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2016 United States Senate election in Illinois

January 01, 1970

See also: 2016 United States Senate elections

The 2016 United States Senate election in Illinois was held 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.

2016 United States Senate election in Illinois
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Turnout68.39%
 
Nominee Tammy Duckworth Mark Kirk
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 3,012,940 2,184,693
Percentage 54.86% 39.78%
Duckworth:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%
Kirk:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
No vote:            
U.S. senator before election

Mark Kirk
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Tammy Duckworth
Democratic

Prior to the election, incumbent senator Mark Kirk (R) was considered to be the most vulnerable senator among those seeking re-election in 2016[1][2] due to Illinois's heavy Democratic partisan balance; news networks and analysts expected a Democratic pickup.

Party primary elections were held on March 15, 2016. Kirk lost re-election to a second full term[3] to Tammy Duckworth, the U.S. representative from Illinois's 8th congressional district and a decorated combat veteran of the Iraq War. Duckworth became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois since fellow Democrat Carol Moseley Braun in 1992. Despite his loss, Kirk outperformed Trump in the concurrent presidential election by around 2 percent.

Election information edit

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for United States President and House, as well as those for state offices.

Background edit

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

Kirk suffered a severe stroke in January 2012 that kept him away from the Senate until January 2013.[4] In June 2013 he confirmed that he was "planning" to run for re-election,[5][6] but there was speculation that he might retire,[7] particularly in the wake of the departure of several of his senior staff.[8][9] Republican Bruce Rauner was elected governor in 2014, and a possible scenario was that Kirk would resign early, allowing Rauner to appoint another Republican as the replacement.[10] Potential replacements included U.S. Representatives Bob 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.[7][9] In November 2014, Kirk reiterated that he was going to run for re-election.[3]

Kirk was 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.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

Turnout edit

See also: 2016 Illinois elections § Turnout

For the primary election, turnout was 41.94%, with 3,215,334 votes cast.[17][18] For the general election, turnout was 68.39%, with 5,491,878 votes cast.[19][18]

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Eliminated in primary edit

  • James Marter, businessman[20]

Removed from ballot edit

Withdrawn edit

  • Ron Wallace, investment advisor, conservative activist and economics professor[23][24]

Declined edit

Endorsements edit

Mark Kirk
State politicians
Newspapers
James Marter
Individuals
Organizations
  • ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC)[40]
  • Chicago 11th Ward Republican Party[41]

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mark
Kirk 		James
Marter 		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 edit

 
Results by county
  Kirk—70–80%
  Kirk—60–70%
  Kirk—50–60%
Republican primary results[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Kirk (incumbent) 931,619 70.6
Republican James T. Marter 388,571 29.4
Total votes 1,320,190 100.0

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Eliminated in primary edit

Withdrawn edit

Declined edit

Endorsements edit

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 edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Tammy
Duckworth 		Andrea
Zopp 		Napoleon
Harris 		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 edit

 
Results by county
  Duckworth—80–90%
  Duckworth—70–80%
  Duckworth—60–70%
  Duckworth—50–60%
Democratic primary results[83]
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 1,859,257 100.00%

Third party candidates edit

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 against two others were filed, namely the Constitution Party candidate Chad Koppie, due to his name being on a petition slate with Constitution Party presidential candidate Darrell Castle, who turned in fewer than the required petitions needed,[84] and against Independent candidate Eric Conklin. Neither Koppie nor Conklin were likely to receive ballot access after a review of their petitions.[85][86]

Constitution Party (C) (write0in) edit

  • Chad Koppie, farmer and vice president of Kane County Regional Board of School Trustees

Libertarian Party (L) edit

Green Party (G) edit

Independent (I) edit

  • Eric M. Conklin, law enforcement officer

General election edit

  • Tammy Duckworth (D), U.S. Representative
  • Mark Kirk (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Chad Koppie (C) (write-in)
  • Kenton McMillen (L)
  • Scott Summers (G)

Debates edit

Dates Location Kirk Duckworth Link
October 3, 2016 Chicago, Illinois Participant Participant Full debate - C-SPAN
October 27, 2016 Springfield, Illinois Participant Participant Full debate - C-SPAN
November 4, 2016 Chicago, Illinois Participant Participant Full debate - C-SPAN

Campaign edit

Kirk had multiple factors working against him, as no Republican had won an Illinois US Senate race during a presidential election year since 1972, and he had made a number of gaffes during the campaign. He had exaggerated his Iraq War record on his campaign website,[88] and during a debate, Kirk made a racially charged remark about Duckworth's familial military background.[89] Additionally, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was unpopular in Chicago and its suburbs, and Kirk refused to endorse or vote for him, instead writing in former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell.[90] Kirk also had a mostly liberal voting record in the Senate, favoring gay marriage, an assault weapons ban, and he had voted against defunding and repealing portions of Obamacare in 2015. Due to these factors, Kirk alienated the Democratic, Independent, and Republican voters whom he had previously won over in his 2010 campaign. Unusually, the normally Republican-leaning editorial board of the Chicago Tribune endorsed Duckworth, as they believed that the health problems that Kirk had suffered as a result of his stroke made him a less effective Senator.[91] This election had been cited as historic as both major party nominees had physical disabilities.[92]

