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Election 1982 Results

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1982 Illinois governor election

James R. Thompson (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson III (Democrat) in Illinois in 1982, 49.4% to 49.3%, a margin of 0.1 points and 5,074 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1978, when James R. Thompson also won.

Republicans led in 83 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 19. The largest, Cook, cast 1,723,976 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.1 points. The closest was Cass, where 18 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 1,816,101 49.4%
Adlai Stevenson III Democratic 1,811,027 49.3%
All other candidates 46,418 1.3%
Total3,673,546

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,007,580 58.4% 696,058 40.4% 20,338 1,723,976 D+18.1
Du Page 51,543 26.6% 138,502 71.4% 3,818 193,863 R+44.9
Lake 40,757 35.4% 72,420 62.9% 1,897 115,074 R+27.5
Will 37,679 40.7% 53,193 57.5% 1,655 92,527 R+16.8
Winnebago 36,746 48.3% 37,946 49.9% 1,383 76,075 R+1.6
Sangamon 29,012 40.1% 42,623 58.9% 708 72,343 R+18.8
Kane 22,132 30.7% 48,513 67.4% 1,373 72,018 R+36.6
St. Clair 39,033 54.9% 31,418 44.2% 654 71,105 D+10.7
Peoria 32,427 47.6% 35,002 51.3% 758 68,187 R+3.8
Madison 33,352 52.8% 29,345 46.5% 416 63,113 D+6.3
Rock Island 30,217 54.4% 24,212 43.6% 1,166 55,595 D+10.8
Tazewell 21,154 45.9% 24,391 52.9% 524 46,069 R+7.0
Champaign 18,144 39.5% 26,987 58.8% 770 45,901 R+19.3
Macon 19,907 46.8% 22,312 52.5% 303 42,522 R+5.7
McHenry 10,181 25.2% 29,343 72.7% 817 40,341 R+47.5
La Salle 16,681 43.3% 21,261 55.2% 582 38,524 R+11.9
McLean 12,111 35.9% 21,102 62.5% 563 33,776 R+26.6
Kankakee 13,190 41.0% 18,396 57.2% 557 32,143 R+16.2
Vermilion 12,517 41.5% 17,377 57.5% 302 30,196 R+16.1
Adams 9,795 38.3% 15,644 61.1% 168 25,607 R+22.8
Knox 10,054 46.9% 11,032 51.5% 345 21,431 R+4.6
De Kalb 7,663 36.0% 13,255 62.3% 360 21,278 R+26.3
Williamson 11,060 52.5% 9,851 46.7% 175 21,086 D+5.7
Whiteside 8,688 44.6% 10,472 53.8% 322 19,482 R+9.2
Macoupin 9,687 50.8% 9,245 48.5% 146 19,078 D+2.3
Henry 8,065 44.2% 9,888 54.2% 282 18,235 R+10.0
Jackson 8,764 48.9% 8,910 49.7% 254 17,928 R+0.8
Coles 6,187 37.9% 9,968 61.0% 173 16,328 R+23.2
Fulton 8,581 53.0% 7,380 45.6% 217 16,178 D+7.4
Franklin 10,327 63.9% 5,709 35.3% 118 16,154 D+28.6
Bureau 6,464 42.6% 8,540 56.3% 164 15,168 R+13.7
Stephenson 6,157 40.6% 8,754 57.7% 251 15,162 R+17.1
Morgan 5,373 38.6% 8,439 60.6% 113 13,925 R+22.0
Montgomery 5,778 43.9% 7,284 55.4% 96 13,158 R+11.4
Ogle 4,193 32.0% 8,712 66.5% 198 13,103 R+34.5
Iroquois 3,455 26.5% 9,494 72.7% 105 13,054 R+46.3
Livingston 4,039 31.0% 8,849 67.8% 158 13,046 R+36.9
Marion 6,002 46.5% 6,814 52.8% 84 12,900 R+6.3
Randolph 6,732 52.2% 6,066 47.1% 91 12,889 D+5.2
Christian 6,281 49.0% 6,424 50.1% 109 12,814 R+1.1
Lee 4,770 38.9% 7,238 59.1% 248 12,256 R+20.1
Jefferson 6,155 50.7% 5,897 48.6% 78 12,130 D+2.1
