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Illinois Speaker of the House
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Speaker of the House
Office
Speaker of the House
Honorific
Speaker of the House - Abbr: Speaker of the House
Type
General Election
Filing Deadline
January 01, 1973 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open
January 10, 1973 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Close
January 10, 1973 - 12:05pm Central
Term Start
January 10, 1973 - 12:10pm
Term End
January 08, 1975 - 12:00am
Contributor
ev
Last Modified
ev
January 29, 2021 07:33pm
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Description
Blair was elected on the 8th Ballot
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
Party
Republican
Won
01/06/1971
Name
W. Robert Blair
Votes
90 (50.85%)
Term
01/06/1971 - 01/10/1973
Margin
3 (+1.69%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
Party
Democratic
Won
01/08/1975
Name
William A. "Bill" Redmond
Votes
89 (52.66%)
Term
01/08/1975 - 01/12/1977
Margin
25 (+14.79%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
CANDIDATES
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Name
(I)
Speaker of the House
W. Robert Blair
St. Rep.
Clyde L. Choate
St. Rep.
Henry J. Hyde
St. Rep.
Tobias "Toby" Barry, Jr.
Harold A. Katz
Eugenia S. Chapman
Party
Republican
Democratic
Republican
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
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Certified Votes
89 (54.27%)
75 (45.73%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
Margin
0 (0.00%)
-14 (-8.54%)
-89 (-54.27%)
-89 (-54.27%)
-89 (-54.27%)
-89 (-54.27%)
Predict Avg.
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Ballot Round 8
89 (50.57%)
75 (42.61%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
12 (6.82%)
Ballot Round 7
57 (32.57%)
72 (41.14%)
30 (17.14%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
16 (9.14%)
Ballot Round 6
58 (33.53%)
71 (41.04%)
29 (16.76%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
15 (8.67%)
Ballot Round 5
58 (33.33%)
72 (41.38%)
29 (16.67%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
15 (8.62%)
Ballot Round 4
58 (33.53%)
69 (39.88%)
30 (17.34%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
16 (9.25%)
Ballot Round 3
59 (34.30%)
68 (39.54%)
29 (16.86%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
16 (9.30%)
Ballot Round 2
59 (34.10%)
69 (39.88%)
29 (16.76%)
0 (0.00%)
0 (0.00%)
16 (9.25%)
Ballot Round 1
86 (50.00%)
68 (39.54%)
3 (1.74%)
1 (0.58%)
13 (7.56%)
1 (0.58%)
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