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1900 Illinois governor election

Richard Yates (Republican) beat Samuel Alschuler (Democrat) in Illinois in 1900, 51.5% to 46.1%, a margin of 5.4 points and 61,234 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1896, when John R. Tanner won.

Republicans led in 60 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 42. The largest, Cook, cast 399,163 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.9 points. The closest was Crawford, where 12 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard Yates won Republican 580,200 51.5%
Samuel Alschuler Democratic 518,966 46.1%
All other candidates 27,712 2.5%
Total1,126,878

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 198,195 49.7% 190,622 47.8% 10,346 399,163 D+1.9
La Salle 8,961 43.0% 11,440 54.9% 452 20,853 R+11.9
Peoria 9,523 46.5% 10,507 51.3% 465 20,495 R+4.8
St. Clair 9,864 49.3% 9,704 48.5% 424 19,992 D+0.8
Sangamon 9,459 48.2% 9,798 50.0% 349 19,606 R+1.7
Kane 6,772 38.0% 10,626 59.7% 405 17,803 R+21.6
Adams 8,905 52.0% 7,943 46.4% 281 17,129 D+5.6
Will 6,771 40.2% 9,842 58.4% 229 16,842 R+18.2
McLean 6,658 39.7% 9,508 56.6% 622 16,788 R+17.0
Vermilion 6,151 37.2% 9,772 59.0% 634 16,557 R+21.9
Madison 6,710 44.6% 8,066 53.6% 285 15,061 R+9.0
Rock Island 5,037 37.2% 8,088 59.8% 409 13,534 R+22.5
Fulton 5,812 47.6% 6,119 50.2% 268 12,199 R+2.5
Champaign 5,019 41.5% 6,659 55.0% 422 12,100 R+13.6
Knox 3,427 29.7% 7,746 67.2% 355 11,528 R+37.5
Macon 4,946 44.0% 6,081 54.1% 206 11,233 R+10.1
Winnebago 2,555 23.2% 7,979 72.5% 478 11,012 R+49.3
Macoupin 5,471 51.5% 4,802 45.2% 346 10,619 D+6.3
Livingston 4,075 40.1% 5,771 56.7% 325 10,171 R+16.7
Henry 2,903 28.9% 6,828 68.0% 309 10,040 R+39.1
Bureau 3,593 37.4% 5,410 56.3% 599 9,602 R+18.9
Iroquois 3,724 40.4% 5,202 56.4% 292 9,218 R+16.0
Morgan 4,325 48.6% 4,373 49.2% 197 8,895 R+0.5
Stephenson 4,049 45.6% 4,611 51.9% 221 8,881 R+6.3
Coles 3,912 44.9% 4,674 53.6% 129 8,715 R+8.7
Hancock 4,649 53.4% 3,905 44.8% 160 8,714 D+8.5
Whiteside 2,800 32.6% 5,567 64.7% 234 8,601 R+32.2
Kankakee 2,954 34.4% 5,541 64.5% 100 8,595 R+30.1
Christian 4,492 53.4% 3,693 43.9% 225 8,410 D+9.5
Tazewell 4,083 49.6% 3,945 48.0% 196 8,224 D+1.7
Shelby 4,505 55.5% 3,368 41.5% 239 8,112 D+14.0
De Kalb 2,054 25.4% 5,771 71.3% 265 8,090 R+45.9
Pike 4,668 58.6% 3,073 38.6% 229 7,970 D+20.0
Jackson 3,711 46.9% 4,047 51.2% 149 7,907 R+4.2
Montgomery 4,068 51.8% 3,592 45.7% 199 7,859 D+6.1
McDonough 3,450 44.8% 4,060 52.7% 192 7,702 R+7.9
Edgar 3,793 49.3% 3,753 48.8% 145 7,691 D+0.5
Ogle 2,221 29.3% 5,185 68.4% 174 7,580 R+39.1
Lake 2,289 30.3% 5,060 67.0% 200 7,549 R+36.7
Lee 2,599 34.6% 4,725 62.9% 192 7,516 R+28.3
McHenry 2,184 29.4% 5,107 68.7% 145 7,436 R+39.3
Marion 3,929 53.7% 3,218 44.0% 170 7,317 D+9.7
Logan 3,702 50.6% 3,481 47.6% 132 7,315 D+3.0
Williamson 2,745 42.2% 3,710 57.0% 55 6,510 R+14.8
Fayette 3,418 52.6% 2,914 44.9% 161 6,493 D+7.8
Randolph 3,280 50.8% 3,055 47.3% 119 6,454 D+3.5
Wayne 3,065 48.2% 3,111 48.9% 184 6,360 R+0.7
Warren 2,527 40.0% 3,599 56.9% 199 6,325 R+16.9
Jefferson 3,330 52.7% 2,791 44.2% 199 6,320 D+8.5
Jo Daviess 2,583 42.1% 3,404 55.5% 145 6,132 R+13.4
Clark 3,007 49.3% 2,923 47.9% 166 6,096 D+1.4
Du Page 2,121 35.1% 3,720 61.6% 198 6,039 R+26.5
Greene 3,755 63.0% 2,135 35.8% 69 5,959 D+27.2
White 3,177 53.8% 2,650 44.9% 76 5,903 D+8.9
Grundy 1,724 30.4% 3,672 64.8% 267 5,663 R+34.4
Mercer 2,121 38.1% 3,305 59.4% 139 5,565 R+21.3
Woodford 2,584 50.1% 2,396 46.4% 181 5,161 D+3.6
De Witt 2,392 46.5% 2,675 52.0% 79 5,146 R+5.5
Douglas 2,101 42.9% 2,728 55.6% 74 4,903 R+12.8
Effingham 2,972 61.0% 1,848 37.9% 50 4,870 D+23.1
Perry 2,313 48.1% 2,343 48.7% 153 4,809 R+0.6
Carroll 1,274 26.8% 3,395 71.3% 93 4,762 R+44.5
Clay 2,280 48.1% 2,345 49.5% 112 4,737 R+1.4
Saline 2,175 45.9% 2,495 52.7% 65 4,735 R+6.8
Clinton 2,625 56.0% 1,953 41.7% 110 4,688 D+14.3
Crawford 2,291 49.0% 2,303 49.3% 78 4,672 R+0.3
Union 2,893 62.5% 1,690 36.5% 44 4,627 D+26.0
Piatt 1,905 41.2% 2,654 57.4% 61 4,620 R+16.2
Mason 2,500 54.2% 2,024 43.9% 85 4,609 D+10.3
Jasper 2,581 56.1% 1,913 41.6% 108 4,602 D+14.5
Alexander 1,785 39.1% 2,737 60.0% 38 4,560 R+20.9
Cass 2,623 58.0% 1,851 41.0% 45 4,519 D+17.1
Washington 2,087 46.3% 2,342 52.0% 78 4,507 R+5.7
Ford 1,482 33.0% 2,906 64.6% 108 4,496 R+31.7
Hamilton 2,461 55.6% 1,904 43.0% 61 4,426 D+12.6
Franklin 2,206 50.2% 2,121 48.3% 66 4,393 D+1.9
Marshall 1,908 46.0% 2,175 52.4% 64 4,147 R+6.4
Lawrence 2,012 49.4% 1,964 48.3% 93 4,069 D+1.2
Schuyler 2,157 53.5% 1,797 44.5% 81 4,035 D+8.9
Boone 766 19.4% 3,084 78.1% 97 3,947 R+58.7
Cumberland 1,993 50.9% 1,866 47.7% 55 3,914 D+3.2
Richland 2,034 52.1% 1,789 45.8% 83 3,906 D+6.3
Bond 1,607 41.5% 2,126 54.9% 139 3,872 R+13.4
Menard 2,074 55.1% 1,636 43.5% 52 3,762 D+11.6
Moultrie 1,972 52.5% 1,731 46.1% 54 3,757 D+6.4
Jersey 2,141 57.4% 1,510 40.5% 77 3,728 D+16.9
Gallatin 2,003 57.4% 1,427 40.9% 58 3,488 D+16.5
Monroe 1,750 53.1% 1,532 46.5% 15 3,297 D+6.6
Johnson 1,271 38.8% 1,942 59.2% 67 3,280 R+20.5
Pulaski 1,073 34.2% 2,037 65.0% 25 3,135 R+30.7
Brown 1,964 65.5% 991 33.0% 44 2,999 D+32.4
Wabash 1,647 55.1% 1,226 41.0% 117 2,990 D+14.1
Kendall 781 26.6% 2,059 70.1% 98 2,938 R+43.5
Massac 801 27.9% 2,041 71.0% 33 2,875 R+43.1
Henderson 974 34.3% 1,763 62.0% 106 2,843 R+27.8
Scott 1,572 55.9% 1,209 43.0% 29 2,810 D+12.9
Pope 910 33.1% 1,811 65.9% 27 2,748 R+32.8
Stark 936 34.8% 1,660 61.7% 93 2,689 R+26.9
Edwards 821 33.4% 1,579 64.3% 55 2,455 R+30.9
Calhoun 1,163 55.9% 891 42.9% 25 2,079 D+13.1
Hardin 834 51.7% 745 46.2% 34 1,613 D+5.5
Putnam 451 37.1% 735 60.4% 31 1,217 R+23.3

