Carol Moseley Braun - Electoral History

Electoral History

Illinois U.S. Senate Election 1992 - Democratic Primary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Carol Moseley Braun 557,694 38.30
Democratic Alan Dixon (incumbent) 504,077 34.61
Democratic Albert Hofeld 394,497 27.09
Illinois U.S. Senate Election 1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Carol Moseley Braun 2,631,229 53.27
Republican Richard Williamson 2,126,833 43.06
Illinois U.S. Senate Election 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Peter Fitzgerald 1,709,041 50.35
Democratic Carol Moseley Braun (incumbent) 1,610,496 47.44
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1992, write-ins received 28 votes. In 1998, Raymond W. Stalker received 280 votes.
Chicago mayoral election, 2011 (General Election)
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Nonpartisan Rahm Emanuel 323,546 55%
Nonpartisan Gery Chico 140,362 24%
Nonpartisan Miguel del Valle 54,342 9%
Nonpartisan Carol Moseley Braun 52,483 9%
Nonpartisan Patricia Van Pelt Watkins 9,604 2%
Nonpartisan William "Dock" Walls III 5,291 1%

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