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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Illinois governor election

William G. Stratton (Republican) beat Richard B. Austin (Democrat) in Illinois in 1956, 50.5% to 49.5%, a margin of 1.0 point and 43,523 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1952, when William G. Stratton also won.

Republicans led in 74 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 28. The largest, Cook, cast 2,240,428 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.2 points. The closest was Randolph, where 4 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
William G. Stratton won Republican 2,178,432 50.5%
Richard B. Austin Democratic 2,134,909 49.5%
All other candidates 1,270 0.0%
Total4,314,611

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,189,993 53.1% 1,050,435 46.9% 2,240,428 D+6.2
Du Page 41,378 36.3% 72,438 63.5% 207 114,023 R+27.2
Lake 41,737 43.0% 55,256 57.0% 96,993 R+13.9
St. Clair 57,846 61.8% 35,465 37.9% 264 93,575 D+23.9
Madison 51,711 60.9% 33,141 39.1% 84,852 D+21.9
Peoria 36,788 46.8% 41,801 53.2% 78,589 R+6.4
Winnebago 34,167 45.4% 40,975 54.5% 101 75,243 R+9.0
Kane 26,103 35.4% 47,586 64.5% 73 73,762 R+29.1
Sangamon 35,145 50.3% 34,644 49.6% 46 69,835 D+0.7
Will 31,322 45.0% 38,255 54.9% 83 69,660 R+10.0
Rock Island 32,418 54.4% 27,216 45.6% 59,634 D+8.7
La Salle 21,703 42.7% 29,109 57.3% 50,812 R+14.6
Macon 25,782 52.4% 23,382 47.5% 34 49,198 D+4.9
Vermilion 19,897 45.9% 23,420 54.0% 39 43,356 R+8.1
Champaign 16,113 39.6% 24,552 60.3% 45 40,710 R+20.7
Tazewell 19,683 51.2% 18,769 48.8% 38,452 D+2.4
McLean 14,495 39.0% 22,707 61.0% 37,202 R+22.1
Kankakee 13,294 42.5% 17,955 57.5% 31,249 R+14.9
McHenry 9,579 31.2% 21,167 68.8% 30,746 R+37.7
Adams 14,320 47.7% 15,690 52.3% 30,010 R+4.6
Knox 11,319 41.0% 16,281 58.9% 19 27,619 R+18.0
Henry 9,969 41.6% 14,012 58.4% 23,981 R+16.9
Whiteside 7,601 32.2% 15,973 67.8% 23,574 R+35.5
Macoupin 12,766 54.4% 10,720 45.6% 23,486 D+8.7
Williamson 11,919 51.4% 11,249 48.5% 29 23,197 D+2.9
Franklin 12,295 56.0% 9,667 44.0% 21,962 D+12.0
Fulton 9,969 48.4% 10,600 51.4% 41 20,610 R+3.1
Stephenson 7,643 37.9% 12,523 62.1% 20,166 R+24.2
Bureau 7,118 36.4% 12,438 63.5% 16 19,572 R+27.2
De Kalb 6,399 32.9% 13,076 67.1% 19,475 R+34.3
Coles 9,197 47.2% 10,264 52.7% 7 19,468 R+5.5
Marion 9,458 49.8% 9,549 50.2% 19,007 R+0.5
Christian 10,226 54.5% 8,494 45.3% 41 18,761 D+9.2
Livingston 6,284 33.6% 12,405 66.3% 14 18,703 R+32.7
Jackson 8,513 48.6% 8,993 51.4% 17,506 R+2.7
Montgomery 8,688 50.5% 8,528 49.5% 17,216 D+0.9
Jefferson 9,141 53.2% 8,057 46.8% 17,198 D+6.3
Ogle 4,847 29.3% 11,662 70.6% 20 16,529 R+41.2
Iroquois 5,520 33.7% 10,846 66.2% 17 16,383 R+32.5
Morgan 8,097 49.4% 8,273 50.5% 13 16,383 R+1.1
Lee 5,651 35.6% 10,212 64.4% 4 15,867 R+28.7
