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Illinois gubernatorial election, 2018

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Party Democratic Republican


Incumbent Governor

Bruce Rauner
Republican



The 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election takes place as part of the 2018 Illinois general election and elects the Governor of Illinois. The Democratic and Republican general primary elections will take place on March 20, 2018, and the general election will take place on November 6, 2018.[1]

Incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner has declared his intention to run for reelection to a second term in office.[2][3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • William J. Kelly, radio host and perennial candidate (running as an independent)[7][8]
    • Running mate: Brian Leggero, candidate for Mayor of Rockford in 2017[9]
    • Former running mate: Ray Tranchant, immigration activist[7][10]

Endorsements

Jeanne Ives
Illinois legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Local Republican parties
  • Chicago Republican Party[20]
  • Fremont Township Republican Organization[21]
  • Lake County Republican Assembly[22]
  • Rock Island County Republican Party[23]
  • Wauconda Township Republican Club[22]
  • Wheatland Township Republican Organization[24]
  • Wheeling Township Republican Organization[25]
Organizations
Bruce Rauner
Governors
Illinois State Senators
Illinois State Representatives
County officials
Local officials
Organizations
  • Cook County Republican Party[32]
  • Evanston Township Republican Organization[33]
  • Palatine Township Republican Organization[34]
  • Winfield Township Republican Organization[35]
Newspapers
Declined to Endorse in Primary
Individuals

Debates

Rauner and Ives held their first and only scheduled forum on January 29. Rauner largely ignored his opponent and focused on attacking Speaker Mike Madigan, comparing him to his likely Democratic challenger, J.B. Pritzker. Ives, on the other hand, attacked Rauner for being an ineffective governor and alienating social conservatives.[40] Rauner and Ives were invited by the University of Springfield to debate a second time, although Rauner declined the invitation.[41]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Bruce
Rauner
Jeanne
Ives
Undecided
Southern Illinois University February 19–25, 2018 259 ± 6.0% 51% 31% 18%
We Ask America January 14–16, 2018 1,026 ± 3.1% 65% 21% 15%
We Ask America October 25–29, 2017 1,064 ± 3.0% 64% 19% 16%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Running mate: Jonathan W. Todd, social worker[45]
  • Running mate: Ra Joy, nonprofit executive[50]
  • Running mate: Dennis Cole

Removed from ballot

  • Terry Getz, corrections officer (filed on November 29, 2017, but did so without a running mate or submitting any signatures)[54]

Withdrew

  • Running mate: Alex Hirsch, political operative
  • Running mate: Tyrone Coleman, Mayor of Cairo

Declined

Endorsements

Daniel Biss
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officeholders
State Senators
State Representatives
Chicago Aldermen
Other local officials
Organizations
Individuals
Newspapers
Withdrawn endorsements
Chris Kennedy
U.S. Cabinet and Cabinet-level officials
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Local officeholders
Invididuals
  • Civil Rights and Labor Union Activist Dolores Huerta
  • Lori E. Lightfoot, chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force[90]
Organizations
  • Iroquois County Democratic Central Committee[157]
  • Southern Illinois Democratic County Chairmen's Association[158]
Newspapers


J. B. Pritzker
U.S. Cabinet and Cabinet-level officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officeholders
State Senators
State Representatives
Local officials
Individuals
  • Paul "Snow" Herkert, Chair of the Calhoun County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Jimmy Naville, Chair of the Greene County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Dennis Fisher, Chair of the Shelby County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Brenda Britton, Chair of the Richland County Democratic Party[176][185]
  • John Penn, Chair of the McLean County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Shirley McCombs, Chair of the Menard County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Keith Niewohner, Chair of the Adams County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Phillip Matthews, Chair of the Alexander County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Dan Sidwell, Chair of the Bond County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Jack Mazzotti, Chair of the Christian County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Gary Johnson, Chair of the Jasper County Democratic Party[176][177]
  • Mike Barone, Chair of the Jackson County Democratic Party[176][177]
Organizations
Newspapers
Declined to endorse for the primary
U.S. Representatives
Orgainzations
  • Madison County Democratic Party[194]

Forums

The Illinois LGBTQ Forum: The Democratic Candidates for Governor[195] was held on December 6, 2017 and organized by Affinity Community Services, the Association of Latinos/as Motivating Action (ALMA), the Equality Illinois Institute, and Pride Action Tank. Candidates who attended included Daniel Biss, Tio Hardiman, Ameya Pawar, J. B. Pritzker, and Chris Kennedy.

