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Election 1972 Results

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1972 Illinois governor election

Daniel Walker (Democrat) beat Richard B. Ogilvie (Republican) in Illinois in 1972, 50.7% to 49.0%, a margin of 1.7 points and 77,492 votes.

Illinois changed party: in 1968 it went Republican, for Richard B. Ogilvie.

Democrats led in 55 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 47. The largest, Cook, cast 2,266,557 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.4 points. The closest was Pulaski, where 8 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
Daniel Walker won Democratic 2,371,301 50.7%
Richard B. Ogilvie Republican 2,293,809 49.0%
All other candidates 13,692 0.3%
Total4,678,802

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,178,446 52.0% 1,079,035 47.6% 9,076 2,266,557 D+4.4
Du Page 87,056 37.8% 142,805 62.1% 157 230,018 R+24.2
Lake 64,133 46.0% 75,057 53.8% 229 139,419 R+7.8
Will 48,073 48.6% 50,717 51.3% 146 98,936 R+2.7
Madison 59,523 60.3% 39,030 39.5% 232 98,785 D+20.7
St. Clair 56,720 58.7% 39,405 40.8% 514 96,639 D+17.9
Winnebago 52,566 56.1% 40,922 43.7% 165 93,653 D+12.4
Kane 40,417 43.8% 51,649 56.0% 182 92,248 R+12.2
Peoria 38,556 49.3% 39,416 50.4% 206 78,178 R+1.1
Sangamon 32,639 42.7% 42,952 56.2% 797 76,388 R+13.5
Rock Island 42,470 60.7% 27,350 39.1% 131 69,951 D+21.6
Champaign 26,218 44.8% 31,980 54.7% 292 58,490 R+9.9
La Salle 29,190 55.7% 23,172 44.2% 36 52,398 D+11.5
Macon 26,045 51.5% 24,495 48.4% 67 50,607 D+3.1
McHenry 18,178 37.8% 29,879 62.1% 59 48,116 R+24.3
Tazewell 25,323 53.1% 22,336 46.8% 31 47,690 D+6.3
McLean 20,188 44.0% 25,667 55.9% 47 45,902 R+11.9
Kankakee 18,482 46.1% 21,555 53.8% 38 40,075 R+7.7
Vermilion 20,015 50.8% 19,320 49.0% 75 39,410 D+1.8
De Kalb 16,452 52.5% 14,792 47.2% 81 31,325 D+5.3
Adams 13,238 43.9% 16,878 56.0% 36 30,152 R+12.1
Knox 12,848 48.2% 13,750 51.6% 59 26,657 R+3.4
Jackson 15,684 61.3% 9,842 38.5% 50 25,576 D+22.8
Whiteside 11,534 45.6% 13,704 54.2% 54 25,292 R+8.6
Macoupin 13,336 56.6% 10,158 43.1% 66 23,560 D+13.5
Williamson 12,766 54.7% 10,562 45.2% 17 23,345 D+9.4
Henry 11,888 51.0% 11,391 48.9% 8 23,287 D+2.1
Coles 11,701 53.5% 10,160 46.4% 14 21,875 D+7.0
Fulton 10,577 52.7% 9,456 47.1% 48 20,081 D+5.6
Stephenson 9,912 49.6% 10,061 50.3% 16 19,989 R+0.7
Franklin 11,911 63.2% 6,907 36.6% 36 18,854 D+26.5
Bureau 9,235 49.0% 9,599 50.9% 12 18,846 R+1.9
Ogle 8,247 44.8% 10,130 55.1% 21 18,398 R+10.2
Livingston 7,730 42.2% 10,581 57.8% 8 18,319 R+15.6
Christian 10,652 59.5% 7,222 40.3% 26 17,900 D+19.2
Marion 10,372 58.1% 7,481 41.9% 14 17,867 D+16.2
Morgan 8,052 48.0% 8,719 52.0% 7 16,778 R+4.0
Randolph 8,793 54.2% 7,424 45.8% 16,217 D+8.4
Montgomery 9,299 57.9% 6,739 42.0% 14 16,052 D+15.9
Jefferson 9,388 58.7% 6,586 41.2% 28 16,002 D+17.5
McDonough 7,218 45.6% 8,581 54.2% 22 15,821 R+8.6
