Political party strength in Illinois
Illinois is a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections and one of the three largest Democratic states in the nation alongside California and New York. It is one of the most Democratic states in the nation with all state executive offices and both state legislative branches held by Democrats.[1][2] For most of its history, Illinois was widely considered to be a swing state, voting for the winner of all but two presidential elections in the 20th century. Political party strength in Illinois is highly dependent upon Cook County, and the state's reputation as a blue state rests upon the fact that the majority of its population and political power is concentrated in Chicago, Cook County, and the Chicago metropolitan area. Outside of Chicago, the suburban collar counties continue trending Democratic[3] while downstate Illinois can be considered more conservative with some moderate regions, particularly suburban St. Louis.
Illinois's electoral college votes have gone towards the Democratic presidential candidate for the past seven elections, and its congressional makeup tilts heavily Democratic. However, it has a long history of competitive statewide elections and has elected a small number of Republicans in recent years, including Governors Jim Edgar, George Ryan, and Bruce Rauner, Senators Peter Fitzgerald and Mark Kirk, and other state executive officeholders such as Judy Baar Topinka and Dan Rutherford.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Illinois:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- Comptroller (Auditor before 1972)
- Treasurer
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
Table
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Independent (I), Jacksonian (J), National Union (NU), Republican (R), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Sec. of State | Attorney General | Comptroller/ Auditor[4] | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class 2) | U.S. Senator (Class 3) | U.S. House | ||
| 1809 | Ninian Edwards (DR)[5] | |||||||||||
| 1810 | ||||||||||||
| 1811 | ||||||||||||
| 1812 | ||||||||||||
| 1813 | ||||||||||||
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| 1818 | ||||||||||||
| Shadrach Bond (DR) | Pierre Menard (DR) | Elias Kane (DR) | DR Majority | DR Majority | Jesse B. Thomas (DR) | Ninian Edwards (DR) | John McLean (DR) | |||||
| 1819 | DR Majority | DR Majority | Daniel P. Cook (DR) | |||||||||
| 1820 | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)  | |||||||||||
| 1821 | DR Majority | DR Majority | ||||||||||
| 1822 | Samuel D. Lockwood (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1823 | Edward Coles (DR) | Adolphus Hubbard (DR) | David Blackwell (DR) | DR Majority | DR Majority | |||||||
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson/John Q. Adams and John C. Calhoun (DR)  [6] | |||||||||||
| Morris Birkbeck (DR) | John McLean (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1825 | George Forquer (DR) | DR Majority | DR Majority | Jesse B. Thomas (AJ) | Elias Kane (J) | Daniel P. Cook (AJ) | ||||||
| 1826 | D Majority | D Majority | ||||||||||
| 1827 | Ninian Edwards (DR) | William Kinney (DR) | D Majority | D Majority | Joseph Duncan (J) | |||||||
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (D) | |||||||||||
| 1829 | Alexander P. Field (D) | D Majority | D Majority | John McLean (J) | ||||||||
| 1830 | ||||||||||||
| David J. Baker (J) | ||||||||||||
| 1831 | John Reynolds (D)[7] | Zadok Casey (D)[7] | D Majority | D Majority | John M. Robinson (J) | |||||||
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) | |||||||||||
| 1833 | D Majority | D Majority | 3J | |||||||||
| William Lee D. Ewing (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1834 | ||||||||||||
| William Lee D. Ewing (D)[8] | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1835 | Joseph Duncan (D) | Alexander Jenkins (D)[9] | D Majority | D Majority | ||||||||
| 1836 | William Lee D. Ewing (J) | Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson (D) | ||||||||||
