1968 Illinois gubernatorial election

1968 Illinois gubernatorial election

← 1964 November 5, 1968 1972 →
Turnout79.39% Decrease 4.76 pp
 
Nominee Richard B. Ogilvie Samuel H. Shapiro
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,307,295 2,179,501
Percentage 51.21% 48.37%

County results

Ogilvie:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Shapiro:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Samuel H. Shapiro
Democratic

Elected Governor

Richard B. Ogilvie
Republican

The 1968 Illinois gubernatorial election was held in Illinois on November 5, 1968.[1] Democratic nominee, incumbent governor Samuel H. Shapiro (who had assumed the governorship in May 1968, after Otto Kerner Jr. resigned in order to accept a judicial appointment), lost reelection to Republican nominee Richard B. Ogilvie, who was the president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and former sheriff of Cook County.

  1. ^ "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 1968 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, JUNE, 11, 1972" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved June 26, 2020.[permanent dead link]