Illinois gubernatorial election, 2010

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Illinois gubernatorial election, 2010
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Nominee Pat Quinn Bill Brady
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Sheila Simon Jason Plummer
Popular vote1,745,2191,713,385
Percentage46.8%45.9%
Illinois Governor Election Results by County, 2010.svg
County Results
Quinn:
     40-50%     60–70%
Brady:
     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

Pat Quinn
Democratic

Elected Governor

Pat Quinn
Democratic

The 2010 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Governor Pat Quinn, a Democrat, sought and was elected to a full term. [1] Quinn was elected as the Democratic nominee, [2] the Illinois Green Party nominee was attorney and 2006 nominee Rich Whitney, the Republican nominee was State Senator Bill Brady, the Libertarian Party nominee was Lex Green, and Scott Lee Cohen ran as an independent. Governor Quinn won election to a full term in a very close race, beating Senator Brady by only about 32,000 votes, despite Brady winning in 98 of 102 Illinois counties. [3]

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.

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.

Contents

Prior to the general election, the primary election in February 2010 featured extremely close races between candidates for the two largest parties' nominations. Quinn warded off a challenge by Comptroller Dan Hynes by a margin of about 8,300 votes, while Brady won the Republican nomination on the strength of less than a 200-vote margin in a fractured seven-way race.

The election marked the first time since 1852 that Democrats had won three consecutive Illinois gubernatorial elections. [4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Daniel Hynes American politician

Daniel W. Hynes is an American politician, formerly the Illinois Comptroller. He currently works in client services and marketing for Ariel Investments, in Chicago.

Debates

Democratic candidates Quinn and Hynes debated on January 19. [5] WSIU Public Broadcasting (WSIU (FM)/WSIU-TV) at Southern Illinois University and Illinois Public Media (WILL AM/FM/TV) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign also co-sponsored two gubernatorial primary election debates. [6] [7] Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes debated on January 21, 2010. [8]

WSIU is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/information and classical music format. Licensed to Carbondale, Illinois, the station serves Southern Illinois. The station is currently owned by Southern Illinois University Carbondale and features programming from American Public Media, National Public Radio, and Public Radio International. Programming originating from WSIU includes Celtic Connections, a Celtic music show.

WSIU-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Carbondale, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Southern Illinois University, and is a sister station to National Public Radio (NPR) member and Public Radio International (PRI) affiliate WSIU, also licensed to Carbondale. WSIU-TV's studios are located on the university's campus in Carbondale, and its transmitter is located along US 51, near Tamaroa.

Southern Illinois University State university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, United States

Southern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, United States, in the southern region of the state, with multiple campuses. Randy Dunn was formerly president of SIU.

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredPat Quinn Lisa Madigan Dan HynesUndecided
Public Policy Polling January 26, 201040%–41%19%
Chicago Tribune January 16–20, 201044%–40%15%
Chicago Tribune December 2–8, 200949%–23%23%
Simon Public Policy [ permanent dead link ]October 16, 200933.9%–16.5%35.4%
Public Policy Polling April 24–26, 200929%45%–26%

Results

Democratic primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pat Quinn (Incumbent)462,04950.46
Democratic Dan Hynes453,67749.54
Total votes915,726100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Adam Andrzejewski American businessperson

Adam Andrzejewski is a businessman and government transparency advocate from the town of Herscher, Illinois and now resides in Hinsdale, Illinois. Since 2011, Andrzejewski has spearheaded a national effort to capture and display all government spending at OpenTheBooks.com — a charity he founded. Andrzejewski was the first announced candidate for the Illinois Gubernatorial election of 2010.

Bill Brady (politician) Illinois politician

William E. "Bill" Brady Jr. is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate who has represented the 44th Legislative District since his appointment in May 2002.

Withdrew

Robert Schillerstrom is an American politician and the former DuPage County, Illinois Board Chairman. He currently resides in Naperville, Illinois, and has been a resident of DuPage County for over 40 years.Bob Schillerstrom is a suburban leader and lifelong Illinois resident who, and the former Chairman of the DuPage County Board. Bob was elected as County Board Chairman in 1998 with two-thirds of the vote.

DuPage County, Illinois County in the United States

DuPage County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 916,924, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is Wheaton. DuPage County has become mostly developed and suburbanized, although some pockets of farmland remain in the county's western and northern parts. The county has a high socioeconomic profile and residents of Hinsdale, Naperville and Oak Brook include some of the wealthiest people in the Midwest. On the whole, the county enjoys above average median household income levels and low overall poverty levels when compared to the national average. In 2018 Niche ranked two DuPage municipalities amongst the top 20 best places to live in America.

