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Date Type Results
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 J. B. Pritzker(I)
2,253,748
54.91% 		 Darren Bailey
1,739,095
42.37% 		 Scott Schluter
111,712
2.72% 		 Emily Johnson (W)
28
0.00% 		 Shon-Tiyon "Santiago" Horton (W)
28
0.00% 		 Elizabeth Ann Sebesta (W)
18
0.00% 		 Michael Kinney (W)
7
0.00%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 J. B. Pritzker
2,479,746
54.53% 		 Bruce Rauner(I)
1,765,751
38.83% 		 William "Sam" McCann
192,527
4.23% 		 Grayson "Kash" Jackson
109,518
2.41% 		 Nancy Foster (W)
32
0.00% 		 Kevin D. Ryan (W)
20
0.00% 		 JÖ 753 (W)
16
0.00%
  Michael W. Scruggs (W)
15
0.00% 		 Gregg Moore (W)
13
0.00% 		 Robert G. Canfield (W)
12
0.00% 		 Thomas Kuna-Jacob (W)
4
0.00% 		 David Tholin (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Bruce Rauner
1,823,627
50.27% 		 Pat Quinn(I)
1,681,343
46.35% 		 Chad Grimm
121,534
3.35% 		 Scott Summers (W)
685
0.02% 		 Robert G. Chico Perez (W)
256
0.01% 		 Mark Smith (W)
134
0.00% 		 Ryan Sweeney (W)
95
0.00%
  Michael W. Scruggs (W)
10
0.00% 		 Aaron Merreighn (W)
7
0.00%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Pat Quinn(I)
1,745,219
46.79% 		 Bill Brady, Jr.
1,713,385
45.94% 		 Scott Lee Cohen
135,705
3.64% 		 Rich Whitney
100,756
2.70% 		 Lex Green
34,681
0.93% 		 Michael White (W)
221
0.01% 		 Steve Estill (W)
17
0.00%
  Gregg Moore (W)
3
0.00% 		  None of the Above (W)
2
0.00%
Jan 29, 2009 Appointment
 Pat Quinn
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Rod Blagojevich(I)
1,736,219
49.80% 		 Judy Baar Topinka
1,368,682
39.26% 		 Rich Whitney
361,163
10.36% 		 Randall C. Stufflebeam (W)
19,020
0.55% 		 Mark R. McCoy (W)
476
0.01% 		 Randy A. White (W)
252
0.01% 		 Tim Nieukirk (W)
152
0.00%
  Angel L. Rivera (W)
134
0.00% 		 Albert Sloan (W)
129
0.00% 		 Mike Shorten (W)
98
0.00% 		 Jack L. "Captain" Spani (W)
81
0.00% 		 Kevin J. Bogner (W)
76
0.00% 		 Marvin J. Koch, Jr. (W)
39
0.00%
  Joseph F. Krug (W)
29
0.00% 		 David Louis The Christ Sito (W)
16
0.00% 		 Barry Newman (W)
6
0.00% 		 William Miller (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Rod Blagojevich
1,847,040
52.19% 		 Jim Ryan
1,594,960
45.07% 		 Cal Skinner, Jr.
