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1996 United States Senate election in Illinois

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Field	Value
election_name	1996 United States Senate election in Illinois
country	Illinois
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1990 United States Senate election in Illinois
previous_year	1990
next_election	2002 United States Senate election in Illinois
next_year	2002
election_date	November 5, 1996
image1	Duroffpic.jpg
image1_size	x150px
nominee1	Dick Durbin
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	2,384,028
percentage1	56.09%
image2	Al Salvi (Climate Change Conference) (cropped).jpg
image2_size	x150px
nominee2	Al Salvi
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	1,728,824
percentage2	40.67%
map_image	1996 United States Senate election in Illinois results map by county.svg
map_size	160px
map_caption	County results
Durbin:

title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Paul Simon
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Dick Durbin
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)
turnout	63.79%

Durbin:

Salvi:
The 1996 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Simon chose to retire, rather than seek a third term in office. In the Democratic primary, U.S. Representative Dick Durbin emerged victorious, while state representative Al Salvi won the Republican primary. Though the election was initially anticipated to be close, Durbin ended up defeating Salvi by a comfortable double-digit margin of victory, allowing him to win what would be the first of five terms in the Senate.

Background

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (president and House), as well as those for state offices.

For the primaries, turnout was 25.85%, with 1,583,406 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 63.79%, with 4,250,722 votes cast.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jalil Ahmad, real estate agent
Dick Durbin, incumbent U.S. Representative from Illinois's 20th congressional district
Ronald F. Gibbs, advisor to former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington
Paul H. D. Park, member of Chicago's Economic Development Commission
Pat Quinn, former Illinois State Treasurer

Declined

Neil Hartigan, former Illinois Attorney General (1983–1991), former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), and Democratic nominee for Governor in 1990
William M. Daley, attorney, political consultant, and member of the Daley family (endorsed Hartigan)

Results

Results by county

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Republican primary

Candidates

Al Salvi, incumbent State Representative
Martin Paul Gallagher
Wayne S. Kurzeja
Bob Kustra, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
Robert Marshall, perennial candidate

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

David F. Hoscheidt, attorney from Bloomington{{cite journal|last=Man|first=Anthony|title=Replacing Our Favorite Son|page=27|journal=Illinois Issues|volume=22|number=3|date=March 1996|publisher=University of Illinois at Springfield|access-date=June 16, 2024| url= https://www.lib.niu.edu/1996/ii960326.html}}
Robin J. Miller, businessman from East Peoria, Illinois

Results

General election

Results

Durbin won the election easily.

References

"State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ...". Illinois State Board of Elections.
"State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election ..". Illinois State Board of Elections.
Tribune, Chicago. (1995-05-18). "HARTIGAN MOVES EVER CLOSER TO RUN FOR SIMON’S SEAT".
Berke, Richard L.. (1995-06-11). "THE NATION; Democrats Find Out Things Can Get Worse". The New York Times.
(March 25, 1995). "DEMS PUSH HARTIGAN TO RUN FOR SENATE".
"Federal Elections 96: 1996 U.S. Senate Results by State". Fec.gov.
"Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1996". Clerk.house.gov.

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