Endorsements edit

Mark Kirk (R)
Governors
U.S. Representatives
U.S. Senators
State Representatives
State officials
Mayors
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
Tammy Duckworth (D)
U.S. Presidents
U.S. Vice Presidents
U.S. Cabinet Members and Cabinet-level officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Labor unions
Newspapers
Organizations

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[117] Lean D (flip) November 2, 2016
Inside Elections[118] Lean D (flip) November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[119] Likely D (flip) November 7, 2016
Daily Kos[120] Safe D (flip) November 8, 2016
Real Clear Politics[121] Likely D (flip) November 7, 2016

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Mark
Kirk (R) 		Tammy
Duckworth (D) 		Other Undecided
SurveyMonkey November 1–7, 2016 1,823 ± 4.6% 39% 56% — 5%
SurveyMonkey October 31 – November 6, 2016 1,505 ± 4.6% 39% 56% — 5%
SurveyMonkey October 28 – November 3, 2016 1,120 ± 4.6% 40% 54% — 6%
SurveyMonkey October 27 – November 2, 2016 997 ± 4.6% 40% 55% — 5%
SurveyMonkey October 26 – November 1, 2016 911 ± 4.6% 39% 55% — 6%
SurveyMonkey October 25–31, 2016 1,003 ± 4.6% 38% 57% — 5%
Emerson College October 27–30, 2016 500 ± 4.3% 36% 54% 5% 5%
Loras College November 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine October 26–27, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 34% 42% 6% 18%
The Illinois Poll - Victory Research October 16–18, 2016 1,200 ± 2.8% 39% 50% 3% 8%
GS Strategy Group (R-Kirk) October 4–5, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 37% 41% 6% 16%
Southern Illinois University Sept 27–Oct 2, 2016 865 ± 3.3% 34% 48% 8% 10%
Normington, Petts and Associates (D) September 27–29, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 37% 46% — 17%
Emerson College September 19–20, 2016 700 ± 3.6% 39% 41% 11% 9%
Loras College September 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine September 13–16, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 36% 41% — 22%
Normington, Petts and Associates (D) August 1–4, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 37% 44% — 19%
The Illinois Poll - Victory Research July 14–16, 2016 1,200 ± 2.8% 37% 46% 4% 12%
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-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%
Hypothetical polling
with Andrea Zopp
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mark
Kirk (R) 		Andrea
Zopp (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling July 20–21, 2015 931 ± 3.2% 38% 29% — 32%
with Lisa Madigan
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mark
Kirk (R) 		Lisa
Madigan (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 22–25, 2013 557 ± 4.2% 41% 41% 19%
with Michelle Obama
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mark
Kirk (R) 		Michelle
Obama (D) 		Undecided
Gravis Marketing March 21–22, 2014 806 ± 3.0% 47% 42% 11%
Public Policy Polling November 26–28, 2012 500 ± 4.4% 40% 51% 9%
with Pat Quinn
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Mark
Kirk (R) 		Pat
Quinn (D) 		Undecided
We Ask America December 18, 2014 1,003 ± 3.0% 55% 36% 9%

Results edit

The result was a landslide victory for Tammy Duckworth. Pre-election polling showed Kirk would be easily defeated by Duckworth, and the polls were proven right when Duckworth was declared the winner quickly after polls closed in Illinois. Duckworth performed extremely well in the heavily populated and strongly Democratic Cook County, home of Chicago. Duckworth also did well in Champaign, East St. Louis and Carbondale. Kirk did do well in rural parts of the state, but it was nowhere near enough to offset his weakness in the Chicago metropolitan area. The Chicago 'collar counties' — among them Kirk's home county of Lake County — previously voted for Kirk, but easily flipped to Duckworth. Duckworth was sworn in at 12:00 P.M. EST on January 3, 2017. The Libertarian and Green candidates polled well, winning three and two percent of the vote respectively.

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2016[122]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tammy Duckworth 3,012,940 54.86% +8.44%
Republican Mark Kirk (incumbent) 2,184,692 39.78% -8.23%
Libertarian Kenton McMillen 175,988 3.21% +0.85%
Green Scott Summers 117,619 2.14% -1.04%
Write-in 639 0.01% -0.02%
Total votes 5,491,878 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

