2006 Illinois elections Turnout 48.64%
The 2006 Illinois elections were held on November 7, 2006. On that date, registered voters in the State of Illinois elected officeholders for U.S. Congress , to six statewide offices (Governor /Lieutenant Governor , Attorney General , Secretary of States , Treasurer and Comptroller ), as well as to the Illinois Senate and Illinois House .
The incumbent Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka , previously the only Republican elected statewide, made an unsuccessful run for Governor rather than stand for re-election. Democrat Alexi Giannoulias was elected to succeed her, and the Democratic incumbents for the other statewide offices won re-election, making Illinois the only Midwestern state in which Democrats held all statewide offices.[citation needed ]
For the first time since the 1930s , all executive offices and control of the Illinois General Assembly was won by the Democratic Party. The last time any party had met this feat had been the mid-1990s, when the Republican Party held such power following the 1994 Illinois elections .
Election information [ ]
2006 was a midterm election year in the United States.
Turnout [ ]
See also: 2006 Illinois gubernatorial election § Turnout
Primary election [ ]
For the primary election, turnout was 24.84%, with 1,804,624 votes cast.[1]
Turnout by county[1]
Adams
43,261
7,721
17.85%
Alexander
7,670
2,330
30.38%
Bond
10,486
1,877
17.9%
Boone
30,069
6,066
20.17%
Brown
3,467
617
17.8%
Bureau
25,122
4,910
19.54%
Calhoun
3,880
1,636
42.16%
Carroll
12,360
2,493
20.17%
Cass
9,136
1,291
14.13%
Champaign
112,302
22,695
20.21%
Christian
23,170
3,127
13.5%
Clark
12,217
1,810
14.82%
Clay
9,647
2,274
23.57%
Clinton
25,364
2,313
9.12%
Coles
29,746
6,745
22.68%
Cook [note 1]
2,682,718
762,273
28.41%
Crawford
13,044
2,146
16.45%
Cumberland
8,723
1,752
20.08%
DeKalb
53,224
12,439
23.37%
DeWitt
12,426
2,569
20.67%
Douglas
12,387
4,271
34.48%
DuPage
518,275
149,399
28.83%
Edgar
12,703
2,120
16.69%
Edwards
4,596
1,076
23.41%
Effingham
21,702
3,968
18.28%
Fayette
14,708
2,926
19.89%
Ford
8,831
2,851
32.28%
Franklin
30,480
8,435
27.67%
Fulton
26,445
8,177
30.92%
Gallatin
4,452
2,524
56.69%
Greene
9,368
2,784
29.72%
Grundy
30,596
8,270
27.03%
Hamilton
6,515
2,642
40.55%
Hancock
13,156
3,750
28.5%
Hardin
3,875
1,590
41.03%
Henderson
5,211
1,513
29.03%
Henry
38,356
5,850
15.25%
Iroquois
19,370
6,208
32.05%
Jackson
44,358
7,925
17.87%
Jasper
7,498
2,476
33.02%
Jefferson
26,935
5,451
20.24%
Jersey
16,023
3,561
22.22%
Jo Daviess
16,225
5,568
34.32%
Johnson
7,485
3,526
47.11%
Kane
244,891
66,331
27.09%
Kankakee
64,855
10,322
15.92%
Kendall
51,495
17,900
34.76%
Knox
33,646
7,687
22.85%
Lake
369,845
81,724
22.1%
LaSalle
72,650
13,384
18.42%
Lawrence
11,104
2,616
23.56%
Lee
24,570
