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The Illinois general election was held on November 2, 2004.

Primaries were held March 16, 2004.

Election information

Turnout

Primary election

For the primary election, turnout was 28.97%, with 2,067,824 votes cast.[1]

Turnout by county[1]

General election

For the general election, turnout was 71.34%, with 5,350,493 votes cast.[1]

Turnout by county[1]

Federal elections

United States President

Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards.

This was the fourth consecutive presidential election in which Illinois had voted for the Democratic ticket.

United States Senate

Incumbent first-term Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald did not seek reelection. Democrat Barack Obama was elected to succeed him.

United States House

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.

State elections

State Senate

23 seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2004.[2] Democrats retained their control of the chamber.[3]

State House of Representatives

All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2004. Democrats retained their control of the chamber.[3]

Judicial elections

Judicial elections were held.

Local elections

Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.

Notes

  1. ^ For more on Cook County primary election turnout, see 2004 Cook County, Illinois elections#Primary election
  2. ^ For more on Cook County general election turnout, see 2004 Cook County, Illinois elections#General election

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Voter Turnout". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "Illinois State Senate elections, 2004". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Party control of Illinois state government". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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