1994 Illinois gubernatorial election

none related races 1994 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1994 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois presidential no 1990 Illinois gubernatorial election 1990 1998 Illinois gubernatorial election 1998 November 8, 1994 File:Secretary of State Jim Edgar 1989 (cropped).jpg 150x150px Jim Edgar Bob Kustra Republican Party (United States) 1,984,318 63.87% Dawn Clark Nesch Illinois blue book, 1987-1988 (3x4).jpg Dawn Clark Netsch Democratic Party (United States) Penny Severns 1,069,850 34.44% 160px 160px County results Edgar: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Netsch: #a5b0ff 40–50% Governor Jim Edgar Republican Party (United States) Jim Edgar Republican Party (United States) 50.77% 3.23 pp 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 0.10%.1994 Gubernatorial General Election Data Graphs - Illinois https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1994&fips=17&f=0&off=5&elect=0 US Election Atlas 13 July 2025 Edgar won 70% of whites and 20% of African Americans.https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/IL/polls/IL94GH.html 1994 ILLINOIS EXIT POLL RESULTS CNN 1998 17 September 2025 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.State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ... https://archive.org/details/stateofillinoimar1994illi/mode/2up Illinois State Board of Elections 7 April 2020 1966 For the general election, turnout was 50.77%, with 3,106,556 votes cast.State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election .. https://archive.org/details/stateofillinoiso1994illi/mode/2up Illinois State Board of Elections 7 April 2020 1978 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 Democratic gubernatorial primary results Dawn Clark Netsch Democratic Party (United States) 487,364 44.35 Roland W. Burris Democratic Party (United States) 401,142 36.50 Richard Phelan Democratic Party (United States) 160,576 14.61 James Elroy Gierach Democratic Party (United States) 26,752 2.43 Sheila A. Jones Democratic Party (United States) 23,191 2.11 1,099,025 100.00 Lieutenant governor Candidates Anthony P. Harper Penny Severns, Illinois State Senator Sheila Smith Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary results Penny Severns Democratic Party (United States) 406,510 45.75 Sheila Smith Democratic Party (United States) 366,760 41.27 Anthony P. Harper Democratic Party (United States) 115,347 12.98 888,617 100 Republican primaries Governor Candidates Jim Edgar, incumbent governor Jack Roeser, businessman Results Republican gubernatorial primary results Jim Edgar (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 521,590 75.01 Jack Roeser Republican Party (United States) 173,742 23.89 695,332 100.00 Lieutenant governor Candidates Bob Kustra, incumbent lieutenant governor Results Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary results Bob Kustra (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 553,543 100 553,543 100 General election Polling Source Date JimEdgar (R) Dawn ClarkNetsch (D) Chicago Tribune October 30, 1994 60% 25% Chicago Tribune October 23, 1994 61% 22% Results 1994 gubernatorial election, Illinois Vote Totals List http://www.elections.il.gov/electioninformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?officeid=3780 July 29, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110718073218/http://www.elections.il.gov/electioninformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?officeid=3780 July 18, 2011 http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1994&fips=17&f=0&off=5&elect=0&minper=0 1994 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Illinois Uselectionatlas.org 2015-04-04 Republican Party (United States) Jim Edgar (incumbent) 1,984,318 63.9 +13.1 Democratic Party (United States) Dawn Clark Netsch 1,069,850 34.4 -13.8 Libertarian Party (United States) David L. Kelley 52,388 1.69 +1.69 10 0.0 n-a 914,468 29.5 3,106,556 50.77 Republican Party (United States) By county CountyJim EdgarDawn Clark NetschDavid KelleyWrite-inMarginTotal#%#%#%#%#%Adams15,65679.90%3,57318.23%3661.87%00.00%12,08361.67%19,595Alexander2,34768.37%1,04530.44%411.19%00.00%1,30237.93%3,433Bond3,62866.08%1,73131.53%1312.39%00.00%1,89734.55%5,490Boone7,12875.02%2,08121.90%2933.08%00.00%5,04753.12%9,502Brown1,97477.59%52720.72%431.69%00.00%1,44756.87%2,544Bureau9,97470.41%3,92127.68%2711.19%00.00%6,05342.73%14,166Calhoun1,26759.54%80237.69%592.77%00.00%46521.85%2,128Carroll4,46376.47%1,25421.49%1192.04%00.00%3,20954.98%5,836Cass3,20565.25%1,63233.22%751.53%00.00%1,57332.03%4,912Champaign30,46867.02%14,33431.53%6621.46%00.00%16,13435.49%45,464Christian6,88059.94%4,41138.43%1881.64%00.00%2,46921.51%11,479Clark4,07971.59%1,51126.52%1081.90%00.00%2,56845.07%5,698Clay3,09571.17%1,18327.20%711.63%00.00%1,91243.97%4,349Clinton8,23570.38%3,21627.49%2492.13%00.00%5,01942.89%11,700Coles11,49475.40%3,44222.58%3092.03%00.00%8,05252.82%15,245Cook634,35352.04%568,73746.66%15,8541.30%70.00%65,6165.38%1,218,951Crawford4,97873.12%1,73325.46%971.42%00.00%3,24547.66%6,808Cumberland2,90972.20%1,02725.49%932.31%00.00%1,88246.71%4,029DeKalb13,35471.40%4,94226.42%4082.18%00.00%8,41244.98%18,704DeWitt4,21875.46%1,29423.15%781.40%00.00%2,92452.31%5,590Douglas4,72178.41%1,21520.18%851.41%00.00%3,50658.23%6,021DuPage179,39578.51%45,54819.93%3,5641.56%00.00%133,84758.58%228,507Edgar4,67877.40%1,30621.61%601.00%00.00%3,37248.79%6,044Edwards1,91870.26%76828.13%441.61%00.00%1,15042.13%2,730Effingham8,80075.47%2,61522.43%2452.10%00.00%6,18553.04%11,660Fayette5,11269.05%2,12828.75%1632.20%00.00%2,98440.30%7,403Ford3,81580.76%84617.91%631.33%00.00%2,96962.85%4,724Franklin8,55460.38%5,28037.27%3342.36%00.00%3,27423.11%14,168Fulton7,49065.30%3,73732.58%2442.13%00.00%3,75332.72%11,471Gallatin1,53449.01%1,53749.11%591.88%00.00%-3-0.10%3,130Greene3,45768.63%1,46229.03%1182.34%00.00%1,99539.61%5,037Grundy8,80277.37%2,36520.79%2101.85%00.00%6,43756.58%11,377Hamilton2,42868.45%1,04129.35%782.20%00.00%1,38739.10%3,547Hancock4,88375.37%1,48522.92%1111.71%00.00%3,39852.45%6,479Hardin1,83971.72%68026.52%451.76%00.00%1,15945.20%2,564Henderson2,33670.11%94328.30%531.59%00.00%1,39341.81%3,332Henry11,68071.56%4,43727.18%2051.26%00.00%7,24344.38%16,322Iroquois9,16081.43%1,90516.93%1841.64%00.00%7,25564.50%11,249Jackson10,25164.74%5,20432.87%3792.39%00.00%5,04731.87%15,834Jasper2,35765.64%1,16232.36%722.01%00.00%1,19533.28%3,591Jefferson7,84068.38%3,41429.77%2121.85%00.00%4,42638.61%11,466Jersey4,49864.27%2,22331.76%2783.97%00.00%2,27532.50%6,999Jo