By congressional district edit

District Duckworth Kirk Representative
1st 74.4% 21% Bobby Rush
2nd 77.2% 18.7% Robin Kelly
3rd 55.6% 38% Dan Lipinski
4th 76.9% 14.6% Luis Gutierrez
5th 63.8% 30.9% Mike Quigley
6th 44.2% 50.2% Peter Roskam
7th 81.5% 14.6% Danny K. Davis
8th 55.9% 38.2% Tammy Duckworth
Raja Krishnamoorthi
9th 63% 32.5% Jan Schakowsky
10th 53.3% 42.2% Robert Dold
Brad Schneider
11th 56.6% 37.3% Bill Foster
12th 52% 43.2% Mike Bost
13th 46.7% 47.2% Rodney Davis
14th 42.5% 50.8% Randy Hultgren
15th 33% 61.7% John Shimkus
16th 39.3% 53.9% Adam Kinzinger
17th 47.7% 46.3% Cheri Bustos
18th 35% 59.8% Darin LaHood

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2016, united, states, senate, election, illinois, also, 2016, united, states, senate, elections, held, november, 2016, elect, member, united, states, senate, represent, state, illinois, concurrently, with, 2016, presidential, election, well, other, elections, . See also 2016 United States Senate elections The 2016 United States Senate election in Illinois was held 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 2016 United States Senate election in Illinois 2010 November 8 2016 2022 Turnout68 39 Nominee Tammy Duckworth Mark Kirk Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 3 012 940 2 184 693 Percentage 54 86 39 78 County resultsCongressional district resultsTownship resultsPrecinct resultsDuckworth 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Tie 40 50 50 Kirk 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 No vote U S senator before election Mark Kirk Republican Elected U S Senator Tammy Duckworth Democratic Prior to the election incumbent senator Mark Kirk R was considered to be the most vulnerable senator among those seeking re election in 2016 1 2 due to Illinois s heavy Democratic partisan balance news networks and analysts expected a Democratic pickup Party primary elections were held on March 15 2016 Kirk lost re election to a second full term 3 to Tammy Duckworth the U S representative from Illinois s 8th congressional district and a decorated combat veteran of the Iraq War Duckworth became the first woman elected to the U S Senate from Illinois since fellow Democrat Carol Moseley Braun in 1992 Despite his loss Kirk outperformed Trump in the concurrent presidential election by around 2 percent Contents 1 Election information 1 1 Background 1 2 Turnout 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 1 1 Nominee 2 1 2 Eliminated in primary 2 1 3 Removed from ballot 2 1 4 Withdrawn 2 1 5 Declined 2 2 Endorsements 2 3 Polling 2 4 Results 3 Democratic primary 3 1 Candidates 3 1 1 Nominee 3 1 2 Eliminated in primary 3 1 3 Withdrawn 3 1 4 Declined 3 2 Endorsements 3 3 Polling 3 4 Results 4 Third party candidates 4 1 Constitution Party C write0in 4 2 Libertarian Party L 4 3 Green Party G 4 4 Independent I 5 General election 5 1 Debates 5 2 Campaign 5 3 Endorsements 5 4 Predictions 5 5 Polling 5 6 Results 5 6 1 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 5 7 By congressional district 6 References 7 External linksElection information editThe primaries and general elections coincided with those for United States President and House as well as those for state offices Background edit In 2010 Republican Mark Kirk was elected to the Senate for Illinois defeating Democratic nominee Alexi Giannoulias by 59 220 votes out of more than 3 7 million votes cast Kirk suffered a severe stroke in January 2012 that kept him away from the Senate until January 2013 4 In June 2013 he confirmed that he was planning to run for re election 5 6 but there was speculation that he might retire 7 particularly in the wake of the departure of several of his senior staff 8 9 Republican Bruce Rauner was elected governor in 2014 and a possible scenario was that Kirk would resign early allowing Rauner to appoint another Republican as the replacement 10 Potential replacements included U S Representatives Bob 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 7 9 In November 2014 Kirk reiterated that he was going to run for re election 3 Kirk was 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 Turnout edit See also 2016 Illinois elections Turnout For the primary election turnout was 41 94 with 3 215 334 votes cast 17 18 For the general election turnout was 68 39 with 5 491 878 votes cast 19 18 Republican primary editCandidates edit Nominee edit Mark Kirk incumbent U S Senator 3 Eliminated in primary edit James Marter businessman 20 Removed from ballot edit Elizabeth Pahlke independent candidate for IL 02 in 2013 21 22 Withdrawn edit Ron Wallace investment advisor conservative activist and economics professor 23 24 Declined edit William J Kelly television producer nominee for IL 01 in 1994 candidate for Illinois Comptroller in 2010 and candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 2015 25 26 27 Bobby Schilling former U S Representative 28 Joe Walsh conservative radio talk show host and former U S Representative 29 30 31 32 33 Endorsements edit Mark KirkState