Grundy 4,547 38.4% 7,157 60.4% 152 11,856 R+22.0
Woodford 4,104 35.0% 7,406 63.2% 209 11,719 R+28.2
Effingham 3,910 34.9% 7,222 64.4% 77 11,209 R+29.5
Saline 6,654 59.6% 4,461 40.0% 44 11,159 D+19.7
Logan 3,862 34.7% 7,144 64.1% 131 11,137 R+29.5
McDonough 3,841 35.6% 6,821 63.2% 136 10,798 R+27.6
Clinton 4,656 43.7% 5,911 55.5% 78 10,645 R+11.8
Kendall 2,663 25.5% 7,591 72.7% 191 10,445 R+47.2
Fayette 3,978 41.7% 5,509 57.8% 45 9,532 R+16.1
Shelby 3,902 42.9% 5,115 56.2% 81 9,098 R+13.3
Edgar 3,479 39.1% 5,342 60.0% 75 8,896 R+20.9
Boone 3,149 36.8% 5,259 61.4% 156 8,564 R+24.6
Perry 4,675 54.8% 3,790 44.4% 65 8,530 D+10.4
White 4,056 49.8% 4,034 49.6% 48 8,138 D+0.3
Monroe 2,785 34.4% 5,243 64.8% 61 8,089 R+30.4
Pike 3,685 45.8% 4,316 53.7% 41 8,042 R+7.8
Jersey 3,929 50.2% 3,835 49.0% 69 7,833 D+1.2
Crawford 3,140 40.3% 4,570 58.7% 73 7,783 R+18.4
Wayne 2,849 37.0% 4,751 61.7% 94 7,694 R+24.7
Douglas 2,911 37.9% 4,712 61.3% 66 7,689 R+23.4
Union 3,704 48.2% 3,867 50.3% 114 7,685 R+2.1
Hancock 3,013 39.8% 4,499 59.5% 52 7,564 R+19.6
Mercer 3,408 46.4% 3,818 52.0% 113 7,339 R+5.6
Jo Daviess 3,387 47.3% 3,689 51.5% 90 7,166 R+4.2
Clark 2,629 37.6% 4,314 61.7% 54 6,997 R+24.1
Warren 2,500 36.6% 4,265 62.4% 72 6,837 R+25.8
Mason 3,269 49.2% 3,323 50.0% 50 6,642 R+0.8
Washington 2,417 38.5% 3,837 61.1% 25 6,279 R+22.6
Piatt 2,312 37.6% 3,779 61.4% 61 6,152 R+23.8
Lawrence 2,864 46.9% 3,199 52.4% 46 6,109 R+5.5
Bond 2,580 42.3% 3,481 57.1% 36 6,097 R+14.8
Carroll 2,263 37.6% 3,649 60.7% 104 6,016 R+23.0
Massac 2,717 45.6% 3,199 53.7% 46 5,962 R+8.1
Marshall 2,391 41.6% 3,277 57.0% 84 5,752 R+15.4
Greene 2,585 45.5% 3,037 53.5% 54 5,676 R+8.0
Richland 2,056 36.8% 3,510 62.7% 28 5,594 R+26.0
Clay 2,377 42.5% 3,175 56.8% 35 5,587 R+14.3
De Witt 2,032 37.3% 3,356 61.6% 56 5,444 R+24.3
Cass 2,634 49.8% 2,616 49.5% 35 5,285 D+0.3
Moultrie 2,249 42.7% 2,967 56.3% 57 5,273 R+13.6
Ford 1,414 27.4% 3,705 71.7% 47 5,166 R+44.3
Alexander 2,916 56.7% 2,185 42.5% 38 5,139 D+14.2
Wabash 2,069 40.9% 2,942 58.1% 50 5,061 R+17.2
Hamilton 2,446 50.1% 2,401 49.2% 31 4,878 D+0.9
Menard 1,609 35.8% 2,854 63.4% 36 4,499 R+27.7
Jasper 1,862 41.5% 2,584 57.6% 40 4,486 R+16.1
Cumberland 1,771 40.6% 2,566 58.8% 30 4,367 R+18.2
Johnson 1,569 38.0% 2,529 61.2% 33 4,131 R+23.2
Schuyler 1,696 44.4% 2,093 54.7% 35 3,824 R+10.4
Gallatin 2,411 65.6% 1,240 33.7% 26 3,677 D+31.8
Henderson 1,634 44.5% 2,007 54.7% 30 3,671 R+10.2
Pulaski 1,648 48.5% 1,721 50.7% 26 3,395 R+2.2
Edwards 960 32.2% 2,000 67.2% 18 2,978 R+34.9
Stark 1,082 36.7% 1,830 62.0% 38 2,950 R+25.4
Putnam 1,275 45.6% 1,480 53.0% 40 2,795 R+7.3
Calhoun 1,422 51.0% 1,339 48.0% 26 2,787 D+3.0
Scott 1,089 39.9% 1,625 59.6% 13 2,727 R+19.7
Hardin 1,315 49.1% 1,343 50.1% 22 2,680 R+1.0
Brown 1,136 48.1% 1,213 51.4% 13 2,362 R+3.3
Pope 908 44.1% 1,132 55.0% 18 2,058 R+10.9

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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