1998 United States Senate election in Illinois
The 1998 United States Senate election in Illinois was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun decided to run for re-election, despite the number of controversies that she had in her first term. Republican State Senator Peter Fitzgerald won his party's primary with a slim margin of victory. Fitzgerald won with a margin of victory of approximately 3%. He won all but five counties and became the only Republican Senate candidate to defeat a Democratic incumbent in 1998.
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| Turnout | 50.25% | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Fitzgerald: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Braun: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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