politicians John Bolton former United States Ambassador to the United Nations 34 Newspapers Chicago Tribune 35 36 for primary James MarterIndividuals Dick Conklin Knox County Board member 37 Mark Curran Lake County Sheriff 38 Trent Franks U S Representative AZ 08 39 Patrick Harlan President of the Knox County Tea Party and candidate for IL 17 in 2016 37 Organizations ALIPAC Americans for Legal Immigration PAC 40 Chicago 11th Ward Republican Party 41 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Margin oferror MarkKirk JamesMarter 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 edit nbsp Results by county Kirk 70 80 Kirk 60 70 Kirk 50 60 Republican primary results 42 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mark Kirk incumbent 931 619 70 6 Republican James T Marter 388 571 29 4 Total votes 1 320 190 100 0Democratic primary editCandidates edit Nominee edit Tammy Duckworth U S Representative 43 44 45 46 Eliminated in primary edit Napoleon Harris state senator and candidate for Illinois s 2nd congressional district in 2013 47 48 Andrea Zopp former president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League and former Chicago Board of Education member 49 50 Withdrawn edit Tio Hardiman former director of CeaseFire and candidate for governor in 2014 ran for IL 01 then withdrew to run for Cook County Clerk of Court 51 52 53 Robert Marshall radiologist and perennial candidate running for IL 06 54 55 Declined edit Daniel Biss state senator running for state comptroller 56 57 Richard Boykin Cook County Commissioner 58 59 Cheri Bustos U S Representative 6 16 44 46 Jacqueline Y Collins state senator 60 Tom Dart Sheriff of Cook County 13 Bill Foster U S Representative 61 62 Mike Frerichs Illinois Treasurer 30 Daniel Hynes former Illinois Comptroller candidate for U S Senate in 2004 and candidate for governor of Illinois in 2010 30 Robin Kelly U S Representative 63 Lisa Madigan Illinois Attorney General 6 Michelle Obama First Lady of the United States 64 Mike Quigley U S Representative 65 Pat Quinn former governor of Illinois 8 Kwame Raoul state senator 8 66 Jan Schakowsky U S Representative 43 67 Sheila Simon former lieutenant governor of Illinois and nominee for Illinois Comptroller in 2014 68 69 Endorsements edit Tammy DuckworthU S Cabinet Members and Cabinet level officials Hillary Clinton 67th United States Secretary of State 2008 presidential candidate and 2016 presidential nominee 70 U S Senators Dick Durbin Illinois 71 Kirsten Gillibrand New York 72 Harry Reid Nevada 73 Jon Tester Montana 73 Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts 73 U S Representatives Bill Foster Illinois 61 Jan Schakowsky Illinois 67 Labor unions AFL CIO 74 IFT Illinois Federation of Teachers 75 Organizations Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee 73 EMILY s List 76 VoteVets org 77 Newspapers Chicago Tribune 35 78 Andrea ZoppU S Representatives Danny K Davis Illinois 79 Bobby Rush Illinois 79 Notable individuals Jesse Jackson civil rights activist 80 Kwame Raoul state senator 66 Kurt Summers Jr Chicago city treasurer 79 Newspapers Chicago Defender 81 Chicago Sun Times 82 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Margin oferror TammyDuckworth AndreaZopp NapoleonHarris 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 edit nbsp Results by county Duckworth 80 90 Duckworth 70 80 Duckworth 60 70 Duckworth 50 60 Democratic primary results 83 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 00 Third party candidates editOn 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 against two others were filed namely the Constitution Party candidate Chad Koppie due to his name being on a petition slate with Constitution Party presidential candidate Darrell Castle who turned in fewer than the required petitions needed 84 and against Independent candidate Eric Conklin Neither Koppie nor Conklin were likely to receive ballot access after a review of their petitions 85 86 Constitution Party C write0in edit Chad Koppie farmer and vice president of Kane County Regional Board of School Trustees Libertarian Party L edit Kent McMillen 87 Green Party G edit Scott Summers attorney and former member of the McHenry County College Board of Trustees 87 Independent I edit Eric M Conklin law enforcement officerGeneral election editTammy Duckworth D U S Representative Mark Kirk R incumbent U S Senator Chad Koppie C write in Kenton McMillen L Scott Summers G Debates edit Dates Location Kirk Duckworth Link October 3 2016 Chicago Illinois Participant Participant Full debate C SPAN October 27 2016 Springfield Illinois Participant Participant Full debate C SPAN November 4 2016 Chicago Illinois Participant Participant Full debate C SPAN Campaign edit Kirk had multiple factors working against him as no Republican had won an Illinois US Senate race during a presidential election year since 1972 and he had made a number of gaffes during the campaign He had exaggerated his Iraq War record on his campaign website 88 and during a debate Kirk made