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1994 Illinois gubernatorial election

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FieldValue
election_name1994 Illinois gubernatorial election
countryIllinois
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1990 Illinois gubernatorial election
previous_year1990
next_election1998 Illinois gubernatorial election
next_year1998
election_dateNovember 8, 1994
image1Secretary of State Jim Edgar (cropped).jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1**Jim Edgar**
running_mate1**Bob Kustra**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**1,984,318**
percentage1**63.87%**
image2Dawn Clark Nesch Illinois blue book, 1987-1988 (3x4).jpg
nominee2Dawn Clark Netsch
party2Democratic Party (United States)
running_mate2Penny Severns
popular_vote21,069,850
percentage234.44%
map_image[[File:1994 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg160px]]
map_size160px
map_captionCounty results
**Edgar:**
**Netsch:**
titleGovernor
before_electionJim Edgar
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionJim Edgar
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)
turnout50.77% 3.23 pp

Edgar:
Netsch:

The 1994 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Edgar won reelection in a landslide. Edgar carried 101 of the state's 102 counties over the Democratic nominee, State Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch, with Netsch only winning Gallatin County by a narrow margin. This was the first time in Illinois that a woman was a major party's nominee for governor, with 2006 being the only other time.

To date, this is the most recent statewide election in which Cook County voted for a Republican candidate, a Republican governor won a second term in Illinois, and the last time any gubernatorial candidate received over 60% of the vote. Clark Netsch's 34% of the vote was the worst performance for a Democratic gubernatorial nominee in almost a century.

Additionally, this is to date the closest a gubernatorial candidate has ever come to winning every single county in the state; Edgar lost Gallatin County by a mere 3 votes, less than 0.01%.

Edgar won 70% of whites and 20% of African Americans.

Background

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".

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. For the general election, turnout was 50.77%, with 3,106,556 votes cast.

Democratic primaries

Governor

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

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

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

Republican primaries

Governor

Candidates

  • Jim Edgar, incumbent governor
  • Jack Roeser, businessman

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Bob Kustra, incumbent lieutenant governor

Results

General election

Polling

SourceDateJim
Edgar (R)Dawn Clark
Netsch (D)
Chicago TribuneOctober 30, 1994**60%**25%
Chicago TribuneOctober 23, 1994**61%**22%