73,794
2.09% 		 Marisellis Brown
23,089
0.65% 		 Peter Dale Kauss (W)
8
0.00%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 George Ryan
1,714,094
51.03% 		 Glenn Poshard
1,594,191
47.46% 		 Lawrence Redmond
50,372
1.50% 		 Frances Friedman (W)
33
0.00% 		 John Studer (W)
6
0.00% 		 Sarah H. Katz (W)
3
0.00% 		 Larry Lichtenberger (W)
3
0.00%
  Berneta Weathers (W)
2
0.00% 		 Mary Johnson (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Jim Edgar(I)
1,984,318
63.87% 		 Dawn Clark Netsch
1,069,850
34.44% 		 David Kelley
52,388
1.69% 		 Catherine Renee Sedwick (W)
6
0.00% 		 Duone Brown (W)
4
0.00%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Jim Edgar
1,653,126
50.75% 		 Neil Hartigan
1,569,217
48.17% 		 Jessie A. Fields
35,067
1.08%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 James R. Thompson(I)
1,655,849
52.67% 		 Adlai Stevenson III
1,256,626
39.97% 		 No Candidate
208,830
6.64% 		 Gary L. Shilts
15,646
0.50% 		 Diane Roling
6,843
0.22% 		 Charles E. Keon (W)
141
0.00% 		 Wilbur L. Keeling (W)
30
0.00%
  David L. Bernabie (W)
13
0.00%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 James R. Thompson(I)
1,816,101
49.44% 		 Adlai Stevenson III
1,811,027
49.30% 		 Bea Armstrong
24,417
0.66% 		 John E. Roche
22,001
0.60% 		  Others (W)
135
0.00%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 James R. Thompson(I)
1,859,864
59.04% 		 Michael J. Bakalis
1,263,134
40.09% 		 Georgia Shields
11,420
0.36% 		 Cecil Lampkin
11,206
0.36% 		 Melvin Klenetsky
4,737
0.15% 		  Write-In (W)
62
0.00%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
 James R. Thompson
3,000,395
64.68% 		 Michael J. Howlett
1,610,258
34.71% 		 Ishmael Flory
10,091
0.22% 		 F. Joseph McCaffrey
7,552
0.16% 		 Suzanne Haig
4,926
0.11% 		 George LaForest
3,147
0.07% 		 Edward Waffle
2,302
0.05%
   Write-In (W)
369
0.01%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 Dan Walker
2,371,303
50.68% 		 Richard B. Ogilvie(I)
2,293,809
49.02% 		 George LaForest
7,966
0.17% 		 Ishmael Flory
4,592
0.10% 		  Write-In
1,373
0.03%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
 Richard B. Ogilvie
2,307,295
51.20% 		 Samuel H. Shapiro(I)
2,179,501
48.37% 		 Edward C. Gross
19,175
0.43% 		  Write-In (W)
29
0.00%
May 21, 1968 Appointment
 Samuel H. Shapiro
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 Otto Kerner Jr.(I)
2,418,394
51.92% 		 Charles H. Percy
2,239,095
48.08% 		  Write-In (W)
11
0.00%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Otto Kerner Jr.
2,594,731
55.51% 		 William G. Stratton(I)
2,070,479
44.30% 		 Edward C. Gross
8,976
0.19% 		  Write-In (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 William G. Stratton(I)
2,171,786
50.34% 		 Richard B. Austin
2,134,909
49.48% 		 Edward C. Gross
7,874
0.18% 		  Write-In (W)
42
0.00%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 William G. Stratton
2,317,363
52.48% 		 Sherwood Dixon
2,089,721
47.32% 		 Louis Fisher
8,777
0.20% 		  Write-In (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Adlai E. Stevenson II
2,250,074
57.10% 		 Dwight H. Green(I)
1,678,007
42.59% 		 Willis R. Wilson
9,491
0.24% 		 Louis Fisher
2,673
0.07% 		  Write-In (W)
12
0.00%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 Dwight H. Green(I)
2,013,270
50.75% 		 Thomas J. Courtney
1,940,999
48.93% 		 Charles Storm
6,906
0.17% 		 Willis R. Wilson
5,590
0.14%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Dwight H. Green
2,197,778
52.93% 		 Harry Hershey
1,940,833
46.74% 		 Arthur McDowell
7,523
0.18% 		 Clay Freeman Gaumer
6,467
0.16% 		  Write-In (W)
21
0.00%
Oct 06, 1940 Appointment
