2002 Illinois gubernatorial election
2002 Illinois gubernatorial election
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The 2002 Illinois gubernatorial election pitted Congressman Rod Blagojevich against Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan. Rod Blagojevich won 52% to 45%, marking the first time a Democrat was elected governor of Illinois since 1972.
Contents
1 Democratic primary
1.1 Candidates
1.2 Results
2 Republican primary
2.1 Candidates
3 General election
3.1 Campaign
3.2 Results
4 References
5 See also
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Rod Blagojevich, U.S. Representative
Roland Burris, former Attorney General of Illinois, former Illinois State Comptroller, candidate for governor in 1994 and 1998 and independent candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1995
Paul Vallas, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools
Results[edit]
The Democratic primary was a very close 3-way race. Blagojevich prevailed by just 25,469 votes, and just by 2.03%. Vallas did very well in the Chicago suburbs, and narrowly defeated Burris in Cook County, the most populous county in the state. Vallas led early on in the night with Burris in second and Blagojevich in third. Vallas had won probably the most vital county, Cook County. For Blagojevich to beat both opponents, he had to run the board through the rest of Illinois. Blagojevich won almost all of the state's rural counties. Eventually, Cook County had reported all of its votes, with a slight advantage for Vallas over Burris. However many votes were still left to be counted in other cities outside the Chicago area. Blagojevich managed to pull out a narrow victory by winning in Champaign County, home of Champaign. Blagojevich also did well in Sangamon County home to the state's capital, Springfield. Blagojevich also won St. Clair County home of East St. Louis. In the early morning the day after the election, Vallas realized that with all of Cook County's votes counted he had lost. At 4:18 in the morning, Vallas called Blagojevich and congratulated him, and pledged Blagojevich his full support for the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rod Blagojevich | 457,197 | 36.50 | |
Democratic | Paul Vallas | 431,728 | 34.47 | |
Democratic | Roland Burris | 363,591 | 29.03 | |
| Total votes | 1,252,516 | 100.00 | ||
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Patrick O'Malley, State Senator
Jim Ryan, Attorney General of Illinois
Corrine Wood, Lieutenant Governor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Ryan | 410,074 | 44.68 | |
Republican | Patrick O'Malley | 260,860 | 28.42 | |
Republican | Corrine Wood | 246,825 | 26.89 | |
Republican | Write-ins | 69 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 917,828 | 100.00 | ||
General election[edit]
Campaign[edit]
In the general election, Blagojevich defeated Republican Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan by a solid margin. Ethics scandals had plagued the previous administration of Republican George Ryan, who had no relation to Jim, and Blagojevich's campaign focused on the theme of "ending business as usual" in state government. During the campaign, Blagojevich played on the name of his opponent by asking "How can you replace one Ryan with another Ryan and call that change? You want change? Elect a guy named Blagojevich."[2]
Results[edit]
Although the election was thought to be a close one early on in the campaign, Blagojevich's big numbers out of Cook County were too much for the Republicans to come back from.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Rod Blagojevich/Pat Quinn | 1,847,040 | 52.19% | +4.73% | |
Republican | Jim Ryan/Carl Hawkinson | 1,594,961 | 45.07% | -5.96% | |
Libertarian | Cal Skinner | 73,794 | 2.09% | ||
Independent | Marisellis Brown | 23,089 | 0.65% | ||
| Majority | 252,080 | 7.12% | +3.55% | ||
Turnout | 3,538,891 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
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^ Lin, Joanna (December 10, 2008). "He campaigned as a reformer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
^ "Ballots Cast". Elections.illinois.gov. 2002-11-05. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
See also[edit]
- Electoral history of Rod Blagojevich
Categories:
- Illinois gubernatorial elections
- 2002 United States gubernatorial elections
- 2002 Illinois elections
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