2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois
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All 19 Illinois seats to the United States House of Representatives
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The 2004 congressional elections in Illinois were held November 2, 2004 to determine who would represent the State of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives.

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Illinois had nineteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected would serve in the 109th Congress from January 3, 2005, to January 3, 2007.

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	2,675,273	53.63%	10	—
	Republican	2,271,676	45.54%	9	—
	Libertarian	36,629	0.73%	0	—
	Write-in	5,087	0.10%	0	-
Totals		4,998,665	100.0%	19	—

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[2]	Safe D	October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[3]	Safe D	November 1, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Rush (incumbent)	212,109	84.86
	Republican	Raymond Wardingley	37,840	15.14
Total votes			249,949	100.0
	Democratic hold

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[2]	Safe D	October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[3]	Safe D	November 1, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Jackson Jr. (incumbent)	207,535	88.49
	Libertarian	Stephanie Saylor	26,990	11.51
Total votes			234,525	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Lipinski	167,034	72.64
	Republican	Ryan Chlada	57,845	25.15
	Independent	Krista Grimm	5,077	2.21
Total votes			229,956	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luis Gutiérrez (incumbent)	104,761	83.71
	Republican	Tony Cisneros	15,536	12.41
	Libertarian	Jake Witmer	4,845	3.87
Total votes			125,142	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rahm Emanuel (incumbent)	158,400	76.18
	Republican	Bruce Best	49,530	23.82
Total votes			207,930	100.0
	Democratic hold

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[2]	Safe R	October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[3]	Safe R	November 1, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Hyde (incumbent)	139,627	55.83
	Democratic	Christine Cegelis	110,470	44.17
Total votes			250,097	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Danny Davis (incumbent)	221,133	86.13
	Republican	Antonio Davis-Fairman	35,603	13.87
Total votes			256,736	100.0
	Democratic hold

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[2]	Tossup	October 29, 2004
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[3]	Lean R	November 1, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melissa Bean	139,792	51.70
	Republican	Phil Crane (incumbent)	130,601	48.30
Total votes			270,393	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)	175,282	75.74
	Republican	Kurt Eckhardt	56,135	24.26
Total votes			231,417	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Kirk (incumbent)	177,493	64.14
	Democratic	Lee Goodman	99,218	35.86
Total votes			276,711	100.0
	Republican hold

2004 Illinois's 12th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Costello (incumbent)	198,962	69.46
	Republican	Erin Zweigart	82,677	28.86
	Libertarian	Walter Steele	4,794	1.67
	Write-in		2	0.00
Total votes			286,435	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Weller (incumbent)	173,057	58.67
	Democratic	Tari Renner	121,903	41.33
Total votes			294,960	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judy Biggert (incumbent)	200,472	65.02
	Democratic	Gloria Anderson	107,836	34.98
	Write-in		4	0.00
Total votes			308,312	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Hastert (incumbent)	191,618	68.63
	Democratic	Ruben Zamora	87,590	31.37
Total votes			279,208	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Johnson (incumbent)	178,114	61.05
	Democratic	David Gill	113,625	38.95
Total votes			291,739	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Manzullo (incumbent)	204,350	69.08
	Democratic	John Kutsch	91,452	30.92
	Write-in		4	0.00
Total votes			295,806	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lane Evans (incumbent)	172,320	60.68
	Republican	Andrea Zinga	111,680	39.32
Total votes			284,000	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray LaHood (incumbent)	216,047	70.24
	Democratic	Steve Waterworth	99,218	29.76
Total votes			307,595	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Shimkus (incumbent)	213,451	69.36
	Democratic	Tim Bagwell	94,303	30.64
Total votes			307,754	100.0
	Republican hold

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