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1912 Illinois governor election

Edward F. Dunne (Democrat) beat Charles S. Deneen (Republican) in Illinois in 1912, 38.1% to 27.4%, a margin of 10.7 points and 124,651 votes.

Illinois changed party: in 1908 it went Republican, for Charles S. Deneen.

Democrats led in 61 of the 102 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 27 and Republicans in 14. The largest, Cook, cast 447,441 votes and went to the other candidates by 0.4 points. The closest was Monroe, where 22 votes separated the top two.

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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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Edward F. Dunne won	Democratic	443,120	38.1%
Charles S. Deneen	Republican	318,469	27.4%
Frank H. Funk	Progressive	303,401	26.1%
All other candidates		97,890	8.4%
Total		1,162,880

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cook	168,488 37.7%	108,578 24.3%	170,375	447,441	Others
St. Clair	10,917 42.1%	8,649 33.3%	6,374	25,940	D+8.7
Peoria	8,125 37.2%	5,408 24.7%	8,336	21,869	Others
Sangamon	8,052 40.5%	6,928 34.8%	4,913	19,893	D+5.7
La Salle	7,978 40.2%	5,551 28.0%	6,324	19,853	D+12.2
Kane	4,708 24.8%	2,968 15.6%	11,310	18,986	Others
Madison	7,225 40.8%	6,233 35.2%	4,272	17,730	D+5.6
Vermilion	5,824 33.2%	6,076 34.7%	5,622	17,522	R+1.4
Will	5,772 34.5%	4,689 28.0%	6,260	16,721	Others
McLean	5,075 33.1%	4,519 29.4%	5,761	15,355	Others
Rock Island	4,317 28.3%	4,185 27.4%	6,755	15,257	Others
Adams	6,939 48.7%	3,037 21.3%	4,262	14,238	D+27.4
Winnebago	2,993 22.7%	3,667 27.8%	6,549	13,209	Others
Champaign	4,227 33.6%	4,006 31.9%	4,342	12,575	Others
Macon	4,482 36.4%	3,977 32.3%	3,845	12,304	D+4.1
Fulton	3,878 34.7%	2,543 22.8%	4,742	11,163	Others
Knox	2,708 26.3%	2,392 23.2%	5,216	10,316	Others
Macoupin	4,675 45.5%	2,684 26.1%	2,927	10,286	D+19.4
Lake	2,611 25.8%	3,172 31.4%	4,328	10,111	Others
Livingston	3,481 37.7%	2,588 28.0%	3,165	9,234	D+9.7
Williamson	3,303 35.8%	3,336 36.2%	2,587	9,226	R+0.4
Henry	2,304 25.2%	2,232 24.4%	4,613	9,149	Others
Bureau	2,874 31.6%	2,316 25.5%	3,901	9,091	Others
Stephenson	3,796 41.8%	1,889 20.8%	3,388	9,073	D+21.0
Kankakee	3,375 37.9%	2,913 32.7%	2,608	8,896	D+5.2
Coles	3,492 41.8%	2,533 30.3%	2,333	8,358	D+11.5
Montgomery	3,526 44.2%	2,412 30.2%	2,042	7,980	D+14.0
Jackson	3,324 41.9%	2,918 36.8%	1,683	7,925	D+5.1
Du Page	2,217 28.0%	1,881 23.8%	3,816	7,914	Others
Christian	3,674 46.7%	2,356 30.0%	1,830	7,860	D+16.8
Whiteside	2,013 25.6%	1,968 25.1%	3,873	7,854	Others
Marion	3,380 43.1%	1,609 20.5%	2,856	7,845	D+22.6
Tazewell	3,440 44.0%	1,733 22.2%	2,637	7,810	D+21.9
Morgan	3,254 42.9%	2,047 27.0%	2,276	7,577	D+15.9
Hancock	3,482 46.1%	2,027 26.8%	2,049	7,558	D+19.3
Iroquois	2,613 34.6%	2,112 28.0%	2,824	7,549	Others
McHenry	2,345 31.1%	2,504 33.2%	2,694	7,543	Others
Edgar	3,432 46.4%	2,545 34.4%	1,413	7,390	D+12.0
De Kalb	1,667 22.7%	2,194 29.9%	3,475	7,336	Others
Saline	2,590 36.5%	2,410 33.9%	2,099	7,099	D+2.5
Shelby	3,366 48.7%	1,738 25.2%	1,805	6,909	D+23.6
McDonough	2,906 42.5%	2,062 30.1%	1,877	6,845	D+12.3
