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2018 Illinois gubernatorial election

election of J.B. Pritzker as governor of Illinois

The 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Illinois. The Democratic and Republican primary elections took place on March 20, 2018[1] and the Libertarian Party state convention was held on March 4th.[2]

2018 Illinois gubernatorial election
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Turnout56.15% Increase 7.67 pp
 
Nominee J. B. Pritzker Bruce Rauner
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Juliana Stratton Evelyn Sanguinetti
Popular vote 2,479,746 1,765,751
Percentage 54.5% 38.8%
County results
Pritzker:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%
Rauner:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Bruce Rauner
Republican

Elected Governor

J. B. Pritzker
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner ran for re-election to a second term[3][4] against Democrat J. B. Pritzker and Libertarian Kash Jackson.

In March 2018, the primary results concluded with J. B. Pritzker winning the Democratic nomination with Rauner winning the Republican nomination. Meanwhile, Kash Jackson won the Libertarian Party nomination during a state convention in Bloomington, IL.[2]

Pritzker defeated incumbent Rauner in the general election by a landslide.

Republican Party

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See the main article: Republican Party (United States)

Candidates

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Declared

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Primary results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bruce Rauner (incumbent) 329,995 51.7
Republican Jeanne Ives 308,791 48.3
Total votes 639,804 100

Democratic Party

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See the main article: Democratic Party (United States)

Candidates

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Declared

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Withdrawn

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Kennedy 		J.B.
Pritzker 		Daniel
Biss 		Kurt
Summers 		Tio
Hardiman 		Bob
Daiber 		Others Undecided
We Ask America October 17–18, 2017 1,154 ± 3% 15% 39% 6% – 1% 1% 2% 36%
Garin-Hart-Yang June 26–29, 2017 602 ± 4% 44% 38% – – – – – 18%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner March 2–6, 2017 500 ± 4.4% 44% 11% – 7% – – 4% 34%

Primary results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daniel Biss 204,043 26.44%
Democratic Bob Daiber 7,825 1.01%
Democratic Chris Kennedy 190,208 24.64%
Democratic Robert Marshall 8,251 1.07%
Democratic J. B. Pritzker 348,101 45.10%
Democratic Tio Hardiman 13,391 1.73%
Total votes 771,819 100%

Libertarian Party

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See the main article: Libertarian Party (United States)

Candidates

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Winner

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Failed

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  • Jon Stewart, retired professional wrestler, Republican candidate for the State House in 1998 and Republican candidate for IL-05 in 2009[23] [25]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[26] Lean D September 14, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[27] Lean D September 14, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[28] Likely D September 20, 2018
Real Clear Politics[29] Likely D September 19, 2018
Daily Kos Elections[30] Likely D September 17, 2018
Governing[31] Lean D September 19, 2018
Politico[32] Likely D September 19, 2018
Fox News[33] Lean D September 19, 2018

