Illinois' 16th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 16th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Adam Kinzinger (R), who was first elected in 2010, defeated challenger Randall Olsen (D) in the general election. Olsen ran unopposed for the Democratic primary, while Randall breezed through his Republican primary against David Hale by winning 78.4 percent of the vote. Kinzinger was able to expect a similar outcome to 2012, where he won by a margin of victory of 23.6.
Kinzinger maintained over $550,000 cash-on-hand up until the election while Olsen had less than $2,000.[4]
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Illinois uses an open primary system. Voters do not have to register with a party, but they do have to choose, publicly, which party's ballot they will vote on at the primary election.[5][6]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by February 18, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7, 2014.[7]
- See also: Illinois elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Adam Kinzinger (R), who was first elected in 2010.
Illinois' 16th Congressional District covers all of Boone, Bureau, Grundy, Iroquois, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Ogle, and Putnam counties and parts of DeKalb, Ford, Stark, Will, and Winnebago counties.[8]
Candidates
General election candidates
- Adam Kinzinger - Incumbent
Randall Olsen
March 18, 2014, primary results
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Elections
General election results
The 16th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Adam Kinzinger (R) defeated challenger Randall Olsen (D) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Adam Kinzinger Incumbent |
70.6% | 153,388 | |
| Democratic | Randall Olsen | 29.4% | 63,810 | |
| Total Votes | 217,198 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results | ||||
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Adam Kinzinger Incumbent |
78.4% | 56,593 | ||
| David Hale | 21.6% | 15,558 | ||
| Total Votes | 72,151 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
HR 676
On July 30, 2014, the U.S. House approved a resolution 225 to 201 to sue President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. Five Republicans—Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve Stockman of Texas—voted with Democrats against the lawsuit.[11] Kinzinger joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[12][13]
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[14] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[15] Adam Kinzinger voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[16]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[17] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Adam Kinzinger voted for HR 2775.[18]
Campaign contributions
Adam Kinzinger
| Adam Kinzinger (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[19] | April 17, 2013 | $99,987.58 | $212,341.68 | $(80,910.70) | $231,418.56 | ||||
| July Quarterly[20] | July 15, 2013 | $231,418.56 | $274,374.49 | $(117,056.25) | $388,736.80 | ||||
| October Quarterly[21] | October 13, 2013 | $388,736.80 | $280,461.57 | $(129,336.20) | $539,862.17 | ||||
| Year-end[22] | January 31, 2014 | $539,862 | $191,400 | $(244,864) | $486,397 | ||||
| July Quarterly[23] | July 15, 2014 | $414,829.00 | $296,441.00 | $(155,994.00) | $558,634.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,255,018.74 | $(728,161.15) | ||||||||
Randall Olsen
| Randall Olsen (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[24] | April 16, 2014 | $2,151.90 | $1,733.60 | $(3,121.81) | $763.69 | ||||
| July Quarter[25] | July 1, 2014 | $763.00 | $2,810.00 | $(2,766.00) | $1,832.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $4,543.6 | $(5,887.81) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 16th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent from the 11th District, Adam Kinzinger won the election in the district.[26]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Adam Kinzinger Incumbent |
61.8% | 181,789 | |
| Democratic | Wanda Rohl | 38.2% | 112,301 | |
| Total Votes | 294,090 | |||
| Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Donald A. Manzullo won re-election to the United States House. He defeated George W. Gaulrapp (D) and Terry G. Campbell (G) in the general election.[27]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 16 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Donald A. Manzullo incumbent |
65% | 138,299 | |
| Democratic | George W. Gaulrapp | 31% | 66,037 | |
| Green | Terry G. Campbell | 4% | 8,425 | |
| Total Votes | 212,761 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ [http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/615/14941774615/14941774615.pdf Federal Election Commission, "Report for Receipts and Disbursements," accessed October 7, 2014
- ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Illinois Compiled Statutes 10 ILCS 5/7-41," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Registering to Vote in Illinois," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ June 2011 Illinois Redistricting, "Map," accessed July 23, 2012
- ↑ Breitbart, "Kinzinger Gets Challenge From Tea Party Activist David Hale in IL-16," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ WIFR, "Randall Olsen Announces Intention to Run for Illinois 16th Congressional District," accessed October 7, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Illinois"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
