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On Feb. 2, state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias won the Democratic primary for the Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama and Rep. Mark Kirk [R, I-10] won the Republican primary. The two will face each other on Nov. 2 in the general election.

This profile of Illinois's Class III U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Roland Burris, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2010 2 Last election: 2004 3 Illinois congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2010

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Race status

Incumbent:	Roland Burris
Incumbent running?	No
Primary challenge?	N/a (open seat).

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Roland Burris	Democratic	Out	Source	August 10, 2009	Announced that he won't seek a full term, but claims to be reconsidering the decision.
Alexi Giannoulias	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	July 27, 2009	State Treasurer
Mark Kirk	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	July 20, 2009
Chris Kennedy	Democratic	Out	Source	May 11, 2009
William Daley	Democratic	Out	Source	April 24, 2009
Danny K. Davis	Democratic	Out	Source	July 20, 2009
Jan Schakowsky	Democratic	Out	Source	June 8, 2009	Announced June 8 that she would run for re-election in the House instead.
Peter Roskam	Republican	Considering	Source	May 11, 2009	Told interviewer that "it's increasingly less likely" that he'll run.
Lisa Madigan	Democratic	Out	Source	July 8, 2009	Announced July 8 that she would run for re-election as state Attorney General instead.
David Hoffman	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 26, 2009	Chicago's Inspector General; resigned on 26 August 2008 to enter Senate primary.
Cheryle Jackson	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 10, 2009	Chicago Urban League President

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Results

Primary winners:	TBD
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2004

Incumbent: Peter Fitzgerald

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Barack Obama	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Alan Keyes	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

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Results

Primary winners:	Barack Obama, Alan Keyes
General election winner:	Barack Obama

Illinois congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Roland Burris's district offices
No district office information entered.

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Illinois congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=IL-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/IL-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/IL-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/IL-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=IL-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/IL-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/IL-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/IL-Sen

External articles

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