United States Senate election in Illinois, 1996
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The 1996 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Paul Simon opted to retire rather than seek a third term in the United States Senate. In the Democratic primary, United States Congressman Dick Durbin emerged victorious, while State Representative Al Salvi won the Republican primary. Though the election was initially anticipated to be close, Durbin ended up defeating Salvi by a comfortable double-digit margin of victory, allowing him to win what would be the first of several terms in the Senate.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
| Republican primary results[1] |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
Al Salvi |
377,141 |
47.64 |
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Republican |
Bob Kustra |
342,935 |
43.32 |
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Republican |
Robert Marshall |
43,937 |
5.55 |
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Republican |
Martin Paul Gallagher |
17,276 |
2.18 |
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Republican |
Wayne S. Kurzeja |
10,356 |
1.31 |
| Total votes |
791,645 |
100.00 |
General election
Results
Durbin won the election easily.
References
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