 John H. Stelle
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Henry Horner(I)
2,067,861
53.13% 		 C. Wayland Brooks
1,682,674
43.23% 		 William Hale Thompson
128,962
3.31% 		 John Fisher
6,966
0.18% 		 Harmon W. Reed
2,896
0.07% 		 O. Alfred Olson
2,602
0.07% 		  Others (W)
4
0.00%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Henry Horner
1,930,330
57.62% 		 Lennington H. "Len" Small
1,364,043
40.71% 		 Roy E. Burt
39,389
1.18% 		 Leondies McDonald
12,466
0.37% 		 J.E. Procum
2,896
0.09% 		 W. W. O'Brien
1,182
0.04% 		  Others (W)
14
0.00%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Louis L. Emmerson
1,709,818
56.76% 		 Floyd E. Thompson
1,284,897
42.66% 		 George Koop
12,974
0.43% 		 William F. Kruse
3,153
0.10% 		 J.E. Procum
1,361
0.05%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Lennington H. "Len" Small(I)
1,366,436
56.72% 		 Norman L. Jones
1,021,408
42.40% 		 Andrew Lafin
15,191
0.63% 		 William F. Dunne
2,329
0.10% 		 Fred Koch
2,312
0.10% 		 James A. Logan
1,025
0.04% 		 Morris Lynchenheim
414
0.02%
   Write-In (W)
6
0.00%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Lennington H. "Len" Small
1,243,148
58.87% 		 James Hamilton Lewis
731,541
34.64% 		 Andrew Lafin
58,998
2.79% 		 John H. Walker
56,480
2.67% 		 James H. Woertendyke
9,876
0.47% 		 John Maynard Harlan
5,985
0.28% 		 John M. Francis
3,020
0.14%
  Harrison Parker
1,260
0.06% 		 Lewis D. Spaulding
930
0.04% 		 Parke Longworth
357
0.02% 		  Others (W)
5
0.00%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Frank O. Lowden
696,535
52.67% 		 Edward F. Dunne(I)
556,654
42.09% 		 Seymour Stedman
52,316
3.96% 		 John R. Golden
15,309
1.16% 		 John M. Francis
1,739
0.13%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 Edward F. Dunne
443,120
38.11% 		 Charles S. Deneen(I)
318,469
27.39% 		 Frank H. Funk
303,401
26.09% 		 John C. Kennedy
78,679
6.77% 		 Edward Worrell
15,231
1.31% 		 John M. Francis
3,980
0.34%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 Charles S. Deneen(I)
550,076
47.64% 		 Adlai Ewing Stevenson
526,912
45.64% 		 Daniel R. Sheen
33,922
2.94% 		 James H. Brower
31,293
2.71% 		 George W. McCaskrin
10,883
0.94% 		 Gustave A. Jennings
1,526
0.13%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 Charles S. Deneen
634,029
59.09% 		 Lawrence B. Stringer
334,880
31.21% 		 John Collins
59,062
5.50% 		 Robert H. Patton
35,440
3.30% 		 Philip Veal
4,379
0.41% 		 James Hogan
4,364
0.41% 		 Andrew G. Specht
780
0.07%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 Richard Yates, Jr.
580,199
51.49% 		 Samuel Alschuler
518,966
46.06% 		 Visscher Vere "V.V." Barnes
15,643
1.39% 		 Herman C. Perry
8,611
0.76% 		 Louis P. Hoffman
1,319
0.12% 		 Alfred Cheesbrough "A. C." Van Tine
1,106
0.10% 		 Lloyd G. Spencer
650
0.06%
  John Cordingly
334
0.03%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 John R. Tanner
587,637
54.10% 		 John Peter Altgeld(I)
474,256
43.66% 		 George Washington Gere
14,559
1.34% 		 William St. John Forman
8,102
0.75% 		 Charles A. Baustian
985
0.09% 		 Rev. Isaac W. Higgs
723
0.07% 		  Write-In (W)
10
0.00%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 John Peter Altgeld
425,558
48.74% 		 Joseph W. Fifer(I)
402,686
46.12% 		 Robert R. Link
24,808
2.84% 		 Nathan M. Barnett
20,103
2.30%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 Joseph W. Fifer
367,860
49.15% 		 John McAuley Palmer
355,313
47.47% 		 David H. Harts
18,874
2.52% 		 Willis W. Jones
6,394
0.85%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
 Richard James Oglesby
334,234
49.63% 		 Carter H. Harrison, Sr.
