Certified returns for every federal race in Illinois in 2000, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 20 of 20 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
2,589,026
54.6%
Republican
2,019,421
42.6%
Green
103,759
2.2%
Independent (Reform Party candidate)
16,106
0.3%
Libertarian
11,623
0.2%
Reform (Natural Law candidate)
2,127
0.0%
Write-in
46
0.0%
Total
4,742,108
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2000 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bobby L. Rush
Democrat
172,271
87.8%
Raymond G. Wardingley
Republican
23,915
12.2%
Total
196,186
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Democrat
175,995
89.8%
Robert Gordon III
Republican
19,906
10.2%
Total
195,901
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
William O. Lipinski
Democrat
145,498
75.6%
Karl Groth
Republican
47,005
24.4%
Total
192,503
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Luis V. Gutierrez
Democrat
89,487
88.6%
Stephanie Sailor
Libertarian
11,476
11.4%
Total
100,963
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rod R. Blagojevich
Democrat
142,161
87.3%
Matt Beauchamp
Libertarian
20,728
12.7%
Total
162,889
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Henry J. Hyde
Republican
133,327
58.9%
Brent Christensen
Democrat
92,880
41.1%
Total
226,207
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Danny K. Davis
Democrat
164,155
85.9%
Robert Dallas
Republican
26,872
14.1%
Total
191,027
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Philip M. Crane
Republican
141,918
61.0%
Lance Pressl
Democrat
90,777
39.0%
Total
232,695
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Janice D. Schakowsky
Democrat
147,002
76.4%
Dennis J. Driscoll
Republican
45,344
23.6%
Total
192,346
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mark Steven Kirk
Republican
121,582
51.2%
Lauren Beth Gash
Democrat
115,924
48.8%
Total
237,506
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jerry Weller
Republican
132,384
56.4%
James P. Stevenson
Democrat
102,485
43.6%
Total
234,869
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jerry F. Costello
Democrat
183,208
100.0%
Write-in
49
0.0%
Total
183,257
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Judy Biggert
Republican
193,250
66.2%
Thomas Mason
Democrat
98,768
33.8%
Total
292,018
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
J. Dennis Hastert
Republican
188,597
74.0%
Vern Deljonson
Democrat
66,309
26.0%
Write-in
3
0.0%
Total
254,909
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tim Johnson
Republican
125,943
53.2%
F. Michael ‘‘Mike’’ Kelleher, Jr.
Democrat
110,679
46.8%
Total
236,622
District 16
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Donald A. Manzullo
Republican
178,174
66.7%
Charles W. Hendrickson
Democrat
88,781
33.3%
Write-in
50
0.0%
Total
267,005
District 17
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lane Evans
Democrat
132,494
54.9%
Mark Baker
Republican
108,853
45.1%
Total
241,347
District 18
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ray LaHood
Republican
173,706
67.1%
Joyce Harant
Democrat
85,317
32.9%
Total
259,023
District 19
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David D. Phelps
Democrat
155,101
64.6%
James ‘‘Jim’’ Eatherly
Republican
85,137
35.4%
Total
240,238
District 20
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Shimkus
Republican
161,393
63.1%
Jeffrey S. Cooper
Democrat
94,382
36.9%
Total
255,775
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2000 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 358230d84d1c9d85d859e9f311b1f994b6646c0f51da1967bec490a0cfd4d975
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.