2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 Illinois election results
Every race on Illinois's ballot in the 2008 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races179
Changed party7
Unopposed43%77 races
Incumbents defeated3
President
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | Barack H. Obama (D) | 25.1 |
U.S. Senate
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | Richard J. Durbin (D) | 39.3 |
U.S. House
D 12 · R 7 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL-1 | Bobby L. Rush (D) | 71.7 | |
| IL-2 | Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D) | 78.8 | |
| IL-3 | Daniel Lipinski (D) | 51.9 | |
| IL-4 | Luis V. Gutiérrez (D) | 69.1 | |
| IL-5 | Rahm Emanuel (D) | 51.9 | |
| IL-6 | Peter J. Roskam (R) | 15.1 | |
| IL-7 | Danny K. Davis (D) | 70.0 | |
| IL-8 | Melissa Bean (D) | 21.4 | |
| IL-9 | Janice D. Schakowsky (D) | 52.7 | |
| IL-10 | Mark Kirk (R) | 5.1 | |
| IL-11 | Deborah Halvorson (D) | 23.9 | Flipped |
| IL-12 | Jerry F. Costello (D) | 46.5 | |
| IL-13 | Judy Biggert (R) | 9.9 | |
| IL-14 | Bill Foster (D) | 15.5 | |
| IL-15 | Timothy V. Johnson (R) | 28.4 | |
| IL-16 | Donald A. Manzullo (R) | 24.8 | |
| IL-17 | Phil Hare (D) | Unopposed | |
| IL-18 | Aaron Schock (R) | 20.9 | |
| IL-19 | John Shimkus (R) | 31.1 |
Illinois State Senate
D 24 · R 16
Illinois House of Representatives
D 70 · R 48 · 6 changed party
Illinois
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab