Illinois Senate elections, 2008

November 4, 2006 (2006-11-04)

40 of 59 total seats in the Illinois Senate

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	John Cullerton	Frank Watson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	6th-Chicago	51st-Greenville
Seats won	37	22
Popular vote	1,749,517	1,457,074
Percentage	54.22%	45.15%

President before election

Emil Jones
Democratic

President-Elect

John Cullerton
Democratic

The Illinois State Senate Election of 2008 determined, along with 19 senators not up for re-election, the membership of the 96th Illinois State Senate. The Democratic Party retained its majority.

Overview

Illinois State Senate Elections, 2008
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats up	Seats not up	Total seats	+/–
	Democratic	1,791,386	54.81%	24	13	37	0
	Republican	1,457,074	44.58%	16	6	22	0
	Green	19,818	0.61%	0	0	0	0
	Independent	116	0.004%	0	0	0	0
Totals		3,268,394	100.00%	40	19	59	—

Individual Results

The following are results by individual districts.

2nd District

Illinois' 2nd State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William 'Willie' Delgado	42,002	100.00
Total votes			42,002	100.00
	Democratic hold

3rd District

Illinois' 3rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mattie Hunter	53,889	100.00
Total votes			53,889	100.00
	Democratic hold

5th District

Illinois' 5th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rickey R. Hendon	69,229	85.97
	Republican	Jason Allen Braswell	11,297	4.03
Total votes			80,526	100.00
	Democratic hold

6th District

Illinois' 6th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Cullerton	73,323	77.47
	Republican	Jay Valko	21,320	22.53
Total votes			94,643	100.00
	Democratic hold

7th District

Illinois' 7th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Heather Steans	55,457	83.08
	Green	Tom Durkin	11,297	16.92
Total votes			66,754	100.00
	Democratic hold

8th District

Illinois' 8th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ira I. Silverstein	55,691	100.00
Total votes			55,691	100.00
	Democratic hold

9th District

Illinois' 9th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffrey Schoenberg	70,746	70.9
	Republican	Brendan Appel	29,036	29.1
Total votes			99,782	100.00
	Democratic hold

11th District

Illinois' 11th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Louis S. Viverito	51,353	70.
	Republican	Jeffrey Malinowski	21,213	29.2
Total votes			72,748	100.00
	Democratic hold

12th District

Illinois' 12th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin A. Sandoval	33,807	100.00
Total votes			33,807	100.00
	Democratic hold

14th District

Illinois' 14th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emil Jones III	76,090	80.1
	Republican	Brendan Appel	18,929	19.9
Total votes			95,019	100.00
	Democratic hold

15th District

Illinois' 15th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James T. Meeks	72,950	100.00
Total votes			72,950	100.00
	Democratic hold

17th District

Illinois' 17th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donne f. Trotter	79,070	100.000
Total votes			79,070	100.00
	Democratic hold

18th District

Illinois' 18th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward d. Maloney	75,229	99.92
	Independent	Brendan Appel	58	0.08
Total votes			75,287	100.00
	Democratic hold

20th District

Illinois' 9th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Iris Y. Martinez	42,310	100.00
Total votes			42,310	100.00
	Democratic hold

21st District

Illinois' 21st State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Cronin	64,062	63.14
	Democratic	A. Ghani	30, 771	30.33
	Green	John Basco	6,628	6.53
Total votes			101,461	100.00
	Republican hold

23rd District

Illinois' 23rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carole Pankau	61,795	99.91
	Independent	Kevin Allen	58	0.09
Total votes			61,853	100.00
	Republican hold

24th District

Illinois' 24th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kirk W. Dillard	80,766	100.00
Total votes			80,766	100.00
	Republican hold

26th District

Illinois' 26th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Duffy	68,463	62.1
	Democratic	Brendan Appel	41,740	37.9
Total votes			110,203	100.00
	Republican hold

27th District

Illinois' 27th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Murphy	52,202	58.4
	Democratic	Peter Gutzmer	37,220	41.6
Total votes			89,422	100.00
	Republican hold

29th District

Illinois' 29th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Garret	72,911	100.00
Total votes			72,911	100.00
	Democratic hold

30th District

Illinois' 30th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Link	42,407	64.7
	Republican	Keith Grey	23,141	35.3
Total votes			65,548	100.00
	Democratic hold

32nd District

Illinois' 32nd State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pamela J. Althoff	93,855	100.00
Total votes			93,855	100.00
	Republican hold

33rd District

Illinois' 33rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Kotowski	48,344	59.95
	Republican	Michael H. Sweeney	32,293	40.05
Total votes			80,637	100.00
	Democratic hold

35th District

Illinois' 35th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Bradley Burzynski	61,749	58.98
	Democratic	Ryan Gailey	42,948	41.02
Total votes			104,697	100.00
	Democratic hold

36th District

Illinois' 36th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Jacobs	55,448	58.78
	Republican	Michael Bertelsen	38,882	41.22
Total votes			94,330	100.00
	Democratic hold

38th District

Illinois' 38th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary G. Dahl	62,790	61.88
	Democratic	Steve Stout	38,687	38.12
Total votes			101,477	100.00
	Democratic hold

39th District

Illinois' 39th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Harmon	57,487	100.00
Total votes			57,487	100.00
	Democratic hold

41st District

Illinois' 41st State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christine Radogno	74,777	63.57
	Democratic	Audrey Manly	42,848	36.43
Total votes			117,625	100.00
	Republican hold

42nd district

Illinois' 42nd State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Holmes	57,231	54.61
	Republican	Terri Ann Wintermute	47,567	45.39
Total votes			104,798	100.00
	Republican hold

44th District

Illinois' 44th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Brady	82,718	100.00
Total votes			82,718	100.00
	Republican hold

45th District

Illinois' 45th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Bivins	61,310	63.18
	Democratic	Marty Mulcahey	35,728	36.82
Total votes			97,038	100.00
	Republican hold

47th District

Illinois' 47th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John M. Sullivan	77,597	100.00
Total votes			77.597	100.00
	Democratic hold

48th District

Illinois' 48th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randall M. "Randy" Hultgren	77,310	100.00
Total votes			77,310	100.00
	Republican hold

50th District

Illinois' 50th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry K. Bomke	82,011	77.75
	Democratic	John Devine	23,474	22.25
Total votes			105,485	100.00
	Republican hold

51st District

Illinois' 51st State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Watson	82,718	100.00
Total votes			82,718	100.00
	Republican hold

53rd District

Illinois' 53rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Rutherford	90,199	100.00
Total votes			90,199	100.00
	Republican hold

54th District

Illinois' 54th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John O. Jones	63,944	70.05
	Democratic	Henry S. Kijonka	27,337	29.95
Total votes			76,108	100.00
	Republican hold

56th District

Illinois' 56th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William R. Haine	82,672	100.00
Total votes			82,672	100.00
	Democratic hold

57th District

Illinois' 57th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Clayborne, Jr.	76,108	100.00
Total votes			76,108	100.00
	Democratic hold

59th District

Illinois' 59th State Senate district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Forby	49,552	51.47
	Republican	Ken W. Burzynski	46,727	48.53
Total votes			96,279	100.00
	Democratic hold

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