5,779
23.52%
Livingston
23,302
4,468
19.17%
Logan
18,845
4,520
23.99%
Macon
78,617
8,594
10.93%
Macoupin
35,273
9,289
26.33%
Madison
170,202
27,101
15.92%
Marion
30,063
4,259
14.17%
Marshall
8,590
1,778
20.7%
Mason
10,787
2,085
19.33%
Massac
12,454
2,855
22.92%
McDonough
18,230
3,993
21.9%
McHenry
185,638
50,251
27.07%
McLean
97,788
19,097
19.53%
Menard
8,890
1,990
22.38%
Mercer
13,960
2,235
16.01%
Monroe
22,520
6,494
28.84%
Montgomery
17,706
2,556
14.44%
Morgan
22,938
5,949
25.94%
Moultrie
9,561
1,470
15.37%
Ogle
36,013
11,193
31.08%
Peoria
109,973
18,772
17.07%
Perry
14,755
3,008
20.39%
Piatt
12,155
2,460
20.24%
Pike
12,300
1,843
14.98%
Pope
3,516
1,272
36.18%
Pulaski
5,840
2,061
35.29%
Putnam
4,534
1,139
25.12%
Randolph
23,362
6,013
25.74%
Richland
12,993
1,899
14.62%
Rock Island
115,949
18,346
15.82%
Saline
16,583
5,132
30.95%
Sangamon
128,744
24,276
18.86%
Schuyler
5,518
1,480
26.82%
Scott
3,844
711
18.5%
Shelby
16,062
3,826
23.82%
Stark
4,870
819
16.82%
St. Clair
186,967
27,472
14.69%
Stephenson
33,182
6,370
19.2%
Tazewell
92,905
15,161
16.32%
Union
16,026
4,305
26.86%
Vermilion
49,290
6,998
14.2%
Wabash
10,186
1,896
18.61%
Warren
12,284
3,733
30.39%
Washington
11,919
2,980
25%
Wayne
12,716
4,405
34.64%
White
11,685
2,993
25.61%
Whiteside
41,937
5,632
13.43%
Will
329,996
105,092
31.85%
Williamson
41,867
8,442
20.16%
Winnebago
175,825
38,044
21.64%
Woodford
24,171
6,179
25.56%
Total
7,263,969
1,804,624
24.84%
General election [ ]
For the general election, turnout was 48.64%, with 3,587,676 votes cast.[2]
Turnout by county[2]
Adams
43,873
22,599
51.51%
Alexander
7,760
3,126
40.28%
Bond
10,486
5,990
57.12%
Boone
31,627
15,711
49.68%
Brown
3,525
2,147
60.91%
Bureau
25,226
12,349
48.95%
Calhoun
3,983
2,486
62.42%
Carroll
12,734
6,142
48.23%
Cass
9,037
4,631
51.24%
Champaign
113,905
53,869
47.29%
Christian
23,329
11,922
51.1%
Clark
12,263
5,825
47.5%
Clay
9,384
5,062
53.94%
Clinton
25,250
12,652
50.11%
Coles
30,632
14,447
47.16%
Cook [note 2]
2,710,118
1,350,915
49.85%
Crawford
13,392
7,185
53.65%
Cumberland
8,783
4,064
46.27%
DeKalb
54,766
26,336
48.09%
DeWitt
12,732
6,034
47.39%
Douglas
12,494
6,089
48.74%
DuPage
529,726
268,988
50.78%
Edgar
12,205
6,499
53.25%
Edwards
4,660
2,741
58.82%
Effingham
22,306
12,829
57.51%
Fayette
14,902
7,990
53.62%
Ford
9,976
4,491
45.02%
Franklin
30,466
13,812
45.34%
Fulton
26,591
13,257
49.86%
Gallatin
4,483
2,653
59.18%
Greene
9,411
5,023
53.37%
Grundy
28,508
14,580
51.14%
Hamilton
6,459
4,040
62.55%
Hancock
13,363
7,785
58.26%
Hardin
3,959
2,275
57.46%
Henderson
5,297
3,031
57.22%
Henry
36,633
18,295
49.94%
Iroquois
20,017
9,504
47.48%
Jackson
45,362
16,143
35.59%
Jasper
7,373
4,136
56.1%
Jefferson
27,269
12,924
47.39%
Jersey
15,730
7,874
50.06%
Jo Daviess
16,311
8,248
50.57%
Johnson
7,512
4,590
