Illinois' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 3rd Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Daniel Lipinski (D), who was first elected in 2004, defeated challenger Sharon Brannigan (R) in the general election. He won re-election in 2012 with almost 70 percent of the vote. He ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination in the primary.
Brannigan defeated Diane Harris in the Republican primary. Harris was a Republican write-in candidate for the 2012 11th District elections. Brannigan had just under $2,500 cash-on-hand while Lipinski maintained over $1 million in July.
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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.[4][5]
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.[6]
- See also: Illinois elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Daniel Lipinski (D), who was first elected in 2004.
Illinois' 3rd Congressional District includes western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago as well as a portion of the southwest side of the city of Chicago itself. Parts of Cook, DuPage and Will counties lie within the district.[7]
Candidates
General election candidates
Sharon Brannigan- Daniel Lipinski - Incumbent
March 18, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 3rd Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Daniel Lipinski (D) defeated challenger Sharon Brannigan (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Dan Lipinski Incumbent |
64.6% | 116,764 | |
| Republican | Sharon Brannigan | 35.4% | 64,091 | |
| Total Votes | 180,855 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results | ||||
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Sharon Brannigan |
62.7% | 18,358 | ||
| Diane Harris | 37.3% | 10,937 | ||
| Total Votes | 29,295 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
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.[10] 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.[11] Daniel Lipinski voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[12]
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.[13] 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. Daniel Lipinski voted against HR 2775.[14]
Campaign contributions
Daniel Lipinski
| Daniel Lipinski (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[15] | June 26, 2013 | $791,533.40 | $93,347.25 | $(95,242.54) | $789,638.11 | ||||
| July Quarterly[16] | July 14, 2013 | $789,638.11 | $128,172.41 | $(45,027.78) | $872,782.74 | ||||
| October Quarterly[17] | October 13, 2013 | $872,782.74 | $71,688.37 | $(45,142.74) | $899,328.37 | ||||
| Year-end[18] | January 31, 2014 | $899,328 | $126,972 | $(46,142) | $980,158 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[19] | March 6, 2014 | $980,158 | $15,765 | $(51,078) | $944,845 | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 15, 2014 | $944,845 | $90,673 | $(27,989) | $1,007,529 | ||||
| July Quarterly[21] | July 15, 2014 | $1,007,529.00 | $91,605.00 | $(72,437.00) | $1,026,741.00 | ||||
| October Quarterly[22] | October 15, 2014 | $1,026,741 | $142,487 | $(68,372) | $1,100,856 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $760,710.03 | $(451,431.06) | ||||||||
Sharon Brannigan
| Sharon Brannigan (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[23] | April 15, 2014 | $0 | $9,700 | $(5,000) | $4,700 | ||||
| Pre-General[24] | April 24, 2014 | $4,700 | $9,700 | $(5,000) | $4,700 | ||||
| July Quarterly[25] | July 15, 2014 | $4,700.00 | $1,000.00 | $(12,350.00) | $2,350.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $20,400 | $(22,350) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 3rd Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Daniel Lipinski won re-election in the district.[26]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Daniel Lipinski Incumbent |
68.5% | 168,738 | |
| Republican | Richard Grabowski | 31.5% | 77,653 | |
| Total Votes | 246,391 | |||
| Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Daniel Lipinski won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael A. Bendas (R) and Laurel Lambert Schmidt (G) in the general election.[27]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 3 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Daniel Lipinski incumbent |
69.7% | 116,120 | |
| Republican | Michael A. Bendas | 24.3% | 40,479 | |
| Green | Laurel Lambert Schmidt | 6% | 10,028 | |
| Total Votes | 166,627 | |||
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ Harris for Congress "Home" Accesse dJuly 13, 2013
- ↑ Illinois Election Division, "Candidate detail: Sharon Brannigan," accessed November 27, 2013
- ↑ 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 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," October 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-General," 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
