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IL Governor
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| Office | Governor |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | June 01, 1978 - 12:00am |
| Polls Open | November 07, 1978 - 06:00am |
| Polls Close | November 07, 1978 - 08:00pm |
| Term Start | January 08, 1979 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 10, 1983 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Modified | ev July 28, 2010 05:30pm |
| Data Sources | IL State Board of Elections Vote Total Book, General 1978, Page 13-15 |
| Description | Special Election- First IL GOV election to be held on a non-presidential election year. |
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COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS |
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CANDIDATES |
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(I) Gov. James R. Thompson |
Comptroller Michael J. Bakalis |
Georgia Shields |
Cecil Lampkin |
Melvin Klenetsky |
(W) Write-In |
| Party | Republican |
Democratic |
Libertarian |
Socialist Workers |
U.S. Labor |
Nonpartisan |
| Votes |  1,859,864 (59.04%) |
1,263,134 (40.09%) |
11,420 (0.36%) |
11,206 (0.36%) |
4,737 (0.15%) |
62 (0.00%) |
| Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-596,730 (-18.94%) |
-1,848,444 (-58.67%) |
-1,848,658 (-58.68%) |
-1,855,127 (-58.89%) |
-1,859,802 (-59.03%) |
| Predict Avg. | 0.00% |
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0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Finances | $2,794,833.00 |
$1,533,739.00 |
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$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
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