United States Senate election in Illinois, 1984
United States Senate election in Illinois, 1984
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The 1984 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Charles H. Percy ran for re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate. Senator Percy was opposed by Democratic nominee Paul Simon, who was a United States Congressman from Illinois's 22nd congressional district. The campaign between Percy and Simon was brutal and toughly-fought, and ended up with Simon ousting Percy by fewer than 90,000 votes, which was, at the time, considered an upset.
General election
Candidates
Results
| United States Senate election in Illinois, 1984[1] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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±% |
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Democratic |
Paul Simon |
2,397,165 |
50.07% |
+4.60% |
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Republican |
Charles H. Percy (inc.) |
2,308,039 |
48.21% |
-5.13% |
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Libertarian |
Steve I. Givot |
59,777 |
1.25% |
+0.74% |
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Independent |
Marjorie H. Pries |
12,366 |
0.26% |
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Socialist Workers |
Nelson Gonzalez |
4,913 |
0.10% |
-0.40% |
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Communist |
Ishmael Flory |
4,802 |
0.10% |
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Write-ins |
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273 |
0.01% |
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| Majority |
89,126 |
1.86% |
-6.00% |
| Turnout |
4,787,335 |
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Democratic gain from Republican |
Swing |
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