2002 United States Senate election in Illinois

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The United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin sought re-election to a second term in the United States Senate. Durbin defeated Republican challenger State Representative Jim Durkin in a landslide.

Background

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for House and those for state offices. For the primary elections, turnout was 24.66%, with 1,743,698 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 49.50%, with 3,486,851 votes cast.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Debates

Predictions

Polling

Results

Durbin won re-election to a second term easily, carrying a majority of the state's 102 counties.

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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