2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

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All 19 Illinois seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 10 9 Seats won 10 9 Seat change Popular vote 1,986,431 1,442,526 Percentage 57.53% 41.78%
Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   >90% Republican   50–60%   60–70%

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The 2006 congressional elections in Illinois were held November 7, 2006 to determine who would represent the State of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives.

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 110th Congress from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009.

Overview

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	1,986,431	57.53%	10	—
	Republican	1,442,526	41.78%	9	—
	Independents	23,624	0.68%	0	—
Totals		3,452,581	100.00%	19	—

District 1

This district, one of the most heavily Democratic in Illinois and the country, has been represented by Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush since his initial election in 1992. This district is known for having the largest percentage of African-Americans of all congressional districts nationwide; true to the nature of this district, Rush is an African-American. Facing Republican nominee Jason Tabour, Rush easily achieved an eighth term in Congress.

2006 Illinois's 1st congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Rush (incumbent)	146,623	84.06
	Republican	Jason E. Tabour	27,804	15.94
Total votes			174,427	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 2

Initially elected in a special election in 1995 to replace disgraced Congressman Mel Reynolds, Jesse Jackson Jr. has been subsequently re-elected by wide margins in this very liberal district, based in the southeastern portion of Chicago and some of the southern Chicagoan suburbs. This election proved to be no different, and Jackson stomped Republican opponent Robert Belin and Libertarian opponent Anthony Williams to win another term.

2006 Illinois's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Jackson Jr. (incumbent)	146,347	84.84
	Republican	Robert Belin	20,395	11.82
	Libertarian	Anthony W. Williams	5,748	3.33
Total votes			172,490	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 3

In this solidly liberal district, based in the southwestern territory of Chicago and western suburbs of Chicago, has a record of sending socially conservative Democrats to Congress—incumbent Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski has proved no different. Following the retirement of his father, long-serving Congressman Bill Lipinski, Dan Lipinski was elected to Congress in 2004 and faced his first re-election campaign in 2006. Lipinski easily defeated Republican challenger Raymond Wardingley to win a second term.

2006 Illinois's 3rd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Lipinski (incumbent)	127,768	77.10
	Republican	Raymond G. Wardingley	37,954	22.90
Total votes			165,722	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 4

This strangely gerrymandered district connects a northern section that is primarily composed of

back to Congress by overwhelming margins. Seeking his eighth term, Gutierrez ultimately overwhelmed Republican challenger Ann Melichar in a landslide.

2006 Illinois's 4th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luis Gutierrez (incumbent)	69,910	85.84
	Republican	Ann Melichar	11,532	14.16
Total votes			81,442	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 5

This district, currently located in the

and was re-elected to a third term.

2006 Illinois's 5th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rahm Emanuel (incumbent)	114,319	77.99
	Republican	Kevin Edward White	32,250	22.00
	Write-ins		12	0.01
Total votes			146,581	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 6

Long-serving incumbent Republican Congressman

, Roskam ultimately edged out Duckworth by a thin margin, 51.3 to 48.7 percent, keeping district in Republican control. This would be one of the closest races in the 2006 house elections.

The party primaries for the election were held on March 21, 2006. The Republican nominee was Peter Roskam, an Illinois State Senator from the 48th district who lives in Wheaton, Illinois. Roskam ran unopposed in the primary.

The Democratic primary winner was Tammy Duckworth, a decorated Iraq War veteran. On March 21, 2006, Duckworth won the Democratic primary with 44 percent of the vote against 2004 Democratic nominee Christine Cegelis, who received 40 percent, and Wheaton College professor Lindy Scott, who received 16 percent.^[2] Duckworth is a resident of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Although part of Hoffman Estates is within the sixth district, Duckworth lives three miles outside of the district.^[3] She lives in a disabled-accessible house which was refitted for her access by friends.^[4] The U.S. Constitution requires only that a member, when elected, be "an inhabitant of the state in which he shall be chosen." Illinois does not have a district residency requirement.

