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The polls opened at 6 a.m. today in Illinois and will close at 7 p.m. This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Live updates: Election Day 2024 polls open at 6 a.m. in Illinois Show comments
The last Republican presidential candidate to win in Illinois was George H.W. Bush in 1988. In the U.S. House, incumbents are running for reelection in all 17 districts.
She won a full term in 2020 unopposed in the general election after defeating Christopher McCall, a local defense attorney, in the Democratic primary that spring. Live updates, results: Illinois ...
The state has voted for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election beginning in 1992 (doing so by at least 10% each time), including voting for Senator Barack Obama from Illinois in 2008 and 2012 and Chicago-born Hillary Clinton in 2016. This was the first election since 1868 in which Illinois did not have 20 or more electoral votes.
Prior to the 2020 election, all news organizations predicted Illinois was a state that Biden would win, or otherwise considered a safe blue state. Biden carried Illinois, winning 57.54% of the vote to Trump's 40.55%, [3] winning by roughly the same 17-point margin by which Hillary Clinton carried the state in 2016.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Illinois, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1818, Illinois has participated in every U.S. presidential election. From 1896 to 1996, Illinois was a bellwether state, voting for the winner of the presidential election 24 of 26 times, the exceptions being 1916 and 1976.
Winnebago County election results Check out local Illinois results here . This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Illinois election results: Get updates from races across the state
The election marked the first time since 1988 in which Illinois did not vote the same as neighboring Wisconsin, and the first time since 1960 when the Democratic candidate won Illinois, while losing Wisconsin. Cook County, the collar counties, and the downstate counties of Champaign and McLean were the only ones to swing towards Clinton ...