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.
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Turnout | 49.50% | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Durbin: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Durkin: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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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.[1][2] For the general election, turnout was 49.50%, with 3,486,851 votes cast.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dick Durbin (incumbent) | 918,467 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 918,467 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Durkin | 378,010 | 45.81% | |
Republican | Jim Oberweis | 259,515 | 31.45% | |
Republican | John H. Cox | 187,706 | 22.74% | |
Total votes | 825,231 | 100.00% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Dick Durbin (D) |
Jim Durkin (R) |
Steven Burgauer (L) |
Other / Undecided |
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SurveyUSA | October 28–30, 2002 | 528 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 56% | 37% | 3% | 4% |
Durbin won re-election to a second term easily, carrying a majority of the state's 102 counties.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Dick Durbin (incumbent) | 2,103,766 | 60.33% | +4.25% | |
Republican | Jim Durkin | 1,325,703 | 38.02% | -2.65% | |
Libertarian | Steven Burgauer | 57,382 | 1.65% | +0.68% | |
Majority | 778,063 | 22.31% | +6.90% | ||
Turnout | 3,486,851 | 49.50% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |