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Illinois State Board of Elections
2009 Illinois Special Congressional Races
Primary Filing Deadline: 1/19/09, Independent Filing Deadline: 1/27/09, Primary: 3/3/09, Special Election: 4/7/09,
Last Updated: January 23, 2009
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,
5th Congressional District, 73.9% in '08, Rahm Emanuel (D) resigned after getting elected to a 4th term to become White House Chief-of-Staff, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
Co. Comm'r. Mike Quigley (D) 22.06%,
St. Rep. John A. Fritchey (D) 17.89%, St. Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D) 16.71%, Alderman Patrick J. O'Connor (D) 11.69%, physician Victor A. Forys (D) 11.69%, prof. Charles J. Wheelan (D) 6.69%, labor attorney Thomas Geoghegan (D) 6.08%, physician Paul J. Bryar (D) 1.82%, pilot Jan H. Donatelli (D) 1.62%, Chicago Housing Authority construction superintendent Frank Annunzio (D) 1.37%, businessman Cary Capparelli (D) 1.3%, Carlos A. Monteagudo (D) 0.95%, Roger A. Thompson, III (D) (removed from ballot), 		Minuteman Rosanna Pulido (R) 25.17%,
'08 nominee Tom Hanson (R) 21.50%, Dr. David J. Anderson (R) 17.88%, attorney Gregory A. Bedell (R) 16.67%, Daniel S. "Karkusiewicz" Kay (R) 9.53%, pro wrestler Jon Stewart (R) 9.25%, 		peace activist Matt Reichel (G) 33.8%,
Deb Leticia Gordils (G) 31.57%, Mark A. Fredrickson (G) 14.46%, '08 nominee Alan Paul Augustson (G) withdrew but still got 12.63%, Simon Ribeiro (G) 7.54%,

1. Link to Predictions:
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2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
= Democrat retain control, = Democrats take over control,
= Republican retain control, = Republicans take over control,
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, = Independent / 3rd Party take over control
Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races.
Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control.
Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. Red boxes indicates Republicans took control.

3. Key to Illinois Political Parties:
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Green Party
(R) = Republican Party


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