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IL-08
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| House1: 435 seats | Senate: 33 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOP | Dems | Total | GOP | Dems | Total | |
| Confirmed primary challenges | 63 | 32 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Possible primary challenges | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Open seats* | 7 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 92 |
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
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2012 election
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2012 fundraising data for IL-08
available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.Race status
Incumbent: Joe Walsh Incumbent running? Yes Primary challenge? Incumbent has primary challenger. Candidates
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 Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source July 12, 2011 Tammy Duckworth Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source July 12, 2011 2006 IL-06 Candidate Rich Evans Republican Confirmed candidate Blog Entry Source August 20, 2011 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 Confirmed candidate IL SOS Source December 24, 2011 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner TBD TBD
2010 election
Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Melissa Bean Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source March 24, 2009 Dirk Beveridge Republican Out IL SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary Jonathan Farnick Democratic Out IL SOS Source December 11, 2009 Lost Primary John Dawson Republican Out IL SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary Maria Rodriquez Republican Out IL SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary Chris Geissler Republican Out IL SOS Source March 7, 2009 Lost Primary Gregory Jacobs Republican Out IL SOS Source March 7, 2009 Lost Primary Joe Walsh Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source October 12, 2009 Steve Greenberg Republican Out (source needed) 2008 Candidate (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner Melissa Bean, Joe Walsh Joe Walsh
2008 election
Incumbent: Melissa Bean
CandidatesName Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Melissa Bean Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 22, 2009 Steve Greenberg Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 22, 2009 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner Melissa Bean, Steve Greenberg Melissa Bean 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 District map and incumbent offices
Joe Walsh's district offices - No district office information entered.
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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.