Results

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Brady155,52720.26
Republican Kirk Dillard155,33420.24
Republican Andy McKenna148,05419.29
Republican Jim Ryan130,78517.04
Republican Adam Andrzejewski111,03014.47
Republican Dan Proft59,3357.73
Republican Robert Schillerstrom7,4200.97
Total votes767,485100.00

Green primary

Candidates

Results

Green Party primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Rich Whitney5,086100.00
Total votes5,086100.00

General election

Candidates

Campaign

After the February 2 Democratic primary in which incumbent Governor Pat Quinn was nominated, attention was drawn to Scott Lee Cohen, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. Illinois law required that candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run in separate primary elections, but run as a ticket in the November general election. Cohen was criticized for his having been charged with domestic battery, in which he was accused of holding a knife to the throat of an ex-girlfriend who was also a convicted prostitute. Cohen was also accused by his ex-wife of physical abuse and using illegally obtained anabolic steroids. [13] Quinn and Dick Durbin, Illinois's senior U.S. Senator, both said that Cohen should withdraw his candidacy, [14] [15] which he did on February 7. [16] Cohen ran as an independent candidate for the office of governor against Quinn. [12]

On March 27, 2010, the Democratic State Central Committee chose a replacement candidate, Sheila Simon. [17] [18] Dan Hynes, who placed second in the gubernatorial primary, denied interest in replacing Cohen on the ticket. [18] Other names suggested included State Representative Art Turner, who placed second to Cohen in the Democratic primary and then finished second to Simon in committee balloting on March 27, 2010; State Senators Rickey Hendon and Terry Link, State Representative Mike Boland, and electrician Thomas Castillo, all of whom also ran in the primary; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official Tammy Duckworth; and State Representative Julie Hamos were suggested as possible replacements. [18] Jeff Melvin, a 21-year retired army veteran, also applied to the open nominating call for the Democratic lieutenant governor position. [19]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report Lean R [20] October 28, 2010
Rothenberg Lean R [21] October 22, 2010
RealClearPolitics Toss up [22] October 28, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball Leans R [23] October 28, 2010
CQ Politics Leans R [24] October 28, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDates
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Pat
Quinn (D)		Bill
Brady (R)		Rich
Whitney (G)		OtherUnde-
cided
Fox News ()October 23, 20101,000± 3.0%39%44%4%7%6%
Chicago Tribune ()October 18–22, 2010700± 3.7%39%43%4%7%6%
Rasmussen Reports ()October 20, 2010750± 4.0%37%45%2%7%8%
Rasmussen Reports (report)October 12, 2010750± 4.5%40%46%2%9%3%
Southern Illinois University ()September 30 – October 10, 2010—± 3.5%29.8%38.4%2.2%5.9%-
Rasmussen Reports (report)October 4, 2010500± 4.5%38%46%4%5%8%
Suffolk University (report)September 30 – October 3, 2010500±4.4%43%37%3%8%8%
(Public Policy Polling)September 30, 2010470±4.5%35%42%4%8%11%
Chicago Tribune (report)September 24–28, 2010600±4%39%38%3%8%12%
CNN/TIME (report)September 24–28, 20101,504±2.5%38%40%4%16%2%
We Ask America ()September 13, 20101,050±2.70%32%42%4%–16%
Rasmussen Reports (report)September 12, 2010750±4.0%37%50%4%7%3%
Chicago Tribune (report)Aug. 28 – Sept. 1, 2010600±4.0%32%37%2%–19%
Rasmussen Reports (report)August 23, 2010750±4.0%37%46%–6%11%
Public Policy Polling (report)August 14–15, 2010576±4.1%30%39%11%–6%
Rasmussen Reports (report)August 9, 2010750±4.0%35%48%–6%12%
Rasmussen Reports (report)July 27, 2010750±4.0%37%44%–11%9%
Rasmussen Reports (report)July 7, 2010500±4.5%40%43%–9%8%
Public Policy Polling (report)June 12–13, 2010552±4.2%30%34%9%–27%
Rasmussen Reports (report)June 7, 2010500±4.5%36%47%–8%10%
Research 2000 (report)May 3–5, 2010600±4.0%36%39%––25%
We Ask America ()May 2, 20101,050±3.02%31.15%46.25%4.81%–17.79%
Rasmussen Reports (report)April 28, 2010500± 4.5%38%45%–5%11%
Rasmussen Reports ()April 8, 2010500± 4.5%38%45%–7%10%
Public Policy Polling (report)April 5, 2010591± 4.0%33%43%––24%
We Ask America ()March 10, 20107983.5%31.58%44.61%3.51%–20.30%
Rasmussen Reports (report)March 8, 2010500± 4.5%37%47%–6%9%
Research 2000 (report)February 22 –24, 2010600± 4.0%47%32%–1%20%
The Illinois Poll ()February 7, 20101,200± 2.8%42%31%–4%23%
Rasmussen Reports (report)December 14, 2009500± 4.5%45%30%–13%13%

Results

Even though Brady won 98 out of the 102 counties, Quinn narrowly prevailed. Brady won almost everywhere in the state. Brady even won all of the Chicago collar (suburban) counties. Quinn's huge win in Cook County, which encompasses the Chicago Metropolitan Area, proved too much for Brady to overcome, however. Quinn initially had a large lead when results first began to come in. This is due to the fact that heavily populated areas tend to report their votes faster. Once the more suburban and rural areas came in Brady narrowed the gap, to a very close race, but once again Cook County proved too much for Brady to overcome. Brady conceded defeat later the following day on November 3, when it became clear he would lose. Quinn's win was ranked by Politico as the 7th biggest upset of the 2010 elections. This election also marked one of the very few times that the Democrats had won the governor's office in Illinois three consecutive times in a row.

Illinois gubernatorial election, 2010 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Pat Quinn/Sheila Simon (Incumbent) 1,745,219 46.79% -3.00%
Republican Bill Brady/Jason Plummer1,713,38545.94%+6.68%
Independent Scott Lee Cohen 135,7053.64%
Green Rich Whitney 100,7562.70%-7.66%
Libertarian Lex Green34,6810.93%
Plurality31,8340.85%-9.68%
Turnout 3,729,746
Democratic hold Swing

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