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2008 US Senate election in Illinois

Richard J. Durbin (Democrat) beat Steve Sauerberg (Republican) in Illinois in 2008, 67.8% to 28.5%, a margin of 39.3 points and 2,095,223 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2002, when Richard J. Durbin also won.

Democrats led in 98 of the 102 counties and Republicans in 4. The largest, Cook, cast 2,038,397 votes and went to the Democrat by 62.9 points. The closest was Johnson, where 26 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 3,615,844 67.8%
Steve Sauerberg Republican 1,520,621 28.5%
All other candidates 193,419 3.6%
Total5,329,884

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,629,347 79.9% 347,434 17.0% 61,616 2,038,397 D+62.9
DuPage 240,521 58.7% 154,134 37.6% 14,983 409,638 D+21.1
Lake 184,254 63.6% 95,989 33.1% 9,442 289,685 D+30.5
Will 178,525 63.9% 91,183 32.6% 9,626 279,334 D+31.3
Kane 109,917 58.4% 70,521 37.5% 7,635 188,073 D+20.9
McHenry 73,846 54.7% 54,635 40.5% 6,577 135,058 D+14.2
Madison 74,043 59.8% 43,863 35.4% 5,978 123,884 D+24.4
Winnebago 73,518 59.8% 43,066 35.0% 6,337 122,921 D+24.8
St. Clair 77,920 64.5% 37,319 30.9% 5,580 120,819 D+33.6
Sangamon 62,050 62.7% 33,589 33.9% 3,299 98,938 D+28.8
Champaign 51,612 63.6% 25,603 31.6% 3,923 81,138 D+32.1
Peoria 50,081 63.4% 26,027 33.0% 2,880 78,988 D+30.5
McLean 41,250 55.8% 29,611 40.0% 3,099 73,960 D+15.7
Rock Island 44,418 66.5% 20,172 30.2% 2,240 66,830 D+36.3
Tazewell 35,388 56.7% 24,386 39.1% 2,599 62,373 D+17.6
Macon 33,232 65.8% 15,713 31.1% 1,528 50,473 D+34.7
LaSalle 31,900 65.9% 14,269 29.5% 2,226 48,395 D+36.4
Kankakee 29,242 62.6% 15,283 32.7% 2,223 46,748 D+29.9
Kendall 25,759 57.4% 17,475 39.0% 1,610 44,844 D+18.5
DeKalb 27,467 63.0% 13,918 31.9% 2,217 43,602 D+31.1
Vermilion 21,463 66.0% 10,066 31.0% 992 32,521 D+35.0
Adams 16,328 54.2% 12,955 43.0% 834 30,117 D+11.2
Williamson 16,002 55.1% 11,564 39.8% 1,454 29,020 D+15.3
Whiteside 16,917 64.4% 8,285 31.6% 1,052 26,254 D+32.9
Jackson 15,986 64.1% 7,282 29.2% 1,677 24,945 D+34.9
Ogle 12,910 53.8% 10,044 41.8% 1,061 24,015 D+11.9
Henry 14,158 59.6% 8,689 36.6% 922 23,769 D+23.0
Knox 16,075 68.2% 6,702 28.4% 782 23,559 D+39.8
Coles 14,797 65.1% 6,954 30.6% 971 22,722 D+34.5
Macoupin 14,148 64.6% 7,003 32.0% 756 21,907 D+32.6
Grundy 12,835 59.1% 7,867 36.2% 1,003 21,705 D+22.9
Boone 12,065 55.7% 8,412 38.9% 1,166 21,643 D+16.9
Stephenson 12,033 58.6% 7,703 37.5% 790 20,526 D+21.1
Woodford 8,353 45.0% 9,559 51.5% 664 18,576 R+6.5
Franklin 11,967 65.6% 5,541 30.4% 734 18,242 D+35.2
Monroe 8,931 50.8% 8,078 45.9% 585 17,594 D+4.8
Marion 10,587 62.3% 5,794 34.1% 622 17,003 D+28.2
Clinton 9,372 55.9% 6,678 39.8% 727 16,777 D+16.1
Bureau 10,291 61.6% 5,846 35.0% 573 16,710 D+26.6
Effingham 8,266 50.3% 7,714 46.9% 455 16,435 D+3.4
Jefferson 9,475 58.7% 5,717 35.4% 954 16,146 D+23.3
Fulton 11,067 69.0% 4,240 26.4% 729 16,036 D+42.6
