Turnout in the primary election was 27.38%, with a total of 1,622,410 ballots cast.[5] 949,426 Democratic and 672,984 Republican primary ballots were cast.[1]
Turnout during the general election was 64.65%, with 3,856,875 ballots cast.[5]
Convictions for fraudedit
There were "62 indictments and 58 convictions, many involving precinct captains and election officials. The grand jury concluded that 100,000 fraudulent votes had been cast in the city ... Authorities found massive fraud involving vote buying and ballots cast by others in the names of registered voters. In one case, a ballot punched for the Democratic slate had been tabulated 198 times."[6] The case was prosecuted in November 1982 by US Attorney Dan K. Webb.[7][8]
The gubernatorial election result has been questioned. Some Democrats have alleged that fraud might have been committed by Republicans in areas outside Chicago to secure Thompson his victory.[7] In 2016, Rudy Giuliani suggested that the gubernatorial results had been fraudulent on the part of Chicago Democrats.[9]
In January 1983, the Illinois Supreme Court rejected a petition by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Adlai Stevenson III for a full statewide recount, with the majority opinion finding there to be insufficient evidence of either mistakes, fraud, or irregularities to warrant a recount[10]
Incumbent GovernorJames R. Thompson, a Republican, narrowly won reelection to a third term, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson III by merely 5,074 votes. George Ryan joined Thompson on the Republican ticket, and won a first term as Lieutenant Governor.
The election was surprisingly close, as, before the election, Thompson had been favored by polls and predictions to win by roughly twenty percentage points.[12]
Incumbent TreasurerJerome Cosentino, a Democrat, did not run for a second term, instead opting to run for Secretary of State. Democrat James Donnewald was elected to succeed him in office.
As this was the first election after a redistricting, all of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1982. Democrats retained control of the chamber.
The election saw the reelection incumbents William D. Forsyth Jr. and George W. Howard, III and the election of new trustee Albert N. Logan Jr.[13][14]
Incumbent second-term Democrat Earl L. Langdon was not renominated.[13][14]
Trustees of the University of Illinois election[13][14]
Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 1982.
Ballot measureedit
Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1982.[15] In order to be approved, the measures required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.[15]
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Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday November 2 1982 1982 Illinois elections 1980 November 2 1982 1984 Turnout64 65 Primaries were held on March 16 1 Contents 1 Election information 1 1 Turnout 1 2 Convictions for fraud 2 Federal elections 2 1 United States House 3 State elections 3 1 Governor and Lieutenant Governor 3 2 Attorney General 3 2 1 Democratic primary 3 2 2 Republican primary 3 2 3 General election 3 3 Secretary of State 3 3 1 Democratic primary 3 3 2 Republican primary 3 3 3 General election 3 4 Comptroller 3 4 1 Democratic primary 3 4 2 Republican primary 3 4 3 General election 3 5 Treasurer 3 5 1 Democratic primary 3 5 2 Republican primary 3 5 3 General election 3 6 State Senate 3 7 State House of Representatives 3 8 Trustees of University of Illinois 3 9 Judicial elections 3 10 Ballot measure 3 10 1 Bail Amendment 4 Local elections 5 ReferencesElection information edit1982 was a midterm election year in the United States Amid the ongoing recession and resultant unpopularity of incumbent Republican president Ronald Reagan Democrats made significant gains in the national elections for the United States House of Representatives and in the gubernatorial elections 2 3 4 In Illinois Democrats made gains in the House of Representatives elections Democrats also managed to flip control of the office of Illinois Attorney General While the election was incredibly close Republican James R Thompson managed to retain his governorship Turnout edit Turnout in the primary election was 27 38 with a total of 1 622 410 ballots cast 5 949 426 Democratic and 672 984 Republican primary ballots were cast 1 Turnout during the general election was 64 65 with 3 856 875 ballots cast 5 Convictions for fraud edit There were 62 indictments and 58 convictions many involving precinct captains and election officials The grand jury concluded that 100 000 fraudulent votes had been cast in the city Authorities found massive fraud involving vote buying and ballots cast by others in the names of registered voters In one case a ballot punched for the Democratic slate had been tabulated 198 times 6 The case was prosecuted in November 1982 by US Attorney Dan K Webb 7 8 The gubernatorial election result has been questioned Some Democrats have alleged that fraud might have been committed by Republicans in areas outside Chicago to secure Thompson his victory 7 In 2016 Rudy Giuliani suggested that the gubernatorial results had been fraudulent on the part of Chicago Democrats 9 In January 1983 the Illinois Supreme Court rejected a petition by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Adlai