Iroquois 5,669 36.2% 9,986 63.7% 13 15,668 R+27.6
Lee 7,531 48.5% 7,976 51.4% 11 15,518 R+2.9
Logan 6,945 47.0% 7,820 52.9% 7 14,772 R+5.9
Woodford 5,811 43.7% 7,476 56.2% 7 13,294 R+12.5
Saline 7,120 53.9% 6,074 46.0% 14 13,208 D+7.9
Effingham 6,900 52.6% 6,210 47.3% 11 13,121 D+5.3
Clinton 7,255 57.5% 5,354 42.4% 9 12,618 D+15.1
Grundy 5,595 45.5% 6,700 54.5% 9 12,304 R+9.0
Kendall 4,711 39.6% 7,176 60.3% 9 11,896 R+20.7
Shelby 6,324 54.4% 5,280 45.5% 11 11,615 D+9.0
Perry 6,432 57.2% 4,809 42.8% 3 11,244 D+14.4
Hancock 5,542 49.4% 5,667 50.5% 7 11,216 R+1.1
Edgar 5,339 47.7% 5,826 52.1% 23 11,188 R+4.4
Fayette 5,951 55.1% 4,849 44.9% 2 10,802 D+10.2
Boone 4,857 47.8% 5,292 52.0% 21 10,170 R+4.3
Crawford 5,591 55.0% 4,567 44.9% 7 10,165 D+10.1
Pike 5,132 51.5% 4,809 48.2% 31 9,972 D+3.2
Warren 4,176 42.3% 5,679 57.6% 8 9,863 R+15.2
White 5,452 56.3% 4,230 43.7% 3 9,685 D+12.6
Monroe 4,906 52.3% 4,453 47.5% 15 9,374 D+4.8
Wayne 4,550 49.7% 4,603 50.3% 4 9,157 R+0.6
Jo Daviess 4,102 45.1% 4,983 54.8% 8 9,093 R+9.7
Mercer 4,973 55.5% 3,982 44.5% 2 8,957 D+11.1
Clark 4,492 51.1% 4,291 48.8% 7 8,790 D+2.3
Carroll 3,757 43.3% 4,907 56.5% 15 8,679 R+13.3
Union 4,781 55.5% 3,825 44.4% 9 8,615 D+11.1
Douglas 4,004 46.9% 4,530 53.0% 7 8,541 R+6.2
Jersey 4,864 57.1% 3,644 42.8% 13 8,521 D+14.3
Lawrence 4,468 53.5% 3,868 46.3% 19 8,355 D+7.2
Richland 4,564 55.6% 3,624 44.1% 25 8,213 D+11.4
Clay 4,299 52.7% 3,851 47.2% 6 8,156 D+5.5
Mason 4,362 55.6% 3,473 44.3% 5 7,840 D+11.3
De Witt 3,890 50.1% 3,877 49.9% 1 7,768 D+0.2
Ford 2,817 37.1% 4,769 62.8% 2 7,588 R+25.7
Greene 4,136 54.6% 3,420 45.1% 19 7,575 D+9.5
Washington 3,359 44.5% 4,176 55.4% 9 7,544 R+10.8
Piatt 3,427 45.5% 4,093 54.3% 11 7,531 R+8.8
Cass 3,916 53.9% 3,345 46.0% 3 7,264 D+7.9
Bond 3,534 49.0% 3,677 51.0% 2 7,213 R+2.0
Marshall 3,040 46.0% 3,563 53.9% 7 6,610 R+7.9
Moultrie 3,378 53.4% 2,940 46.5% 3 6,321 D+6.9
Wabash 3,124 49.6% 3,166 50.3% 4 6,294 R+0.7
Massac 3,068 49.2% 3,161 50.7% 7 6,236 R+1.5
Alexander 3,263 52.8% 2,871 46.5% 44 6,178 D+6.3
Jasper 3,057 53.9% 2,607 46.0% 5 5,669 D+7.9
Cumberland 3,000 55.7% 2,376 44.1% 7 5,383 D+11.6
Hamilton 3,193 59.5% 2,171 40.4% 6 5,370 D+19.0
Menard 2,419 45.9% 2,848 54.0% 6 5,273 R+8.1
Schuyler 2,267 49.6% 2,297 50.3% 2 4,566 R+0.7
Henderson 2,326 52.3% 2,119 47.6% 3 4,448 D+4.7
Johnson 1,791 42.8% 2,385 57.0% 5 4,181 R+14.2
Pulaski 2,082 49.8% 2,074 49.6% 22 4,178 D+0.2
Edwards 1,676 40.9% 2,415 58.9% 6 4,097 R+18.0
Gallatin 2,381 58.5% 1,682 41.3% 5 4,068 D+17.2
Stark 1,277 35.9% 2,272 63.8% 10 3,559 R+28.0
Scott 1,651 48.7% 1,737 51.3% 1 3,389 R+2.5
Hardin 1,644 52.7% 1,474 47.2% 2 3,120 D+5.4
Brown 1,684 55.1% 1,348 44.1% 24 3,056 D+11.0
Calhoun 1,702 56.5% 1,301 43.2% 10 3,013 D+13.3
Putnam 1,544 55.6% 1,225 44.1% 6 2,775 D+11.5
Pope 1,129 49.7% 1,141 50.2% 2 2,272 R+0.5

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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