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bruce
Rauner (R) 		J. B.
Pritzker (D) 		Kash
Jackson (L) 		Sam
McCann (C) 		Other Undecided
Research America Inc. September 5–13, 2018 1,024 ± 3.1% 27% 44% 4% 6% 0% 14%
Marist College August 12–16, 2018 734 ± 4.4% 30% 46% 6% 4% 2% 13%
Victory Research August 12–14, 2018 1,208 ± 2.8% 30% 41% 2% 9% – 18%
(C-McCann) July 25–29, 2018 800 ± 3.5% 29% 42% 6% 11% 1% 10%
Illinois Public Opinion (D) July 12, 2018 423 ± 5.0% 26% 39% 1% 10% – 23%
Victory Research June 26–28, 2018 1,208 ± 2.8% 30% 45% 2% 5% – 18%
We Ask America June 9–11, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 27% 36% – – 26% 11%
Victory Research May 22–24, 2018 1,208 ± 2.8% 32% 47% – – – –
Victory Research April 18–21, 2018 1,208 ± 2.8% 31% 49% – – – 19%
Ogden & Fry March 23, 2018 667 ± 3.9% 28% 46% – – – 26%
Southern Illinois University Archived 2018-02-28 at the Wayback Machine February 19–25, 2018 1,001 ± 3.0% 35% 50% – – – 15%
Public Policy Polling (D-Biss) February 5–6, 2018 600 ± 3.3% 35% 48% – – – 17%
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 30% 47% – – – 23%
with Jeanne Ives and J. B. Pritzker
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Jeanne
Ives (R) 		J. B.
Pritzker (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 20% 40% 40%
with Bruce Rauner and Chris Kennedy
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bruce
Rauner (R) 		Chris
Kennedy (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 28% 41% 31%
with Bruce Rauner and Daniel Biss
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bruce
Rauner (R) 		Daniel
Biss (D) 		Undecided
Paul Simon Institute Archived 2018-02-28 at the Wayback Machine February 19–25, 2018 1,001 ± 3.0% 34% 48% 18%
Public Policy Polling (D-Biss) February 5–6, 2018 600 ± 3.3% 30% 47% 23%
with Bruce Rauner and generic Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bruce
Rauner (R) 		Generic
Democrat 		Undecided
Normington Petts (D-DGA) July 18–20, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 37% 49% 14%
Anzalone Lizst Grove (D) February 15–20, 2017 800 ± 3.5% 32% 47% 21%
Normington Petts (D-DGA) January 3–5, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 35% 45% 20%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kyle
McCarter (R) 		J. B.
Pritzker (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 22% 42% 36%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kyle
McCarter (R) 		Chris
Kennedy (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 21% 42% 37%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Dan
Proft (R) 		J. B.
Pritzker (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 25% 42% 33%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Dan
Proft (R) 		Chris
Kennedy (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 23% 43% 34%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bill
Brady (R) 		J. B.
Pritzker (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 26% 42% 32%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bill
Brady (R) 		Chris
Kennedy (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 25% 42% 33%
with Jeanne Ives and Chris Kennedy
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Jeanne
Ives (R) 		Chris
Kennedy (D) 		Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R-Liberty Principles PAC) Archived 2018-03-15 at the Wayback Machine October 2, 2017 517 ± 4.4% 19% 38% 43%
with Bruce Rauner and Dick Durbin
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bruce
Rauner (R) 		Dick
Durbin (D) 		Undecided
We Ask America July 26, 2016 824 ± 3.5% 35% 44% 22%

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References

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  1. ↑ The Green Papers: Illinois 2018 General Election
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 jevelsizer@pantagraph.com, Julia Evelsizer. "Libertarian party selects governor candidate in Bloomington". pantagraph.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rick Pearson on Twitter: #ILGov Rauner tells Tribune editorial board he will run again. Says he's said it before, but don't recall that". Twitter. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Rauner quietly confirms re-election bid". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ Hinz, Greg. "Did Rauner just uncork a challenge from the right?", Crain's Chicago Business, September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  6. ↑ Miller, Rich (October 28, 2017). "It's an Ives-Morthland ticket". Capitol Fax. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ Pearson, Rick (20 March 2017). "State Sen. Daniel Biss announces Democratic bid for governor". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Miller, Rich (September 8, 2017). "Biss formally announces Litesa Wallace as new running mate". Capitol Fax. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  9. ↑ Byrne, John (August 31, 2017). "Biss selects freshman Chicago alderman as running mate". Chicago Tribune.
  10. ↑ Pearson, Rick (September 6, 2017). "Dem gov hopeful Biss drops running mate Ramirez-Rosa over Israel views". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  11. ↑ Koziatek, Mike (February 10, 2017). "Madison County school superintendent to run for governor". Belleville News-Democrat. Belleville, Illinois. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ Miller, Rich (October 13, 2017). "Daiber names social worker as running mate". Capitol Fax. Springfield, Illinois. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  13. ↑ Vlahos, Nick (June 5, 2017). "Nick in the AM: Tio Hardiman to run again for Illinois governor". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  14. ↑ Miller, Rich (August 9, 2017). "Hardiman selects running mate". Capitol Fax. Springfield, Illinois. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  15. ↑ Sneed, Michael (February 8, 2017). "Chris Kennedy Announces Run For Governor". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  16. ↑ Will Connors (February 8, 2017). "Chris Kennedy, Son of RFK, Running for Illinois Governor". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  17. ↑ Sfondeles, Tina. "Kennedy chooses running mate: Ra Joy, who lost son to gun violence Archived 2017-09-20 at the Wayback Machine", Chicago Sun-Times, September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
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  19. ↑ Pearson, Rick (April 6, 2017). "J.B. Pritzker joins Illinois governor race, facing big Democratic field to take on Rauner". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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  22. ↑ Miller, Rich (October 12, 2017). "Pawar ends his campaign, cites money". NBC 5 Chicago. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Janssen, Kim (June 21, 2017). "Former pro-wrestler with ties to Kellyanne Conway seeks Illinois governor nod". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
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  32. ↑ "Who wins 2018? Predictions for Every House & Senate Election". Politico. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
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