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Election 1920 Results

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1920 Illinois governor election

Len Small (Republican) beat James Hamilton Lewis (Democrat) in Illinois in 1920, 58.9% to 34.6%, a margin of 24.2 points and 511,609 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1916, when Frank O. Lowden won.

Republicans led in 98 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Cook, cast 906,256 votes and went to the Republican by 17.1 points. The closest was Scott, where 45 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
Len Small won Republican 1,243,150 58.9%
James Hamilton Lewis Democratic 731,541 34.6%
All other candidates 136,898 6.5%
Total2,111,589

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 350,920 38.7% 505,856 55.8% 49,480 906,256 R+17.1
St. Clair 14,038 33.4% 20,757 49.3% 7,284 42,079 R+16.0
Peoria 11,092 29.9% 22,401 60.5% 3,552 37,045 R+30.5
Sangamon 12,382 33.5% 20,253 54.8% 4,292 36,927 R+21.3
Madison 10,651 31.9% 18,508 55.4% 4,263 33,422 R+23.5
Kane 6,822 20.9% 24,632 75.4% 1,212 32,666 R+54.5
La Salle 8,261 25.3% 21,844 66.9% 2,540 32,645 R+41.6
Rock Island 6,357 20.6% 20,835 67.5% 3,695 30,887 R+46.9
Vermilion 8,968 30.6% 17,255 58.9% 3,061 29,284 R+28.3
Will 6,788 23.8% 20,200 70.9% 1,515 28,503 R+47.1
McLean 7,916 31.0% 15,312 59.9% 2,338 25,566 R+28.9
Winnebago 5,923 23.2% 17,271 67.7% 2,306 25,500 R+44.5
Macon 9,699 38.6% 14,539 57.8% 903 25,141 R+19.3
Adams 8,677 38.0% 11,440 50.1% 2,701 22,818 R+12.1
Champaign 6,404 29.7% 14,294 66.4% 835 21,533 R+36.6
Lake 4,418 22.7% 13,826 71.2% 1,183 19,427 R+48.4
Macoupin 6,042 31.3% 8,130 42.1% 5,124 19,296 R+10.8
Williamson 4,667 26.0% 9,867 55.1% 3,386 17,920 R+29.0
Knox 3,189 18.8% 12,073 71.1% 1,715 16,977 R+52.3
Kankakee 4,157 25.5% 11,648 71.5% 478 16,283 R+46.0
Fulton 5,488 34.1% 9,298 57.7% 1,325 16,111 R+23.6
Henry 3,204 20.3% 11,762 74.6% 808 15,774 R+54.3
Du Page 5,023 33.4% 9,258 61.6% 741 15,022 R+28.2
Franklin 4,803 32.0% 7,398 49.3% 2,813 15,014 R+17.3
Coles 6,220 42.7% 8,192 56.2% 169 14,581 R+13.5
Christian 5,802 40.5% 7,159 50.0% 1,356 14,317 R+9.5
Montgomery 4,969 35.3% 7,175 51.0% 1,932 14,076 R+15.7
Livingston 3,593 25.9% 9,874 71.1% 416 13,883 R+45.2
Bureau 3,246 24.1% 9,204 68.4% 1,003 13,453 R+44.3
Whiteside 2,905 21.6% 9,994 74.3% 553 13,452 R+52.7
Jackson 4,447 33.5% 7,815 58.9% 998 13,260 R+25.4
Stephenson 4,167 32.0% 8,377 64.4% 461 13,005 R+32.4
Morgan 4,814 37.1% 7,805 60.2% 341 12,960 R+23.1
Hancock 5,534 43.1% 7,019 54.7% 274 12,827 R+11.6
Marion 4,440 34.8% 6,376 49.9% 1,960 12,776 R+15.2
Saline 3,381 26.5% 6,559 51.4% 2,824 12,764 R+24.9
Edgar 5,780 46.1% 6,514 51.9% 256 12,550 R+5.8
Tazewell 3,841 31.1% 7,437 60.2% 1,079 12,357 R+29.1
De Kalb 2,296 18.7% 9,659 78.5% 351 12,306 R+59.8
Iroquois 3,271 27.1% 8,509 70.6% 274 12,054 R+43.5
Shelby 5,300 44.9% 6,190 52.4% 322 11,812 R+7.5
McHenry 2,251 19.3% 9,217 79.0% 206 11,674 R+59.7
