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Election 1976 Results

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1976 Illinois governor election

James R. Thompson (Republican) beat Michael J. Howlett (Democrat) in Illinois in 1976, 64.7% to 34.7%, a margin of 30.1 points and 1,393,406 votes.

Illinois changed party: in 1972 it went Democratic, for Daniel Walker.

Republicans led in 100 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Cook, cast 2,166,567 votes and went to the Republican by 15.2 points. The closest was Gallatin, where 31 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
James R. Thompson won Republican 3,000,395 64.7%
Michael J. Howlett Democratic 1,606,989 34.7%
All other candidates 28,344 0.6%
Total4,635,728

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 910,409 42.0% 1,240,751 57.3% 15,407 2,166,567 R+15.2
Du Page 43,715 17.3% 205,873 81.5% 3,028 252,616 R+64.2
Lake 30,056 20.1% 118,839 79.4% 785 149,680 R+59.3
Will 32,226 28.2% 81,497 71.4% 421 114,144 R+43.2
Madison 40,412 40.4% 59,451 59.4% 264 100,127 R+19.0
St. Clair 46,675 47.6% 50,907 51.9% 497 98,079 R+4.3
Winnebago 20,839 22.0% 73,114 77.1% 825 94,778 R+55.2
Kane 19,707 21.2% 72,760 78.3% 477 92,944 R+57.1
Sangamon 28,137 34.1% 53,498 64.9% 761 82,396 R+30.8
Peoria 24,690 30.4% 56,221 69.2% 294 81,205 R+38.8
Rock Island 22,846 32.9% 45,970 66.3% 540 69,356 R+33.3
Champaign 13,937 22.3% 47,978 76.7% 673 62,588 R+54.4
McHenry 9,341 17.0% 45,280 82.6% 223 54,844 R+65.5
Macon 14,813 27.8% 38,364 72.0% 102 53,279 R+44.2
Tazewell 14,700 28.4% 36,807 71.1% 258 51,765 R+42.7
La Salle 15,765 32.4% 32,728 67.3% 149 48,642 R+34.9
McLean 8,946 19.8% 36,048 79.7% 240 45,234 R+59.9
Kankakee 13,013 31.3% 28,303 68.1% 221 41,537 R+36.8
Vermilion 13,408 36.0% 23,675 63.6% 152 37,235 R+27.6
De Kalb 5,776 19.0% 24,420 80.1% 278 30,474 R+61.2
Adams 7,301 24.3% 22,726 75.5% 74 30,101 R+51.2
Knox 7,187 27.9% 18,478 71.7% 104 25,769 R+43.8
Whiteside 6,437 25.2% 19,051 74.5% 73 25,561 R+49.3
Williamson 9,114 37.8% 14,936 61.9% 69 24,119 R+24.1
Jackson 7,615 32.1% 15,740 66.4% 354 23,709 R+34.3
Henry 6,238 27.5% 16,412 72.2% 67 22,717 R+44.8
Macoupin 8,309 37.6% 13,666 61.8% 135 22,110 R+24.2
Franklin 8,801 44.0% 11,170 55.8% 35 20,006 R+11.8
Coles 5,128 26.2% 14,343 73.4% 83 19,554 R+47.1
Fulton 6,278 33.1% 12,647 66.6% 62 18,987 R+33.5
Stephenson 3,671 19.7% 14,893 80.0% 56 18,620 R+60.3
Marion 7,753 41.9% 10,687 57.8% 49 18,489 R+15.9
Bureau 5,144 28.0% 13,182 71.8% 46 18,372 R+43.8
Ogle 2,727 15.4% 14,871 84.2% 73 17,671 R+68.7
Christian 5,880 34.8% 10,945 64.9% 48 16,873 R+30.0
Randolph 6,989 42.2% 9,565 57.7% 16 16,570 R+15.5
Jefferson 6,019 36.9% 10,252 62.9% 23 16,294 R+26.0
Morgan 5,021 31.0% 11,117 68.7% 44 16,182 R+37.7
Montgomery 5,793 37.0% 9,842 62.9% 10 15,645 R+25.9
Iroquois 2,945 19.2% 12,348 80.5% 53 15,346 R+61.3
McDonough 3,227 21.4% 11,789 78.1% 85 15,101 R+56.7
Livingston 3,517 23.3% 11,514 76.3% 52 15,083 R+53.0
