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Revision as of 17:26, 2 September 2016

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2016
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Nominee Mark Kirk Tammy Duckworth
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. senator

Mark Kirk
Republican



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The 2016 United States Senate election in Illinois will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Illinois, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on March 15.

Incumbent Republican Senator Mark Kirk is running for re-election to a second term in office.[1]

Background

Republican Mark Kirk was elected to the Senate in 2010, defeating Democratic nominee Alexi Giannoulias by 59,220 votes out of more than 3.7 million votes cast.

Kirk suffered a stroke in January 2012 that kept him away from the Senate until January 2013.[2] In June 2013 he confirmed that he was "planning" to run for re-election,[3][4] but there was speculation that he might retire,[5] particularly in the wake of the departure of several of his senior staff.[6][7] One scenario that had been mooted was Kirk resigning, which would have allowed Republican Governor Bruce Rauner to appoint a replacement.[8] Potential replacements if he retired or resigned included U.S. Representatives Robert Dold, Adam Kinzinger, Aaron Schock, and Peter Roskam, State Senators Jason Barickman and Christine Radogno, hedge fund manager and founder and CEO of Citadel LLC Kenneth C. Griffin, and businesswoman Beth Christie.[5][7] In November 2014, Kirk reiterated that he was going to run for re-election.[1]

Kirk has been identified by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Politico, The Huffington Post, Slate and Roll Call as one of the most vulnerable Republican Senators up for re-election in 2016.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Removed from ballot

Withdrawn

  • Ron Wallace, investment advisor, conservative activist and economics professor[18][19]

Declined

Endorsements

Mark Kirk
State politicians
Newspapers
James Marter
Individuals
Organizations
  • ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC)[35]
  • Chicago 11th Ward Republican Party[36]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mark
Kirk 		James
Marter 		Other Undecided
Chicago Tribune March 2–6, 2016 600 ± 4.1% 65% 22% – 12%
SIU Simon Institute February 15–20, 2016 306 ± 5.6% 53% 14% – 33%

Results

Republican primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Kirk 931,619 70.57
Republican James Marter 388,571 29.43
Total votes 1,320,190 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Tammy Duckworth
U.S. Cabinet Members and Cabinet-level officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Andrea Zopp
U.S. Representatives
Notable individuals
Newspapers

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Tammy
Duckworth 		Andrea
Zopp 		Napoleon
Harris 		Other Undecided
SIU Simon Institute February 15–20, 2016 422 ± 4.7% 52% 6% 4% — 37%
Public Policy Polling July 20–21, 2015 409 ± 4.9% 59% 10% — — 31%

Results

Democratic primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth 1,220,128 64.38
Democratic Andrea Zopp 455,729 24.05
Democratic Napoleon Harris 219,286 11.57
Total votes 1,859,257 100.0

Third party candidates

On July 6, the Green Party candidate and the Libertarian Party candidate were announced as having made the ballot for November after no objections were filed against their petitions. However, objections were filed against the Constitution Party candidate, due to being on petition slate with Constitution Party presidential candidate Darrell Castle who turned in fewer than the required petitions needed,[78] and independent candidate Eric Conklin. They are unlikely to receive ballot access after a review of their petitions.[79][80]

Constitution Party

  • Chad Koppie, farmer and Vice President of Kane County Regional Board of School Trustees

Libertarian Party

Green Party

Independent

  • Eric M. Conklin, law enforcement officer

General election

  • Mark Kirk (R), incumbent Senator
  • Tammy Duckworth (D), U.S. Representative
  • Eric M. Conklin (I) (objection pending: may not appear on ballot[80][79])
  • Chad Koppie (C) (objection pending: may not appear on ballot[80][79])
  • Kent McMillen (L)
  • Scott Summers (G)

Endorsements

Mark Kirk
State politicians
Individuals
Organizations
Tammy Duckworth
U.S. Presidents
U.S. Vice Presidents
U.S. Cabinet Members and Cabinet-level officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Labor unions
Organizations

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[89] Tossup August 19, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[90] Likely D September 1, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report[91] Lean D August 19, 2016
Daily Kos[92] Lean D September 2, 2016
Real Clear Politics[93] Lean D September 2, 2016

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mark
Kirk (R) 		Tammy
Duckworth (D) 		Other Undecided
Normington, Petts and Associates (D) August 1–4, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 37% 44% — 19%
Normington, Petts and Associates (D) July 11–14, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 38% 40% — 22%
Basswood Research (R) July 11–12, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 42% 40% — 18%
GS Strategy Group (R-Mark Kirk) March 30–31, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 40% 43% — 17%
End Citizens United September 10–14, 2015 948 ± 3.2% 41% 45% — 14%
Public Policy Polling July 20–21, 2015 931 ± 3.2% 36% 42% — 22%
Ogden & Fry June 23, 2015 598 ± 4.1% 27% 44% — 29%
We Ask America December 18, 2014 1,003 ± 3.0% 45% 46% — 9%

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