a racially charged remark about Duckworth s familial military background 89 Additionally Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was unpopular in Chicago and its suburbs and Kirk refused to endorse or vote for him instead writing in former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell 90 Kirk also had a mostly liberal voting record in the Senate favoring gay marriage an assault weapons ban and he had voted against defunding and repealing portions of Obamacare in 2015 Due to these factors Kirk alienated the Democratic Independent and Republican voters whom he had previously won over in his 2010 campaign Unusually the normally Republican leaning editorial board of the Chicago Tribune endorsed Duckworth as they believed that the health problems that Kirk had suffered as a result of his stroke made him a less effective Senator 91 This election had been cited as historic as both major party nominees had physical disabilities 92 Endorsements edit Mark Kirk R Governors John Kasich Governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate 93 Bruce Rauner Governor of Illinois 94 Mitt Romney former governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican presidential nominee 95 U S Representatives Mike Bost Illinois 96 Rodney Davis Illinois 96 Bob Dold Illinois 96 Randy Hultgren Illinois 96 Adam Kinzinger Illinois 96 Darin Lahood Illinois 97 Peter Roskam Illinois 96 John Shimkus Illinois 96 U S Senators Shelley Moore Capito United States senator from West Virginia 98 John Cornyn United States senator from Texas 98 Joni Ernst United States senator from Iowa 99 John McCain United States senator from Arizona 2000 presidential candidate and 2008 presidential nominee 100 Mitch McConnell United States senator from Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader 99 Marco Rubio United States senator from Florida and 2016 presidential candidate 101 State Representatives Mark Batinick Illinois 96 Tom Bennett Illinois 96 Adam Brown Illinois 96 Dwight Kay Illinois 96 Michael McAuliffe Illinois 96 David McSweeney Illinois 96 Ron Sandack Illinois 96 Brian W Stewart Illinois 96 Mike Unes Illinois 96 Grant Wehrli Illinois 96 Christine Winger Illinois 96 State officials Evelyn Sanguinetti Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 102 Mayors Jim Ardis mayor of Peoria Illinois 97 Individuals John R Bolton former United States Ambassador to the United Nations 34 Gabby Giffords former United States House of Representatives member for Arizona s 8th congressional district Democratic 103 Jim Lovell former NASA astronaut retired United States Navy captain and commander of the Apollo 13 104 Newspapers The Daily Herald 105 Herald Whig 106 Journal Star 107 The News Gazette 108 Northwest Herald 109 Organizations Americans for Responsible Solutions 110 Humane Society Legislative Fund 111 112 Tammy Duckworth D U S Presidents Barack Obama 44th President of the United States 113 U S Vice Presidents Joe Biden 47th Vice President of the United States 113 U S Cabinet Members and Cabinet level officials Hillary Clinton 67th United States Secretary of State 2008 presidential candidate and 2016 presidential nominee 70 U S Senators Dick Durbin Illinois 71 Kirsten Gillibrand New York 72 Harry Reid Nevada 73 Jon Tester Montana 73 Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts 73 114 U S Representatives Bill Foster Illinois 61 Jan Schakowsky Illinois 67 Labor unions AFL CIO 74 IFT Illinois Federation of Teachers 75 Newspapers Chicago Tribune 115 Organizations Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee 73 EMILY s List 76 Human Rights Campaign endorsed Kirk until October 29 116 VoteVets org 77 Predictions edit Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report 117 Lean D flip November 2 2016 Inside Elections 118 Lean D flip November 3 2016 Sabato s Crystal Ball 119 Likely D flip November 7 2016 Daily Kos 120 Safe D flip November 8 2016 Real Clear Politics 121 Likely D flip November 7 2016 Polling edit Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error MarkKirk R TammyDuckworth D Other Undecided SurveyMonkey November 1 7 2016 1 823 4 6 39 56 5 SurveyMonkey October 31 November 6 2016 1 505 4 6 39 56 5 SurveyMonkey October 28 November 3 2016 1 120 4 6 40 54 6 SurveyMonkey October 27 November 2 2016 997 4 6 40 55 5 SurveyMonkey October 26 November 1 2016 911 4 6 39 55 6 SurveyMonkey October 25 31 2016 1 003 4 6 38 57 5 Emerson College October 27 30 2016 500 4 3 36 54 5 5 Loras College Archived November 3 2016 at the Wayback Machine October 26 27 2016 600 4 0 34 42 6 18 The Illinois Poll Victory Research October 16 18 2016 1 200 2 8 39 50 3 8 GS Strategy Group R Kirk October 4 5 2016 600 4 0 37 41 6 16 Southern Illinois University Sept 27 Oct 2 2016 865 3 3 34 48 8 10 Normington Petts and Associates D September 27 29 2016 600 4 0 37 46 17 Emerson College September 19 20 2016 700 3 6 39 41 11 9 Loras College Archived September 21 2016 at the Wayback Machine September 13 16 2016 600 4 0 36 41 22 Normington Petts and Associates