ILLINOIS 22 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State Board of Elections)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 12,419,293
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000   8,983,000 % change from '96 +2.2
Total Registration, Nov. 2000    7,129,026
(Illinois voters do not register by party). 
Illinois has: 102 counties.
Five largest counties: Cook (5.2 million), DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane.
Five largest cities: Chicago (2.7 million), Rockford, Aurora, Springfield, Peoria.

Government
Governor: George H. Ryan (R) elected in 1998.
State Legislature: Illinois General Assembly  House: 62D, 56R  Senate 27D, 32R
Local: Cities and Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 10D, 10R - 1. B.Rush (D) | 2. J.Jackson Jr (D) | 3. W.Lipinski (D) | 4. L.Gutierrez (D) | 5. R.Blagojevich (D) | 6. H.Hyde (R) | 7. D.Davis (D) | 8. P.Crane (R) | 9. J.Schakowsky (D) | 10. J.Porter (R) | 11. G.Weller (R) | 12. J.Costello (D) | 13. J.Biggert (R) | 14. D.Hastert (R) | 15. T.Ewing (R) | 16. D.Manzullo (R) | 17. L.Evans (D) | 18. R.LaHood (R) | 19. D.Phelps (D) | 20. J.Shimkus (R).
U.S. Senate: Richard Durbin (D) up for re-election in 2002, Peter Fitzgerald (R) elected 1998. 
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature:  118 House seats and 19 of 59 Senate seats up.  No changes in partisan balance.
U.S. House:  10D, 10R - No change in partisan balance.  Two new members elected as a result of retirements: 10. M.Kirk (R) and 15. T.Johnson (R).

The Prairie State

 State of Illinois
State Board of Elections

Democratic Party of IL
IL Green Party
IL Republican Party
IL Constitution Party
Libertarian Party of IL
Natural Law Party of IL
Reform Party of IL

Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sun-Times
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Capitol Fax
Politics1-IL
 

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.)....2,341,744 
(54.31)
Dole (Rep.)........1,587,021 
(36.81)
Perot (Ref.)...........346,408
(8.03)
Others (3+w/ins).....36,218
(0.84)
Total........4,311,391

1992
Clinton (Dem.).....2,453,350 (48.58)
Bush (Rep.)........1,734,096 (34.34)
Perot (Ind.) ...........840,515 (16.64)
Others(5+w/ins).......22,196
(0.44)
Total........5,050,157

Results
2000
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
2,589,026
 (54.60)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
2,019,421
(42.58)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
103,759
(2.19)
Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)
16,106
(0.34)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
11,623
(0.25)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Ref.)
2,127
 (0.05)
Howard Phillips
  57
David McReynolds
4
Total........4,742,123

Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 52.79%.  (U.S. avg. 53.76%)...l
 ll

Overview
Illinois remained solidly in the Democratic column as the Gore-Lieberman ticket won with a plurality of 569,605 votes (12.02 percentage points).  Gore carried a total of 24 counties to Bush's 78.  Cook County, which accounted for 39% of the votes cast in the race for president (1,865,907 of 4,742,123) provided a plurality of 746,005 votes for Gore.

General Election Activity


 
Primary: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
Republican Primary
Total Vote Percent
+George W. Bush 496,685 67.40%
John McCain 158,768 21.54%
Alan Keyes 66,066 8.97%
Steve Forbes
10,334
1.40%
Gary Bauer 5,068 0.69%
Total 736,921

Total Delegates
74 of 2,066 (3.6%).
 
Democratic Primary
Total Vote Percent
+Al Gore 682,932 84.35%
Bill Bradley 115,320 14.24%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
11,415
1.41%
Total 809,667

Total Pledged Delegates
161 of 3,537 (4.5%).
Total Delegates
190 of 4,335 (4.4%).

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.