Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014

Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014

November 4, 2014

Nominee Bruce Rauner Pat Quinn Party Republican Democratic Running mate Evelyn Sanguinetti Paul Vallas Popular vote 1,823,627 1,681,343 Percentage 50.27% 46.35%

Illinois Governor election results by county.

Governor before election Pat Quinn Democratic Elected Governor Bruce Rauner Republican

The 2014 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, concurrently with the election to Illinois' Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn ran for re-election to a second full term in office. 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. Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014.^[1] Quinn was renominated by the Democrats, while the Republicans chose businessman and venture capitalist Bruce Rauner and the Libertarians nominated political activist Chad Grimm.

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. 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.

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.^[2][3] Quinn was the only Democratic governor to lose re-election in the general election in 2014.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Tio Hardiman, former director of CeaseFire^[4]
  • Running mate: Brunell Donald, attorney, author and motivational speaker.^[5]
• Pat Quinn, incumbent Governor of Illinois^[6]
  • Running mate: Paul Vallas, former Chicago Public Schools CEO and candidate for Governor in 2002^[7]

Withdrew

• William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff and former United States Secretary of Commerce^[8][9]

Declined

• John Atkinson, businessman^[10]
• Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff^[11]
• Alexi Giannoulias, former Illinois Treasurer and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[12]
• David H. Hoffman, member of the Illinois Reform Commission, former Chicago Inspector General and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[11]
• Daniel Hynes, former Illinois Comptroller, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and candidate for Governor in 2010^[11]
• Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General (running for re-election)^[13]
• Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners^[14]
• Kwame Raoul, State Senator^[15]

Endorsements

William Daley
Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City[16]

Pat Quinn
Cook County Democratic Party[17] Barack Obama, President of the United States Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States Danny K. Davis, U.S. Representative (IL-07)[18] Luis Gutierrez, U.S. Representative (IL-04)[18] The Chicago Tribune[19][20] Democratic Party of Illinois[21] Teamsters Joint Council[22] Illinois Democratic County Chairmen's Association[23]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Pat Quinn	Tio Hardiman	Other	Undecided
Strive Strategies	March 9, 2014	563	± 4.21%	64%	36%	—	—

Results

Democratic primary results^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Quinn (Incumbent)	321,818	71.94
	Democratic	Tio Hardiman	125,500	28.06
Total votes			447,318	100

Republican primary

By early summer 2013, the field seeking the Republican nomination was set at four candidates.^[25] Two of them, State Senators Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, had sought the nomination in 2010, with Brady edging out Dillard by 193 votes, but ultimately losing to Pat Quinn by less than 1 percent.^[26] Dan Rutherford, who was elected state treasurer in 2010 after serving as a State Representative and State Senator, formally entered the race on June 2.^[27]

Rauner had announced the formation of an exploratory committee in March^[28] and made his entry into the Republican field official on June 5.^[29] Despite longstanding rumors that Rauner was committed to spending $50 million on his campaign, he denied in an interview ever specifying a dollar figure.^[30]

By the date of the primary, Rauner had broken the previous record for self-funding in an Illinois gubernatorial race by putting more than $6 million of his own money into his campaign. In total, he raised more than $14 million before the primary election.^[31]

On March 18, 2014, Rauner won the Republican primary, collecting 40% of the vote, compared to 37% for State Senator Kirk Dillard.

Candidates

Declared

• Bill Brady, State Senator, candidate for Governor in 2006 and nominee for Governor in 2010^[32]
  • Running mate: Maria Rodriguez, former Village President of Long Grove^[33]
• Kirk Dillard, State Senator and candidate for Governor in 2010^[34]
  • Running mate: Jil Tracy, State Representative^[35]
• Bruce Rauner, businessman and former Chairman of GTCR^[36]
  • Running mate: Evelyn Sanguinetti, Wheaton City Councilwoman^[37]
• Dan Rutherford, Illinois Treasurer^[38]
  • Running mate: Steve Kim, nominee for Illinois Attorney General in 2010^[39]

Removed

• Peter Edward Jones (removed from the ballot)^[40][41]
  • Running mate: None^[40]

Declined

• Adam Andrzejewski, businessman and candidate for Governor in 2010^[42]
• Dan Duffy, State Senator^[43]
• Adam Kinzinger, U.S. Representative^[44]
• Ray LaHood, former United States Secretary of Transportation and former U.S. Representative^[45]
• Matt Murphy, State Senator^[46]
• Dan Proft, talk radio personality and candidate for Governor in 2010^[47]
• Christine Radogno, Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate^[36]
• Aaron Schock, U.S. Representative^[48]
• Joe Walsh, conservative radio talk show host and former U.S. Representative^[49]

