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Election 1998 Results

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1998 US Senate election in Illinois

Peter G. Fitzgerald (Republican) beat Carol Moseley-Braun (Democrat) in Illinois in 1998, 50.3% to 47.4%, a margin of 2.9 points and 98,545 votes.

Illinois changed party: in 1992 it went Democratic, for Carol Moseley-Braun.

Republicans led in 97 of the 102 counties and Democrats in 5. The largest, Cook, cast 1,366,256 votes and went to the Democrat by 28.8 points. The closest was Lawrence, where 31 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
Peter G. Fitzgerald won Republican 1,709,041 50.3%
Carol Moseley-Braun Democratic 1,610,496 47.4%
All other candidates 74,984 2.2%
Total3,394,521

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 868,796 63.6% 474,635 34.7% 22,825 1,366,256 D+28.8
DuPage 85,405 34.0% 158,928 63.2% 6,981 251,314 R+29.3
Lake 63,608 41.5% 85,249 55.6% 4,464 153,321 R+14.1
Will 46,847 38.7% 70,952 58.6% 3,329 121,128 R+19.9
Kane 31,631 35.6% 54,399 61.2% 2,895 88,925 R+25.6
Sangamon 22,534 30.2% 50,543 67.8% 1,513 74,590 R+37.6
Madison 27,813 38.8% 41,958 58.5% 1,927 71,698 R+19.7
Winnebago 23,795 33.7% 44,538 63.2% 2,188 70,521 R+29.4
St. Clair 29,939 43.6% 36,957 53.8% 1,784 68,680 R+10.2
McHenry 20,442 31.4% 42,847 65.8% 1,853 65,142 R+34.4
Peoria 21,480 40.3% 30,586 57.3% 1,269 53,335 R+17.1
Champaign 18,531 38.2% 29,010 59.7% 1,016 48,557 R+21.6
Rock Island 19,615 41.6% 25,998 55.1% 1,590 47,203 R+13.5
Tazewell 12,979 33.0% 25,257 64.2% 1,111 39,347 R+31.2
Macon 15,165 38.7% 23,135 59.0% 935 39,235 R+20.3
McLean 12,425 32.1% 25,474 65.8% 791 38,690 R+33.7
LaSalle 14,584 41.9% 19,429 55.8% 816 34,829 R+13.9
Kankakee 11,506 38.7% 17,773 59.7% 490 29,769 R+21.1
Adams 6,576 26.6% 17,615 71.3% 512 24,703 R+44.7
Vermilion 8,566 35.6% 14,759 61.3% 749 24,074 R+25.7
Williamson 8,792 38.7% 13,317 58.7% 588 22,697 R+19.9
DeKalb 8,065 37.9% 12,562 59.1% 646 21,273 R+21.1
Knox 7,596 40.8% 10,613 57.0% 405 18,614 R+16.2
Henry 6,518 35.9% 11,131 61.2% 531 18,180 R+25.4
Jackson 8,109 44.9% 9,510 52.7% 436 18,055 R+7.8
Whiteside 6,505 38.2% 10,088 59.2% 452 17,045 R+21.0
Coles 5,864 36.2% 9,928 61.2% 422 16,214 R+25.1
Franklin 7,654 48.8% 7,738 49.3% 308 15,700 R+0.5
Kendall 4,757 31.5% 9,853 65.3% 488 15,098 R+33.8
Macoupin 6,131 40.7% 8,529 56.7% 386 15,046 R+15.9
Bureau 5,308 37.1% 8,600 60.1% 408 14,316 R+23.0
Ogle 3,754 27.5% 9,514 69.8% 369 13,637 R+42.2
Stephenson 3,730 28.2% 9,117 68.9% 390 13,237 R+40.7
Fulton 5,810 46.6% 6,345 50.9% 314 12,469 R+4.3
Randolph 4,941 40.1% 7,205 58.4% 190 12,336 R+18.4
Jefferson 4,629 38.3% 7,210 59.6% 252 12,091 R+21.3
Grundy 4,517 37.4% 7,220 59.8% 329 12,066 R+22.4
Woodford 3,050 25.5% 8,657 72.4% 243 11,950 R+46.9
Christian 4,162 35.5% 7,278 62.0% 296 11,736 R+26.6
Marion 4,749 40.5% 6,756 57.6% 221 11,726 R+17.1
Livingston 3,361 28.8% 8,031 68.9% 260 11,652 R+40.1