Daviess5,29371.22%1,98526.71%1542.07%00.00%3,30844.51%7,432Johnson3,11974.12%97723.22%922.19%00.00%2,14250.90%4,208Kane56,34074.80%17,51723.26%1,4661.95%00.00%38,82351.54%75,323Kankakee19,28271.73%7,14826.59%4521.68%00.00%12,13445.14%26,882Kendall9,76979.77%2,20718.02%2702.21%00.00%7,56261.75%12,246Knox12,93575.44%3,96423.12%2481.45%00.00%8,97152.32%17,147Lake96,77573.46%32,75824.86%2,2141.68%00.00%64,01748.60%131,747LaSalle22,68568.37%9,72529.31%7722.33%00.00%12,96039.06%33,182Lawrence3,56166.47%1,70731.87%891.66%00.00%1,85434.60%5,357Lee8,11474.96%2,45422.67%2572.37%00.00%5,66052.29%10,825Livingston9,78280.13%2,26718.57%1581.29%00.00%7,51561.56%12,207Logan7,66676.63%2,19421.93%1441.44%00.00%5,47254.70%10,004Macon22,71462.20%13,27336.35%5301.45%00.00%9,44125.85%36,517Macoupin9,95760.47%6,10537.08%4032.45%00.00%3,85223.39%16,465Madison43,80662.04%25,00835.42%1,7942.54%00.00%18,79826.62%70,608Marion7,73464.95%3,91832.91%2552.14%00.00%3,81632.04%11,907Marshall3,53873.43%1,18024.49%1002.08%00.00%2,35848.94%4,818Mason3,54669.73%1,46328.77%761.49%00.00%2,08340.97%5,085Massac3,75278.44%95820.03%731.53%00.00%2,79458.41%4,783McDonough6,49570.94%2,52827.61%1331.45%00.00%3,96753.33%9,156McHenry44,41476.18%12,59621.60%1,2922.22%00.00%31,81854.58%58,302McLean27,21677.87%7,14420.44%5911.69%00.00%20,07257.43%34,951Menard3,95672.80%1,38625.51%921.69%00.00%2,57047.29%5,434Mercer4,55071.72%1,69526.72%991.56%00.00%2,85545.00%6,344Monroe5,58770.11%2,15427.03%2282.86%00.00%3,43343.08%7,969Montgomery6,64862.26%3,79335.52%2362.21%00.00%2,85526.74%10,677Morgan9,25874.00%3,05924.45%1931.54%00.00%6,19949.55%12,510Moultrie3,23068.06%1,43230.17%841.77%00.00%1,79837.89%4,746Ogle10,28578.39%2,44418.63%3922.99%00.00%7,84159.76%13,121Peoria36,46170.09%14,61228.09%9451.82%00.00%21,84942.00%52,018Perry5,85666.06%2,82031.81%1892.13%00.00%3,03634.25%8,865Piatt4,58970.37%1,82527.99%1071.64%00.00%2,76442.38%6,521Pike5,19973.45%1,73724.54%1422.01%00.00%3,46248.91%7,078Pope1,49375.14%44022.14%542.72%00.00%1,05353.00%1,987Pulaski2,03573.12%71225.58%361.29%00.00%1,32347.54%2,783Putnam1,79266.35%85031.47%592.18%00.00%94234.88%2,701Randolph7,39160.99%4,45536.76%2722.24%00.00%2,93624.23%12,118Richland4,21673.78%1,41924.83%791.38%00.00%2,79748.95%5,714Rock Island26,90164.37%14,23834.07%6511.56%00.00%12,66330.30%41,790Saline6,16864.89%3,12132.84%2162.27%00.00%3,04732.05%9,505Sangamon52,67368.13%23,42430.30%1,2071.56%30.00%24,24937.83%77,307Schuyler2,34671.29%88626.92%591.79%00.00%1,46044.37%3,291Scott1,77175.68%52522.44%441.88%00.00%1,24653.24%2,340Shelby5,45268.01%2,40530.00%1591.98%00.00%3,04738.01%8,016Stark1,73076.25%50522.26%341.50%00.00%1,22553.99%2,269St. Clair38,60160.84%23,64437.27%1,1971.89%00.00%14,95723.57%63,442Stephenson10,37276.50%2,77320.45%4133.05%00.00%7,59956.05%13,558Tazewell30,47872.88%10,43224.95%9072.17%00.00%20,04647.93%41,817Union4,81071.92%1,72925.85%1492.23%00.00%3,08146.07%6,688Vermilion16,81372.90%5,85525.39%3961.72%00.00%10,95847.51%23,064Wabash2,83768.05%1,25930.20%731.75%00.00%1,57837.85%4,169Warren4,40077.41%1,20321.16%811.43%00.00%3,19756.25%5,684Washington4,20671.71%1,51725.87%1422.42%00.00%2,68945.84%5,865Wayne4,66770.08%1,82927.46%1642.46%00.00%2,83842.62%6,660White3,67961.42%2,19136.58%1202.00%00.00%1,48824.84%5,990Whiteside12,17969.69%4,99528.58%3031.74%00.00%7,18441.11%17,477Will71,87173.11%24,63525.06%1,7991.83%00.00%47,23648.05%98,305Williamson13,73769.44%5,60328.32%4432.24%00.00%8,13441.12%19,783Winnebago49,05371.40%17,08724.87%2,5573.72%00.00%31,96646.53%68,697Woodford9,28278.31%2,38820.15%1831.54%00.00%6,89458.16%11,853Totals1,984,31863.88%1,069,85034.44%52,3881.69100.00%914,46829.44%3,106,556 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