Lee 8,979 56.3% 6,205 38.9% 752 15,936 D+17.4
Morgan 9,813 64.9% 4,801 31.8% 496 15,110 D+33.2
Livingston 7,718 51.1% 6,840 45.3% 548 15,106 D+5.8
Christian 9,314 62.8% 4,929 33.2% 584 14,827 D+29.6
Randolph 8,937 60.8% 5,251 35.7% 523 14,711 D+25.1
Iroquois 6,424 48.4% 6,229 47.0% 607 13,260 D+1.5
McDonough 7,584 59.8% 4,562 36.0% 532 12,678 D+23.8
Montgomery 7,655 61.0% 4,482 35.7% 414 12,551 D+25.3
Logan 6,695 54.3% 5,181 42.0% 455 12,331 D+12.3
Jo Daviess 6,489 57.4% 4,294 38.0% 524 11,307 D+19.4
Shelby 6,307 58.9% 4,027 37.6% 365 10,699 D+21.3
Saline 6,466 61.1% 3,461 32.7% 663 10,590 D+28.4
Jersey 6,018 58.7% 3,718 36.3% 513 10,249 D+22.4
Perry 6,038 62.1% 3,249 33.4% 440 9,727 D+28.7
Fayette 4,960 52.7% 4,067 43.2% 387 9,414 D+9.5
Hancock 5,043 55.8% 3,653 40.4% 347 9,043 D+15.4
Piatt 5,245 59.0% 3,381 38.1% 258 8,884 D+21.0
Crawford 4,495 50.6% 3,911 44.0% 476 8,882 D+6.6
Union 5,236 59.0% 3,116 35.1% 529 8,881 D+23.9
Mercer 5,233 62.5% 2,773 33.1% 371 8,377 D+29.4
Douglas 4,586 55.9% 3,399 41.4% 220 8,205 D+14.5
Clark 4,141 51.2% 3,677 45.5% 270 8,088 D+5.7
Edgar 4,730 58.6% 3,107 38.5% 233 8,070 D+20.1
Bond 4,525 58.3% 2,996 38.6% 238 7,759 D+19.7
Warren 4,803 62.0% 2,701 34.9% 240 7,744 D+27.1
De Witt 4,595 60.0% 2,824 36.8% 245 7,664 D+23.1
Washington 4,077 53.2% 3,294 43.0% 288 7,659 D+10.2
Wayne 3,177 42.0% 3,958 52.3% 426 7,561 R+10.3
Pike 4,458 59.6% 2,782 37.2% 245 7,485 D+22.4
Carroll 4,274 57.2% 2,828 37.9% 366 7,468 D+19.4
Richland 3,584 48.5% 3,485 47.2% 317 7,386 D+1.3
White 4,021 55.9% 2,886 40.2% 281 7,188 D+15.8
Massac 3,619 53.0% 2,911 42.6% 301 6,831 D+10.4
Mason 4,601 68.7% 1,898 28.4% 195 6,694 D+40.4
Menard 3,440 54.6% 2,705 42.9% 154 6,299 D+11.7
Ford 3,122 49.8% 2,955 47.1% 197 6,274 D+2.7
Lawrence 3,247 52.4% 2,576 41.6% 372 6,195 D+10.8
Moultrie 3,749 61.0% 2,211 36.0% 183 6,143 D+25.0
Clay 3,184 51.9% 2,711 44.2% 235 6,130 D+7.7
Marshall 3,634 59.5% 2,252 36.9% 217 6,103 D+22.6
Johnson 2,667 46.8% 2,693 47.2% 340 5,700 R+0.5
Greene 3,343 59.2% 2,052 36.3% 251 5,646 D+22.9
Wabash 2,608 47.9% 2,563 47.0% 277 5,448 D+0.8
Cass 3,547 66.7% 1,628 30.6% 143 5,318 D+36.1
Cumberland 2,895 55.5% 2,053 39.4% 265 5,213 D+16.2
Jasper 2,711 54.3% 2,107 42.2% 179 4,997 D+12.1
Hamilton 2,438 61.4% 1,338 33.7% 194 3,970 D+27.7
Schuyler 2,325 62.0% 1,258 33.6% 166 3,749 D+28.5
Henderson 2,387 65.9% 1,089 30.0% 148 3,624 D+35.8
Alexander 2,321 64.3% 1,082 30.0% 207 3,610 D+34.3
Putnam 2,219 69.0% 908 28.2% 91 3,218 D+40.7
Edwards 1,292 41.2% 1,693 54.0% 152 3,137 R+12.8
Pulaski 1,971 62.9% 1,067 34.1% 95 3,133 D+28.9
Stark 1,637 58.8% 1,043 37.5% 102 2,782 D+21.4
Gallatin 1,844 69.3% 651 24.5% 166 2,661 D+44.8
Calhoun 1,783 68.5% 728 28.0% 93 2,604 D+40.5
Scott 1,519 60.3% 890 35.4% 108 2,517 D+25.0
Brown 1,458 59.7% 881 36.0% 105 2,444 D+23.6
Pope 1,135 52.8% 921 42.9% 93 2,149 D+10.0
Hardin 1,212 56.8% 807 37.8% 116 2,135 D+19.0

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