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Parents > United States > Illinois > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 24, 2002 - 11:55pm
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 13, 2003 - 12:00am
Term End January 08, 2007 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last Modifiedev December 13, 2008 12:45am
Data Sources
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/03/1998
NameGeorge Ryan Votes1,714,094 (51.03%)
Term01/11/1999 - 01/13/2003 Margin119,903 (+3.57%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 19, 2002 IL Governor - R Primary Jim Ryan
Mar 19, 2002 IL Governor - D Primary Rod Blagojevich
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 7.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Rod Blagojevich
Safe 3
Strong 16
Lean 9
Slight 1
Jim Ryan
Strong 1
Slight 2
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

03/06/2002 11/01/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Rod Blagojevich Attorney General Jim Ryan St. Rep. Cal Skinner, Jr. Marisellis Brown (W) Peter Dale Kauss
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Independent Independent
Votes1,847,040 (52.19%) 1,594,960 (45.07%) 73,794 (2.09%) 23,089 (0.65%) 8 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -252,080 (-7.12%) -1,773,246 (-50.11%) -1,823,951 (-51.54%) -1,847,032 (-52.19%)
Predict Avg.54.82% 43.50% 1.81% 0.03% 0.00%
Finances$2,650,340.00 $5,921.50 $96,262.31 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Zogby International 
10/31-11/01		 43.30% (-4.2) 43.50% (+6.9) 3.20% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/28-10/30		 53.00% (+1.0) 39.00% (-1.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Chicago Tribune 
10/25-10/27		 47.00% (-2.0) 37.00% (+5.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/25-10/25		 49.00% (+0.0) 40.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Chicago Sun-Times 
10/21-10/24		 50.00% (+0.0) 38.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Research 
10/23-10/24		 51.00% (+1.7) 36.00% (-3.6) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  National Organization for Women (NOW)
  Fraternal Order of Police-Illinois
D Some say...
D InspectorMorse
LIB Campari_007
  Quad-City Times
  The Herald News
  Chicago Tribune
Laf-W Craverguy
I E Pluribus Unum
SD BippidiBoppetyBoob

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 06, 2002 12:00am News Blagojevich elected governor  Article COSDem 
Oct 19, 2002 06:19am General Blagojevich struggles to calm debate storm  Article None Entered 
Sep 30, 2002 09:53am General The Cruz Factor  Article RP 
Sep 27, 2002 06:09pm General A Blagojevich quid pro quo?  Article RP 
Sep 26, 2002 08:20pm General GOP Death Penalty Feud Sinks to First-Name Calling  Article Nats In First! 
Sep 17, 2002 09:24am General Illinois Governor Candidate Admits Brush with Pot  Article RP 
Sep 05, 2002 12:50pm General Ryan vs. Ryan  Article RP 
Sep 05, 2002 02:26am General For Illinois GOP, a Bad Year to Run a Ryan  Article RP 
Jun 25, 2002 08:25pm General Planned Parenthood funds anti-Ryan spot hitting Ryan  Article Moof 
Jan 30, 2002 12:00pm General Jim Ryan wavers on support of gay bill  Article Ashley 

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