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Election information. The primaries and general elections coincided with those for United States President and House, as well as those for state offices . Background. In 2010, Republican Mark Kirk was elected to the Senate for Illinois, defeating Democratic nominee Alexi Giannoulias by 59,220 votes out of more than 3.7 million votes cast.
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- Debate: October 27
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Duckworth saw a coattails effect from Clinton on Election Day. In Illinois, Clinton won 55.4 percent of the vote, while Duckworth was a full point behind with 54.4 percent. A full breakdown of the Democratic presidential and Senate races appears below. *Ballotpedia identified the highlighted races as battleground races and races to watch. The vote ...
During the debate on October 27, 2016, Kirk and Duckworth discussed a variety of issues, including the presidential candidates, Kirk’s health, a workplace retaliation lawsuit against Duckworth during her time as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, the use of ground troops in Iraq and Syria, allowing Syrian refugees to be resett...
During the first debate on October 3, 2016, Kirk and Duckworth discussed preventing terrorists from obtaining firearms, the Iran nuclear deal, criminal justice reform, the future of the Supreme Court, national security issues, and Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, among other issues. 1. On the war in Syria: Duckworth said she support...
On September 14, 2016, Kirk released a letter from his physician that stated that Kirk made a "full cognitive recovery" from his January 2012 stroke. Dr. Richard Fessler of Rush University Medical Center wrote that Kirk "has made a full cognitive recovery and has made rapid improvements in his physical recovery. … He is unlikely to regain further r...
Kirk and Duckworth provided inaccurate accounts of where they were and who they were with during the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Kirk claimed that he was in a meeting with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld when the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. Kirk said, "I started the day on Sept. 11, 2001, in the Pentagon having break...
Kirk defeated James Marter in the Republican primary on March 15, 2016. In the Democratic primary, Rep. Tammy Duckworth defeated Andrea Zopp and State Sen. Napoleon Harris.
During a roundtable event on August 24, 2016, Duckworth and Kirk discussed their plans to deal with Syrian refugees. Since the armed conflict in Syria began in 2011, the United Nations estimated that more than 12 million people (including more than 5 million children) have been displaced. At least four million Syrians left their country to seek ref...
Andrea Zopp
1. State Sen. Kwame Raoul- "Intellectually, and experience-wise, Andi Zopp is the best candidate quite frankly that we've seen in potentially history." 1. U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis- "I have nothing but admiration and respect for Tammy Duckworth. But I think Andrea Zopp has been more engaged in many of the issues that affect people in my district, particularly her work with the Chicago Urban League with job promotion and development." 1. Rev. Jesse Jackson - "I’ve known Andrea Zopp for 30 years...
An Emerson College poll conducted September 19-20, 2016, found that Illinois voters were dissatisfied with their choices for president and senator. In the race for president, 43 percent of those polled viewed Clinton favorably, while 34 percent viewed Trump favorably. Only 26 percent of respondents viewed Kirk favorably, while 37 percent viewed Duc...
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