| 1837 | William H. Davidson (D) | 22D, 18W | 57D, 24W, 10? | Richard M. Young (D) | 3D | |||||||
| 1838 | ||||||||||||
| 1839 | Thomas Carlin (D) | Stinson Anderson (D) | 20D, 20W[10] | 46W, 40D, 5I[11] | 2D, 1W | |||||||
| 1840 | Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
| Stephen A. Douglas (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1841 | Lyman Trumbull (D) | 26D, 14W | 51D, 40W | Samuel McRoberts (D) | 1D, 1ID, 1W | |||||||
| 1842 | ||||||||||||
| 1843 | Thomas Ford (D) | John Moore (D) | Thompson Campbell (D) | 30D, 12W | 84D, 37W | Sidney Breese (D) | 6D, 1W | |||||
| James Semple (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1844 | James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D) | |||||||||||
| 1845 | 26D, 15W | 78D, 40W, 3? | ||||||||||
| 1846 | ||||||||||||
| 1847 | Augustus C. French (D) | Joseph Wells (D) | Horace S. Cooley (D) | 29D, 12W | 76D, 44W, 3? | Stephen A. Douglas (D) | ||||||
| 1848 | office abolished 1848–1867 | John Moore (D) | Lewis Cass and William O. Butler (D) | |||||||||
| 1849 | William McMurtry (D) | 17D, 7W, 1? | 54D, 21W | James Shields (D) | ||||||||
| 1850 | David L. Gregg (D) | |||||||||||
| 1851 | 17D, 8W | 46D, 29W | ||||||||||
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) | |||||||||||
| 1853 | Joel Aldrich Matteson (D) | Gustav Koerner (D) | Alexander Starne (D) | 20D, 5W | 56D, 18W, 1FS | 5D, 4W | ||||||
| 1854 | ||||||||||||
| 1855 | 14D, 11W | 41W, 34D[12] | Lyman Trumbull (D) | 5D, 2O, 2R | ||||||||
| 1856 | James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D) | |||||||||||
| 1857 | William Henry Bissell (R)[13] | John Wood (R) | Ozias M. Hatch (R) | Jesse K. Dubois (R) | James Miller (R) | 13D, 12R | 55D, 30R | Lyman Trumbull (R) | 5D, 4R | |||
| 1858 | ||||||||||||
| 1859 | 14D, 11R | 40D, 35R | ||||||||||
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (R) | |||||||||||
| John Wood (R)[8] | Thomas Marshall (D) | |||||||||||
| 1861 | Richard Yates (R) | Francis Hoffmann (R) | William Butler (R) | 13R, 12D | 41R, 34D | |||||||
| Orville H. Browning (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1862 | ||||||||||||
| 1863 | Alexander Starne (D) | 13D, 12R | 55D, 30R | William A. Richardson (D) | 9D, 5R | |||||||
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (NU) | |||||||||||
| 1865 | Richard J. Oglesby (R) | William Bross (R) | Sharon Tyndale (R) | Orlin H. Miner (R) | James H. Beveridge (R) | 14R, 11D | 51R, 34D | Richard Yates (R) | 11R, 3D | |||
| 1866 | ||||||||||||
| 1867 | Robert G. Ingersoll (R) | George W. Smith (R) | 16R, 9D | 60R, 25D | ||||||||
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) | |||||||||||
| 1869 | John M. Palmer (R) | John Dougherty (R) | Edward Rummel (R) | Washington Bushnell (R) | Charles E. Lippincott (R) | Erastus N. Bates (R) | 18R, 7D | 58R, 27D | 10R, 4D | |||
| 1870 | ||||||||||||
| 1871 | 30R, 20D | 98R, 76D, 1I | John A. Logan (R) | 8R, 6D | ||||||||
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1873 | Richard J. Oglesby (R)[14] | John L. Beveridge (R) | George H. Harlow (R) | James K. Edsall (R) | Edward Rutz (R) | 33R, 18D[15] | 86R, 67D | 14R, 5D | ||||
| John L. Beveridge (R)[8] | John Early (R) | Richard J. Oglesby (R) | ||||||||||
| 1874 | ||||||||||||
| 1875 | Archibald A. Glenn (D) | Thomas S. Ridgway (R) | 24R, 18D, 9I[16] | 69R, 42D, 41I[17] | 10D, 7R, 2I | |||||||
| 1876 | 11D, 6R, 2I | Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler (R) | ||||||||||
| 1877 | Shelby Moore Cullom (R)[18] | Andrew Shuman (R) | Thomas B. Needles (R) | Edward Rutz (R) | 22D, 21R, 8I[19] | 79R, 67D, 7I | David Davis (I) | 12R, 7D | ||||
| 1878 | ||||||||||||
| 1879 | John C. Smith (R) | 26R, 24D, 1I | 80R, 60D, 10G, 3S | John A. Logan (R) | 12R, 6D, 1G | |||||||
| 1880 | James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (R) | |||||||||||
| 1881 | John M. Hamilton (R) | Henry D. Dement (R) | James McCartney (R) | Charles P. Swigert (R) | Edward Rutz (R) | 32R, 18D, 1S | 82R, 71D | 13R, 6D | ||||