Duckworth had never held office, and the 2006 race was her first campaign.

In May 2006, the

organization also endorsed Roskam over Duckworth.

Tammy Duckworth was endorsed by the

the Chicago Sun-Times,^[8] and the Pioneer Press.^[9]

The candidates debated on

In August 2006, the Roskam campaign used Republican Party stances for an

On September 10, 2006, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported: "Roskam is trying to use immigration as an issue against his Democratic rival, Tammy Duckworth, in their race for the House seat being vacated by Republican Henry Hyde."^{[citation needed]}

Controversy erupted on September 21, 2006, when the Duckworth campaign accused Roskam of using the term "cut-and-run" in reference to Duckworth's Iraq strategy. Roskam's campaign manager denied that they had made such a statement saying Roskam was "misquoted" and "misrepresented".^[12]

A fundraiser for Roskam and

]

On October 24, actor and Parkinson's disease sufferer Michael J. Fox appeared at a fundraiser for Tammy Duckworth at Arrowhead Golf Course in Wheaton, supporting Duckworth's stance on embryonic stem cell research.^[13][14] Roskam held a simultaneous press conference featuring a cancer survivor who was treated with his own cells.^[15]

On October 30, Roskam attended a fundraiser with Senator John McCain. McCain had cosponsored the immigration bill that Roskam criticized as "amnesty".^{[citation needed]}

Roskam placed television ads that accused Duckworth of wanting to raise

In the week before the election, according to the Elk Grove Times, the

]

The Arlington Heights Daily Herald reported that the NRCC spent $9,000 on robocalls to help Peter Roskam in a single week. This translates into approximately 180,000 calls.[17]

The NRCC released a statement in response claiming the messages were in compliance with the law and compared them to similar ones made by DNC Counsel Joe Sandler.^[18] The Federal Trade Commission Telemarketing Sales Rule excludes political calls, since they are not included in the definition of telemarketing.^[19] No FCC or FTC fines have been issued for robocalls relating to the 6th district 2006 congressional campaign in Illinois.

Roskam trailed Duckworth in fundraising. Roskam raised $3.44 million vs. Duckworth's $4.52 million, but started the fall campaign with more cash on hand, due in part to not having a primary challenger. Roskam was more dependent on contributions from PACs: 56 percent of Roskam's donations and 82 percent of Duckworth's donations came from individuals.^[20] 87 percent of Roskam's contributions and 51 percent of Duckworth's contributions came from the state of Illinois.^[21] Top zipcodes of contributors for Roskam were Wheaton, Glen Ellyn and Hinsdale. Duckworth's top zip codes were Chicago, Winnetka and New York City.^[22]

According to FEC filings, both candidates received donations from various political action committees.^[23][24] As of June 30, 2006, Roskam received more contributions from political committees formed by sitting legislators than any other non-incumbent Congressional candidate in the nation. A Roskam campaign spokesman credited House Speaker Dennis Hastert for those contributions.^[25]

2006 Illinois's 6th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Roskam	91,382	51.35
	Democratic	Tammy Duckworth	86,572	48.65
	Write-ins		3	0.00
Total votes			177,957	100.00
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Democratic Congressman

majority district.

2006 Illinois's 7th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis (incumbent)	143,071	86.70
	Republican	Charles Hutchinson	21,939	13.30
Total votes			165,010	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 8

In 2004, Democrat Melissa Bean had scored an upset to become the first Democratic representative from the district since its creation in 1935 even though President George W. Bush carried the district by a large margin. In 2006, Bean sought a second term and was opposed by investment banker David McSweeney. Though some anticipated a close race, Bean outlasted McSweeney by a comfortable margin, considering the district's moderate nature.

The 8th district election was unusual in several ways: The two main candidates in the election for the

. However, Bean defeated McSweeney by a nearly five percent margin during a national election which proved unfavorable to Republicans nationwide.

