Jerry Lee Long https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:41:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Jerry Lee Long https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Final Election Results https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/12/final-election-results/ Wed, 03 Dec 2014 13:00:48 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=2849 Written by David E. Smith
The Illinois State Board of Elections recently released the certified election results.  Here are the numbers:

  
  
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Governor-elect Bruce Rauner (R) won a slim majority of the total votes and by 142,284 votes over incumbent Patrick Quinn (D).  Voter turnout was 49 percent, and compared to the 2010 gubernatorial election was down two percent, or 112,353 less voters in the 2014 election.

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan won decisively with 59 percent of the total vote, beating Republican challenger Paul Schimpf who received little support from the Republican establishment in Illinois.
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