2012 Illinois elections

Elections were held in Illinois on November 6, 2012.

2012 Illinois elections

November 6, 2012
Turnout70.20%

Primaries were held March 20.

Election information

Turnout

Primary election

For the primary election, turnout was 23.20%, with 1,694,317 votes cast.[1]

Turnout by county[1]

General election

For the general election, turnout was 70.20%, with 5,279,752 votes cast.[2]

Turnout by county[2]

Federal elections

United States President

Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

This was the sixth consecutive presidential election in which Illinois had voted for the Democratic ticket.

United States House

Illinois had lost one seat in the reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. All 18 of Illinois' remaining seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2012.

Before the election, Republicans held 11 and Democrats held 8 seats from Illinois. In 2002, Democrats won 12 seats while Republicans won 6.

State elections

State Senate

One-third of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2012.

State House of Representatives

All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2012.

Judicial elections

Judicial elections were held.

Ballot measures

Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1998.[3] 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.[3]

Illinois Public Pension Amendment

Illinois voters rejected the proposed Illinois Public Pension Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. This would have amended the Constitution of Illinois.[4] The measure would have made it so that a three-fifths approval would be required by the General Assembly, city councils, and school districts that wish to increase the pension benefits of their employees.[4]

Illinois Public Pension Amendment[2][3]
Option Votes % of votes
on referendum
% of all ballots
cast
Yes 1,901,837 43.84 36.32
No 2,436,051 56.16 46.52
Total votes 4,337,888 100 82.84
Voter turnout 57.68%

Local elections

Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.

Notes

  1. For more on Cook County general election turnout, see 2012 Cook County, Illinois elections#Voter turnout
  2. For more on Cook County primary turnout, see 2012 Cook County, Illinois elections#Voter turnout

References

  1. "Voter Turnout". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. "Voter Turnout". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. "Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. "Illinois Public Pension Amendment, HJRCA 49 (2012)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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