Ogle	1,862 27.7%	2,289 34.0%	2,581	6,732	Others
Logan	3,072 46.0%	1,781 26.7%	1,827	6,680	D+19.3
Jefferson	3,166 48.0%	1,948 29.5%	1,488	6,602	D+18.4
Pike	3,243 49.1%	1,801 27.3%	1,557	6,601	D+21.8
Lee	2,167 33.5%	1,575 24.4%	2,721	6,463	Others
Randolph	2,940 46.0%	1,730 27.1%	1,717	6,387	D+18.9
Fayette	2,658 44.0%	1,570 26.0%	1,810	6,038	D+18.0
Warren	2,033 34.2%	1,092 18.4%	2,814	5,939	Others
Franklin	2,498 42.8%	2,122 36.3%	1,220	5,840	D+6.4
Crawford	2,607 45.9%	1,409 24.8%	1,663	5,679	D+21.1
Wayne	2,292 40.7%	1,766 31.4%	1,573	5,631	D+9.3
Clark	2,507 45.2%	2,032 36.6%	1,011	5,550	D+8.6
Jo Daviess	2,153 39.6%	1,526 28.1%	1,755	5,434	D+11.5
Lawrence	2,529 47.4%	1,673 31.4%	1,128	5,330	D+16.1
White	2,645 49.9%	1,863 35.2%	788	5,296	D+14.8
Mercer	1,582 31.7%	1,163 23.3%	2,244	4,989	Others
Greene	2,761 57.0%	1,077 22.2%	1,008	4,846	D+34.8
Alexander	1,973 41.2%	2,053 42.9%	760	4,786	R+1.7
Perry	2,121 44.5%	1,398 29.3%	1,252	4,771	D+15.2
De Witt	1,906 40.1%	1,384 29.1%	1,460	4,750	D+11.0
Clinton	2,688 57.1%	957 20.3%	1,062	4,707	D+36.8
Grundy	1,347 28.7%	1,848 39.4%	1,500	4,695	R+10.7
Woodford	2,005 44.3%	1,241 27.4%	1,281	4,527	D+16.9
Douglas	1,631 36.1%	1,436 31.8%	1,446	4,513	D+4.3
Union	2,613 59.5%	1,261 28.7%	520	4,394	D+30.8
Clay	1,884 43.5%	1,669 38.5%	783	4,336	D+5.0
Effingham	2,536 58.9%	1,138 26.4%	631	4,305	D+32.5
Washington	1,728 40.8%	1,395 32.9%	1,116	4,239	D+7.9
Cass	2,074 49.7%	906 21.7%	1,189	4,169	D+28.0
Carroll	1,115 27.0%	1,723 41.7%	1,297	4,135	R+14.7
Mason	2,044 49.7%	1,147 27.9%	919	4,110	D+21.8
Hamilton	1,860 46.8%	1,273 32.0%	840	3,973	D+14.8
Jasper	2,060 52.3%	1,258 31.9%	621	3,939	D+20.4
Piatt	1,338 35.8%	1,121 30.0%	1,276	3,735	D+5.8
Marshall	1,684 45.1%	1,027 27.5%	1,020	3,731	D+17.6
Richland	1,645 44.1%	1,066 28.6%	1,015	3,726	D+15.5
Boone	654 17.7%	1,578 42.6%	1,472	3,704	R+24.9
Ford	1,041 28.2%	1,004 27.1%	1,653	3,698	Others
Cumberland	1,687 48.9%	1,035 30.0%	728	3,450	D+18.9
Bond	1,205 35.0%	1,268 36.8%	969	3,442	R+1.8
Schuyler	1,704 49.9%	924 27.1%	786	3,414	D+22.8
Wabash	1,628 49.1%	1,000 30.1%	689	3,317	D+18.9
Pulaski	1,002 31.3%	1,661 51.9%	535	3,198	R+20.6
Moultrie	1,478 46.3%	777 24.3%	940	3,195	D+21.9
Menard	1,393 44.1%	892 28.2%	874	3,159	D+15.9
Monroe	1,409 45.3%	1,431 46.0%	271	3,111	R+0.7
Gallatin	1,689 54.3%	1,106 35.6%	313	3,108	D+18.8
Johnson	931 31.9%	1,082 37.0%	909	2,922	R+5.2
Jersey	1,537 54.0%	892 31.3%	418	2,847	D+22.7
Massac	643 22.8%	1,369 48.6%	803	2,815	R+25.8
Kendall	528 20.0%	727 27.5%	1,386	2,641	Others
Scott	1,212 49.3%	818 33.3%	429	2,459	D+16.0
Edwards	613 25.4%	917 38.0%	881	2,411	R+12.6
Pope	628 26.2%	1,137 47.4%	632	2,397	R+21.2
Brown	1,287 55.2%	523 22.4%	521	2,331	D+32.8
Stark	686 29.5%	731 31.4%	909	2,326	Others
Henderson	691 29.8%	722 31.2%	902	2,315	Others
Hardin	642 40.7%	715 45.3%	220	1,577	R+4.6
Putnam	411 28.0%	466 31.7%	592	1,469	Others
Calhoun	606 50.2%	391 32.4%	209	1,206	D+17.8

Counties as they stood in 1912; 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.

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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

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