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Parents > United States > Illinois > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1998 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 03, 1998 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 03, 1998 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 11, 1999 - 12:00pm
Term End January 13, 2003 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last Modifiedev December 29, 2018 01:45am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/08/1994
NameJim Edgar Votes1,984,318 (63.87%)
Term01/09/1995 - 01/11/1999 Margin914,468 (+29.44%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 17, 1998 IL Governor- R Primary George Ryan
Mar 17, 1998 IL Governor - D Primary Glenn Poshard
Mar 17, 1998 IL Governor -Ref Primary Lawrence Redmond
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

02/06/1998 10/26/1998

CANDIDATES
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Name Secretary of State George Ryan Rep. Glenn Poshard Lawrence Redmond (W) Frances Friedman (W) John Studer (W) Sarah H. Katz (W) Larry Lichtenberger
PartyRepublican Democratic Reform Independent Independent Independent Independent
Votes1,714,094 (51.03%) 1,594,191 (47.46%) 50,372 (1.50%) 33 (0.00%) 6 (0.00%) 3 (0.00%) 3 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -119,903 (-3.57%) -1,663,722 (-49.53%) -1,714,061 (-51.03%) -1,714,088 (-51.03%) -1,714,091 (-51.03%) -1,714,091 (-51.03%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$2,334,172.00 $80,228.00 $216.72 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Mason-Dixon 
10/24-10/26		 48.00% (-2.0) 37.00% (+11.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
KRC Communications Research 
10/19-10/20		 44.00% (-8.0) 42.00% (+8.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/10-10/12		 51.00% (+1.0) 36.00% (+10.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
10/03-10/06		 52.00% (+0.0) 31.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
09/19-09/22		 52.00% (+1.0) 30.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
09/11-09/14		 50.00% (+0.0) 38.00% (+12.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
REFS Servo
R Minnesota Populist
D John A. Gianulis
IndP 6921
R Impy
D Some say...
R PragCon 3.0
LBR Old LW
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Berneta Weathers (W) Mary Johnson
PartyIndependent Independent
Votes2 (0.00%) 1 (0.00%)
Margin-1,714,092 (-51.03%) -1,714,093 (-51.03%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Mason-Dixon 
10/24-10/26		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
KRC Communications Research 
10/19-10/20		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/10-10/12		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
10/03-10/06		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Market Shares Corp 
09/19-09/22		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
09/11-09/14		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 03, 1998 12:00am News Ryan picks up Illinois governorship  Article None Entered 

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