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| House: 435 seats | Senate: 33 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOP | Dems | Total | GOP | Dems | Total | |
| Confirmed primary challenges | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Possible primary challenges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Open seats* | 16 | 21 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 102 |
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Contents
2012 election
Race status [edit race status]
Incumbent Joe Walsh Incumbent running? Yes Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent. Cook Political Report Partisan Voting Index D+5 Cook Political Report Race Classification Likely Democratic Candidates [edit candidate list]
Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Joe Walsh Republican Confirmed candidate Media Story Source December 12, 2011 Melissa Bean Democratic Out of race Roll Call Source July 12, 2011 2010 Candidate & Fmr Congresswoman Raja Krishnamoorthi Democratic Out - lost primary Chicago Tribune Source April 12, 2012 Tammy Duckworth Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source July 12, 2011 2006 IL-06 Candidate Rich Evans Republican Out of race Illinois State Board of Elections Source January 24, 2012 Ruled Out by Illinois State Board of Elections Andrew Palomo Republican Out of race IL SOS Source January 3, 2012 Did Not File Rick Veenstra Republican Out of race Media Story Source December 12, 2011 David Harris Republican Out of race Media Story Source October 6, 2011 Craig Johnson Republican Out of race IL SOS Source January 3, 2012 Did Not File Darlene Ruscitti Republican Out of race Media Story Source December 23, 2011 Robert Jones Democratic Out of race IL SOS Source January 3, 2012 Did Not File Robert Canfield Republican Out - lost primary Illinois State Board of Elections Source January 24, 2012 Ruled Out by Illinois State Board of Elections, Ran as Write in Candidate (Candidate classification criteria)
Results [edit election results]
2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner Joe Walsh, Tammy Duckworth TBD
2010 election
Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner
2008 election
Incumbent:
CandidatesName Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner 2008 Presidential election results
Republican Democratic 2000 56% George W. Bush 42% Al Gore 2004 56% George W. Bush 44% John Kerry 2008 42% John McCain 57% Barack Obama
Articles and resources
See also
- Index for all the Illinois congressional districts and candidates.
- The full House 2012 elections report.
- The RaceTracker homepage.
External articles
Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "IL-08" (link) Want this data? All information is open-source and free (as in beer and speech). Most data is available via API, RDF, CSV or other methods. See details or email us.
Campaign contribution methodology: Information is updated daily from the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org), which downloads their data from the Federal Election Commission on the first weekday of each work week. Candidates must have filed a report with the FEC to show up in the widget and inactive candidates are screened out by CRP.No photo on file. IL-08 campaign ads