Results

By county

CountyJim EdgarDawn Clark NetschDavid KelleyWrite-inMarginTotal#%#%#%#%#%Totals1,984,31863.88%1,069,85034.44%52,3881.69100.00%914,46829.44%3,106,556
Adams15,65679.90%3,57318.23%3661.87%00.00%12,08361.67%19,595
Alexander2,34768.37%1,04530.44%411.19%00.00%1,30237.93%3,433
Bond3,62866.08%1,73131.53%1312.39%00.00%1,89734.55%5,490
Boone7,12875.02%2,08121.90%2933.08%00.00%5,04753.12%9,502
Brown1,97477.59%52720.72%431.69%00.00%1,44756.87%2,544
Bureau9,97470.41%3,92127.68%2711.19%00.00%6,05342.73%14,166
Calhoun1,26759.54%80237.69%592.77%00.00%46521.85%2,128
Carroll4,46376.47%1,25421.49%1192.04%00.00%3,20954.98%5,836
Cass3,20565.25%1,63233.22%751.53%00.00%1,57332.03%4,912
Champaign30,46867.02%14,33431.53%6621.46%00.00%16,13435.49%45,464
Christian6,88059.94%4,41138.43%1881.64%00.00%2,46921.51%11,479
Clark4,07971.59%1,51126.52%1081.90%00.00%2,56845.07%5,698
Clay3,09571.17%1,18327.20%711.63%00.00%1,91243.97%4,349
Clinton8,23570.38%3,21627.49%2492.13%00.00%5,01942.89%11,700
Coles11,49475.40%3,44222.58%3092.03%00.00%8,05252.82%15,245
Cook634,35352.04%568,73746.66%15,8541.30%70.00%65,6165.38%1,218,951
Crawford4,97873.12%1,73325.46%971.42%00.00%3,24547.66%6,808
Cumberland2,90972.20%1,02725.49%932.31%00.00%1,88246.71%4,029
DeKalb13,35471.40%4,94226.42%4082.18%00.00%8,41244.98%18,704
DeWitt4,21875.46%1,29423.15%781.40%00.00%2,92452.31%5,590
Douglas4,72178.41%1,21520.18%851.41%00.00%3,50658.23%6,021
DuPage179,39578.51%45,54819.93%3,5641.56%00.00%133,84758.58%228,507
Edgar4,67877.40%1,30621.61%601.00%00.00%3,37248.79%6,044
Edwards1,91870.26%76828.13%441.61%00.00%1,15042.13%2,730
Effingham8,80075.47%2,61522.43%2452.10%00.00%6,18553.04%11,660
Fayette5,11269.05%2,12828.75%1632.20%00.00%2,98440.30%7,403
Ford3,81580.76%84617.91%631.33%00.00%2,96962.85%4,724
Franklin8,55460.38%5,28037.27%3342.36%00.00%3,27423.11%14,168
Fulton7,49065.30%3,73732.58%2442.13%00.00%3,75332.72%11,471
Gallatin1,53449.01%1,53749.11%591.88%00.00%-3-0.01%3,130
Greene3,45768.63%1,46229.03%1182.34%00.00%1,99539.61%5,037
Grundy8,80277.37%2,36520.79%2101.85%00.00%6,43756.58%11,377
Hamilton2,42868.45%1,04129.35%782.20%00.00%1,38739.10%3,547
Hancock4,88375.37%1,48522.92%1111.71%00.00%3,39852.45%6,479
Hardin1,83971.72%68026.52%451.76%00.00%1,15945.20%2,564
Henderson2,33670.11%94328.30%531.59%00.00%1,39341.81%3,332
Henry11,68071.56%4,43727.18%2051.26%00.00%7,24344.38%16,322
Iroquois9,16081.43%1,90516.93%1841.64%00.00%7,25564.50%11,249
Jackson10,25164.74%5,20432.87%3792.39%00.00%5,04731.87%15,834
Jasper2,35765.64%1,16232.36%722.01%00.00%1,19533.28%3,591
Jefferson7,84068.38%3,41429.77%2121.85%00.00%4,42638.61%11,466
Jersey4,49864.27%2,22331.76%2783.97%00.00%2,27532.50%6,999
Jo Daviess5,29371.22%1,98526.71%1542.07%00.00%3,30844.51%7,432
Johnson3,11974.12%97723.22%922.19%00.00%2,14250.90%4,208
Kane56,34074.80%17,51723.26%1,4661.95%00.00%38,82351.54%75,323
Kankakee19,28271.73%7,14826.59%4521.68%00.00%12,13445.14%26,882
Kendall9,76979.77%2,20718.02%2702.21%00.00%7,56261.75%12,246
Knox12,93575.44%3,96423.12%2481.45%00.00%8,97152.32%17,147
Lake96,77573.46%32,75824.86%2,2141.68%00.00%64,01748.60%131,747
LaSalle22,68568.37%9,72529.31%7722.33%00.00%12,96039.06%33,182
