2010 Illinois gubernatorial election

2010 Illinois gubernatorial election

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Turnout49.69% Increase 2.40 pp
 
Nominee Pat Quinn Bill Brady
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Sheila Simon Jason Plummer
Popular vote 1,745,219 1,713,385
Percentage 46.79% 45.94%

County results
Quinn:      40–50%      60–70%
Brady:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Pat Quinn
Democratic

Elected Governor

Pat Quinn
Democratic

The 2010 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn was elected to a full term in office, having become governor in 2009 following the impeachment and removal of Governor Rod Blagojevich.[1] Quinn was elected as the Democratic nominee,[2] the Illinois Green Party nominee was attorney and 2006 nominee Rich Whitney, the Republican nominee was State Senator Bill Brady, the Libertarian Party nominee was Lex Green, and Scott Lee Cohen ran as an independent.

Quinn was elected to a full term in a very close race, defeating Brady by only about 32,000 votes with Brady carrying 98 of the state's 102 counties.[3] Prior to the general election, the primary election in February 2010 featured extremely close races between candidates for the two largest parties' nominations. Quinn warded off a challenge by Comptroller Dan Hynes by a margin of about 8,300 votes, while Brady won the Republican nomination on the strength of fewer than 200 votes in a fractured seven-way race. This was the first time Gallatin County went Republican for the governor level since 1920. The election marked the first time since 1852 that the Democrats won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in Illinois.[4] This is also the first gubernatorial election since 1990 in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president.

  1. ^ Sweet, Lynn (February 24, 2009). "Gov. Pat Quinn to run in 2010. 'I think I am doing a good job today'". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago. Archived from the original on April 1, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2009. 'I have no reason not to run,' Quinn told me when I asked him about the 2010 election
  2. ^ Long, Ray (February 4, 2010). "Hynes concedes Dem governor race to Quinn". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Ballots Cast". Elections.il.gov. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  4. ^ fr:Résultats des élections des gouverneurs dans l'Illinois[circular reference]