Counties as they stood in 1900; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Illinois governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 JB Pritzker (D) D+12.5
2018 JB Pritzker (D) D+15.7
2014 Bruce Rauner (R) R+3.9
2010 Pat Quinn (D) D+0.9
2006 Rod Blagojevich (D) D+10.5
2002 Rod R. Blagojevich (D) D+7.1
1998 George H. Ryan (R) R+3.6
1994 Jim Edgar (R) R+29.4
1990 Jim Edgar (R) R+2.6
1986 James R. Thompson (R) R+52.7
1982 James R. Thompson (R) R+0.1
1978 James R. Thompson (R) R+18.9
1976 James R. Thompson (R) R+30.1
1972 Daniel Walker (D) D+1.7
1968 Richard B. Ogilvie (R) R+2.8
1964 Otto Kerner (D) D+3.8
1960 Otto Kerner (D) D+11.2
1956 William G. Stratton (R) R+1.0
1952 William G. Stratton (R) R+5.2
1948 Adlai E. Stevenson (D) D+14.5
1944 Dwight H. Green (R) R+1.8
1940 Dwight H. Green (R) R+6.2
1936 Henry Horner (D) D+9.9
1932 Henry Horner (D) D+16.9
1928 Louis L. Emmerson (R) R+14.1
1924 Len Small (R) R+14.3
1920 Len Small (R) R+24.2
1916 Frank O. Lowden (R) R+10.6
1912 Edward F. Dunne (D) D+10.7
1908 Charles S. Deneen (R) R+2.0
1904 Charles S. Deneen (R) R+27.9
1900 Richard Yates (R) R+5.4
1896 John R. Tanner (R) R+10.4
1892 John P. Altgeld (D) D+2.6
1888 Joseph W. Fifer (R) R+1.7
1884 Richard J. Oglesby (R) R+2.2
1880 Shelby M. Cullom (R) R+5.9
1876 Shelby M. Cullom (R) R+1.2
1872 Richard J. Oglesby (R) R+54.4
1868 John McAuley Palmer (R) R+11.0