| Turnout | Richard Durbin* (D) |
Steve Sauerberg (R) |
Kathy Cummings (Green) |
Larry Stafford (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 59% | 3,584 | 48.5% | 3,485 | 47.2% | 185 | 2.5% | 62 | 0.8% | 70 | 0.9% | 99 | 7,386 |
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Other candidates included: Chad Koppie (Constitution), 24,059 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Richard Durbin* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $13,112,372 |
| Total Receipts: | $11,317,550 |
| Cash on Hand: | $3,035,621 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $7,883,877 |
| Party Contributions: | $12,620 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $2,380,904 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $104,385 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $3,340 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $3,340 |
| Net Spending: | $13,115,712 |
| Steve Sauerberg | |
| Total Disbursements: | $12,040,340 |
| Total Receipts: | $2,025,437 |
| Cash on Hand: | $7,298 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $1,289,045 |
| Individual Contributions: | $698,763 |
| Party Contributions: | $5,577 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $22,923 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $12,040,340 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/IL/2008