2010 Illinois Senate election

For the 2010 Illinois House of Representatives elections, see Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010.

For the 2010 election for United States Senate in Illinois, see United States Senate elections in Illinois, 2010.

Illinois Senate elections, 2010

November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02)
21 of 59 total seats in the Illinois State Senate 30 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John Cullerton Christine Radogno Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 6th-Chicago 41st-La Grange Last election 37 22 Seats won 35 24 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 634,294 530,130 Percentage 54.22% 45.15% Swing 0.25% 0.38%
President before election John Cullerton Democratic President-Elect John Cullerton Democratic

The 2010 elections for the Illinois Senate was conducted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The 2010 primary election was conducted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. State Senators elected this year sat for two year terms, all of which expired at the beginning of the next General Assembly.

Overview

Illinois State Senate Elections, 2008
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats up	Seats not up	Total before	Total after	+/–
	Democratic	634,294	54.47%	14	23	37	35	-2
	Republican	530,130	45.53%	7	15	22	24	+2
Totals		1,164,424	100.00%	21	38	59	59	—

Individual results

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Democratic	Antonio Munoz			Democratic	Antonio Munoz
4		Democratic	Kimberly A. Lightford			Democratic	Kimberly A. Lightford
7		Democratic	Heather Steans			Democratic	Heather Steans
						Republican	Adam Robinson
10		Democratic	James DeLeo	retired		Democratic	John G. Mulroe
						Republican	Brian G. Doherty
13		Democratic	Kwame Raoul			Democratic	Kwame Raoul
16		Democratic	Jacqueline Y. Collins			Democratic	Jacqueline Y. Collins
19		Democratic	Maggie Crotty			Democratic	Maggie Crotty
						Republican	Adam Wojcik
22		Democratic	Michael Noland			Democratic	Michael Noland
						Republican	Steven Rauschenberger
25		Republican	Chris Lauzen			Republican	Chris Lauzen
						Democratic	Leslie N. Juby
28		Republican	John J. Millner			Republican	John J. Millner
						Democratic	Corinne Michelle Pierog
31		Democratic	Michael Bond			Democratic	Michael Bond
						Republican	Suzi Schmidt
34		Republican	Dave Syverson			Republican	Dave Syverson
						Democratic	Marla Wilson
37		Republican	Dale Risinger			Republican	Dale Risinger
40		Democratic	Toi Hutchinson			Democratic	Toi Hutchinson
						Republican	Adam Baumgartner
43		Democratic	Arthur Wilhelmi			Democratic	Arthur Wilhelmi
						Republican	Cedra Crenshaw
46		Democratic	David Koehler			Democratic	David Koehler
49		Democratic	Deanna Demuzio			Democratic	Deanna Demuzio
						Republican	Sam McCann
51		Republican	Frank C. Watson	resigned		Republican	Kyle McCarter
						Democratic	Tim Dudley
52		Democratic	Mike Frerichs			Democratic	Mike Frerichs
						Republican	Al Reynolds
55		Republican	Dale Righter			Republican	Dale Righter
						Democratic	Josh Weger
58		Republican	David Luechtefeld			Republican	David Luechtefeld
						Democratic	Jeremy Randal Walker

See also

• Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010
• Illinois Senate

References

• General Election 2010: Offices and Candidates from the Illinois State Board of Elections

External links

• Illinois State Board of Elections
• Illinois General Assembly - Illinois State Senate, 96th General Assembly
• Illinois State Senate elections, 2010 at Ballotpedia