319,635
47.47% 		 Rev. James Bartlett Hobbs
10,905
1.62% 		 Jesse Harper
8,605
1.28% 		  Write-In (W)
10
0.00%
Feb 16, 1883 Appointment
 John Marshall Hamilton
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1880 General Election
 Shelby Moore Cullom(I)
314,565
50.57% 		 Lyman Trumbull
277,532
44.61% 		 Alson Jenness Streeter
28,898
4.65% 		  Others
953
0.15% 		 Uriah Copp, Jr. (W)
122
0.02%
Nov 06, 1876 General Election
 Shelby Moore Cullom
279,263
50.58% 		 Lewis Steward
272,465
49.35% 		 Samuel B. Allen (W)
184
0.03% 		 James F. Simpson (W)
181
0.03%
Jan 23, 1873 Appointment
 John Lourie Beveridge
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1872 General Election
 Richard James Oglesby
237,774
54.41% 		 Gustavus Koerner
197,084
45.09% 		 Benjamin G. Wright
2,185
0.50%
Nov 03, 1868 General Election
 John McAuley Palmer
249,912
55.57% 		 John R. Eden
199,813
44.43%
Nov 08, 1864 General Election
 Richard James Oglesby
190,376
54.54% 		 James C. Robinson
158,701
45.46%
Nov 06, 1860 General Election
 Richard Yates
172,196
51.19% 		 James Cameron Allen
159,253
47.34% 		 Thomas Hope
2,049
0.61% 		 John Todd Stuart
1,626
0.48% 		 J. W. Chickering
1,148
0.34% 		 William Brown
68
0.02% 		 John Hassack
46
0.01%
   Scattering
17
0.01%
Mar 21, 1860 Succession
 John Wood
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1856 General Election
 William H. Bissell
111,466
46.97% 		 William Alexander Richardson
106,769
44.99% 		 Buckner Stithe Morris
19,088
8.04%
Nov 02, 1852 General Election
 Joel Aldrich Matteson
80,789
52.39% 		 Edwin B. Webb
64,408
41.76% 		 D. A. Knowlton
9,024
5.85%
Nov 01, 1848 General Election
 Augustus Caeser French(I)
67,828
86.76% 		 W. S. Morison
5,659
7.24% 		 Charles V. Dyer
4,692
6.00%
Aug 03, 1846 General Election
 Augustus Caeser French
58,657
58.16% 		 Thomas M. Kilpatrick
37,033
36.72% 		 Richard Eels
5,154
5.11% 		 Owen Lovejoy
2
0.00% 		 Edwin Town
1
0.00% 		 Michael D. Prendergast
1
0.00%
Aug 01, 1842 General Election
 Thomas Ford
46,452
53.52% 		 Joseph Duncan
39,429
45.43% 		 Charles W. Hunter
906
1.04%
Aug 06, 1838 General Election
 Thomas Carlin
30,668
50.78% 		 Cyrus Edwards
29,722
49.22%
Nov 17, 1834 Appointment
 William Lee Davidson Ewing
1
100.00%
Aug 04, 1834 General Election
 Joseph Duncan
17,330
52.91% 		 William Kinney
10,224
31.21% 		 Robert K. McLaughlin
4,315
13.17% 		 James Adams
887
2.71%
Aug 02, 1830 General Election
 John Reynolds
12,837
58.95% 		 William Kinney
8,938
41.05% 		 John Tillsom, Jr. (W)
1
0.00%
Aug 07, 1826 General Election
 Ninian Edwards
6,280
49.47% 		 Thomas Sloo
5,834
45.96% 		 Adolphus Frederick Hubbard
580
4.57%
Aug 05, 1822 General Election
 Edward Coles
2,854
33.16% 		 Joseph Phillips
2,687
31.22% 		 Thomas C. Browne
2,443
28.39% 		 James B. Moore
622
7.23%
Sep 19, 1818 General Election
 Shadrach Bond
3,828
99.51% 		 Henry Reavis
19
0.49%

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