2009 Illinois's 5th congressional district special election
General election
Table:
Illinois's 5th Congressional District Special Election, 2009[7]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Democratic

Michael Quigley

30,561

69.2%

Republican

Rosanna Pulido

10,662

24.2%

Green

Matt Reichel

2,911

6.6%

Turnout

44,134

Majority

19,899

45.1%

Democratic hold

Swing

Based on the table titled 2009 Illinois's 5th congressional district special election, section General election, write a short sentence answering the following question: What were the votes and the percentage of the different candidates in the 2009 Illinois's 5th congressional district special election? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Quigley won with 30,561 votes (69.2%); Pulido had 10,662 (24.2%) and Reichel had 2,911 (6.6%).