D August 1 4 2016 800 3 5 37 44 19 The Illinois Poll Victory Research July 14 16 2016 1 200 2 8 37 46 4 12 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 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 amp Fry June 23 2015 598 4 1 27 44 29 We Ask America December 18 2014 1 003 3 0 45 46 9 Hypothetical pollingwith Andrea Zopp Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Margin oferror MarkKirk R AndreaZopp D Other Undecided Public Policy Polling July 20 21 2015 931 3 2 38 29 32 with Lisa Madigan Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Margin oferror MarkKirk R LisaMadigan D Undecided Public Policy Polling November 22 25 2013 557 4 2 41 41 19 with Michelle Obama Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Margin oferror MarkKirk R MichelleObama D Undecided Gravis Marketing March 21 22 2014 806 3 0 47 42 11 Public Policy Polling November 26 28 2012 500 4 4 40 51 9 with Pat Quinn Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Margin oferror MarkKirk R PatQuinn D Undecided We Ask America December 18 2014 1 003 3 0 55 36 9 Results edit The result was a landslide victory for Tammy Duckworth Pre election polling showed Kirk would be easily defeated by Duckworth and the polls were proven right when Duckworth was declared the winner quickly after polls closed in Illinois Duckworth performed extremely well in the heavily populated and strongly Democratic Cook County home of Chicago Duckworth also did well in Champaign East St Louis and Carbondale Kirk did do well in rural parts of the state but it was nowhere near enough to offset his weakness in the Chicago metropolitan area The Chicago collar counties among them Kirk s home county of Lake County previously voted for Kirk but easily flipped to Duckworth Duckworth was sworn in at 12 00 P M EST on January 3 2017 The Libertarian and Green candidates polled well winning three and two percent of the vote respectively United States Senate election in Illinois 2016 122 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tammy Duckworth 3 012 940 54 86 8 44 Republican Mark Kirk incumbent 2 184 692 39 78 8 23 Libertarian Kenton McMillen 175 988 3 21 0 85 Green Scott Summers 117 619 2 14 1 04 Write in 639 0 01 0 02 Total votes 5 491 878 100 00 N A Democratic gain from Republican Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit DeKalb largest city DeKalb DuPage largest city Aurora Gallatin largest city Shawneetown Kane largest city Aurora Lake largest city Waukegan McDonough largest city Macomb Will largest city Joliet Calhoun largest village Hardin Madison largest city Granite City Knox largest city Galesburg Champaign largest city Champaign Rock Island largest city Moline By congressional district edit District Duckworth Kirk Representative 1st 74 4 21 Bobby Rush 2nd 77 2 18 7 Robin Kelly 3rd 55 6 38 Dan Lipinski 4th 76 9 14 6 Luis Gutierrez 5th 63 8 30 9 Mike Quigley 6th 44 2 50 2 Peter Roskam 7th 81 5 14 6 Danny K Davis 8th 55 9 38 2 Tammy Duckworth Raja Krishnamoorthi 9th 63 32 5 Jan Schakowsky 10th 53 3 42 2 Robert Dold Brad Schneider 11th 56 6 37 3 Bill Foster 12th 52 43 2 Mike Bost 13th 46 7 47 2 Rodney Davis 14th 42 5 50 8 Randy Hultgren 15th 33 61 7 John Shimkus 16th 39 3 53 9 Adam Kinzinger 17th 47 7 46 3 Cheri Bustos 18th 35 59 8 Darin LaHoodReferences edit Plotkin Mark May 20 2016 Mark Kirk is your most vulnerable senator of 2016 The Hill Archived from the original on May 23 2016 Retrieved April 5 2023 The most endangered Republican in the country POLITICO October 27 2015 Retrieved April 5 2023 a b c Mark Kirk No Frickin Way Am I Retiring Roll Call November 14 2014 Archived from the original on December 29 2014 Retrieved November 15 2014 Ed O Keefe January 3 2013 Mark Kirk makes dramatic return to the Senate The Washington Post Retrieved July 17 2014 Matthew Cooper June 28 2013 Mark Kirk Survived a Stroke Now He s Picking Fights in Congress National Journal Archived from the original on July 1 2013 Retrieved July 17 2014 a b c Meredith Shiner January 26 2014 Kirk s Next Challenge Re Election in 2016 Roll Call Retrieved July 17 2014 a b Emily Cahn June 12 2013 Illinois Options Depend on Chicago Turnover Farm Team Roll Call Retrieved July 17 2014 a b c Greg Hinz November 11 2014 Mark Kirk loses chief of staff but odds grow Duckworth won t run against him Crain s Chicago Business Retrieved November 12 2014 a b Will the Rauner victory prompt Kirk to step aside before 2016 Illinois Review November 10 2014 Retrieved November 13 2014 Speculation Grows Over Mark Kirk s Political Future ABC Chicago November 12 2014 Retrieved November 13 2014 Cillizza Chris November 9 2014 Can Republicans hold on to Senate majority in 2016 There s reason for doubt The Washington Post Retrieved November 11 2014 Tough Tests Looming in 2016 Raise Stakes for G O P in Midterm Elections The New York Times April 12 2014 Retrieved November 13 2014 a b The 10 states that could decide the next Senate Politico November 12 2014 Retrieved November 13 2014 Here s The Democratic Route Back To Senate