1994 Illinois gubernatorial election
The 1994 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Edgar won reelection in the greatest landslide in Illinois history, excepting the elections of 1818 and 1848.
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| Turnout | 50.77% 3.23 pp | |||||||||||||||||||
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County results Edgar: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Netsch: 40–50% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Edgar carried 101 of the state's 102 counties over the Democratic nominee, State Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch, with Netsch only winning Gallatin County by a narrow margin. To date, this is the most recent statewide election in which Cook County voted for the Republican candidate and the most recent election in which a Republican governor won a second term in Illinois. This was the first time in Illinois that a woman was a major party's nominee for Governor, with 2006 being the only other time.
This was the last Governor election in which any candidate received over 60% of the vote.