1994 Illinois gubernatorial election

1994 Illinois gubernatorial election
	November 8, 1994
	November 8, 1994
Turnout	50.77% 3.23 pp
	County Results ; Edgar: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Netsch: 40–50%
Governor before election; Jim Edgar; Republican	Elected Governor ; Jim Edgar; Republican

The Illinois Gubernatorial election of 1994 occurred on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Edgar won reelection in the greatest landslide in Illinois history, excepting the election of 1818. Edgar carried 101 of the state's 102 counties over the Democratic nominee, State Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch, with Netsch only winning Gallatin County. To date, this is the most recent statewide election in which Cook County voted for the Republican candidate.

Election information

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress, as well as those for other state offices. The election was part of the 1994 Illinois elections.

The 1994 midterm elections saw a strong showing by the Republican Party, which was dubbed the "Republican Revolution".

Turnout

For the primaries, turnout for the gubernatorial primaries was 29.16%, with 1,794,357 votes cast and turnout for the lieutenant gubernatorial primaries was 23.44% with 1,442,160 votes cast.[1] For the general election, turnout was 50.77%, with 3,106,556 votes cast.[2]

Democratic primaries

Candidates

Roland Burris, Illinois Attorney General
James Elroy Gierach
Sheila A. Jones, perennial candidate
Dawn Clark Netsch, Illinois Comptroller
Richard Phelan, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

Results

Democratic gubernatorial primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dawn Clark Netsch	487,364	44.35
	Democratic	Roland W. Burris	401,142	36.50
	Democratic	Richard Phelan	160,576	14.61
	Democratic	James Elroy Gierach	26,752	2.43
	Democratic	Sheila A. Jones	23,191	2.11
Total votes			1,099,025	100.00

Candidates

Anthony P. Harper
Penny Severns, Illinois State Senator
Sheila Smith

Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Penny Severns	406,510	45.75
	Democratic	Sheila Smith	366,760	41.27
	Democratic	Anthony P. Harper	115,347	12.98
Total votes			888,617	100

Republican primaries

Candidates

Jim Edgar, incumbent governor
Jack Roeser, businessman

Results

Republican gubernatorial primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Edgar (incumbent)	521,590	75.01
	Republican	Jack Roeser	173,742	23.89
Total votes			695,332	100.00

Candidates

Bob Kustra, incumbent lieutenant governor

Results

Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Kustra (incumbent)	553,543	100
Total votes			553,543	100

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Jim Edgar (R)	Dawn Clark Netsch (D)
Chicago Tribune	October 30, 1994	60%	25%
Chicago Tribune	October 23, 1994	61%	22%

Results

1994 gubernatorial election, Illinois[3][4][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Edgar (incumbent)	1,984,318	63.9	+13.1
	Democratic	Dawn Clark Netsch	1,069,850	34.4	-13.8
	Libertarian	David L. Kelley	52,388	1.69	+1.69
	N/A	write-ins	10	0.0	n-a
Majority			914,468	29.5
Turnout			3,106,556	50.77
	Republican hold		Swing

References

"State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ..." Illinois State Board of Elections. 1966. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
"State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election ." Illinois State Board of Elections. 1978. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
"Vote Totals List". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
"1994 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Illinois". Uselectionatlas.org\accessdate=2015-04-04.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[primary-1] "State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ..." Illinois State Board of Elections. 1966. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[general-2] "State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election ." Illinois State Board of Elections. 1978. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[3] "Vote Totals List". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2010.

[4] "1994 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Illinois". Uselectionatlas.org\accessdate=2015-04-04.

Elections in Illinois
By year	1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1969 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1998 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
Presidential	1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 (Dem primary, Rep primary) 2012 2016 (Dem primary) 2020 (Dem primary)
U.S. Senate	1885 1913 1914 1918 1920 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1948 1950 1954 1956 1960 1962 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1978 1980 1984 1986 1990 1992 1996 1998 2002 2004 2008 2010 2014 2016 2020
U.S. House	2000 (1st) 2006 2008 2010 (17th) 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Special	2nd Congressional, 1995 14th Congressional, 2008 5th Congressional, 2009 2nd Congressional, 2013 18th Congressional, 2015 Comptroller, 2016
Gubernatorial	1818 1822 1826 1830 1834 1838 1842 1846 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1904 1908 1912 1916 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
State Senate	2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
State House	2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
State judicial	1936 1938 1940 1942 1948 1960 1962 2014 2016 2018 2020
Statewide ballot referendums	Cutback Amendment (1980) Illinois Governor Recall Amendment (2010) Illinois Public Pension Amendment (2012) Marsy's Law (2014) Illinois Right to Vote Amendment (2014) Illinois Fair Tax (2020)
Chicago mayoral	1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 (Mar) 1844 (Apr) 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1865 1867 1869 1871 1873 1876 (Apr) 1876 (Jul) 1877 1879 1881 1883 1885 1887 1889 1891 1893 (Apr) 1893 (Dec) 1895 1897 1899 1901 1903 1905 1907 1911 1915 1919 1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Chicago City Council	1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1939 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Cicero municipal	1924
Cook County	1946 1980 (State's Attorney) 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

(1993←) 1994 United States elections (→1995)
U.S. Senate	Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma (special) Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Tennessee (special) Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
U.S. House	Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
State governors	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming
State legislatures	California Senate Iowa Senate Minnesota House
Mayors	Anchorange, AK Fort Lauderdale, FL Little Rock, AR New Orleans, LA San Jose, CA Washington, D.C.
States generally	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming