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Election 1996 Results

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1996 US Senate election in Illinois

Richard J. Durbin (Democrat) beat Al Salvi (Republican) in Illinois in 1996, 56.1% to 40.7%, a margin of 15.4 points and 655,204 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1990, when Paul Simon won.

Democrats led in 51 of the 102 counties and Republicans in 51. The largest, Cook, cast 1,702,207 votes and went to the Democrat by 39.0 points. The closest was Brown, 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
Richard J. Durbin won Democratic 2,384,028 56.1%
Al Salvi Republican 1,728,824 40.7%
All other candidates 137,870 3.2%
Total4,250,722

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,160,414 68.2% 495,953 29.1% 45,840 1,702,207 D+39.0
DuPage 137,810 43.0% 169,734 53.0% 12,645 320,189 R+10.0
Lake 96,956 48.1% 96,374 47.8% 8,278 201,608 D+0.3
Will 68,936 47.1% 71,335 48.7% 6,174 146,445 R+1.6
Kane 48,738 43.2% 58,228 51.6% 5,786 112,752 R+8.4
Madison 56,616 57.0% 38,380 38.6% 4,373 99,369 D+18.4
Winnebago 43,987 44.6% 50,985 51.7% 3,726 98,698 R+7.1
St. Clair 55,878 59.4% 35,370 37.6% 2,759 94,007 D+21.8
Sangamon 42,623 48.5% 43,769 49.8% 1,423 87,815 R+1.3
McHenry 31,436 38.5% 45,847 56.1% 4,439 81,722 R+17.6
Peoria 37,570 51.2% 33,678 45.9% 2,170 73,418 D+5.3
Champaign 33,877 51.6% 30,022 45.7% 1,792 65,691 D+5.9
Rock Island 34,604 57.7% 23,431 39.0% 1,969 60,004 D+18.6
Tazewell 23,930 45.1% 27,122 51.1% 1,988 53,040 R+6.0
McLean 23,247 44.0% 28,115 53.2% 1,502 52,864 R+9.2
Macon 26,543 56.5% 19,348 41.2% 1,098 46,989 D+15.3
LaSalle 21,799 51.8% 18,682 44.4% 1,621 42,102 D+7.4
Kankakee 16,629 48.0% 16,765 48.4% 1,222 34,616 R+0.4
Vermilion 15,752 50.8% 14,083 45.4% 1,174 31,009 D+5.4
Adams 14,407 51.1% 13,211 46.9% 561 28,179 D+4.2
DeKalb 12,676 45.2% 13,884 49.5% 1,485 28,045 R+4.3
Williamson 13,096 52.9% 10,973 44.3% 707 24,776 D+8.6
Whiteside 11,753 51.2% 10,432 45.5% 756 22,941 D+5.8
Knox 12,121 54.7% 9,239 41.7% 806 22,166 D+13.0
Jackson 12,803 58.9% 8,314 38.2% 633 21,750 D+20.6
Henry 10,949 51.0% 9,781 45.6% 720 21,450 D+5.4
Macoupin 11,771 56.9% 8,191 39.6% 721 20,683 D+17.3
Coles 9,544 49.9% 8,998 47.0% 593 19,135 D+2.9
Ogle 6,476 35.9% 10,803 59.8% 783 18,062 R+24.0
Stephenson 6,826 38.2% 10,183 56.9% 874 17,883 R+18.8
Kendall 6,391 36.8% 10,195 58.7% 776 17,362 R+21.9
Franklin 10,249 60.2% 6,246 36.7% 521 17,016 D+23.5
Bureau 7,596 48.1% 7,710 48.8% 495 15,801 R+0.7
Fulton 8,774 56.6% 6,151 39.7% 574 15,499 D+16.9
Marion 8,427 54.4% 6,536 42.2% 516 15,479 D+12.2
Woodford 5,256 35.5% 9,132 61.7% 402 14,790 R+26.2
Jefferson 7,976 54.0% 6,339 42.9% 451 14,766 D+11.1
Christian 7,794 52.9% 6,522 44.2% 426 14,742 D+8.6
Grundy 6,578 45.0% 7,530 51.5% 501 14,609 R+6.5
Livingston 5,352 36.8% 8,764 60.3% 415 14,531 R+23.5
Randolph 7,597 52.6% 6,467 44.8% 380 14,444 D+7.8
Effingham 5,072 35.9% 8,732 61.8% 320 14,124 R+25.9
