Certified returns for every federal race in Illinois in 2004, 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
2,891,550
54.8%
Republican
2,345,946
44.5%
Libertarian
32,442
0.6%
Write-in
4,384
0.1%
Total
5,274,322
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2004 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Barack Obama
Democrat
3,597,456
70.0%
Alan Keyes
Republican
1,390,690
27.0%
Albert J. Franzen
Independent
81,164
1.6%
Jerry Kohn
Libertarian
69,253
1.3%
Write-in
2,957
0.1%
Total
5,141,520
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bobby L. Rush
Democrat
212,109
84.9%
Raymond G. Wardingley
Republican
37,840
15.1%
Total
249,949
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Democrat
207,535
88.5%
Stephanie Sailor
Libertarian
26,990
11.5%
Total
234,525
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Daniel William Lipinski
Democrat
167,034
72.6%
Ryan Chlada
Republican
57,845
25.2%
Write-in
5,077
2.2%
Total
229,956
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Luis V. Gutierrez
Democrat
104,761
83.7%
Tony Cisneros
Republican
15,536
12.4%
Jake Witmer
Libertarian
4,845
3.9%
Total
125,142
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rahm Emanuel
Democrat
158,400
76.2%
Bruce Best
Republican
49,530
23.8%
Total
207,930
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Henry J. Hyde
Republican
139,627
55.8%
Christine Cegelis
Democrat
110,470
44.2%
Total
250,097
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Danny K. Davis
Democrat
221,133
86.1%
Antonio Davis-Fairman
Republican
35,603
13.9%
Total
256,736
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Melissa Bean
Democrat
139,792
51.7%
Philip M. Crane
Republican
130,601
48.3%
Total
270,393
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Janice D. Schakowsky
Democrat
175,282
75.7%
Kurt J. Eckhardt
Republican
56,135
24.3%
Total
231,417
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mark Steven Kirk
Republican
177,493
64.1%
Lee Goodman
Democrat
99,218
35.9%
Total
276,711
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jerry Weller
Republican
173,057
58.7%
Tari Renner
Democrat
121,903
41.3%
Total
294,960
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jerry F. Costello
Democrat
198,962
69.5%
Erin R. Zweigart
Republican
82,677
28.9%
Walter B. Steele
Libertarian
4,794
1.7%
Write-in
2
0.0%
Total
286,435
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Judy Biggert
Republican
200,472
65.0%
Gloria Schor Andersen
Democrat
107,836
35.0%
Write-in
4
0.0%
Total
308,312
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
J. Dennis Hastert
Republican
191,618
68.6%
Ruben Zamora
Democrat
87,590
31.4%
Total
279,208
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Timothy V. Johnson
Republican
178,114
61.1%
David Gill
Democrat
113,625
38.9%
Total
291,739
District 16
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Donald A. Manzullo
Republican
204,350
69.1%
John H. Kutsch
Democrat
91,452
30.9%
Write-in
4
0.0%
Total
295,806
District 17
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lane Evans
Democrat
172,320
60.7%
Andrea Lane Zinga
Republican
111,680
39.3%
Total
284,000
District 18
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ray LaHood
Republican
216,047
70.2%
Steve Waterworth
Democrat
91,548
29.8%
Total
307,595
District 19
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Shimkus
Republican
213,451
69.4%
Tim Bagwell
Democrat
94,303
30.6%
Total
307,754
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2004 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 58543113de9d3bcda4e3a5d315d321fda96a61cdc10d9c32abe81fac7fad075c
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.