1990 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 6, 1990. Primaries were held on March 20, 1990.[1]
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Turnout | 56.71% | |
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All statewide offices saw their incumbents forgo seeking reelection. However, no statewide office saw a change in party composition, with Republicans retaining the governorship and lieutenant governorship in their joint election, as well as the office of Secretary of State, and Democrats retaining the offices of Attorney General, Comptroller, and Treasurer.[2]
Democrats retained their control of both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly.[3]
Election information
1990 was a midterm election year in the United States.
Turnout
For the primaries, turnout was 32.62%, with 1,962,284 ballots cast (with 1,123,972 Democratic ballots, 805,381 Republican ballots, 525 Illinois Solidarity, 21 Independent Progressive, and 32,385 nonpartisan ballots cast).[1]
For the general election, turnout was 56.71%, with 3,420,720 ballots cast.[4]
Straight-ticket voting
Illinois had a straight-ticket voting option in 1990.[4]
Party | Number of straight-ticket votes[4] |
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Democratic | 498,918 |
Republican | 360,273 |
Illinois Solidarity | 2,108 |
Independent Progressive | 7 |
Jim Wham | 394 |
Libertarian | 3,005 |
Federal elections
United States Senate
Incumbent Democrat Paul Simon was reelected to a second term.
United States House
All 22 of Illinois' seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1990.
The Democratic Party flipped one Republican-held seat, making the composition of Illinois' House delegation 15 Democrats and 7 Republicans.
State elections
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
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Turnout | 54.00% | |||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Governor James R. Thompson did not seek reelection to a fifth term. Republican Jim Edgar was elected to succeed him in office, defeating Democrat Neil Hartigan by a narrow margin of about 80,000 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Edgar / Bob Kustra | 1,653,126 | 50.75 | |
Democratic | Neil Hartigan / James B. Burns | 1,569,217 | 48.17 | |
Illinois Solidarity | Jessie Fields | 35,067 | 1.08 | |
Total votes | 3,257,410 |
Attorney General
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Turnout | 53.33%[4] | ||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Attorney General Neil Hartigan, a Democrat, did not run for a third term, instead opting to run for governor. Democrat Roland Burris was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roland Burris | 801,279 | 100 | |
Total votes | 801,279 | 100 |
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Ryan | 645,000 | 100 | |
Total votes | 645,000 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roland Burris | 1,656,045 | 51.48 | |
Republican | Jim Ryan | 1,560,831 | 48.52 | |
Total votes | 3,216,876 | 100 |
Secretary of State
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Turnout | 52.16%[4] | ||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Secretary of State Jim Edgar, a Republican first appointed in 1981 and subsequently reelected to two full terms, did not seek reelection to another term, instead opting to run for governor. Republican George Ryan was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
Illinois Treasurer Jerome Cosentino won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry Cosentino | 769,279 | 100 | |
Total votes | 769,279 | 100 |
Republican primary
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois George Ryan won the Republican primary, running unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George H. Ryan | 639,808 | 100 | |
Total votes | 639,808 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George H. Ryan | 1,680,531 | 53.41 | |
Democratic | Jerome Cosentino | 1,465,785 | 46.59 | |
Total votes | 3,146,316 | 100 |
Comptroller
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Turnout | 52.01%[4] | ||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Comptroller Roland Burris, a Democrat, did not seek reelection to a fourth term, instead opting to run for Attorney General. Democrat Dawn Clark Netsch was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
State Senator Dawn Clark Netsch defeated attorney Shawn Collins, State Representative Woody Bowman, and Kane County Democratic Party Chairman Bill Sarto.[1][6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dawn Clark Netsch | 401,928 | 47.73 | |
Democratic | Shawn Collins | 230,889 | 27.42 | |
Democratic | Woody Bowman | 135,321 | 16.07 | |
Democratic | Bill Sarto | 73,993 | 8.79 | |
Total votes | 842,131 | 100 |
Republican primary
Republican Sue Suter, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid[7] who previously from 1984 until 1988 had been head of the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, won the Republican primary unopposed.[1][8] This was Suter's first attempt at elected office.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sue Suter | 600,830 | 100 | |
Total votes | 600,830 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dawn Clark Netsch | 1,696,414 | 54.07 | |
Republican | Sue Suter | 1,440,747 | 45.93 | |
Total votes | 3,137,161 | 100 |
Treasurer
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Turnout | 51.81%[4] | ||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Treasurer Jerome Cosentino, a Democrat, did not run for what would have been a third overall (second consecutive) term, instead opting to run for Secretary of State. Democrat Pat Quinn was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
Former Cook County Board of Tax Appeals commissioner and Chicago Revenue Director Pat Quinn defeated State Representative Peg McDonnell Breslin. Quinn previously had been an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1986.
