Certified returns for every federal race in Illinois in 2012, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 18 of 18 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
3,019,512
57.6%
Republican
2,135,216
40.7%
Libertarian
56,229
1.1%
Green
30,222
0.6%
Write-in
835
0.0%
Total
5,242,014
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2012 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bobby L. Rush
Democrat
236,854
73.8%
Donald E. Peloquin
Republican
83,989
26.2%
John Hawkins
Write-in
1
0.0%
Total
320,844
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Democrat
188,303
63.3%
Brian Woodworth
Republican
69,115
23.2%
Marcus Lewis
Independent
40,006
13.4%
Anthony W. Williams
Write-in
288
0.1%
Total
297,712
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Daniel Lipinski
Democrat
168,738
68.5%
Richard L. Grabowski
Republican
77,653
31.5%
Laura Anderson
Write-in
7
0.0%
Total
246,398
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Luis V. Gutierrez
Democrat
133,226
83.0%
Hector Concepcion
Republican
27,279
17.0%
Ymelda Viramontes
Write-in
4
0.0%
Total
160,509
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mike Quigley
Democrat
177,729
65.7%
Dan Schmitt
Republican
77,289
28.6%
Nancy Wade
Green
15,359
5.7%
Total
270,377
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Peter J. Roskam
Republican
193,138
59.2%
Leslie Coolidge
Democrat
132,991
40.8%
Total
326,129
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Danny K. Davis
Democrat
242,439
84.6%
Rita Zak
Republican
31,466
11.0%
John H. Monaghan
Independent
12,523
4.4%
Phil Collins
Write-in
5
0.0%
Dennis Richter
Write-in
2
0.0%
Total
286,435
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tammy Duckworth
Democrat
123,206
54.7%
Joe Walsh
Republican
101,860
45.3%
Total
225,066
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Janice D. Schakowsky
Democrat
194,869
66.3%
Timothy C. Wolfe
Republican
98,924
33.7%
Hilaire ‘‘Fuji’’ Shioura
Write-in
8
0.0%
Susanne Atanus
Write-in
6
0.0%
Total
293,807
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Brad Schneider
Democrat
133,890
50.6%
Robert J. Dold
Republican
130,564
49.4%
Total
264,454
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Foster
Democrat
148,928
58.6%
Judy Biggert
Republican
105,348
41.4%
Chris Michel
Write-in
19
0.0%
Total
254,295
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
William L. Enyart
Democrat
157,000
51.7%
Jason Plummer
Republican
129,902
42.7%
Paula Bradshaw
Green
17,045
5.6%
Shon-Tiyon Horton
Write-in
2
0.0%
Total
303,949
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rodney Davis
Republican
137,034
46.5%
David M. Gill
Democrat
136,032
46.2%
John Hartman
Independent
21,319
7.2%
Total
294,385
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Randy Hultgren
Republican
177,603
58.8%
Dennis Anderson
Democrat
124,351
41.2%
Total
301,954
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Shimkus
Republican
205,775
68.6%
Angela Michael
Democrat
94,162
31.4%
Total
299,937
District 16
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Adam Kinzinger
Republican
181,789
61.8%
Wanda Rohl
Democrat
112,301
38.2%
Total
294,090
District 17
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Cheri Bustos
Democrat
153,519
53.3%
Robert T. Schilling
Republican
134,623
46.7%
Eric Reyes
Write-in
10
0.0%
Joe Faber
Write-in
9
0.0%
Total
288,161
District 18
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Aaron Schock
Republican
244,467
74.2%
Steve Waterworth
Democrat
85,164
25.8%
Total
329,631
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2012 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 008405203a2f7fd9258852de449309b430fb0c7dc441ba08b2480845d8413616
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.