Lee 3,677 24.4% 11,362 75.4% 29 15,068 R+51.0
Logan 3,549 24.8% 10,735 75.1% 10 14,294 R+50.3
Woodford 3,029 22.2% 10,587 77.5% 47 13,663 R+55.3
Clinton 4,815 35.7% 8,658 64.2% 15 13,488 R+28.5
Kendall 1,821 13.6% 11,556 86.2% 22 13,399 R+72.7
Saline 5,517 41.4% 7,783 58.5% 13 13,313 R+17.0
Effingham 4,599 34.6% 8,622 64.9% 72 13,293 R+30.3
Grundy 2,993 22.8% 10,097 77.1% 13 13,103 R+54.2
Shelby 3,136 27.6% 8,203 72.2% 21 11,360 R+44.6
Perry 4,412 39.5% 6,720 60.2% 38 11,170 R+20.7
Boone 2,073 18.9% 8,873 80.8% 37 10,983 R+61.9
Edgar 3,935 35.9% 6,982 63.8% 35 10,952 R+27.8
Hancock 2,779 25.7% 8,011 74.2% 11 10,801 R+48.4
Crawford 3,479 33.1% 7,035 66.8% 11 10,525 R+33.8
Fayette 3,862 38.4% 6,192 61.5% 11 10,065 R+23.1
Pike 3,265 32.9% 6,562 66.2% 91 9,918 R+33.2
White 4,013 41.7% 5,608 58.2% 10 9,631 R+16.6
Warren 2,611 27.1% 6,944 72.1% 74 9,629 R+45.0
Monroe 3,164 33.1% 6,378 66.6% 29 9,571 R+33.6
Jo Daviess 2,758 29.3% 6,634 70.4% 31 9,423 R+41.1
Jersey 3,296 37.0% 5,593 62.9% 8 8,897 R+25.8
Mercer 2,350 26.4% 6,527 73.5% 8 8,885 R+47.0
Clark 2,946 34.4% 5,612 65.5% 7 8,565 R+31.1
Carroll 1,850 21.8% 6,619 78.0% 17 8,486 R+56.2
Union 3,668 43.3% 4,801 56.6% 8 8,477 R+13.4
Douglas 2,043 24.3% 6,349 75.6% 11 8,403 R+51.2
Lawrence 3,043 36.6% 5,272 63.4% 7 8,322 R+26.8
Richland 2,500 31.3% 5,423 68.0% 54 7,977 R+36.6
Piatt 1,774 22.5% 6,103 77.3% 22 7,899 R+54.8
Mason 2,629 33.7% 5,154 66.1% 13 7,796 R+32.4
Washington 2,385 30.7% 5,339 68.7% 51 7,775 R+38.0
Greene 2,712 35.1% 5,000 64.8% 10 7,722 R+29.6
Clay 2,693 35.2% 4,947 64.7% 5 7,645 R+29.5
De Witt 1,842 24.2% 5,752 75.6% 10 7,604 R+51.4
Ford 1,515 20.2% 5,987 79.7% 8 7,510 R+59.5
Bond 2,659 36.3% 4,644 63.5% 13 7,316 R+27.1
Cass 2,441 34.5% 4,624 65.4% 2 7,067 R+30.9
Massac 2,053 30.1% 4,758 69.8% 5 6,816 R+39.7
Marshall 1,893 28.8% 4,677 71.1% 12 6,582 R+42.3
Wayne 3 0.0% 6,106 99.8% 11 6,120 R+99.7
Wabash 2,427 40.0% 3,623 59.7% 16 6,066 R+19.7
Moultrie 1,656 27.5% 4,359 72.4% 4 6,019 R+44.9
Jasper 2,060 36.7% 3,552 63.2% 5 5,617 R+26.6
Alexander 2,880 52.7% 2,557 46.8% 28 5,465 D+5.9
Menard 1,461 27.0% 3,944 72.9% 5 5,410 R+45.9
Hamilton 2,073 38.4% 3,318 61.5% 5 5,396 R+23.1
Cumberland 1,904 35.8% 3,390 63.7% 28 5,322 R+27.9
Schuyler 1,372 29.0% 3,352 70.9% 3 4,727 R+41.9
Johnson 1,467 32.3% 3,073 67.6% 6 4,546 R+35.3
Henderson 1,490 34.1% 2,880 65.8% 4 4,374 R+31.8
Pulaski 1,898 45.6% 2,256 54.2% 7 4,161 R+8.6
Gallatin 2,047 50.3% 2,016 49.6% 3 4,066 D+0.8
Edwards 1,225 30.7% 2,751 69.1% 8 3,984 R+38.3
Stark 813 23.5% 2,598 75.0% 52 3,463 R+51.5
Scott 941 29.8% 2,208 70.0% 6 3,155 R+40.2
Brown 966 31.8% 2,043 67.2% 32 3,041 R+35.4
Hardin 1,222 41.0% 1,748 58.7% 7 2,977 R+17.7
Putnam 870 29.7% 2,042 69.8% 13 2,925 R+40.1
Calhoun 1,207 41.8% 1,681 58.2% 1 2,889 R+16.4
Pope 723 32.2% 1,517 67.6% 3 2,243 R+35.4

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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