Illinois gubernatorial election, 1990

Illinois gubernatorial election, 1990

November 6, 1990

Nominee Jim Edgar Neil Hartigan Jessie Fields Party Republican Democratic Solidarity Running mate Bob Kustra James B. Burns Marisellis Brown Popular vote 1,653,126 1,569,217 35,067 Percentage 50.75 48.17 1.08

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Governor before election James R. Thompson Republican Elected Governor Jim Edgar Republican

Gubernatorial elections were held in Illinois in November 1990. Republican candidate Jim Edgar won his first of two terms in office, defeating Democrat Neil Hartigan by a narrow margin of about 80,000 votes.

Results

1990 gubernatorial election, Illinois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Edgar	1,653,126	50.75	-1.92
	Democratic	Neil Hartigan	1,569,217	48.17	+41.53
	Solidarity	Jessie Fields	35,067	1.08	-38.89
Majority			83,909	2.58	-10.12
Turnout			3,257,410
	Republican hold		Swing