Breslin had been the candidate endorsed by the Democratic Party organization.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Patrick Quinn | 449,442 | 51.12 | |
Democratic | Peg McDonnell Breslin | 429,810 | 48.88 | |
Total votes | 879,252 | 100 |
Republican primary
Former Illinois Secretary of Transportation Greg Baise won the Republican primary unopposed.[1][10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Greg Baise | 594,238 | 100 | |
Total votes | 594,238 | 100 |
General election
Baise campaigned on a message of conservatism.[11] Quinn campaigned as a populist reformer in opposition to big government.[11]
During the general election campaign, Quinn won the endorsement of the AFL–CIO.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Patrick Quinn | 1,740,742 | 55.70 | |
Republican | Greg Baise | 1,384,492 | 44.30 | |
Write-in | Paul Salander | 55 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 3,125,289 | 100 |
State Senate
Some of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1990. Democrats retained control of the chamber.[3]
State House of Representatives
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1990. Democrats retained control of the chamber.[3]
Trustees of University of Illinois
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An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system for six-year terms.
The election saw the reelection of incumbent Democrat Gloria Jackson Bacon to a second term and incumbent Republican Susan Loving Gravenhorst to a third term, as well as the election of new trustee Democrat Thomas R. Lamont.[12]
Fourth-term incumbent Republican Ralph Crane Hahn lost reelection.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gloria Jackson Bacon (incumbent) | 1,597,215 | 19.00 | |
Republican | Susan Loving Gravenhorst (incumbent) | 1,416,930 | 16.86 | |
Democratic | Tom Lamont | 1,412,371 | 16.80 | |
Republican | Ralph Crane Hahn (incumbent) | 1,330,902 | 15.84 | |
Democratic | Joe Luco | 1,311,182 | 15.60 | |
Republican | John G. Huftalin | 1,110,264 | 13.21 | |
Illinois Solidarity | Martin C. Ortega | 226,103 | 2.69 | |
Total votes | 8,404,967 | 100 |
Judicial elections
Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 1990.
Ballot measures
Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1990.[13] In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.[13]
Redemption Periods for Property Sold for Non-Payment of Taxes
Voters approved Redemption Periods for Property Sold for Non-Payment of Taxes, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment which amended Article IX, Section 8 of the Constitution of Illinois to reduce the redemption period on the tax sale of certain delinquent properties.[13][14]
Redemption Periods for Property Sold for Non-Payment of Taxes [13][14] | |||
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Option | Votes | % of votes on referendum |
% of all ballots cast |
Yes | 1,004,546 | 72.25 | 29.37 |
No | 385,772 | 27.75 | 11.28 |
Total votes | 1,390,318 | 100 | 40.64 |
Voter turnout | 23.05% |
Local elections
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.
References
- "State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ..." Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- Kenney, David; Brown, Barbara L. (1993). Basic Illinois Government: A Systematic Explanation. SIU Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8093-1822-3.
- "Party control of Illinois state government". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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- "1990 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Illinois". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- Hardy, Thomas (18 January 1990). "DAN WALKER COMES BACK TO HAUNT A COMPTROLLER CANDIDATE". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- Reardon, Patrick (16 January 1989). "NEW STATE PUBLIC AID DIRECTOR SAYS SHE'S AN ADVOCATE FOR CLIENTS". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- "Illinois candidates' profiles. State comptroller". nwitimes.com. The Times of Northwest Indiana. 21 October 1990. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- Watson, Angie (April 1990). "Quinn prevails; incumbents upset". Illinois Issues (9). Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "An Interview with Gregory Baise Part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Illinois Statecraft Oral History project" (PDF). Government of Illinois. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- Guy, Sandra (14 October 1990). "Illinois election 1990. Candidate profiles. Illinois state". nwitimes.com. The Times of Northwest Indiana.
- "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- "Illinois Redemption Periods for Property Sold for Non-Payment of Taxes, Amendment 1 (1990)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 29 March 2020.