.4
Edgar 4,187 44.4% 5,000 53.0% 240 9,427 R+8.6
Crawford 4,106 44.0% 4,965 53.2% 265 9,336 R+9.2
Union 4,837 55.0% 3,658 41.6% 292 8,787 D+13.4
Pike 4,277 49.1% 4,145 47.5% 297 8,719 D+1.5
Wayne 3,306 39.4% 4,545 54.1% 546 8,397 R+14.8
White 4,656 55.7% 3,437 41.1% 267 8,360 D+14.6
Mercer 4,033 48.4% 4,045 48.5% 259 8,337 R+0.1
Warren 3,958 47.8% 4,080 49.3% 239 8,277 R+1.5
Piatt 3,953 47.9% 3,908 47.4% 386 8,247 D+0.5
Douglas 3,708 45.9% 4,095 50.7% 280 8,083 R+4.8
Richland 3,601 46.3% 3,764 48.4% 411 7,776 R+2.1
Clark 3,636 47.1% 3,815 49.4% 273 7,724 R+2.3
De Witt 3,299 43.8% 3,872 51.4% 367 7,538 R+7.6
Mason 4,205 55.9% 3,018 40.1% 301 7,524 D+15.8
Carroll 3,064 40.7% 4,140 55.0% 317 7,521 R+14.3
Washington 3,247 45.0% 3,719 51.6% 248 7,214 R+6.5
Bond 3,723 51.9% 3,137 43.7% 311 7,171 D+8.2
Lawrence 3,612 50.6% 3,286 46.0% 244 7,142 D+4.6
Massac 3,348 49.3% 3,198 47.1% 246 6,792 D+2.2
Greene 3,444 51.4% 2,994 44.7% 266 6,704 D+6.7
Clay 3,157 49.0% 3,014 46.8% 269 6,440 D+2.2
Marshall 3,211 50.4% 2,883 45.3% 276 6,370 D+5.1
Moultrie 3,369 53.3% 2,697 42.7% 251 6,317 D+10.6
Ford 2,431 38.5% 3,530 55.9% 354 6,315 R+17.4
Cass 3,361 53.8% 2,654 42.4% 238 6,253 D+11.3
Menard 2,565 41.7% 3,274 53.3% 308 6,147 R+11.5
Wabash 3,048 51.2% 2,635 44.2% 274 5,957 D+6.9
Jasper 2,430 46.3% 2,353 44.8% 466 5,249 D+1.5
Johnson 2,234 43.1% 2,780 53.7% 166 5,180 R+10.5
Cumberland 2,359 46.6% 2,444 48.3% 261 5,064 R+1.7
Hamilton 2,285 51.5% 2,066 46.6% 82 4,433 D+4.9
Alexander 2,517 60.2% 1,576 37.7% 89 4,182 D+22.5
Henderson 2,178 55.4% 1,627 41.4% 123 3,928 D+14.0
Schuyler 1,837 47.3% 1,867 48.1% 179 3,883 R+0.8
Gallatin 2,442 66.5% 1,118 30.4% 114 3,674 D+36.0
Pulaski 1,924 56.1% 1,429 41.7% 74 3,427 D+14.4
Edwards 1,478 44.5% 1,711 51.6% 130 3,319 R+7.0
Stark 1,508 46.6% 1,584 48.9% 145 3,237 R+2.3
Putnam 1,823 56.9% 1,290 40.3% 90 3,203 D+16.6
Hardin 1,616 55.1% 1,232 42.0% 85 2,933 D+13.1
Scott 1,150 42.4% 1,450 53.5% 110 2,710 R+11.1
Calhoun 1,654 62.1% 953 35.8% 56 2,663 D+26.3
Brown 1,160 44.8% 1,331 51.4% 100 2,591 R+6.6
Pope 1,043 45.2% 1,194 51.8% 69 2,306 R+6.5

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