61.1%
Kane
252,171
116,249
46.1%
Kankakee
62,344
31,431
50.42%
Kendall
54,857
25,709
46.87%
Knox
34,254
17,802
51.97%
Lake
369,853
190,718
51.57%
LaSalle
73,127
34,221
46.8%
Lawrence
10,028
5,299
52.84%
Lee
24,922
11,177
44.85%
Livingston
23,340
11,044
47.32%
Logan
19,094
10,248
53.67%
Macon
84,882
35,480
41.8%
Macoupin
34,560
17,693
51.2%
Madison
172,933
80,580
46.6%
Marion
30,063
12,629
42.01%
Marshall
8,736
4,673
53.49%
Mason
10,611
5,122
48.27%
Massac
12,688
5,447
42.93%
McDonough
19,105
10,136
53.05%
McHenry
186,323
82,725
44.4%
McLean
99,949
44,171
44.19%
Menard
8,954
5,183
57.88%
Mercer
14,145
6,363
44.98%
Monroe
22,375
11,127
49.73%
Montgomery
18,105
11,213
61.93%
Morgan
23,421
12,107
51.69%
Moultrie
9,295
4,952
53.28%
Ogle
36,994
16,223
43.85%
Peoria
119,412
55,418
46.41%
Perry
14,518
7,926
54.59%
Piatt
12,323
6,722
54.55%
Pike
12,397
6,244
50.37%
Pope
3,535
2,105
59.55%
Pulaski
6,597
2,921
44.28%
Putnam
4,513
2,313
51.25%
Randolph
23,607
12,052
51.05%
Richland
13,236
6,268
47.36%
Rock Island
117,626
47,130
40.07%
Saline
16,992
9,487
55.83%
Sangamon
131,579
76,504
58.14%
Schuyler
5,513
3,216
58.33%
Scott
3,890
2,089
53.7%
Shelby
16,402
7,889
48.1%
Stark
4,919
2,222
45.17%
St. Clair
189,124
70,725
37.4%
Stephenson
32,043
13,763
42.95%
Tazewell
93,838
44,098
46.99%
Union
16,237
7,086
43.64%
Vermilion
50,038
23,716
47.4%
Wabash
10,132
4,707
46.46%
Warren
11,164
6,040
54.1%
Washington
12,083
6,478
53.61%
Wayne
12,159
7,526
61.9%
White
11,820
6,330
53.55%
Whiteside
42,621
17,916
42.04%
Will
344,584
162,745
47.23%
Williamson
42,900
21,094
49.17%
Winnebago
184,352
80,876
43.87%
Woodford
24,587
13,059
53.11%
Total
7,375,688
3,587,676
48.64%
Federal elections [ ]
United States House [ ]
Main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois
See also: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections
All 19 of Illinois’ seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2006.
No seats switched parties, leaving the composition of Illinois' House delegation 10 Democrats and 9 Republicans.
State elections [ ]
Governor and Lieutenant Governor [ ]
2006 Illinois gubernatorial election Turnout 47.29%
Nominee
Rod Blagojevich
Judy Baar Topinka
Rich Whitney
Party
Democratic
Republican
Green
Running mate
Pat Quinn
Joe Birkett
Julie Samuels
Popular vote
1,736,731
1,369,315
361,336
Percentage
49.8%
39.3%
10.4%
County results Blagojevich: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%Topinka: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Governor before election
Rod Blagojevich
Democratic
Elected Governor
Rod Blagojevich
Democratic
The 2006 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor and Lieutenant Governor Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn won re-election to a second four-year term.
