Illinois elections, 2014

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Illinois on November 4, 2014. All of Illinois' executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Illinois' eighteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

Illinois State of the United States of America

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes region of the United States. It has the fifth largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth largest population, and the 25th largest land area of all U.S. states. Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire United States. With Chicago in northeastern Illinois, small industrial cities and immense agricultural productivity in the north and center of the state, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a diverse economic base, and is a major transportation hub. Chicagoland, Chicago's metropolitan area, encompasses over 65% of the state's population. The Port of Chicago connects the state to international ports via two main routes: from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois Waterway to the Illinois River. The Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Wabash River form parts of the boundaries of Illinois. For decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.

United States Senate Upper house of the United States Congress

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislature of the United States. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C.

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Governor and lieutenant governor

Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn ran for re-election to a second full term as governor. Quinn, the then-lieutenant governor, assumed the office of governor on January 29, 2009, when Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office. He was narrowly elected to a first full term in 2010. [1]

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.

Governor of Illinois head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Illinois

The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois, and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state. The governor is responsible for enacting laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly. Illinois is one of 14 states that does not have a gubernatorial term-limit. The governor is commander-in-chief of the state's land, air and sea forces, when they are in state service.

Pat Quinn (politician) American politician: 41st Governor of Illinois

Patrick Joseph Quinn Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Governor of Illinois, from 2009 to 2015. A Democrat, Quinn began his career as an activist by founding the Coalition for Political Honesty. He is currently working on Take Charge Chicago, a petition for referendums to limit the Mayor of Chicago to two four-year terms and create an elected Consumer Advocate in the city.

Quinn was renominated by the Democrats, while the Republicans chose businessman and venture capitalist Bruce Rauner and the Libertarians nominated political activist Chad Grimm.

Republican Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Bruce Rauner American businessman, politician, and 42nd Governor of Illinois

Bruce Vincent Rauner is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois, from 2015 to 2019. Prior to his election, he was the chairman of R8 Capital Partners and chairman of the private equity firm GTCR, based in Chicago. He was the Republican nominee in the 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election and defeated Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn by 50.3% to 46.4%. Rauner was defeated in the 2018 gubernatorial election by Democratic challenger J. B. Pritzker.

Libertarian Party (United States) national political party in United States

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism and shrinking the size and scope of government. The party was conceived at meetings in the home of David F. Nolan in Westminster, Colorado in 1971 and was officially formed on December 11, 1971 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The founding of the party was prompted in part due to concerns about the Nixon administration, the Vietnam War, conscription and the end of the gold standard.

Previously in Illinois, there were separate primary elections for governor and lieutenant governor, with the winners then running together on the same ticket. In 2011, the law was changed and candidates for governor now pick their own running mate. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon did not run for re-election, instead running unsuccessfully for Comptroller. [2] She was replaced as Quinn's running mate by former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas. Rauner chose Wheaton City Councilwoman Evelyn Sanguinetti and Grimm chose Alex Cummings. [3]

Sheila Simon American politician and educator

Sheila J. Simon was the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, from 2011 to 2015. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for Illinois State Comptroller, losing to Republican incumbent Judy Baar Topinka. She was previously a professor of law at the Southern Illinois University School of Law. Simon is the daughter of former U.S. Senator Paul Simon, who had previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1969-1973), and his first wife, former Illinois State Representative Jeanne Hurley Simon.

Chicago Public Schools Public school system of the municipal government of Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois, is the third largest school district in the United States. For the 2014–2015 school year, CPS reported overseeing 660 schools, including 484 elementary schools and 176 high schools; of which 517 were district-run, 130 were charter schools, 11 were contract schools and 2 were SAFE schools. The district serves over 396,000 students.