Control In 2016 The Huffington Post November 6 2014 Retrieved November 13 2014 The Seven Senate Races Democrats Should Be Optimistic About in 2016 Slate July 3 2014 Retrieved November 13 2014 a b 10 Races to Watch in 2016 Illinois Senate Roll Call December 23 2014 Archived from the original on December 27 2014 Retrieved December 26 2014 Voter Turnout www elections il gov Illinois State Board of Elections Retrieved March 22 2020 permanent dead link a b Election Results www elections il gov Illinois State Board of Elections Archived from the original on February 22 2020 Retrieved March 23 2020 Voter Turnout www elections il gov Illinois State Board of Elections Retrieved March 22 2020 permanent dead link Hinz Greg October 5 2015 Kirk picks up primary challenger from the right Crain s Chicago Business Retrieved 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Cahn Emily November 14 2014 Mark Kirk No Frickin Way Am I Retiring Roll Call Archived from the original on December 29 2014 Retrieved November 14 2014 a b c Cheney Kyle December 29 2014 16 in 16 The new battle for the Senate Politico Retrieved December 29 2014 Riopell Mike February 16 2015 Joe Walsh Eyes Challenge to U S Sen Mark Kirk Daily Herald Retrieved February 17 2015 Sweet Lynn February 17 2015 Former Rep Joe Walsh Looking At Bid to Oust Sen Mark Kirk Archived February 19 2015 at the Wayback Machine Chicago Sun Times Retrieved February 21 2015 Riopell Mike November 30 2015 Who s in who s out in congressional primaries Daily Herald Retrieved December 1 2015 a b Arkin James January 8 2016 Bolton Endorses 16 for Re Election to Congress RealClearPolitics Retrieved January 10 2016 a b Editorial board questionnaires www chicagotribune com Chicago Tribune Retrieved February 27 2016 Chicago Tribune s U S Senate endorsement Mark Kirk for the Republicans Chicago Tribune Retrieved March 14 2016 a b Hobe Marty January 18 2016 Marter gains Tea Party support The Register Mail Retrieved January 22 2016 Riopell Mike December 15 2015 Lake sheriff backs Kirk opponent for U S Senate Daily Herald Retrieved January 22 2016 Returning from D C Trip Marter Pushes Ahead to Challenge Kirk for U S Senate Illinois Review January 22 2016 Retrieved January 22 2016 ALIPAC Endorses James Marter for US Senate Against Amnesty Supporter Mark Kirk R IL Marter for Senate January 14 2016 Archived from the original on January 30 2016 Retrieved January 22 2016 Chicago Ward GOP Org Censures Kirk Endorses GOP Challenger James Marter Illinois Review December 16 2015 Retrieved January 22 2016 Election Results GENERAL PRIMARY 3 2 2016 Illinois State Board of Elections March 2 2016 Archived from the original on December 2 2016 Retrieved December 13 2017 a b Meredith Shiner January 27 2014 Kirk Vs Duckworth for Senate in 2016 Roll Call Archived from the original on July 19 2014 Retrieved July 17 2014 a b 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Hardiman Ex Candidate for Illinois Governor Teases a U S Senate Run NBC Chicago Retrieved July 17 2014 Ex CeaseFire director Tio Hardiman running for Congress WGN TV August 4 2015 Retrieved August 5 2015 Parish Norman October 15 2015 Activist Tio Hardiman Plans to Seek Circuit Court Clerk s Office instead of Congress The Chicago Citizen Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved December 22 2015 Meet Dr Robert Marshall U S Senate Candidate WYMG August 21 2015 Retrieved September 11 2015 Riopell Mike November 23 2015 Primary contests for Congress take shape Who s running Daily Herald Retrieved December 1 2015 Paul Merrion November 2014 40 under 40 Crain s Chicago Business Retrieved January 14 2015 Pearson Rick July 16 2015 Democratic Sen Biss with 1 2 million to run for state comptroller Chicago Tribune Tribune Publishing Retrieved July 30 2015 Sneed Michael August 4 2015 Sneed exclusive Commissioner Boykin eyes Senate run Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on August 8 2015 Retrieved August 5 2015 Dardick Hal Pearson Rick September 9 2015 Cook County commissioner opts against Democratic U S Senate run Chicago Tribune Retrieved September 11 2015 Sneed Michael May 21 2015 Sneed exclusive Hillary s lunch date Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on December 8 2015 Retrieved June 3 2015 a b c Blake Aaron April 10 2015 Rep Bill Foster D Ill who had been seriously considering an ILSEN bid endorses Tammy Duckworth Twitter Retrieved April 10 2015 Pearson Rick April 10 2015 Foster Won t Run for U S Senate Backs Duckworth Chicago Tribune Retrieved April 10 2015 Sweet Lynn June 12 2015 Rep Robin Kelly will not run for Illinois Senate seat Exclusive Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on June 14 2015 Retrieved June 12 2015 Lynn Sweet June 24 2014 Michelle Obama nixes politics Illinois Senate not in her future Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on August 8 2014 Retrieved July 31 2014 Lynn Sweet January 24 2015 Duckworth Foster Bustos amp Kelly all mull challenges to Sen Mark Kirk Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on