Illinois gubernatorial election, 2006[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Rod Blagojevich (incumbent)/ Pat Quinn (incumbent)
1,736,731
49.79%
Republican
Judy Baar Topinka / Joe Birkett
1,369,315
39.26%
Green
Rich Whitney / Julie Samuels
361,336
10.36%
Write-ins
Others
20,607
0.59%
Total votes
3,487,989
Attorney General [ ]
2006 Illinois Attorney General election Turnout 47.18%
Nominee
Lisa Madigan
Stewart Umholtz
Party
Democratic
Republican
Popular vote
2,521,113
843,903
Percentage
72.45%
24.25%
Attorney General before election
Lisa Madigan
Democratic
Elected Attorney General
Lisa Madigan
Democratic
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan won reelection to a second term in office
Democratic primary [ ]
Attorney General Democratic primary[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Lisa Madigan (incumbent)
858,635
100
Total votes
858,635
100
Republican primary [ ]
Attorney General Republican primary[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Stewart Umholtz
581,802
100
Republican
JoAnn Breivogel
12
0.00
Total votes
581,814
100
General election [ ]
Attorney General election[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Lisa Madigan (incumbent)
2,521,113
72.45
Republican
Stewart Umholtz
843,903
24.25
Green
David F. Black
114,796
3.30
Total votes
3,479,812
100
Secretary of State [ ]
2006 Illinois Secretary of State election Turnout 47.59%
Nominee
Jesse White
Dan Rutherford
Party
Democratic
Republican
Popular vote
2,204,762
1,159,363
Percentage
62.82%
33.03%
Secretary of State before election
Jesse White
Democratic
Elected Secretary of State
Jesse White
Democratic
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jesse White won reelection to a third term in office.
Democratic primary [ ]
Secretary of State Democratic primary[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Jesse White (incumbent)
880,209
100
Total votes
880,209
100
Republican primary [ ]
Secretary of State Republican primary[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Dan Rutherford
602,147
100
Total votes
602,147
100
General election [ ]
Green Party nominee Adrian Frost withdrew before the election.
Secretary of State election[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Jesse White (incumbent)
2,204,762
62.82
Republican
Dan Rutherford
1,159,363
33.03
Green
Karen "Young" Peterson
145,724
4.15
Write-in
Alaka Wiakar
1
0.00
Total votes
3,707,224
100
Comptroller [ ]
2006 Illinois State Comptroller election Turnout 46.40%
Nominee
Daniel Hynes
Carole Pankau
Party
Democratic
Republican
Popular vote
2,198,658
1,077,540
Percentage
64.25%
31.49%
State Comptroller before election
Daniel Hynes
Democratic
Elected State Comptroller
Daniel Hynes
Democratic
Incumbent Comptroller Daniel Hynes , a Democrat, was reelected to a third term.
Democratic primary [ ]
Comptroller Democratic primary[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Daniel W. Hynes (incumbent)
821,666
100
Total votes
821,666
100
Republican primary [ ]
Comptroller Republican primary[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Carole Pankau
580,148
100
Total votes
580,148
100
General election [ ]
Comptroller election[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Daniel W. Hynes (incumbent)
2,198,658
64.25
Republican
Carole Pankau
1,077,540
31.49
Green
Alicia Snyder
145,930
4.26
Total votes
3,422,128
100
Treasurer [ ]
2006 Illinois State Treasurer election Turnout 46.21%
Nominee
Alexi Giannoulias
Christine Radogno
Party
Democratic
Republican
Popular vote
1,838,094
1,405,540
Percentage
53.94%
41.24%
Treasurer before election
Judy Baar Topinka
Republican
Elected Treasurer
Alexi Giannoulias
Democratic
Incumbent Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka , a Republican, did not seek reelection to a second term, instead opting to run for governor. Democrat Alexi Giannoulias was elected to succeed her.
Democratic primary [ ]
Treasurer Democratic primary[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Alexi Giannoulias
536,329
61.79
Democratic
331,672
38.21
Total votes
868,001
100
Republican primary [ ]
Treasurer Republican primary[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Christine Radogno
576,174
100
Total votes
576,174
100
General election [ ]
Treasurer election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Alexi Giannoulias
1,838,094
53.94
Republican
Christine Radogno
1,405,540
41.24
Green
Dan Rodriguez Schlorff
164,320
4.82
Write-in
Alaka Wiakar
2
0.00
Total votes
3,407,956
100
State Senate [ ]
39 of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2006.[4]
State House of Representatives [ ]
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.
Judicial elections [ ]
Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010.
Local elections [ ]
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections .
Notes [ ]
^ For more on Cook County primary turnout, see 2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Voter turnout
^ For more on Cook County general election turnout, see 2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Voter turnout
References [ ]
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