United States Senate election in Illinois, 1984

November 6, 1984



Nominee	Paul Simon	Charles H. Percy
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,397,165	2,308,039
Percentage	50.07%	48.21%

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Charles H. Percy
Republican

Elected Senator

Paul Simon
Democratic

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The 1984 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Charles H. Percy ran for re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate. Senator Percy was opposed by Democratic nominee Paul Simon, who was a United States Congressman from Illinois's 22nd congressional district. The campaign between Percy and Simon was brutal and toughly-fought, and ended up with Simon ousting Percy by fewer than 90,000 votes, which was, at the time, considered an upset.

General election

Candidates

Paul Simon (D), United States Congressman from Illinois's 22nd congressional district
Charles H. Percy (R), incumbent United States Senator
Steve I. Givot (L)
Marjorie H. Pries (I)
Nelson Gonzalez (SW)
Ishmael Flory (C)

Results

The election was very close. Simon prevailed by only 89,126 votes, or 1.86%. Incumbent Percy did well all throughout the state, including the Chicago collar counties. However, Simon received huge numbers out of the heavily populated and Democratic Cook County, which encompasses most of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Percy led early on and well into the night, but as Cook County began to count all of its votes, Simon pulled ahead. Simon won despite then-president Reagan winning the state easily. Percy called Simon at around 5 A.M. the next day and conceded. Percy also congratulated Simon on his hard-earned victory. Simon was sworn in on January 3, 1985, and served in the senate until January 3, 1997, when he retired. Simon was later succeeded by Dick Durbin, a close friend and fellow Democrat.

United States Senate election in Illinois, 1984^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Paul Simon	2,397,165	50.07%	+4.60%
	Republican	Charles H. Percy (Incumbent)	2,308,039	48.21%	-5.13%
	Libertarian	Steve I. Givot	59,777	1.25%	+0.74%
	Independent	Marjorie H. Pries	12,366	0.26%
	Socialist Workers	Nelson Gonzalez	4,913	0.10%	-0.40%
	Communist	Ishmael Flory	4,802	0.10%
	Write-ins		273	0.01%
Majority			89,126	1.86%	-6.00%
Turnout			4,787,335
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf

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