2020 United States Senate election in Illinois

The 2020 United States Senate election in Illinois will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Illinois, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, who has been Senate Minority Whip since 2015, is running for reelection to a fifth term in office.

For the state Senate election, see 2020 Illinois Senate election.
2020 United States Senate election in Illinois
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Dick Durbin Mark Curran
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent U.S. senator

Dick Durbin
Democratic
Elections in Illinois

Election information

The primaries and general elections coincide with those for federal (president and House) and those for state offices.

Turnout

For the primaries, turnout was 24.16% with 1,941,286 votes cast.[1][2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
Dick Durbin
Organizations

Results
Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dick Durbin (incumbent) 1,446,118 100.00%
Total votes 1,446,118 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew
  • Preston Nelson, Republican candidate for Illinois' 12th congressional district in 2018[35]
  • Dean Seppelfrick[35]
  • Connor Vlakancic, CEO of 5Star Inc.[35] (switched to independent)[36]

Declined

Results
Results by county
Republican primary results[2]
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%

Other candidates

A legal ruling, taking note of the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois, allowed the Libertarian and Green Parties to have their selected candidate on the ballot without the normal signature requirements, as they each ran a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016.[39]

Constitution Party

Withdrawn

Green Party

Nominee
  • David F. Black, Green Party nominee for Illinois Attorney General in 2010[41]

Independent American Party

Withdrawn

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Willie Wilson Party

Declared

Independents

Withdrawn
  • Patrick Feges[50][40]
  • Connor Vlakancic, affiliated with the Republican Party (switched from Republican candidacy)[36][40]

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[51] Safe D July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[52] Safe D July 10, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[53] Safe D August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[54] Safe D July 22, 2020
Politico[55] Safe D July 6, 2020
RCP[56] Safe D August 6, 2020
Niskanen[57] Safe D July 26, 2020
270towin[58] Safe D August 6, 2020

Endorsements
Dick Durbin (D)
Organizations
Unions
  • SEIU Healthcare: Indiana-Illinois-Missouri-Kansas[66]

Polling
Hypothetical polling
with Dick Durbin, Generic Republican and Willie Wilson
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Generic
Republican		 Willie
Wilson (I)		 Undecided
Ogden & Fry/Citizens for Willie Wilson[upper-alpha 1] September 4, 2019 538 ± 4.31% 44.1% 33.6% 4.0% 18.3%
with Dick Durbin and Willie Wilson
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Dick
Durbin (D)		 Willie
Wilson (I)		 Undecided
Ogden & Fry/Citizens for Willie Wilson[upper-alpha 2] September 4, 2019 538 ± 4.31% 44.3% 25% 30.7%

Results
United States Senate election in Illinois, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Dick Durbin (incumbent)
Republican Mark Curran
Libertarian Danny Malouf
Green David F. Black
Willie Wilson Party Willie Wilson {{{change}}}
Total votes 100.00%

Notes
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored by Willie Wilson's campaign
  2. Poll sponsored by Willie Wilson's campaign

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