McDonough 4,090 35.8% 7,050 61.7% 289 11,429 R+25.9
Ogle 2,192 19.5% 8,859 78.9% 184 11,235 R+59.3
Logan 3,722 34.3% 6,520 60.1% 615 10,857 R+25.8
Jefferson 4,802 45.0% 5,685 53.3% 179 10,666 R+8.3
Pike 4,600 44.4% 5,305 51.3% 445 10,350 R+6.8
Randolph 3,143 31.5% 6,095 61.0% 754 9,992 R+29.5
Lee 2,350 23.8% 7,143 72.2% 399 9,892 R+48.5
Fayette 3,890 39.5% 5,686 57.8% 262 9,838 R+18.3
Clark 4,216 43.9% 5,269 54.8% 123 9,608 R+11.0
Crawford 4,172 44.1% 5,091 53.8% 195 9,458 R+9.7
Warren 2,535 28.0% 5,895 65.1% 622 9,052 R+37.1
White 4,233 48.2% 4,414 50.2% 141 8,788 R+2.1
Lawrence 3,801 43.4% 4,647 53.1% 308 8,756 R+9.7
Alexander 3,320 39.5% 5,019 59.7% 73 8,412 R+20.2
De Witt 3,342 40.5% 4,773 57.9% 131 8,246 R+17.4
Wayne 3,184 39.3% 4,851 59.9% 62 8,097 R+20.6
Jo Daviess 1,933 24.1% 5,839 72.9% 238 8,010 R+48.8
Perry 2,421 30.6% 4,508 57.0% 980 7,909 R+26.4
Greene 3,958 51.2% 3,520 45.6% 249 7,727 D+5.7
Douglas 2,561 34.3% 4,562 61.2% 337 7,460 R+26.8
Mercer 1,892 25.5% 5,168 69.6% 367 7,427 R+44.1
Effingham 3,261 44.4% 3,954 53.9% 122 7,337 R+9.4
Clinton 2,066 28.2% 4,274 58.3% 990 7,330 R+30.1
Cass 3,012 41.2% 3,754 51.3% 549 7,315 R+10.1
Woodford 2,120 29.7% 4,749 66.6% 258 7,127 R+36.9
Union 3,721 54.3% 3,047 44.5% 84 6,852 D+9.8
Mason 2,959 44.8% 3,509 53.2% 134 6,602 R+8.3
Washington 1,078 16.8% 4,445 69.5% 877 6,400 R+52.6
Jasper 3,048 47.8% 3,211 50.4% 114 6,373 R+2.6
Pulaski 2,258 35.8% 3,963 62.9% 84 6,305 R+27.0
Piatt 2,163 34.4% 4,017 63.9% 106 6,286 R+29.5
Ford 1,339 21.8% 4,635 75.4% 174 6,148 R+53.6
Clay 2,387 38.8% 3,652 59.4% 106 6,145 R+20.6
Boone 908 14.9% 5,028 82.3% 177 6,113 R+67.4
Carroll 801 13.2% 5,059 83.6% 192 6,052 R+70.4
Hamilton 2,600 44.1% 3,208 54.4% 85 5,893 R+10.3
Moultrie 2,672 45.6% 3,096 52.8% 95 5,863 R+7.2
Grundy 892 15.4% 4,409 76.0% 500 5,801 R+60.6
Bond 1,590 28.2% 3,598 63.7% 459 5,647 R+35.6
Marshall 1,891 34.1% 3,405 61.4% 247 5,543 R+27.3
Wabash 2,574 46.7% 2,800 50.8% 134 5,508 R+4.1
Cumberland 2,207 41.4% 3,060 57.4% 68 5,335 R+16.0
Richland 2,233 41.9% 2,993 56.2% 103 5,329 R+14.3
Schuyler 2,393 45.8% 2,702 51.7% 131 5,226 R+5.9
Jersey 2,210 43.9% 2,739 54.4% 83 5,032 R+10.5
Menard 1,998 41.3% 2,706 55.9% 136 4,840 R+14.6
Massac 706 15.7% 3,690 82.1% 97 4,493 R+66.4
Gallatin 1,980 45.5% 2,180 50.1% 194 4,354 R+4.6
Monroe 932 22.1% 2,947 70.0% 332 4,211 R+47.9
Johnson 1,140 27.3% 2,956 70.7% 87 4,183 R+43.4
Scott 2,017 49.2% 1,972 48.1% 112 4,101 D+1.1
Kendall 615 15.5% 3,285 83.0% 60 3,960 R+67.4
Edwards 772 20.3% 2,969 78.1% 59 3,800 R+57.8
Henderson 843 23.6% 2,639 74.0% 85 3,567 R+50.4
Brown 2,006 56.6% 1,460 41.2% 81 3,547 D+15.4
Stark 730 21.1% 2,666 77.2% 57 3,453 R+56.1
Pope 777 23.7% 2,458 75.1% 39 3,274 R+51.3
Hardin 941 37.2% 1,514 59.8% 76 2,531 R+22.6
Putnam 430 19.5% 1,479 67.1% 294 2,203 R+47.6
Calhoun 768 36.6% 1,291 61.5% 39 2,098 R+24.9

Counties as they stood in 1920; 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