Morgan 6,534 46.4% 7,169 50.9% 390 14,093 R+4.5
Lee 5,713 41.0% 7,586 54.4% 639 13,938 R+13.4
Clinton 6,710 49.4% 6,476 47.7% 397 13,583 D+1.7
Boone 4,843 37.9% 7,417 58.0% 535 12,795 R+20.1
Montgomery 6,788 53.8% 5,469 43.3% 361 12,618 D+10.5
Iroquois 4,403 35.0% 7,743 61.6% 431 12,577 R+26.6
Logan 4,839 39.7% 7,019 57.6% 336 12,194 R+17.9
McDonough 5,843 49.7% 5,559 47.3% 354 11,756 D+2.4
Monroe 5,115 45.2% 5,866 51.8% 340 11,321 R+6.6
Saline 6,591 58.7% 4,256 37.9% 388 11,235 D+20.8
Perry 5,550 56.9% 3,968 40.7% 237 9,755 D+16.2
Shelby 4,694 48.3% 4,813 49.5% 215 9,722 R+1.2
Hancock 4,676 51.6% 4,067 44.9% 311 9,054 D+6.7
Jo Daviess 4,085 45.2% 4,486 49.6% 473 9,044 R+4.4
Fayette 4,148 47.7% 4,352 50.0% 202 8,702 R+2.3
Jersey 4,654 53.7% 3,717 42.9% 293 8,664 D+10.8
Crawford 3,551 42.1% 4,573 54.2% 316 8,440 R+12.1
Union 4,400 54.3% 3,513 43.4% 190 8,103 D+10.9
Edgar 3,338 41.4% 4,430 55.0% 290 8,058 R+13.6
Pike 3,951 50.0% 3,779 47.8% 173 7,903 D+2.2
Wayne 3,015 38.5% 4,540 58.0% 275 7,830 R+19.5
Mercer 4,019 52.4% 3,417 44.6% 227 7,663 D+7.9
Piatt 3,457 47.1% 3,676 50.1% 200 7,333 R+3.0
Warren 3,368 47.3% 3,519 49.4% 239 7,126 R+2.1
Clark 2,892 41.0% 3,916 55.5% 252 7,060 R+14.5
White 3,609 51.3% 3,151 44.8% 274 7,034 D+6.5
Douglas 3,059 44.0% 3,679 53.0% 209 6,947 R+8.9
Bond 3,569 52.4% 3,081 45.2% 164 6,814 D+7.2
Washington 2,825 41.7% 3,802 56.1% 154 6,781 R+14.4
Carroll 2,867 42.9% 3,565 53.4% 246 6,678 R+10.5
Richland 2,725 41.6% 3,582 54.6% 248 6,555 R+13.1
De Witt 2,924 44.8% 3,429 52.6% 170 6,523 R+7.7
Mason 3,327 52.4% 2,803 44.1% 220 6,350 D+8.3
Lawrence 2,809 45.3% 3,024 48.8% 363 6,196 R+3.5
Clay 2,767 46.1% 3,031 50.5% 200 5,998 R+4.4
Massac 2,966 50.0% 2,785 47.0% 176 5,927 D+3.1
Greene 3,094 52.8% 2,608 44.5% 157 5,859 D+8.3
Menard 2,329 40.0% 3,365 57.8% 128 5,822 R+17.8
Ford 2,061 36.1% 3,476 60.9% 172 5,709 R+24.8
Cass 2,983 53.2% 2,528 45.0% 101 5,612 D+8.1
Marshall 2,506 44.7% 2,876 51.3% 223 5,605 R+6.6
Moultrie 2,795 51.6% 2,501 46.2% 121 5,417 D+5.4
Wabash 2,087 40.3% 2,860 55.3% 229 5,176 R+14.9
Johnson 2,132 44.5% 2,451 51.1% 210 4,793 R+6.7
Jasper 2,086 43.7% 2,510 52.6% 176 4,772 R+8.9
Cumberland 1,923 43.9% 2,307 52.7% 151 4,381 R+8.8
Hamilton 2,335 53.9% 1,874 43.2% 125 4,334 D+10.6
Alexander 2,754 66.3% 1,317 31.7% 80 4,151 D+34.6
Schuyler 1,774 47.8% 1,845 49.7% 90 3,709 R+1.9
Henderson 1,915 54.4% 1,467 41.7% 136 3,518 D+12.7
Gallatin 2,271 68.8% 900 27.2% 132 3,303 D+41.5
Calhoun 1,821 60.9% 1,095 36.6% 72 2,988 D+24.3
Edwards 1,043 34.9% 1,827 61.2% 116 2,986 R+26.3
Stark 1,244 44.4% 1,454 51.9% 102 2,800 R+7.5
Putnam 1,365 50.2% 1,262 46.4% 94 2,721 D+3.8
Pulaski 1,436 53.2% 1,185 43.9% 77 2,698 D+9.3
Scott 1,163 46.6% 1,273 51.0% 58 2,494 R+4.4
Hardin 1,368 55.0% 993 39.9% 128 2,489 D+15.1
Brown 1,104 49.2% 1,092 48.6% 49 2,245 D+0.5
Pope 986 49.5% 946 47.5% 60 1,992 D+2.0

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