2002 Illinois gubernatorial election
The 2002 Illinois gubernatorial election occurred on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican governor George Ryan, who was plagued by scandal, did not run for a second term. Democrat Rod Blagojevich, a U.S. Congressman, ran against Republican Jim Ryan (no relation to the incumbent), the Illinois Attorney General. Blagojevich won 52% to 45%, becoming the first Democrat to win an election for governor since 1972.
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| Turnout | 50.05% 0.33 pp | |||||||||||||||||||
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County results Blagojevich: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Ryan: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 2023, this is the last Illinois governor election where no candidate running was an incumbent.
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