Saline 7,886 50.8% 7,643 49.2% 15,529 D+1.6
Randolph 7,455 50.0% 7,459 50.0% 14,914 level
Logan 5,815 41.5% 8,212 58.5% 14,027 R+17.1
McDonough 4,718 35.7% 8,513 64.3% 13,231 R+28.7
Hancock 5,733 44.0% 7,291 55.9% 9 13,033 R+12.0
Shelby 6,271 51.4% 5,922 48.6% 12,193 D+2.9
Edgar 5,020 41.4% 7,095 58.5% 8 12,123 R+17.1
Fayette 5,611 49.2% 5,788 50.7% 7 11,406 R+1.6
Perry 5,549 49.2% 5,730 50.8% 11,279 R+1.6
Woodford 4,300 38.2% 6,959 61.8% 11,259 R+23.6
Pike 5,790 52.3% 5,264 47.6% 16 11,070 D+4.8
Effingham 5,339 48.6% 5,648 51.4% 10,987 R+2.8
Clinton 4,968 45.3% 5,988 54.7% 10,956 R+9.3
White 5,539 52.7% 4,975 47.3% 10,514 D+5.4
Warren 3,751 36.1% 6,629 63.8% 4 10,384 R+27.7
Crawford 4,749 45.7% 5,634 54.3% 10,383 R+8.5
Grundy 3,092 30.9% 6,906 69.0% 4 10,002 R+38.1
Wayne 4,426 45.0% 5,396 54.9% 10 9,832 R+9.9
Lawrence 4,505 47.9% 4,897 52.0% 7 9,409 R+4.2
Jo Daviess 3,414 36.3% 5,993 63.7% 9,407 R+27.4
Carroll 3,125 35.0% 5,797 64.9% 9 8,931 R+29.9
Clark 3,885 43.8% 4,980 56.2% 8,865 R+12.4
Mercer 3,389 39.7% 5,144 60.3% 4 8,537 R+20.6
Union 4,959 58.8% 3,466 41.1% 7 8,432 D+17.7
Clay 3,924 46.8% 4,464 53.2% 8,388 R+6.4
Boone 2,483 29.7% 5,864 70.3% 8,347 R+40.5
De Witt 3,756 45.4% 4,516 54.6% 8,272 R+9.2
Alexander 4,604 56.4% 3,561 43.6% 8,165 D+12.8
Greene 4,273 52.5% 3,868 47.5% 8,141 D+5.0
Douglas 3,320 40.8% 4,812 59.1% 6 8,138 R+18.3
Ford 2,641 32.8% 5,400 67.2% 8,041 R+34.3
Mason 4,032 51.7% 3,766 48.3% 7,798 D+3.4
Washington 2,956 39.1% 4,601 60.9% 7,557 R+21.8
Richland 3,125 41.5% 4,408 58.5% 7,533 R+17.0
Cass 4,021 54.3% 3,388 45.7% 7,409 D+8.5
Jersey 3,794 51.2% 3,610 48.8% 7,404 D+2.5
Monroe 3,110 42.9% 4,142 57.1% 7,252 R+14.2
Bond 3,237 46.0% 3,783 53.8% 11 7,031 R+7.8
Wabash 3,309 47.5% 3,654 52.5% 6,963 R+5.0
Marshall 2,722 39.4% 4,186 60.6% 6,908 R+21.2
Piatt 2,811 40.8% 4,083 59.2% 2 6,896 R+18.4
Massac 2,778 43.3% 3,637 56.7% 6,415 R+13.4
Kendall 1,791 28.0% 4,594 71.9% 8 6,393 R+43.8
Moultrie 3,150 49.8% 3,179 50.2% 6,329 R+0.5
Hamilton 3,166 50.9% 3,052 49.1% 3 6,221 D+1.8
Jasper 3,147 50.9% 3,029 49.0% 1 6,177 D+1.9
Cumberland 2,576 48.3% 2,754 51.6% 3 5,333 R+3.3
Schuyler 2,483 47.8% 2,711 52.2% 5,194 R+4.4
Menard 2,221 44.6% 2,750 55.2% 10 4,981 R+10.6
Pulaski 2,371 47.7% 2,590 52.1% 10 4,971 R+4.4
Johnson 1,811 40.9% 2,613 59.0% 3 4,427 R+18.1
Edwards 1,447 33.0% 2,941 67.0% 4,388 R+34.0
Gallatin 2,346 54.8% 1,932 45.2% 4,278 D+9.7
Stark 1,402 33.2% 2,820 66.7% 5 4,227 R+33.5
Henderson 1,695 40.9% 2,445 59.1% 4,140 R+18.1
Scott 1,734 46.8% 1,971 53.2% 3,705 R+6.4
Brown 2,009 55.9% 1,584 44.1% 2 3,595 D+11.8
Hardin 1,536 46.2% 1,782 53.6% 8 3,326 R+7.4
Calhoun 1,639 50.6% 1,603 49.4% 3,242 D+1.1
Pope 1,034 37.9% 1,695 62.1% 2,729 R+24.2
Putnam 1,072 41.2% 1,530 58.8% 2,602 R+17.6

Counties as they stood in 1956; 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