Endorsements

Kirk Dillard
Jim Edgar, former Governor of Illinois[50] James R. Thompson, former Governor of Illinois[50] Illinois Education Association[51][52] American Federation of State and Municipal Employees’ Council 31[53] Illinois Federation of Teachers[54] The Daily Herald[55]

Bruce Rauner
Dan Duffy, State Senator[43] Chicago Tribune[56][57] Crain's Magazine[58] Shaw Media[59] Cook County GOP[60][61]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Adam Andrzejewski	Bill Brady	Kirk Dillard	Dan Proft	Bruce Rauner	Dan Rutherford	Aaron Schock	Joe Walsh	Other	Undecided
We Ask America	March 17, 2014	1,126	± 3%	—	19.35%	27.36%	—	44.24%	9.04%	—	—	—	—
Illinois Mirror/WAS	March 16, 2014	1,162	± 3%	—	15.4%	26.3%	—	31.5%	5.4%	—	—	—	21.4%
We Ask America	March 11, 2014	1,235	± 2.9%	—	18.9%	25.76%	—	46.46%	8.88%	—	—	—	—
Tribune/WGN-TV	March 1–5, 2014	600	± 4%	—	18%	23%	—	36%	9%	—	—	—	13%
We Ask America	March 4, 2014	1,262	± 2.85%	—	11.65%	14.45%	—	39.88%	8.2%	—	—	—	25.82%
We Ask America	February 25, 2014	1,178	± 3%	—	12.8%	17.25%	—	35.6%	7.48%	—	—	—	26.88%
McKeon & Assoc.*	February 18–19, 2014	831	± 3.6%	—	24%	13%	—	32%	3%	—	—	—	18%
We Ask America	February 18, 2014	1,323	± ?	—	14%	13%	—	35%	8%	—	—	—	30%
Tribune/WGN-TV	February 5–8, 2014	600	± 4%	—	20%	11%	—	40%	13%	—	—	—	15%
We Ask America	January 14, 2014	1,139	± 2.9%	—	17%	9%	—	34%	15%	—	—	—	25%
Ogden & Fry	January 2014	778	± 2.5%	—	8.4%	5.8%	—	18.8%	9.5%	—	—	—	57.5%
We Ask America	November 26, 2013	1,233	± 2.79%	—	18%	10%	—	26%	17%	—	—	—	29%
Public Policy Polling	November 22–25, 2013	375	± 5.1%	—	17%	10%	—	24%	14%	—	—	—	36%
We Ask America	November 14, 2013	1,191	± 2.94%	—	25%	14%	—	11%	18%	—	—	—	32%
Battleground Polling	November 3–11, 2013	535	± 3.97%	—	13%	12%	—	12%	18%	—	—	—	45%
We Ask America	August 13, 2013	1,102	± ?	—	21%	10%	—	14%	17%	—	—	—	32%
We Ask America	June 20, 2013	1,310	± 2.8%	—	18%	11%	—	12%	22%	—	—	—	38%
Battleground Polling	May 20–27, 2013	400	± 4.8%	—	19%	14%	13%	5%	27%	—	—	22%	—
Paul Simon Institute	January 27–February 8, 2013	186	± 7.2%	2.2%	9.7%	3.2%	1.6%	—	10.2%	9.1%	5.9%	4.8%	53.2%
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	303	± 5.6%	—	14%	12%	—	7%	19%	18%	8%	7%	15%

• * Internal poll for Bill Brady campaign

Results

Republican primary results^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Rauner	328,934	40.13
	Republican	Kirk Dillard	305,120	37.22
	Republican	Bill Brady	123,708	15.09
	Republican	Dan Rutherford	61,848	7.55
Total votes			819,624	100

Third party and Independents

Candidates

Declared

• Chad Grimm (Libertarian), political activist, candidate for the State House in 2012 and candidate for the Peoria City Council in 2013^[62]
  • Running mate: Alex Cummings

Removed from ballot

• Mike Oberline (Constitution)^[63][64]
  • Running mate: Don Stone
• Scott Summers (Green)^[63][64]
  • Running mate: Bob Pritchett, Jr.