Whitney Young High School hosted the first student-run gubernatorial debate in the United States on October 4, 2017. All 7 then current candidates attended, meaning Daniel Biss, Bob Daiber, Tio Hardiman, Chris Kennedy, Alex Paterakis, Ameya Pawar, and J. B. Pritzker.[196]

The Illinois chapter of progressive advocacy organization Our Revolution sponsored a forum at the Chicago Teacher's Union headquarters on October 8, 2017. Candidates voiced similar opinions on single-payer health care, gun control, and the minimum wage, but differed on a hypothetical state deal with Amazon and relationships with powerful Illinois Speaker Mike Madigan.[197]

The Democratic candidates held their first televised debate on January 23.[198] All six candidates met again a week later on January 30. The debate was not televised but was uploaded to WSIL-TV's YouTube channel.[199]

Another debate was held on February 21, which was hosted by the University of Springfield.[200] Chris Kennedy did not attend due to a back injury, although all five other candidates participated.[201] Another major debate took place on March 1st. It involved issues such as gun control, Blagojevich's tapes, sexual harassment, and relatability.[202] Another debate took place the next day in Springfield. The topics involved Madigan, sexual harassment, among other issues. The spotlight remained on the top contenders: Chris Kennedy, J.B Pritzker, and Daniel Biss.[203]

Pritzker was criticized for refusing to commit to attend the only live-television debate planned outside the Chicago media market, prompting the debate's cancellation.[204] Biss and Kennedy gathered petition signatures to encourage the debate's continuation, and Biss commented that "JB is borrowing a page from the billionaire playbook, avoiding debates and shunning reporters who ask tough questions."[205]

Polling

Poll source Dates
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
J. B.
Pritzker
Daniel
Biss
Chris
Kennedy
Tio
Hardiman
Bob
Daiber
Robert
Marshall
Others Undecided
Southern Illinois University February 19–25, 2018 472 ± 4.5% 31% 21% 17% 2% 1% 1% 2% 25%
Global Strategy Group (D-Pritzker) February 9–13, 2018 802 ± 3.5% 37% 21% 23%
ALG Research (D-Biss) February 6–11, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 32% 24% 24% 2% 1% 1% 16%
Victory Research February 6–7, 2018 1,209 ± 2.8% 27% 24% 17% 2% 2% 1% 28%
Global Strategy Group (D-Pritzker) February 1, 2018 801 ± 3.5% 41% 22% 16% 21%
52% 32% 16%
We Ask America January 29–30, 2018 811 ± 3.4% 30% 17% 12% 2% 1% 1% 38%
We Ask America October 17–18, 2017 1,154 ± 3% 39% 6% 15% 1% 1% 2% 36%
ALG Research (D-Biss) July 2017 30% 5% 23% 1% 0% 1% 35%
Garin-Hart-Yang (D-Kennedy) June 26–29, 2017 602 ± 4% 38% 44% 18%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D-Summers) March 2–6, 2017 500 ± 4.4% 11% 44% 11% 34%


Third parties and independents

In order to qualify as an established party in Illinois, a candidate for said party must earn at least 5% of the vote in a statewide election. This last occurred in 2006, when Rich Whitney won 10% of the vote, allowing the Illinois Green Party to achieve such status. Established party status comes with benefits. For example, candidates of an established party needs only 5,000 voter signatures on its petitions to gain ballot access. For non-established parties this number is approximately 25,000.[206][207]

For the 2018 election, non-established parties will not need to run a full slate in order to qualify for ballot access.[208]

Constitution

Candidates

Declared

Green

The party ran a slate of statewide candidates in 2006 and 2010, but failed to be placed on the ballot in 2014.[210][211]

Libertarian

In 2018, Libertarian nominees for governor, other statewide offices, and the General Assembly are chosen[needs update] by the Libertarian Party of Illinois at a state convention.[212] The convention for 2018 candidate selection will be March 3, 2018 in Bloomington, Illinois.[213]

Candidate

Unsuccessful
  • Matthew C. Scaro, entrepreneur and Libertarian activist[214]
  • Jonnie Stewart, retired professional wrestler, Republican candidate for the State House in 1998 and Republican candidate for IL-05 in 2009[214] [217]

Independents

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[218] Tossup August 7, 2017
Rothenberg Political Report[219] Tilt D November 10, 2017
Sabato's Crystal Ball[220] Tossup November 14, 2017

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bruce
Rauner (R)
J.B.
Pritzker (D)
Other Undecided
Southern Illinois University February 19–25, 2018 1,001 ± 3.0% 35% 50% 15%
Public Policy Polling (D-Biss) February 5–6, 2018 600 ± 3.3% 35% 48% 17%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bruce
Rauner (R)
Daniel
Biss (D)
Other Undecided
Paul Simon Institute February 19–25, 2018 1,001 ± 3.0% 34% 48% 18%
Public Policy Polling (D-Biss) February 5–6, 2018 600 ± 3.3% 30% 47% 23%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bruce
Rauner (R)
Generic
Democrat (D)
Other Undecided
Normington Petts (D-DGA) July 18–20, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 37% 49% 14%
Anzalone Lizst Grove (D) February 15–20, 2017 800 ± 3.5% 32% 47% 21%
Normington Petts (D-DGA) January 3–5, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 35% 45% 20%

See also

References

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