United States Senate election in Illinois, 1996

November 5, 1996



Nominee	Dick Durbin	Al Salvi
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,384,028	1,728,824
Percentage	56.09%	40.67%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Paul Simon
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dick Durbin
Democratic

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The 1996 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Paul Simon opted to retire rather than seek a third term in the United States Senate. In the Democratic primary, United States Congressman 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 several terms in the Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Dick Durbin, United States Congressman from Illinois's 20th congressional district
Pat Quinn, Illinois State Treasurer
Ronald F. Gibbs, former advisor to Chicago Mayor Harold Washington
Jalil Ahmad, real estate agent
Paul H. D. Park

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Durbin	512,520	64.87
	Democratic	Pat Quinn	233,138	29.51
	Democratic	Ronald F. Gibbs	17,681	2.24
	Democratic	Jalil Ahmad	17,211	2.18
	Democratic	Paul H. D. Park	9,505	1.20
Total votes			790,055	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

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

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al Salvi	377,141	47.64
	Republican	Bob Kustra	342,935	43.32
	Republican	Robert Marshall	43,937	5.55
	Republican	Martin Paul Gallagher	17,276	2.18
	Republican	Wayne S. Kurzeja	10,356	1.31
Total votes			791,645	100.00

General election

Results

Durbin won the election easily.

United States Senate election in Illinois, 1996^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dick Durbin	2,384,028	56.09%	-8.98%
	Republican	Al Salvi	1,728,824	40.67%	+5.74%
	Reform	Steven H. Perry	61,023	1.44%
	Libertarian	Robin J. Miller	41,218	0.97%
	Constitution	Chad N. Koppie	17,563	0.41%
	Natural Law	James E. Davis	13,838	0.33%
	Write-ins		4,228	0.10%
Majority			655,204	15.41%	-14.72%
Turnout			4,250,722
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1 2 "Federal Elections 96: 1996 U.S. Senate Results by State". Fec.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1996" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.

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