| 1882 | ||||||||||||
| 1883 | John M. Hamilton (R)[8] | William J. Campbell (R) | John C. Smith (R) | 31R, 20D | 77R, 75D, 1I | Shelby Moore Cullom (R) | 11R, 8D, 1ID | |||||
| 1884 | James G. Blaine and John A. Logan (R) | |||||||||||
| 1885 | Richard J. Oglesby (R) | John C. Smith (R) | George Hunt (R) | Jacob Gross (R) | 26R, 25D | 76D, 76R, 1I[20] | 10D, 10R | |||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | John Riley Tanner (R) | 33R, 18D | 92R, 61D | Charles B. Farwell (R) | 14R, 6D | |||||||
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R) | |||||||||||
| 1889 | Joseph W. Fifer (R) | Lyman Beecher Ray (R) | Isaac N. Pearson (R) | Charles W. Pavey (R) | Charles Becker (R) | 33R, 18D | 92R, 61D | 13R, 7D | ||||
| 1890 | ||||||||||||
| 1891 | Edward S. Wilson (D) | 27R, 24D | 77D, 73R, 3FA | John M. Palmer (D) | 14D, 6R | |||||||
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson I (D) | |||||||||||
| 1893 | John Peter Altgeld (D) | Joseph B. Gill (D) | William H. Hinrichsen (D) | Maurice T. Moloney (D) | David Gore (D) | Rufus N. Ramsay (D) | 29D, 22R | 78D, 75R | 11D, 11R | |||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | Henry Wulff (R) | 33R, 18D | 92R, 61D | 20R, 2D | ||||||||
| 1896 | 22R | William McKinley and Garret Hobart (R) | ||||||||||
| 1897 | John Riley Tanner (R) | William Northcott (R) | James A. Rose (R) | Edward C. Akin (R) | James S. McCullough (R) | Henry L. Hertz (R) | 39R, 11D, 1P | 89R, 62D, 2P | William E. Mason (R) | 17R, 5D | ||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | Floyd K. Whittlemore (R) | 34R, 16D, 1P | 81R, 71D, 1Proh. | 14R, 8D | ||||||||
| 1900 | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) | |||||||||||
| 1901 | Richard Yates Jr. (R) | Howland J. Hamlin (R) | Moses O. Williamson (R) | 32R, 19D | 81R, 72D | 11D, 11R | ||||||
| 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 1903 | Fred A. Busse (R) | 36R, 15D | 88R, 62D, 2Pub. Own., 1Proh. | Albert J. Hopkins (R) | 17R, 8D | |||||||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1905 | Charles S. Deneen (R) | Lawrence Y. Sherman (R) | William H. Stead (R) | Len Small (R) | 41R, 10D | 91R, 57D, 3Proh., 2S | 24R, 1D | |||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | John F. Smulski (R) | 44R, 7D | 90R, 60D, 3Proh. | 20R, 5D | ||||||||
| 1908 | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) | |||||||||||
| 1909 | John G. Oglesby (R) | Andrew Russel (R) | 38R, 13D | 88R, 65D | William Lorimer (R) | 19R, 6D | ||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | Edward E. Mitchell (R) | 34R, 17D | 82R, 68D, 2I, 1Proh. | 14R, 11D | ||||||||
| 1912 | Cornelius J. Doyle (R) | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | ||||||||||
| 1913 | Edward F. Dunne (D) | Barratt O'Hara (D) | Harry Woods (D) | Patrick J. Lucey (D) | James J. Brady (D) | William F. Ryan, Jr. (D) | 25R, 24D, 2Prog.[21] | 71D, 52R, 27Prog., 3S[22] | J. Hamilton Lewis (D) | Lawrence Y. Sherman (R) | 20D, 5R, 2Prog. | |
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | Lewis Stevenson (D) | Andrew Russel (R) | 25D, 25R, 1Prog.[23] | 79R, 70D, 2S, 1I, 1Prog. | 16R, 10D, 1Prog. | |||||||
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1917 | Frank O. Lowden (R) | John G. Oglesby (R) | Louis L. Emmerson (R) | Edward J. Brundage (R) | Andrew Russel (R) | Len Small (R) | 33R, 18D | 85R, 67D, 1I | 21R, 6D | |||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | Fred E. Sterling (R) | 34R, 17D | 90R, 63D | Joseph M. McCormick (R) | 22R, 5D | |||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||
| 1921 | Len Small (R) | Fred E. Sterling (R) | Edward E. Miller (R) | 43R, 8D | 95R, 58D | William B. McKinley (R) | 24R, 3D | |||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | Oscar Nelson (R) | 42R, 9D | 89R, 63D, 1I | 20R, 7D | ||||||||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Oscar E. Carlstrom (R) | Oscar Nelson (R) | Omer N. Custer (R) | 38R, 13D | 94R, 59D | Charles S. Deneen (R) | 22R, 5D | |||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Garrett D. Kinney (R) | 41R, 10D | 93R, 60D | vacant | 20R, 7D | |||||||