The district had long leaned Republican. As of 2002, the district had been represented by Phil Crane for 33 years. Bean's 2004 victory was considered to be a decisive upset in a district once considered to be reliably conservative. Making Bean's victory even more important for the Democratic Party was the fact that the Party lost seats in the House elsewhere in the country, meaning Bean's victory somewhat softened the Party's overall net defeat in the 2004 election, which saw the reelection of Republican President George W. Bush as well as a net Republican gain in both the House and the Senate. Given their overall dominance in the 2004 elections and a congressional district they still saw as conservative, the Republican Party marked Bean's district as one of their top priorities in the upcoming 2006 House elections.

Republican challengers included David McSweeney, Kathy Salvi, Aaron Lincoln, Robert Churchill, Ken Arnold, and James Creighton Miller.

2006 8th district Republican primary results

	Vote total	Percentage
David McSweeney	24,613	42.751%
Kathy Salvi	19,084	33.147%
Robert W. Churchill	9,111	15.825%
Aaron Lincoln	2,598	4.512%
Ken Arnold	1,259	2.187%
James Creighton Miller	908	1.578%

The 2006 Republican primary for the 8th congressional district was highly contested, with six candidates. David McSweeney garnered 43% of the vote, winning by 10 points over his closest opponent, Kathy Salvi.^[26] During the course of the campaign the McSweeney and Salvi campaigns used negative ads against one another. Salvi criticized McSweeney, claiming he raised taxes two years in a row, increased spending by 28%, and added 20% more employees while serving as a Trustee for Palatine Township. McSweeney responded with a television ad stating "Kathy Salvi is lying".^[27]

In a

Congressman Mark Kirk (R) of the neighboring 10th district, supported Teresa Bartels, a moderate, during the Republican primary. Kirk believed that David McSweeney could not win the district, with a conservative being easily defeated by the incumbent Melissa Bean. However, Bartels dropped out before the primary. Kirk reluctantly supported David

.

Lynn Sweet, Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, reported in April 2006 that "the 8th District Bean-McSweeney race is one of a handful in the nation that could determine which party controls Congress."^[29]

In June 2006, the

McSweeney is a conservative

Bean won in each county in her district.

Endorsements

2006 Illinois's 8th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melissa Bean (incumbent)	93,355	50.90
	Republican	David McSweeney	80,720	44.01
	Moderate	Bill Scheurer	9,319	5.08
Total votes			183,394	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 9

Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman

and the northern Chicagoan suburbs. True to the district's history of electing Democrats, Schakowsky slammed Republican opponent Michael Shannon with nearly seventy-five percent of the vote.

2006 Illinois's 9th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)	122,852	74.59
	Republican	Michael P. Shannon	41,858	25.41
Total votes			164,710	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 10

Initially elected in

.

Democratic hopes for winning here rose after

Daniel "Dan" Seals is a native of

]

Seals was a

Mark Kirk is a graduate of

.

In his most difficult race since 2000, Kirk prevailed by a 53% to 47% margin.

2006 Illinois's 10th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Kirk (incumbent)	107,929	53.38
	Democratic	Dan Seals	94,278	46.62
Total votes			202,207	100.00
	Republican hold

District 11

Republican

. True to the district's conservative tilt, however, Weller defeated Pavich, 55% to 45%, a narrower margin than expected.

Weller was a staff member for

general election

.

John J. Pavich was an American attorney who served on the legal defense team of former

]

2006 Illinois's 11th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Weller (incumbent)	109,009	55.10
	Democratic	John Pavich	88,846	44.90
Total votes			197,855	100.00
	Republican hold

District 12

This liberal-leaning district based in southern Illinois and the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis has consistently given Democratic incumbent Congressman Jerry Costello solid re-elections ever since he was initially elected in a 1988 special election. Seeing as he faced no challenge this year other than a few write-in votes, Costello was a shoo-in for re-election and received nearly one hundred percent of the vote.

