1978 Illinois gubernatorial election
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Gubernatorial elections were held in Illinois in November 1978. Republican candidate James R. Thompson easily won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Michael Bakalis by nearly 600,000 votes. This was the first election where which coincided with Congressional midterm elections.[1] Thus, the previous election had been in 1976.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James R. Thompson (incumbent) | 1,859,684 | 59.04 | ||
Democratic | Michael Bakalis | 1,263,134 | 40.10 | ||
Libertarian | Georgia Shields | 11,420 | 0.36 | ||
Socialist Workers | Cecil Lampkin | 11,026 | 0.35 | ||
U.S. Labor | Melvin Klenetsky | 4,737 | 0.15 | ||
N/A | write-ins | 106 | 0.00 | n−a | |
Majority | 596,550 | 18.94 | |||
Turnout | 3,150,107 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
References
- ^ w. "Illinois Constitution – Article V". Ilga.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
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