Paul Vallas American politician and school administrator

Paul Gust Vallas is an American politician and former superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools and the Recovery School District of Louisiana, former CEO of both the School District of Philadelphia and the Chicago Public Schools, and a former budget director for the city of Chicago. He ran for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2014 with then-incumbent Governor Pat Quinn, though the Democratic ticket was defeated by the Republican ticket, which included Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti.

Rauner defeated Quinn in the general election by 50.3% of the vote to Quinn's 46.4%. Rauner won every county in Illinois except for Cook County, home to the city of Chicago and 40% of the state's residents. [4]

Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bruce Rauner/Evelyn Sanguinetti 1,823,62750.27
Democratic Pat Quinn/Paul Vallas (incumbent)1,681,34346.35
Libertarian Chad Grimm/Alex Cummings121,5343.35
n/a Write-ins1,1860.03
Total votes3,627,690100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

Attorney General

Illinois Attorney General election, 2014
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  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  

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Nominee Lisa Madigan Paul Schimpf
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,142,5581,360,763
Percentage59.46%33.77%

Attorney General before election

Lisa Madigan
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Lisa Madigan
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan ran for re-election to a fourth term in office.

Illinois Attorney General attorney general for the U.S. state of Illinois

The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage. Based in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, the Attorney General is responsible for providing legal counsel for the various state agencies including the Governor of Illinois and Illinois General Assembly, and conducting all legal affairs pertaining to the state.

Lisa Madigan American politician

Lisa Murray Madigan is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2019, being the first woman to hold that position. She is also the stepdaughter of Michael Madigan, who has served as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives since 1997.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lisa Madigan (incumbent)427,539100.0
Total votes427,539100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew
  • Mark Curran, Lake County Sheriff [9]
  • Mike Webster, attorney, accountant and President of the Board of Education for Cass School District #63 (ran for Secretary of State) [10]
Declined

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Schimpf 640,595100.0
Total votes640,595100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Lisa
Madigan (D)
Paul
Schimpf (R)
Ben
Koyl (L)
OtherUndecided
APC Research October 16–21, 2014800± 3.5%61%24%6%1%8%
We Ask America October 6, 20141,097± 3%56%31%5%8%
We Ask America September 17, 20141,071± 3.1%53%32%6%9%
We Ask America September 3, 20141,096± 3%54%30%5%11%
McKeon & Associates July 9–10, 2014800± 3.9%46%37%17%
We Ask America July 30, 20141,057± 3.02%52%35%13%
We Ask America June 16, 20141,023± 3.06%51%35%14%

Results

Illinois Attorney General election, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lisa Madigan (incumbent)2,142,55859.46
Republican Paul Schimpf 1,360,76337.77
Libertarian Ben Koyl99,9032.77
Total votes3,603,224100.0
Democratic hold

Secretary of State

Illinois Secretary of State election, 2014
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  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  

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Nominee Jesse White Mike Webster
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,374,8491,134,452
Percentage65.70%31.39%

Secretary of State before election

Jesse White
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Jesse White
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jesse White ran for re-election to a fifth term in office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jesse White (incumbent)448,025100.0
Total votes448,025100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Mike Webster, attorney, accountant and President of the Board of Education for Cass School District #63 [15]
Withdrew
  • Will Lindsey, businessman [16]

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Webster644,248100.0
Total votes644,248100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Jesse
White (D)
Mike
Webster (R)
Christopher
Michel (L)
OtherUndecided
APC Research October 16–21, 2014800± 3.5%68%19%5%1%7%
We Ask America September 17, 20141,071± 3.1%61%28%5%6%
We Ask America September 3, 20141,096± 3%61%26%5%7%
We Ask America July 30, 20141,057± 3.02%60%31%9%
We Ask America June 16, 20141,023± 3.06%63%29%9%

Results

Illinois Secretary of State election, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jesse White (incumbent)2,374,84965.70
Republican Mike Webster1,134,45231.39
Libertarian Christopher Michel104,4982.89
n/a Write-ins8090.02
Total votes3,614,608100.0
Democratic hold