2006 Illinois's 12th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Costello (incumbent)	157,284	100.00
	Write-ins		7	0.00
Total votes			157,291	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 13

In this compact district based in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Judy Biggert sought a fifth term. Biggert has typically enjoyed wide margins of victory in this moderately conservative district, and this year proved no different. Biggert defeated Democratic challenger Joseph Shannon by a seventeen-point margin—a wide margin, no doubt, but thinner than what Biggert received before.

2006 Illinois's 13th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judy Biggert (incumbent)	119,720	58.34
	Democratic	Joseph Shannon	85,507	41.66
Total votes			205,227	100.00
	Republican hold

District 14

Incumbent Republican Congressman Dennis Hastert, the Speaker of the House since 1999, has represented this conservative-leaning district since his initial election in 1986. Hastert faced off against Democratic challenger John Laesch in the general election, and Hastert faced off against Democratic challenger John Laesch in the general election, true to this northern Illinois district's conservative history, defeated him by a wide margin.

Endorsements

2006 Illinois's 14th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Hastert (incumbent)	117,870	59.79
	Democratic	John Laesch	79,274	40.21
Total votes			197,144	100.00
	Republican hold

District 15

Incumbent Republican Congressman

.

2006 Illinois's 15th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Johnson (incumbent)	116,810	57.59
	Democratic	David Gill	86,025	42.41
Total votes			202,835	100.00
	Republican hold

District 16

In this conservative-leaning district based in

, and this year proved no different. Manzullo crushed Democratic opponent Richard Auman and independent challenger John Borling with nearly sixty-five percent of the vote and won an eighth term in Congress.

2006 Illinois's 16th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Manzullo (incumbent)	125,508	63.55
	Democratic	Richard D. Auman	63,462	32.13
	Independent	John Borling	8,523	4.32
Total votes			197,493	100.00
	Republican hold

District 17

This strangely shaped district constitutes much of

in the general election, which he won handily.

Endorsements

2006 Illinois's 17th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Hare	115,025	57.17
	Republican	Andrea Zinga	86,161	42.83
Total votes			201,186	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 18

This solidly conservative district based in

since 1995 and has consistently given him comfortable margins of re-election. This year, despite the anti-Republican sentiment nationwide, LaHood was able to swamp Democratic opponent Steve Waterworth with nearly seventy percent of the vote.

2006 Illinois's 18th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray LaHood (incumbent)	150,194	67.28
	Democratic	Steve Waterworth	73,052	32.72
Total votes			223,246	100.00
	Republican hold

District 19

This district, the most conservative in Illinois, was composed mainly of

; he knew of embattled Congressman Foley's controversial activities as the Chairman of the House Page Board and did not take action against Foley. Despite this, Shimkus ultimately swamped Stover on election day, winning over sixty percent of the vote and another term in Congress.

In the Democratic primary, Danny Stover won over coal miner Vic Roberts:

• Stover 20,555 61.56%
• Roberts 12,835 38.44%

In the Republican primary, incumbent John Shimkus only faced token opposition from a write-in candidate.

Danny Stover had the endorsement of the St. Louis Dispatch and John Shimkus had the endorsement of the

he won by a landslide 39% to 60%. Winning all but one of the 24 counties he represented.

2006 Illinois's 19th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Shimkus (incumbent)	143,491	60.71
	Democratic	Danny L. Stover	92,861	39.29
Total votes			236,352	100.00
Majority			50,630	21.42%
	Republican hold

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External links

• Illinois State Board of Elections
• Campaign contributions for Illinois congressional races from OpenSecrets
• Melissa Bean campaign website
• David McSweeney campaign website Archived 2019-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Bill Scheurer campaign website
• Bill Scheurer for Congress Blog
• Bill Scheurer profile on Project VoteSmart
• McSweeney interview
• Official web site - Mark Kirk
• State Board of Elections Candidate Detail - Dan Seals Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Official campaign site
• Case information sheet for Biljana Plavšić
• Clandestine Service description