| 1928 | Otis F. Glenn (R) | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | ||||||||||
| 1929 | Louis L. Emmerson (R) | William J. Stratton (R) | Omer N. Custer (R) | 40R, 11D | 91R, 62D | 21R, 6D | ||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | Edward J. Barrett (D) | 33R, 18D | 81R, 72D | J. Hamilton Lewis (D) | 15R, 12D | |||||||
| 1932 | 14R, 13D | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner (D) | ||||||||||
| 1933 | Henry Horner (D)[13] | Thomas Donovan (D) | Edward J. Hughes (D) | Otto Kerner Sr. (D)[24] | Edward J. Barrett (D) | John C. Martin (D) | 33D, 18R | 80D, 73R | William H. Dieterich (D) | 19D, 8R | ||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | John H. Stelle (D) | 35D, 16R | 84D, 69R | 21D, 6R | ||||||||
| 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 1937 | John H. Stelle (D) | John C. Martin (D) | 34D, 17R | 86D, 67R | ||||||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | John E. Cassidy (D)[25] | Louie E. Lewis (D) | 30D, 21R | 80R, 73D | Scott W. Lucas (D) | 17D, 10R | ||||||
| 1940 | James M. Slattery (D) | |||||||||||
| John H. Stelle (D)[8] | vacant | Charles W. Brooks (R) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) | |||||||||
| 1941 | Dwight H. Green (R) | Hugh W. Cross (R) | George F. Barrett (R) | Arthur C. Lueder (R) | Warren Wright (R) | 28R, 23D | 79R, 74D | 16R, 11D | ||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | William G. Stratton (R) | 84R, 69D | 19R, 7D | |||||||||
| 1944 | Richard Y. Rowe (R) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) | ||||||||||
| 1945 | Edward J. Barrett (D) | Conrad F. Becker (R) | 34R, 17D | 78R, 75D | 15R, 11D | |||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | Richard Y. Rowe (R) | 37R, 14D | 87R, 66D | 20R, 6D | ||||||||
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) | |||||||||||
| 1949 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | Sherwood Dixon (D) | Ivan A. Elliott (D) | Benjamin O. Cooper (D) | Ora Smith (D) | 33R, 18D | 79D, 74R | Paul Douglas (D) | 14R, 12D | |||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | William G. Stratton (R) | 31R, 27D | 84R, 69D | Everett Dirksen (R) | 18R, 8D | |||||||
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) | |||||||||||
| 1953 | William G. Stratton (R) | John W. Chapman (R) | Charles F. Carpentier (R) | Latham Castle (R)[24] | Orville Hodge (R) | Elmer J. Hoffman (R) | 38R, 13D | 16R, 9D | ||||
| 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | Warren Wright (R) | 32R, 19D | 79R, 74D | 13R, 12D | ||||||||
| 1956 | Lloyd Morey (R)[25] | |||||||||||
| 1957 | Elbert S. Smith (R) | Elmer J. Hoffman (R) | 38R, 20D | 94R, 83D | 14R, 11D | |||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Grenville Beardsley (R)[13] | Joseph D. Lohman (D) | 34R, 24D | 92D, 85R | 14D, 11R | |||||||
| 1960 | William L. Guild (R)[25] | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | ||||||||||
| 1961 | Otto Kerner Jr. (D)[24] | Samuel H. Shapiro (D) | William G. Clark (D) | Michael J. Howlett (D) | 31R, 27D | 89R, 88D | ||||||
| 1962 | Francis S. Lorenz (D) | |||||||||||
| 1963 | William J. Scott (R) | 35R, 23D | 90R, 87D | 12D, 12R | ||||||||
| 1964 | William H. Chamberlain (D) | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) | ||||||||||
| 1965 | Paul Powell (D) | 33R, 25D | 118D, 59R | 13D, 11R | ||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Adlai Stevenson III (D) | 38R, 20D | 99R, 78D | Charles H. Percy (R) | 12D, 12R | |||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Samuel H. Shapiro (D)[8] | vacant | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | ||||||||||
| 1969 | Richard B. Ogilvie (R) | Paul Simon (D) | William J. Scott (R)[26] | 94R, 83D | ||||||||
| Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | John W. Lewis, Jr. (R) | Alan J. Dixon (D) | 29D, 29R[27] | 90R, 87D | Adlai Stevenson III (D) | |||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | Dan Walker (D) | Neil Hartigan (D) | Michael J. Howlett (D) | George W. Lindberg (R) | 30R, 29D | 92R, 84D, 1I | 14R, 10D | |||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | 34D, 25R | 98D, 76R, 3I | 13D, 11R | |||||||||
| 1976 | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) | |||||||||||
| 1977 | James R. Thompson (R) | Dave O'Neal (R)[9] | Alan J. Dixon (D) | Michael Bakalis (D) | Donald R. Smith (R) | 93D, 83R, 1I | 12D, 12R | |||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Roland Burris (D) | Jerome Cosentino (D) | 32D, 27R | 88D, 88R, 1I[28] | 13R, 11D | |||||||
| 1980 | Tyrone C. Fahner (R)[29] | 14R, 10D | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) | |||||||||
| 1981 | 30D, 29R | 91R, 85D, 1I | Alan J. Dixon (D) | |||||||||
| vacant | Jim Edgar (R)[30] | |||||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | George Ryan (R) | Neil Hartigan (D) | James Donnewald (D) | 33D, 26R | 70D, 48R | 12D, 10R | ||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | 31D, 28R | 67D, 51R | Paul Simon (D) | 13D, 9R | ||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Jerome Cosentino (D) | |||||||||||
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | 68D, 50R | 14D, 8R | ||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | Jim Edgar (R) | Bob Kustra (R)[9] | George Ryan (R) | Roland Burris (D) | Dawn Clark Netsch (D) | Pat Quinn (D) | 72D, 46R | 15D, 7R | ||||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | 32R, 27D | 67D, 51R | Carol Moseley Braun (D) | 12D, 8R | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Jim Ryan (R) | Loleta Didrickson (R) | Judy Baar Topinka (R) | 33R, 26D | 64R, 54D | 10D, 10R | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 31R, 28D | 60D, 58R | Dick Durbin (D) | |||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| vacant | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | George Ryan (R) | Corinne Wood (R) | Jesse White (D) | Daniel Hynes (D) | 32R, 27D | 62D, 56R | Peter Fitzgerald (R) | |||||
| 2000 | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Rod Blagojevich (D)[31] | Pat Quinn (D) | Lisa Madigan (D) | 32D, 26R, 1I | 66D, 52R | 10R, 9D | ||||||
| 2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 31D, 27R, 1I | 65D, 53R | Barack Obama (D)[32] | 10D, 9R | ||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Alexi Giannoulias (D) | 37D, 22R | 66D, 52R | |||||||||
| 10D, 8R | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 67D, 51R | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | ||||||||||
| 11D, 8R | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Pat Quinn (D)[8] | vacant | 70D, 48R | Roland Burris (D)[25] | 12D, 7R | |||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Sheila Simon (D) | Judy Baar Topinka (R)[13] | Dan Rutherford (R) | 35D, 24R | 64D, 54R | Mark Kirk (R) | 11R, 8D | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 40D, 19R | 71D, 47R | 12D, 6R | |||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Bruce Rauner (R) | Evelyn Sanguinetti (R) | Leslie Munger (R)[25] | Mike Frerichs (D) | 39D, 20R | 10D, 8R | ||||||
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Susana Mendoza (D) | 37D, 22R | 67D, 51R | Tammy Duckworth (D) | 11D, 7R | |||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | J. B. Pritzker (D) | Juliana Stratton (D) | Kwame Raoul (D) | 40D, 19R | 74D, 44R | 13D, 5R | ||||||
| 2020 | Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (D) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 41D, 18R | 73D, 45R | ||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Sec. of State | Attorney General | Comptroller/ Auditor[4] | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | ||||||||||
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Illinois gubernatorial race in 2010. Notice Pat Quinn's win despite the rest of the state's overwhelming support for Republican candidate Bill Brady, and that Quinn carried the same counties as Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias.
