2004 United States Senate election in Illinois

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 2, 2004
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Republican_Party_(United_States)
gptkb:Peter_Fitzgerald
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:Alan_Keyes
gptkb:Jerry_Kohn
gptkbp:nextEdition 2010 United States Senate election in Illinois
gptkbp:notableFor Alan Keyes was a replacement candidate after Jack Ryan withdrew
Barack Obama became the third African American elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction
Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention during the campaign
gptkbp:officeContested U.S. Senator from Illinois
gptkbp:percentageForAlanKeyes 27%
gptkbp:percentageForBarackObama 70%
gptkbp:previousEdition 1998 United States Senate election in Illinois
gptkbp:reasonForOpenSeat Peter Fitzgerald did not seek re-election
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Republican_Party_(United_States)
gptkbp:type gptkb:politics
gptkbp:votesForAlanKeyes 1,390,690
gptkbp:votesForBarackObama 3,597,456
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:Democratic_Party_(United_States)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Senate_(Illinois,_2004)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7