January 27 2015 Retrieved January 24 2015 a b Schlikerman Becky August 20 2015 Sen Raoul Zopp more qualified for Senate than Obama was Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on August 24 2015 Retrieved August 24 2015 a b c Jacobs Julia August 4 2015 Evanston Democrats show support for Tammy Duckworth s U S Senate bid in straw poll The Daily Northwestern Retrieved August 25 2015 Eleanor Clift March 30 2013 Could Michelle Obama Run for the US Senate The Daily Beast Retrieved July 17 2014 Hancock Amanda September 8 2015 Sheila Simon announces bid for Illinois State Senate The Southern Illinoisan Retrieved September 11 2015 a b Schow Ashe September 30 2015 Tammy Duckworth changes her tune on Benghazi Washington Examiner Retrieved August 15 2016 a b Sweet Lynn June 4 2015 Sen Durbin endorses Rep Duckworth s Senate bid Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on June 6 2015 Retrieved June 5 2015 a b Kirsten Gillibrand December 31 2015 Proud to support TammyforIL DonnaFEdwards KamalaHarris Maggie Hassan Ann Kirkpatrick CatherineForNV amp KatieMcGintyPA for Senate Twitter Retrieved January 13 2016 a b c d e f g h Pearson Rick July 9 2015 Rep Tammy Duckworth gets boost from national Senate Democratic endorsement Chicago Tribune Retrieved February 12 2016 a b Pearson Rick September 30 2015 Major union group backs Duckworth over Zopp for U S Senate Chicago Tribune Retrieved October 11 2015 a b Morning Spin Duckworth snags teachers union endorsement in U S Senate race Chicago Tribune February 1 2016 Retrieved February 12 2016 a b Sweet Lynn April 30 2015 EMILY s List endorses Duckworth not waiting for Kelly Zopp Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on May 1 2015 Retrieved April 30 2015 a b Matishak Martin April 8 2015 VoteVets gets into the 2016 race early The Hill Retrieved April 17 2015 Chicago Tribune s U S Senate endorsement Tammy Duckworth for the 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2016 Retrieved October 24 2016 a b Sweet Lynn December 13 2015 Senators Cornyn Capito fundraising for Mark Kirk suntimes com Archived from the original on October 19 2016 Retrieved October 24 2016 a b Skiba Katherine Glanton Dahleen Bergen Kathy March 15 2016 Duckworth faces showdown with Kirk for U S Senate seat Chicago Tribune Retrieved October 24 2016 Mark Kirk on Twitter twitter com August 19 2016 Retrieved October 24 2016 Marco Rubio Praises Senator Kirk on the Steve Cochran Show soundcloud com Retrieved September 8 2016 Mark Kirk on Twitter twitter com October 3 2016 Retrieved October 24 2016 Thomas Charles August 22 2016 Gabby Giffords endorses Sen Kirk despite controversial comment abc7chicago com Retrieved September 8 2016 Mark Kirk on Twitter twitter com October 3 2016 Retrieved October 24 2016 Endorsement Mark Kirk over Tammy Duckworth for Senate dailyherald com October 15 2016 Retrieved October 24 2016 Kirk has earned a second term as U S senator Herald Whig October 9 2016 Endorsement US Senate Mark Kirk Journal Star October 21 2016 Mark Kirk for Senate The News Gazette September 30 2016 Endorsement U S Senate Mark Kirk nwherald com October 14 2016 Retrieved October 24 2016 Gass Nick August 22 2016 Giffords anti gun violence PAC endorses Toomey Kirk politico com Retrieved August 23 2016 Mark Kirk 2016 Endorsements Washington D C Humane Society Legislative Fund Retrieved October 14 2016 Voters in Illinois who care about animal welfare should support Sen Kirk for re election HSLF notes that Rep Tammy Duckworth D Ill has also been a strong supporter of animal protection Mark Kirk MarkKirk October 11 2016 I m proud of my endorsement from the HSLegFund and my support from furry friends across IL ilsen Tweet Retrieved October 14 2016 via Twitter a b Bendery Jennifer April 6 2016 Obama Biden endorse Tammy Duckworth for Senate Huffington Post Retrieved August 15 2016 Hagen Lisa April 29 2016 Elizabeth Warren stumps raises funds for Duckworth The Hill Retrieved August 2 2016 Endorsement Tammy Duckworth for U S Senate from Illinois Chicago Tribune October 14 2016 Retrieved October 23 2016 Morin Rebecca October 29 2016 Human Rights Campaign revokes Mark Kirk endorsement Politico Retrieved October 30 2016 2016 Senate Race Ratings for November 2 2016 The Cook Political Report Retrieved March 26 2021 2016 Senate Ratings Senate Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report Retrieved November 3 2016 2016 Senate Sabato s Crystal Ball Retrieved September 19 2016 Daily Kos Election 2016 forecast The final version Daily Kos Retrieved March 27 2021 Battle for the Senate 2016 Real Clear Politics Retrieved October 28 2016 Election Results GENERAL ELECTION 11 8 2016 Illinois State Board of Elections November 8 2016 Archived from the original on March 27 2019 Retrieved December 13 2017 External links editOfficial campaign websites Mark Kirk R for Senate Archived Tammy Duckworth D for Senate Archived Eric M Conklin I for Senate Archived Chad Koppie C for Senate 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