Morgan 3,353 29.3% 7,893 68.9% 206 11,452 R+39.6
Clinton 3,301 29.1% 7,828 69.1% 203 11,332 R+39.9
Effingham 3,029 27.1% 7,841 70.2% 297 11,167 R+43.1
Saline 4,908 45.7% 5,580 51.9% 255 10,743 R+6.3
Iroquois 2,931 27.4% 7,590 71.0% 176 10,697 R+43.6
Lee 3,231 30.4% 7,107 66.8% 294 10,632 R+36.5
Logan 2,652 25.6% 7,536 72.6% 189 10,377 R+47.1
McDonough 3,588 35.3% 6,356 62.6% 213 10,157 R+27.3
Montgomery 3,836 38.8% 5,791 58.6% 256 9,883 R+19.8
Boone 2,846 29.8% 6,353 66.6% 341 9,540 R+36.8
Monroe 2,737 29.0% 6,533 69.3% 163 9,433 R+40.2
Perry 3,663 40.9% 5,171 57.7% 122 8,956 R+16.8
Shelby 2,813 33.7% 5,378 64.4% 160 8,351 R+30.7
Hancock 2,665 33.7% 5,069 64.0% 183 7,917 R+30.4
Fayette 2,743 35.5% 4,863 63.0% 119 7,725 R+27.4
Jo Daviess 2,701 35.2% 4,687 61.1% 282 7,670 R+25.9
Union 3,083 42.9% 3,962 55.1% 147 7,192 R+12.2
Pike 2,586 36.4% 4,386 61.7% 135 7,107 R+25.3
Jersey 2,458 35.1% 4,343 62.1% 197 6,998 R+26.9
Edgar 2,466 35.4% 4,394 63.0% 114 6,974 R+27.6
Mercer 2,522 36.9% 4,115 60.2% 198 6,835 R+23.3
White 3,401 50.0% 3,257 47.9% 143 6,801 D+2.1
Crawford 2,644 39.5% 3,889 58.1% 155 6,688 R+18.6
Wayne 2,035 31.4% 4,263 65.9% 174 6,472 R+34.4
Richland 2,463 39.7% 3,588 57.9% 147 6,198 R+18.2
Piatt 1,941 31.6% 4,029 65.5% 179 6,149 R+34.0
Clark 2,443 40.1% 3,534 58.1% 110 6,087 R+17.9
Warren 2,064 34.5% 3,773 63.1% 143 5,980 R+28.6
Carroll 1,794 30.6% 3,922 66.8% 152 5,868 R+36.3
Washington 1,579 27.0% 4,181 71.5% 84 5,844 R+44.5
Douglas 1,742 30.7% 3,810 67.2% 115 5,667 R+36.5
Massac 2,100 39.4% 3,142 58.9% 90 5,332 R+19.5
Lawrence 2,598 49.1% 2,567 48.5% 125 5,290 D+0.6
Ford 1,301 25.1% 3,773 72.7% 119 5,193 R+47.6
Mason 1,947 38.1% 3,066 60.1% 92 5,105 R+21.9
De Witt 1,538 30.2% 3,451 67.7% 110 5,099 R+37.5
Bond 1,812 36.1% 3,148 62.7% 58 5,018 R+26.6
Menard 1,261 25.1% 3,668 73.1% 87 5,016 R+48.0
Clay 2,027 40.8% 2,888 58.1% 54 4,969 R+17.3
Greene 1,663 35.2% 2,946 62.3% 117 4,726 R+27.1
Wabash 2,030 43.5% 2,517 53.9% 120 4,667 R+10.4
Johnson 1,411 30.9% 3,040 66.5% 121 4,572 R+35.6
Cass 1,704 38.1% 2,693 60.2% 78 4,475 R+22.1
Moultrie 1,585 35.6% 2,771 62.2% 96 4,452 R+26.6
Marshall 1,519 35.0% 2,690 62.0% 128 4,337 R+27.0
Hamilton 1,777 44.0% 2,159 53.5% 103 4,039 R+9.5
Jasper 1,778 44.7% 2,160 54.4% 36 3,974 R+9.6
Cumberland 1,433 36.7% 2,384 61.1% 86 3,903 R+24.4
Alexander 1,964 54.2% 1,599 44.1% 59 3,622 D+10.1
Henderson 1,394 41.1% 1,898 56.0% 100 3,392 R+14.9
Schuyler 1,100 33.9% 2,077 64.0% 68 3,245 R+30.1
Gallatin 1,738 60.1% 1,085 37.5% 68 2,891 D+22.6
Pulaski 1,157 42.0% 1,549 56.2% 51 2,757 R+14.2
Edwards 946 36.4% 1,584 60.9% 69 2,599 R+24.5
Brown 825 31.8% 1,711 65.9% 62 2,598 R+34.1
Hardin 1,120 45.6% 1,274 51.9% 62 2,456 R+6.3
Calhoun 1,085 44.4% 1,315 53.8% 46 2,446 R+9.4
Stark 800 33.5% 1,562 65.4% 26 2,388 R+31.9
Putnam 1,011 42.6% 1,307 55.1% 56 2,374 R+12.5
Scott 625 28.7% 1,517 69.6% 37 2,179 R+40.9
Pope 790 38.3% 1,234 59.9% 36 2,060 R+21.6

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