Elections were held in
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
on November 6, 2012.
Primaries were held March 20.
Election information
Turnout
Primary election
For the primary election, turnout was 23.20%, with 1,694,317 votes cast.
;Turnout by county
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General election
For the general election, turnout was 70.20%, with 5,279,752 votes cast.[
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Federal elections
United States President
Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket
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of Barack Obama
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and Joe Biden.
This was the sixth consecutive presidential election in which Illinois had voted for the Democratic ticket.
United States House
Illinois had lost one seat in the reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census
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. All 18 of Illinois' remaining seats in the United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
were up for election in 2012.
Before the election, Republicans held 11 and Democrats held 8 seats from Illinois. In 2002, Democrats won 12 seats while Republicans won 6.
State elections
State Senate
One-third of the seats of the Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state, State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adop ...
were up for election in 2012.
State House of Representatives
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
were up for election in 2012.
Judicial elections
Judicial elections were held.
Ballot measure
Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1998.[
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Illinois Public Pension Amendment
Illinois voters rejected the proposed Illinois Public Pension Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment
A legislative referral (or legislative referendum) is a referendum in which a legislature puts proposed legislation up for popular vote. This may either be voluntarily or, as is the case in many countries for a constitutional amendment, as a man ...
. This would have amended the Constitution of Illinois
The Constitution of the State of Illinois is the governing document of the state of Illinois. There have been four Illinois Constitutions; the fourth and current version was adopted in 1970. The current constitution is referred to as the "Constit ...
.
Local elections
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.
Notes
References
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2012 elections in the United States by state