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1998 Illinois gubernatorial election

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1998 Illinois gubernatorial election

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FieldValue
election_name1998 Illinois gubernatorial election
countryIllinois
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1994 Illinois gubernatorial election
previous_year1994
next_election2002 Illinois gubernatorial election
next_year2002
election_dateNovember 3, 1998
image1Illinois Governor George Ryan (398309572) (3x4).jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1**George Ryan**
running_mate1**Corinne Wood**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**1,714,094**
percentage1**51.03%**
image2GlennPoshardbio (cropped).jpg
nominee2Glenn Poshard
running_mate2Mary Lou Kearns
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote21,594,191
percentage247.46%
map_image
map_size
map_caption**Ryan**:
**Poshard**:
titleGovernor
before_electionJim Edgar
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionGeorge Ryan
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)
turnout49.72% 1.05 pp

Poshard:

The 1998 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Edgar did not run for a third term in office. Republican nominee George Ryan, the Illinois Secretary of State, narrowly won the election against Democratic Congressman Glenn Poshard.

With this election Corinne Wood became the first female lieutenant governor of the state.

Background

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for federal elections (Senate and House), as well as those for other state offices. The election was part of the 1998 Illinois elections.

For the primaries, turnout for the gubernatorial primaries was 24.58%, with 1,658,296 votes cast and turnout for the lieutenant gubernatorial primaries was 19.76% with 1,333,446 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 49.72%, with 3,358,705 votes cast. Due to Poshard's more conservative social positions he carried the reliably Republican downstate, while Ryan's liberal social policies led him to carry the more Democratic Chicago area.

Democratic primaries

Governor

Candidates

  • Larry Burgess
  • Jim Burns, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (1993–1997), Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1990
  • Roland Burris, former Attorney General of Illinois (1991–1995) and candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1994
  • Maurice Horton
  • Glenn Poshard, U.S. Representative (1989–1999)
  • John Schmidt, former United States Associate Attorney General (1994–1997)

Declined

  • Neil Hartigan, former Illinois Attorney General (1983–1991), former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), and Democratic nominee for Governor in 1990

Results

Gubernatorial primary results by county

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Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Lieutenant gubernatorial primary results by county

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  • Mary Lou Kearns, Kane County Coroner
  • Pat Quinn, former Treasurer of Illinois

Republican primaries

Governor

Candidates

  • George Ryan, Secretary of State of Illinois
  • Chad Koppie, perennial candidate and conservative activist

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Corinne Wood, member of the Illinois House of Representatives

Results

Reform primary

Governor

Candidates

  • Lawrence Redmond

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Phyllis Nirchi

Results

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin
of errorGeorge
Ryan (R)Glenn
Poshard (D)Undecided
Mason-DixonOctober 24–26, 1998813 (LV)± 3.5%**48%**37%15%
KRC Communications ResearchOctober 19–20, 1998400 (LV)± 5.0%**44%**42%14%
Mason-DixonOctober 10–12, 1998830 (LV)± 3.5%**51%**36%13%
Market Shares CorporationOctober 3–6, 19981,099 (LV)± 3.0%**52%**31%17%
Mason-DixonSeptember 11–14, 1998811 (LV)± 3.5%**50%**38%12%
KRC Communications ResearchSeptember 8–10, 1998400 (LV)± 4.8%**52%**34%14%
Zogby InternationalAugust 31 – September 1, 1998726 (LV)± 4.0%**47%**37%16%
Market Share Corp.August 11–17, 19981,109 (RV)± 3.0%**51%**30%19%
Mason-DixonJuly 10–13, 1998807 (LV)± 3.5%**44%**37%19%
University of Illinois at ChicagoJune 9 – July 3, 1998465 (LV)± 5.0%**46%**39%13%
Mason-DixonMarch 8–10, 1998831 (LV)± 3.5%**48%**26%26%
Mason-DixonFebruary 6–9, 1998804 (RV)± 3.5%**50%**26%24%

Results

Notes

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References

References

  1. "Voter Turnout". [[Illinois State Board of Elections]].
  2. "Election Results". [[Illinois State Board of Elections]].
  3. (20 August 1977). "ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN GOV. EDGAR TO RETIRE, FORGOING CHALLENGE FOR SENATE SEAT". [[Washington Post]].
  4. Tribune, Chicago Tribune {{!}} Chicago. (1996-11-26). "HARTIGAN’S DECLARATION NOT TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OPENS ’98 DOOR TO 2".
  5. (1998-03-17). "Ballots Cast". Elections.illinois.gov.
  6. (13 January 1999). "KANE CORONER TO JOIN JESSE WHITE'S STAFF". [[Chicago Tribune]].
  7. "CNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Illinois 1998 Polls". [[CNN]].
  8. (1998-11-03). "Ballots Cast". Elections.illinois.gov.
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