2014 Illinois gubernatorial election. Incumbent Democratic governor Pat Quinn was defeated for reelection by Republican candidate Bruce Rauner. Notice that Rauner carried every county except Cook County.
2018 Illinois gubernatorial election. Strong Democratic turnout in Chicago, Cook County, all of the suburban Collar Counties, and modest growth in downstate support drove J.B. Pritzker's decisive victory.
See also
Notes
- O'connor, John (14 January 2019). "Gov. Pritzker gives Democrats near-record power in Illinois". AP NEWS. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-The-Most-Democratic-State-126772408.html
- Smith, Katlyn (4 November 2020). "Democrats gain ground in once solidly red DuPage County". Daily Herald. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- The Office of Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts existed from 1818-1973, when it was eliminated by the 1970 Constitution and replaced with the office of Comptroller. George W. Lindberg was the first Illinois Comptroller
- Territorial governor.
- Andrew Jackson received two of Illinois' three electoral votes for President while John Quincy Adams received one. John C. Calhoun won all three electoral votes for Vice President.
- Resigned following election to United States House of Representatives.
- As acting lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- Resigned.
- Lt. Gov. Stinson Anderson provided the tie-breaking vote to allow the Democrats to organize and run the chamber.
- Elected a Democrat, William Lee D. Ewing, as a minority-party Speaker.
- An Anti-Nebraska Democrat, Thomas J. Turner, was elected in coalition with the Whigs to be a minority-party Speaker.
- Died in office.
- Resigned so that Lieutenant Governor John Lourie Beveridge, acting as governor, would appoint him to the United States Senate.
- Due to the ascension of Lt. Gov. Beveridge to the Governorship after Gov. Oglesby took a U.S. Senate seat, the President Pro Tempore elected by the Senate, John Early, became acting Lt. Governor. p. 193
- A coalition of Democrats and Independents came together to run the Senate, and chose Archibald A. Glenn, a Democrat, to be President Pro Tempore. Due to the vacancy in the Lt. Governorship from John Beveridge ascending to be Governor in 1873, Glenn also became acting Lt. Governor. p. 193
- A coalition of Democrats and Independents came together to run the House, and chose Elijah M. Haines, a Independent, to be Speaker. p. 193
- Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
- A coalition of Democrats and Independents came together to run the Senate, and chose Fawcett Plumb, an Independent tied to the Farmers' Association, to be President Pro Tempore. p. 193
- The Independent, Elijah M. Haines, was elected Speaker with Democratic support, giving them control.
- With the support of the Progressive members, the Democrats named the President Pro Tempore and controlled the chamber.
- After 76 ballots, a Democrat, William B. McKinley, was elected Speaker with Republican votes. p. 100
- With the support of the Progressive member, the Democrats named the President Pro Tempore and controlled the chamber.
- Resigned to take seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- Appointed to fill vacancy.
- Removed from Office upon tax fraud conviction: "Ex-Illinois Attorney General Loses Tax Conviction Plea". New York Times. 20 September 1980. Retrieved on 11 Feb. 2009.
- With a Democratic Lt. Governor, the Democrats retained the Senate majority and the Senate Presidency.
- The Independent, Taylor Pouncey, caucused with the Democrats, giving them the votes to control the Speakership and run the House.
- Appointed to fill Attorney General William J. Scott's term upon Scott's removal from office.
- Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
- Impeached and removed from office by the state legislature on corruption charges.
- Resigned following election as president of the United States.
- Regarding resignations and appointments; the person who held the office for the majority of the year is listed as the office holder for that year.
References
- Guild III, William (September 1999). "William Guild, Sr." DCBA Brief. Retrieved on 11 Feb. 2009.
- Inventory of the Latham Castle Collection (Historical Sketch). Notes maintained by Northern Illinois University Library. Retrieved on 11 Feb. 2009.
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