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The 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald decided to retire after one term. The Democratic and Republican primary elections were held in March, which included a total of 15 candidates who combined to spend a record total of over $60 million seeking the open seat.
All 19 of Illinois’ seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2004. The Democratic Party flipped one Republican-held seat, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 10 Democrats and 9 Republicans.
John Clemens Ryan [1] (born October 6, 1959) is an American businessman, former investment banker and politician who was a candidate in the 2004 U.S. Senate race in Illinois. In 2000, he retired as an active partner at Goldman Sachs to teach at Hales Franciscan High School, a private Catholic high school in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.
Salazar narrowly won the open seat. It was one of only two Democratic pickups in the 2004 Senate elections; Illinois was the other. According to the non-partisan OpenSecrets, Coors gave his own campaign $1,213,657 and received individual donations of $60,550 from other Coors family members [citation needed].
Today the Tribune Editorial Board publishes the second and final part of our statewide endorsements for the Illinois Senate. Read Part One here. District 31 This Lake County district includes all ...
This makes Illinois the state with the most African-American senators. Illinois's current U.S. senators are Democrats Dick Durbin (serving since 1997) and Tammy Duckworth (serving since 2017). Shelby Moore Cullom was the longest serving senator, who served from 1883 to 1913.
All 118 seats in the Illinois House and 24 of the 59 Illinois Senate seats are up for grabs. Democrats have 78-seat foothold in the House and 40-seat majority in the Senate.
2004 United States Senate election in Illinois; 2004 United States Senate elections; Alan Keyes; Electoral history of Barack Obama; Political party strength in Illinois; US Senate career of Barack Obama; User:GDubuc (WMF)/Barack Obama; User:GDubuc (WMF)/sandbox/Barack Obama