Illinois gubernatorial election, 1978
Illinois gubernatorial election, 1978
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Gubernatorial elections were held in Illinois in November 1978. Republican candidate James R. Thompson easily won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Michael Bakalis by nearly 600,000 votes. This was the first election where which coincided with Congressional midterm elections.[1] Thus, the previous election had been in 1976.
Results
1978 gubernatorial election, Illinois[2]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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Republican |
James R. Thompson (incumbent) |
1,859,684 |
59.04 |
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Democratic |
Michael Bakalis |
1,263,134 |
40.10 |
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Libertarian |
Georgia Shields |
11,420 |
0.36 |
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Socialist Workers |
Cecil Lampkin |
11,026 |
0.35 |
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U.S. Labor |
Melvin Klenetsky |
4,737 |
0.15 |
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N/A |
write-ins |
106 |
0.00 |
n-a |
Majority |
596,550 |
18.94 |
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Turnout |
3,150,107 |
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Republican hold |
Swing |
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