2020 United States Senate election in Illinois

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Illinois. The main two people in the election were Dick Durbin (Democratic Party) and Mark Curran (Republican Party). Durbin won the election and stayed as Senator.

2020 United States Senate election in Illinois

November 3, 2020
Turnout	71.36%
Nominee Dick Durbin Mark Curran Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 3,278,930 2,319,870 Percentage 54.93% 38.87%
County results Durbin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Curran:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80-90%
U.S. Senator before election Dick Durbin Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Dick Durbin Democratic

Primary elections happened on March 17, 2020. There was only one person in the Democratic Party primary, Dick Durbin, so he won. There were many people in the Republican Party primary, and Mark Curran won. The Libertarian Party chose Danny Malouf for the election. The Green Party chose David F. Black. Willie Wilson was also in the election from his party, the Willie Wilson Party.

Democratic Party primary

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	Dick Durbin (incumbent)	1,446,118	100.00%
Total votes			1,446,118	100.00%

Republican Party primary

Results by county

Curran

     Curran—60–70%
     Curran—50–60%
     Curran—40–50%
     Curran—30–40%
     Curran—<30%

Hubbard

     Hubbard—40–50%
     Hubbard—30–40%
     Hubbard—<30

Tarter

     Tarter—30–40%
     Tarter—<30

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Curran	205,747	41.55%
	Republican	Peggy Hubbard	113,189	22.86%
	Republican	Robert Marshall	75,561	15.26%
	Republican	Tom Tarter	73,009	14.74%
	Republican	Casey Chlebek	27,655	5.58%
	Republican	Richard Mayers (write-in)	7	0.00%
Total votes			495,168	100.00%

Results

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democrat	Dick Durbin (incumbent)	3,278,930	54.93%	+1.38%
	Republican	Mark Curran	2,319,870	38.87%	-3.82%
	Willie Wilson Party	Willie Wilson	237,699	3.98%	N/A
	Libertarian	Danny Malouf	75,673	1.27%	-2.49%
		David Black	55,711	0.95%	N/A
	Write-in		18	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			5,968,901	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2020 United States Senate Election In Illinois Media

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  Dick Durbin 117th Congress portrait (1) (tight crop)

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  Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran

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  This image shows the precinct results for the 2020 United States senate election in Illinois.