Declined

• Sam McCann (Independent), Republican State Senator^[65][66]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Pat Quinn (D)	Bruce Rauner (R)	Chad Grimm (L)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 1–2, 2014	1,064	± 3%	47%	45%	3%	—	5%
				48%	48%	—	—	4%
McKeon & Associates	October 28, 2014	823	± 3.9%	45%	42%	4%	—	9%
We Ask America	October 27–28, 2014	2,327	± 3%	49.5%	44.8%	5.6%	—	—
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	October 16–23, 2014	3,519	± 3%	45%	41%	—	1%	13%
Rasmussen Reports	October 20–22, 2014	1,000	± 3%	47%	48%	—	2%	4%
APC Research	October 16–21, 2014	800	± 3.5%	43%	45%	4%	—	7%
Southern Illinois University	September 23–October 15, 2014	1,006 RV	± 3%	41.2%	38.6%	4.5%	0.9%	14.9%
		691 LV	± 3.7%	40.7%	42.4%	3%	0.9%	13%
We Ask America	October 8, 2014	1,051	± 3.02%	44.48%	41.03%	6.95%	—	7.53%
University of Illinois Springfield	October 2–8, 2014	723	± 3.7%	41.3%	43.1%	—	1.5%	14%
We Ask America	October 6, 2014	1,097	± 3%	43.63%	39.6%	5.88%	—	10.9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20–October 1, 2014	3,955	± 2%	46%	43%	—	1%	10%
Communication Express	September 30, 2014	1,208	± 2.87%	36.7%	42.5%	5%	—	15.8%
Fabrizio Lee	September 27–29, 2014	600	± 4%	41%	39%	5%	—	15%
Rasmussen Reports	September 24–25, 2014	750	± 4%	44%	42%	—	6%	8%
Battleground Polling	September 23–24, 2014	408	± 4.8%	43%	43%	6%	—	8%
We Ask America	September 18–19, 2014	1,418	± 3%	41%	44%	6%	—	9%
Global Strategy Group	September 4–7, 2014	605	± 4%	43%	40%	5%	—	12%
APC Research	September 3–5, 2014	800	± 3.5%	48%	37%	5%	—	10%
We Ask America	September 2, 2014	1,064	± 3%	37.09%	45.59%	7.27%	—	10.05%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18–September 2, 2014	4,363	± 3%	40%	44%	—	2%	13%
Garin Hart Yang Research Group*	August 12–14, 2014	802	± 3.5%	43%	46%	—	—	11%
We Ask America	August 5–6, 2014	1,085	± 3.12%	37.86%	50.76%	—	—	11.38%
Gravis Marketing	August 4–5, 2014	567	± 4%	40%	48%	—	—	12%
Rasmussen Reports	July 29–30, 2014	750	± 4%	39%	44%	—	7%	10%
We Ask America	July 28, 2014	1,087	± 2.97%	32.78%	46.82%	—	—	20.4%
Mellman Group^	July 27–29, 2014	600	± 5%	38%	39%	—	—	23%
Harstad Strategic Research	July 17–22, 2014	1,003	± 3.1%	42%	46%	—	3%	8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	July 5–24, 2014	5,298	± 2.1%	43%	46%	—	2%	8%
McKeon & Associates	July 9–10, 2014	800	± 3.9%	34%	40%	—	—	26%
Capitol Fax/We Ask America	July 8, 2014	940	± 3.2%	39%	51%	—	—	10%
We Ask America	June 10–11, 2014	1,075	± 3%	37.06%	47.2%	—	—	15.74%
Where America Stands	May 12, 2014	1,168	± 3%	31.3%	48.9%	0.6%	3.3%[67]	15.9%
We Ask America[68]	April 27, 2014	?	± 3.14%	44%	44%	—	—	12%
We Ask America[69]	April 21, 2014	?	± 3.21%	38%	49%	—	—	13%
Rasmussen Reports	April 9–10, 2014	750	± 4%	40%	43%	—	6%	10%
Where America Stands	March 27, 2014	1,033	± 3%	32.3%	45.6%	1.4%	1.7%[70]	19%
Gravis Marketing	March 21–22, 2014	806	± 3%	35%	43%	—	—	22%
We Ask America	January 30, 2014	1,354	± 2.7%	39%	47%	—	—	14%
Public Policy Polling	November 22–25, 2013	557	± 4.2%	41%	38%	—	—	21%

• * Internal Poll for Dick Durbin campaign
• ^ Internal Poll for Pat Quinn campaign

Results

Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Rauner/Evelyn Sanguinetti	1,823,627	50.27
	Democratic	Pat Quinn/Paul Vallas (Incumbent)	1,681,343	46.35
	Libertarian	Chad Grimm/Alex Cummings	121,534	3.35
	Write-in	Various candidates	1,186	0.03
Majority			142,284	3.92%
Total votes			3,627,690	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• Illinois elections, 2014
• United States gubernatorial elections, 2014
• United States elections, 2014

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External links

• 2014 Illinois Governor Campaign at DMOZ
• Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014 at Ballotpedia
• Campaign contributions at FollowTheMoney.org
• Pat Quinn for Governor
• Bruce Rauner for Governor