Stevenson III for a full statewide recount with the majority opinion finding there to be insufficient evidence of either mistakes fraud or irregularities to warrant a recount 10 Federal elections editUnited States House edit Main article 1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois See also 1982 United States House of Representatives elections Illinois had lost two congressional districts the 23rd and 24th in reapportionment following the 1980 United States Census All 22 of Illinois remaining seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1982Before the election there were 14 Republican and 10 Democratic seats In 1982 12 Democrats and 9 Republicans were elected from Illinois State elections editGovernor and Lieutenant Governor edit Main article 1982 Illinois gubernatorial election 1982 Illinois gubernatorial election nbsp 1978 November 2 1982 1986 Turnout61 58 5 11 nbsp nbsp Nominee James R Thompson Adlai Stevenson III Party Republican Democratic Running mate George Ryan Grace Mary Stern Popular vote 1 816 101 1 811 027 Percentage 49 4 49 3 nbsp County Results Thompson 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Stevenson 40 50 50 60 60 70 Governor before election James R Thompson Republican Elected Governor James R Thompson Republican Incumbent Governor James R Thompson a Republican narrowly won reelection to a third term defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson III by merely 5 074 votes George Ryan joined Thompson on the Republican ticket and won a first term as Lieutenant Governor The election was surprisingly close as before the election Thompson had been favored by polls and predictions to win by roughly twenty percentage points 12 Gubernatorial election 11 13 Party Candidate Votes Republican James R Thompson incumbent George Ryan 1 816 101 49 44 Democratic Adlai Stevenson III Grace Mary Stern 1 811 027 49 30 Libertarian Bea Armstrong David L Kelley 24 417 0 66 Taxpayers John E Roche Melvin Mel Jones 22 001 0 60 Write in Others 161 0 00 Total votes 3 673 707 100 Attorney General edit 1982 Illinois Attorney General election nbsp 1978 November 2 1982 1986 Turnout60 96 5 11 nbsp nbsp Nominee Neil Hartigan Tyrone C Fahner Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2 064 196 1 519 507 Percentage 56 76 41 78 Attorney General before election Tyrone C Fahner Republican Elected Attorney General Neil Hartigan Democratic Incumbent Attorney General Tyrone C Fahner a Republican appointed in 1980 lost reelection to Democrat Neil Hartigan Democratic primary edit Attorney General Democratic primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Neil F Hartigan 606 662 99 99 Write in Others 48 0 01 Total votes 606 710 100 Republican primary edit Attorney General Republican primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ty Fahner incumbent 524 853 100 Write in Others 27 0 01 Total votes 524 880 100 General election edit Attorney General election 13 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Neil F Hartigan 2 064 196 56 76 Republican Ty Fahner incumbent 1 519 507 41 78 Libertarian Natalie Loder Clark 28 074 0 77 Taxpayers Gordon James Arnett 24 719 0 68 Write in Others 12 0 00 Total votes 3 636 508 100 Secretary of State edit 1982 Illinois Secretary of State election nbsp 1978 November 2 1986 1986 Turnout61 87 5 11 nbsp nbsp Nominee Jim Edgar Jerome Cosentino Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1 942 664 1 709 008 Percentage 52 64 46 31 Secretary of State before election Jim Edgar Republican Elected Secretary of State George Ryan Republican Incumbent Secretary of State Jim Edgar a Republican first appointed in 1981 was elected to a full term Democratic primary edit Secretary of State Democratic primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jerry Cosentino 614 540 100 Write in Others 23 0 00 Total votes 614 563 100 Republican primary edit Secretary of State Republican primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jim Edgar incumbent 558 327 100 Write in Others 15 0 00 Total votes 558 342 100 General election edit Secretary of State election 13 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jim Edgar incumbent 1 942 664 52 64 Democratic Jerome Cosentino 1 709 008 46 31 Taxpayers Kenneth J Prazak 19 728 0 53 Libertarian Roger Hosbein 19 216 0 52 Write in Others 9 0 00 Total votes 3 690 625 100 Comptroller edit 1982 Illinois State Comptroller election nbsp 1978 November 2 1982 1986 Turnout60 56 5 11 nbsp nbsp Nominee Roland Burris Calvin Skinner Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1 696 414 1 440 747 Percentage 54 07 45 93 State Comptroller before election Roland Burris Democratic Elected State Comptroller Roland Burris Democratic Incumbent Comptroller Roland Burris a Democrat won reelection to a second term Democratic primary edit Incumbent Roland Burris won renomination unopposed Secretary of State Democratic primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Roland W Burris incumbent 630 921 100 Write in Others 25 0 00 Total votes 630 946 100 Republican primary edit Former State Representative Calvin Skinner won the Republican primary unopposed Secretary of State Republican primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Cal Skinner Jr 512 639 100 Write in Others 27 0 01 Total