Comptroller

Illinois Comptroller election, 2014
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  2010 November 4, 2014 2016 (special)  

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Nominee Judy Barr Topinka Sheila Simon
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,775,9831,134,452
Percentage49.56%31.39%

Comptroller before election

Judy Baar Topinka
Republican

Elected Comptroller

Judy Baar Topinka
Republican

Incumbent Republican Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka ran for re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Judy Baar Topinka (Incumbent)680,768100.0
Total votes680,768100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sheila Simon411,623100.0
Total votes411,623100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Judy Baar
Topinka (R)
Sheila
Simon (D)
Julie
Fox (L)
OtherUndecided
APC Research October 16–21, 2014800± 3.5%49%31%8%1%11%
Communication Express September 30, 20141,167± 2.87%53%31%5%11%
We Ask America September 17, 20141,071± 3.1%55%32%6%8%
We Ask America September 2, 20141,064± 3%51%32%8%9%
We Ask America July 31, 20141,005± 3.1%51%32%17%
We Ask America June 17, 20141,021± 3.07%48%37%15%
We Ask America [20] April 27, 2014?± 3.14%51%38%11%
We Ask America [21] April 21, 2014?± 3.21%56%29%15%

Results

Illinois Comptroller election, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Judy Baar Topinka (incumbent)1,775,98349.56
Democratic Sheila Simon 1,636,59345.67
Libertarian Julie Fox170,5344.77
n/a Write-ins1760.00
Total votes3,583,286100.0
Republican hold

Aftermath

Topinka died on December 10, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn appointed Jerry Stermer to serve out the remainder of her term. A special election was held for the office in 2016.

Treasurer

Illinois Treasurer election, 2014
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  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  

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Nominee Mike Frerichs Tom Cross
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,775,9831,685,659
Percentage48.05%47.79%

Treasurer before election

Dan Rutherford
Republican

Elected Treasurer

Mike Frerichs
Democratic


Incumbent Republican Treasurer Dan Rutherford did not run for re-election to a second term in office. He instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew
Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Tom
Cross
Bob
Grogan
Bob
Schillerstrom
OtherUndecided
Battleground Polling November 3–11, 2013535± 3.97%27%13%60%
Battleground Polling May 20–27, 2013400± 4.8%21%18%61%

Results

Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Cross397,69157.36
Republican Bob Grogan295,68242.64
Total votes693,373100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Frerichs395,985100.0
Total votes395,985100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Tom
Cross (R)
Mike
Frerichs (D)
Matthew
Skopek (L)
OtherUndecided
McKeon & Associates October 28, 2014823± 3.9%35%32%7%26%
APC Research October 16–21, 2014800± 3.5%38%34%7%2%20%
We Ask America October 7, 20141,083± 2.98%40%39%6%15%
Communication Express September 30, 20141,134± 2.87%44%34%3%19%
We Ask America September 17, 20141,071± 3.1%43%35%7%15%
We Ask America September 4, 20141,014± 3.08%43%37%6%14%
We Ask America July 31, 20141,005± 3.1%45%33%21%
We Ask America June 17, 20141,021± 3.07%43%34%23%
We Ask America [20] April 27, 2014?± 3.14%41%37%22%
We Ask America [21] April 21, 2014?± 3.21%33%20%47%

Results

Illinois Treasurer election, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Frerichs 1,694,88448.05
Republican Tom Cross 1,685,65947.79
Libertarian Matthew Skopek146,6544.16
Total votes3,527,197100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. He defeated Republican State Senator Jim Oberweis and Libertarian Sharon Hansen in the general election.

United States Senate election in Illinois, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dick Durbin (incumbent)1,929,63753.55
Republican Jim Oberweis 1,538,52242.69
Libertarian Sharon Hansen135,3163.76
n/a Write-ins440.00
Total votes3,603,519100.0
Democratic hold

United States House of Representatives

All of Illinois' eighteen seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.

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