Lawrence3,56166.47%1,70731.87%891.66%00.00%1,85434.60%5,357
Lee8,11474.96%2,45422.67%2572.37%00.00%5,66052.29%10,825
Livingston9,78280.13%2,26718.57%1581.29%00.00%7,51561.56%12,207
Logan7,66676.63%2,19421.93%1441.44%00.00%5,47254.70%10,004
Macon22,71462.20%13,27336.35%5301.45%00.00%9,44125.85%36,517
Macoupin9,95760.47%6,10537.08%4032.45%00.00%3,85223.39%16,465
Madison43,80662.04%25,00835.42%1,7942.54%00.00%18,79826.62%70,608
Marion7,73464.95%3,91832.91%2552.14%00.00%3,81632.04%11,907
Marshall3,53873.43%1,18024.49%1002.08%00.00%2,35848.94%4,818
Mason3,54669.73%1,46328.77%761.49%00.00%2,08340.97%5,085
Massac3,75278.44%95820.03%731.53%00.00%2,79458.41%4,783
McDonough6,49570.94%2,52827.61%1331.45%00.00%3,96753.33%9,156
McHenry44,41476.18%12,59621.60%1,2922.22%00.00%31,81854.58%58,302
McLean27,21677.87%7,14420.44%5911.69%00.00%20,07257.43%34,951
Menard3,95672.80%1,38625.51%921.69%00.00%2,57047.29%5,434
Mercer4,55071.72%1,69526.72%991.56%00.00%2,85545.00%6,344
Monroe5,58770.11%2,15427.03%2282.86%00.00%3,43343.08%7,969
Montgomery6,64862.26%3,79335.52%2362.21%00.00%2,85526.74%10,677
Morgan9,25874.00%3,05924.45%1931.54%00.00%6,19949.55%12,510
Moultrie3,23068.06%1,43230.17%841.77%00.00%1,79837.89%4,746
Ogle10,28578.39%2,44418.63%3922.99%00.00%7,84159.76%13,121
Peoria36,46170.09%14,61228.09%9451.82%00.00%21,84942.00%52,018
Perry5,85666.06%2,82031.81%1892.13%00.00%3,03634.25%8,865
Piatt4,58970.37%1,82527.99%1071.64%00.00%2,76442.38%6,521
Pike5,19973.45%1,73724.54%1422.01%00.00%3,46248.91%7,078
Pope1,49375.14%44022.14%542.72%00.00%1,05353.00%1,987
Pulaski2,03573.12%71225.58%361.29%00.00%1,32347.54%2,783
Putnam1,79266.35%85031.47%592.18%00.00%94234.88%2,701
Randolph7,39160.99%4,45536.76%2722.24%00.00%2,93624.23%12,118
Richland4,21673.78%1,41924.83%791.38%00.00%2,79748.95%5,714
Rock Island26,90164.37%14,23834.07%6511.56%00.00%12,66330.30%41,790
Saline6,16864.89%3,12132.84%2162.27%00.00%3,04732.05%9,505
Sangamon52,67368.13%23,42430.30%1,2071.56%30.00%24,24937.83%77,307
Schuyler2,34671.29%88626.92%591.79%00.00%1,46044.37%3,291
Scott1,77175.68%52522.44%441.88%00.00%1,24653.24%2,340
Shelby5,45268.01%2,40530.00%1591.98%00.00%3,04738.01%8,016
Stark1,73076.25%50522.26%341.50%00.00%1,22553.99%2,269
St. Clair38,60160.84%23,64437.27%1,1971.89%00.00%14,95723.57%63,442
Stephenson10,37276.50%2,77320.45%4133.05%00.00%7,59956.05%13,558
Tazewell30,47872.88%10,43224.95%9072.17%00.00%20,04647.93%41,817
Union4,81071.92%1,72925.85%1492.23%00.00%3,08146.07%6,688
Vermilion16,81372.90%5,85525.39%3961.72%00.00%10,95847.51%23,064
Wabash2,83768.05%1,25930.20%731.75%00.00%1,57837.85%4,169
Warren4,40077.41%1,20321.16%811.43%00.00%3,19756.25%5,684
Washington4,20671.71%1,51725.87%1422.42%00.00%2,68945.84%5,865
Wayne4,66770.08%1,82927.46%1642.46%00.00%2,83842.62%6,660
White3,67961.42%2,19136.58%1202.00%00.00%1,48824.84%5,990
Whiteside12,17969.69%4,99528.58%3031.74%00.00%7,18441.11%17,477
Will71,87173.11%24,63525.06%1,7991.83%00.00%47,23648.05%98,305
Williamson13,73769.44%5,60328.32%4432.24%00.00%8,13441.12%19,783
Winnebago49,05371.40%17,08724.87%2,5573.72%00.00%31,96646.53%68,697
Woodford9,28278.31%2,38820.15%1831.54%00.00%6,89458.16%11,853

References

References

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