1968 Illinois gubernatorial election

none related races 1968 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1968 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 presidential no 1964 Illinois gubernatorial election 1964 November 5, 1968 1972 Illinois gubernatorial election 1972 File:Richard Ogilvie (3x4).jpg 150x150px Richard B. Ogilvie Republican Party (United States) 2,307,295 51.21% 1968 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 160px County resultsOgilvie: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Shapiro: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Governor Samuel H. Shapiro Democratic Party (United States) Richard B. Ogilvie Republican Party (United States) File:Governor Samuel Shapiro Postcard Portrait (cropped).png Samuel H. Shapiro Democratic Party (United States) 2,179,501 48.37% 79.39% 4.76 pp The 1968 Illinois gubernatorial election was held in Illinois on November 5, 1968.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 1968 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, JUNE, 11, 1972 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1968/1968%20GE%20and%20PE.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20220704213241/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1968/1968%20GE%20and%20PE.PDF dead July 4, 2022 Illinois State Board of Elections 26 June 2020 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. Background The election coincided with those for federal offices (United States President, Senate, and House) and those for other state offices. The election was part of the 1968 Illinois elections. The primaries were held on June 11, 1968. In the primary, turnout was 24.44% with 1,332,832 votes cast.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20220602085116/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF dead June 2, 2022 www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 10 April 2020 In the general election, turnout was 79.39% with 4,506,000 votes cast. Democratic primary Governor Samuel H. Shapiro won renomination without opposition. 1968 Democratic gubernatorial primary, Illinois Democratic Party (United States) Samuel H. Shapiro (incumbent) 646,028 99.97 204 0.03 645,824 99.94 626,232 Republican primary Ogilvie won the nomination against 1964 lieutenant gubernatorial candidate John Henry Altorfer, former Governor William G. Stratton, and S. Thomas Sutton. Candidates John Henry Altorfer, 1964 lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Richard B. Ogilvie, president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and former sheriff of Cook County William G. Stratton, former governor of Illinois S. Thomas Sutton Results 1968 Republican gubernatorial primary, Illinois Republican Party (United States) Richard B. Ogilvie 335,727 47.51 Republican Party (United States) John Henry Altorfer 288,904 40.89 Republican Party (United States) William G. Stratton 50,041 7.08 Republican Party (United States) S. Thomas Sutton 31,925 4.52 3 0.00 46,823 6.63 706,600 General election Ogilive won 83 of the state's 102 counties. However, among the 19 counties Shapiro won was the state's most populous, Cook County. 1968 gubernatorial election, Illinois Republican Party (United States) Richard B. Ogilvie 2,307,295 51.21 +3.13 Democratic Party (United States) Samuel H. Shapiro (incumbent) 2,179,501 48.37 -3.56 Socialist Labor Party Edward C. Gross 19,175 0.43 N/A 29 0.00 N/A 127,794 2.84 6.69 4,506,000 79.39 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References 1968 Gubernatorial Illinois