votes 512 666 100 General election edit Comptroller election 13 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Roland W Burris incumbent 2 327 779 64 43 Republican Cal Skinner Jr 1 210 467 33 50 Taxpayers Leland W Bormann 37 835 1 05 Libertarian Stephen M Johnson 36 856 1 02 Write in Others 12 0 00 Total votes 3 612 949 100 Treasurer edit 1982 Illinois State Treasurer election nbsp 1978 November 2 1982 1986 Turnout60 47 5 11 Nominee James Donnewald John P Dailey Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1 940 828 1 573 496 Percentage 53 81 43 62 Treasurer before election Jerome Cosentino Democratic Elected Treasurer James Donnewald Democratic Incumbent Treasurer Jerome Cosentino a Democrat did not run for a second term instead opting to run for Secretary of State Democrat James Donnewald was elected to succeed him in office Democratic primary edit Treasurer Democratic primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James H Donnewald 579 254 100 Write in Others 8 0 00 Total votes 579 262 100 Republican primary edit Treasurer Republican primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican John P Dailey 353 106 60 61 Republican W Robert Blair 229 487 39 39 Write in Others 8 0 00 Total votes 582 601 100 General election edit Treasurer election 13 Party Candidate Votes Democratic James H Donnewald 1 940 828 53 81 Republican John P Dailey 1 573 496 43 62 Taxpayers Naomi F Wilson 60 251 1 67 Libertarian Walter E Edge 32 452 0 90 Write in Paul Salander 22 0 00 Total votes 3 607 049 100 State Senate edit As this was the first election after a redistricting all of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1982 Democrats retained control of the chamber State House of Representatives edit All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1982 Democrats flipped control of the chamber Trustees of University of Illinois edit 1982 Trustees of University of Illinois election 1980 November 2 1982 1984 An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system The election saw the reelection incumbents William D Forsyth Jr and George W Howard III and the election of new trustee Albert N Logan Jr 13 14 Incumbent second term Democrat Earl L Langdon was not renominated 13 14 Trustees of the University of Illinois election 13 14 Party Candidate Votes Democratic William D Forsyth Jr incumbent 1 865 806 22 95 Democratic Albert N Logan 1 775 410 21 84 Democratic George W Howard III incumbent 1 739 795 21 40 Republican Jane Hayes Rader 1 403 554 17 26 Republican Park Livingston 1 252 356 15 40 Republican Larry Gougler 1 234 911 15 19 Taxpayers Helen Louise Wells 209 396 2 58 Taxpayers Robert Joseph Loftus 133 157 1 64 Taxpayers Phoebe T Dover 131 786 1 62 Libertarian Michael Edward Stack 92 501 1 14 Libertarian Joseph Maxwell 81 901 1 01 Libertarian Geoffrey S Nathan 76 064 0 95 Total votes 8 130 831 100 Judicial elections edit Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 1982 Ballot measure edit Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1982 15 In order to be approved the measures required either 60 support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50 support among all ballots cast in the elections 15 Bail Amendment edit Voters approved the Bail Amendment also known as Amendment 1 a legislatively referred constitutional amendment which amended Article I Section 9 of the Constitution of Illinois to expand the population that could be denied bail to include those who committed an offense that could result in a life imprisonment sentence 15 16 Bail Amendment 5 15 16 Option Votes of voteson referendum of all ballotscast Yes 1 389 796 85 31 36 03 No 239 380 14 69 6 21 Total votes 1 629 176 100 42 24 Voter turnout 27 31 Local elections editLocal elections were held References edit a b c d e f g h i j OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 16 1982 PDF www elections il gov Illinois State Board of Elections Retrieved April 27 2020 permanent dead link How High the Wave Don t Just Think 1994 Think 1974 1958 1982 News amp Analysis Inside Elections insideelections com Inside Elections with Nathan L Gonzales October 26 2006 Retrieved July 3 2020 Media definitions of a wave election Ballotpedia Was it a wave election Depends on your data set NBC News Retrieved July 3 2020 a b c d e f g h OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6 1984 PDF www elections il gov Illinois State Board of Elections Retrieved April 24 2020 permanent dead link Despite Trump claim officials say technology means vote fraud thing of past Chicago Tribune a b Election fraud Chicago style Illinois decades old notoriety for election corruption is legendary Salon February 14 2016 Retrieved March 27 2020 Report of the Special January 1982 Grand Jury PDF United States District Court Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division December 14 1984 Official Chicago legacy of voter fraud has been cleaned up HeraldNet com October 19 2016 Retrieved March 27 2020 DEMOCRATS GIVE UP ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN The New York Times January 8 1983 Retrieved February 25 2022 a b c d e f OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 2 1982 PDF www elections il gov Illinois State Board of Elections Retrieved April 27 2020 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