2014 Illinois gubernatorial election

For related races, see 2014 United States gubernatorial elections.

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's 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.

2014 Illinois gubernatorial election

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Turnout	48.48% 1.21 pp
Nominee Bruce Rauner Pat Quinn Party Republican Democratic Running mate Evelyn Sanguinetti Paul Vallas Popular vote 1,823,627 1,681,343 Percentage 50.3% 46.4%
County results Rauner:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Quinn:      60–70%
Governor before election Pat Quinn Democratic Elected Governor Bruce Rauner Republican

Prior to this cycle, candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were nominated separately, and the primary winners ran on the same ticket in the general election. In 2011, the law was changed to allow candidates for Governor to pick their own running mates. 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.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn ran for re-election to a second full term in office. Quinn, then the Lieutenant Governor, assumed the office of Governor on January 29, 2009, upon the impeachment and removal of Rod Blagojevich. He narrowly won a full term in 2010. Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014.^[1] Quinn won the Democratic primary, while the Republicans chose businessman Bruce Rauner and the Libertarians nominated political activist Chad Grimm.

Rauner defeated Quinn in the general election with 50.3% of the vote to Quinn's 46.4%, winning every county in the state except for Cook County, home to the city of Chicago and 40% of the state's residents.^[2][3] Quinn was the only incumbent Democratic governor to lose a general election in 2014 and remained the last one to do so until Nevada's Steve Sisolak in 2022.

As of 2023, this remains the last time that a Republican has won a statewide election in Illinois.

Election information

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for other state offices. The election was part of the 2014 Illinois elections.

Turnout

See also: 2014 Illinois elections § Turnout

For the primary election, turnout was 16.88%, with 1,267,028 votes cast.^[4][5] For the general election, turnout was 48.48%, with 3,627,690 votes cast.^[6][5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Tio Hardiman, former director of CeaseFire^[7]
  • Running mate: Brunell Donald, attorney, author and motivational speaker.^[8]
• Pat Quinn, incumbent Governor of Illinois^[9]
  • Running mate: Paul Vallas, former Chicago Public Schools CEO and candidate for Governor in 2002^[10]

Withdrew

• William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff and former United States Secretary of Commerce^[11][12]

Declined

• John Atkinson, businessman^[13]
• Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff^[14]
• Alexi Giannoulias, former Illinois Treasurer and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[15]
• David H. Hoffman, member of the Illinois Reform Commission, former Chicago Inspector General and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[14]
• Daniel Hynes, former Illinois Comptroller, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and candidate for Governor in 2010^[14]
• Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General (running for re-election)^[16]
• Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners^[17]
• Kwame Raoul, state senator^[18]

Endorsements

William Daley (withdrew)

• Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City^[19]

Pat Quinn

• Cook County Democratic Party^[20]
• Barack Obama, President of the United States
• Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States
• Danny K. Davis, U.S. Representative (IL-07)^[21]
• Luis Gutierrez, U.S. Representative (IL-04)^[21]
• Chicago Tribune^[22][23]
• Democratic Party of Illinois^[24]
• Teamsters Joint Council^[25]
• Illinois Democratic County Chairmen's Association^[26]

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%	—	—

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Pat Quinn	Bill Daley	Lisa Madigan	Kwame Raoul	Other	Undecided
We Ask America	August 6, 2013	1,528	± ?	27%	23%	—	13%	—	37%
We Ask America	July 19, 2013	1,394	± ?	38%	33%	—	—	—	29%
We Ask America	June 13, 2013	1,322	± 2.8%	21%	22%	32%	—	—	25%
				37%	38%	—	—	—	25%
				33%	—	44%	—	—	23%
Paul Simon Institute	January 27–February 8, 2013	310	± 5.5%	22.9%	11.9%	31.9%	—	4.8%	28.4%
We Ask America	January 30, 2013	1,255	± 3%	20%	15%	37%	—	—	18%
				38%	33%	—	—	—	29%
				26%	—	51%	—	—	23%
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	319	± 5.5%	34%	37%	—	—	—	29%
				20%	—	64%	—	—	17%

Results

 

County results

Democratic primary results^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Quinn (incumbent)	321,818	71.94
	Democratic	Tio Hardiman	125,500	28.06
Total votes			447,318	100.00

Republican primary

By early summer 2013, the field seeking the Republican nomination was set at four candidates.^[28] 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.^[29] 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.^[30]

Rauner had announced the formation of an exploratory committee in March^[31] and made his entry into the Republican field official on June 5.^[32] Despite longstanding rumors that Rauner was committed to spending $50 million on his campaign, he denied in an interview ever specifying a dollar figure.^[33]

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.^[34]

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^[35]
  • Running mate: Maria Rodriguez, former Village President of Long Grove^[36]
• Kirk Dillard, State Senator and candidate for Governor in 2010^[37]
  • Running mate: Jil Tracy, state representative^[38]
• Bruce Rauner, businessman and former Chairman of GTCR^[39]
  • Running mate: Evelyn Sanguinetti, Wheaton City Councilwoman^[40]
• Dan Rutherford, Illinois Treasurer^[41]
  • Running mate: Steve Kim, Attorney and nominee for Illinois Attorney General in 2010^[42]

Removed

• Peter Edward Jones (removed from the ballot)^[43][44]
  • Running mate: None^[43]

Declined

• Adam Andrzejewski, businessman and candidate for Governor in 2010^[45]
• Dan Duffy, state senator^[46]
• Adam Kinzinger, U.S. Representative^[47]
• Ray LaHood, former United States Secretary of Transportation and former U.S. Representative^[48]
• Matt Murphy, state senator^[49]
• Dan Proft, talk radio personality and candidate for Governor in 2010^[50]
• Christine Radogno, Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate^[39]
• Aaron Schock, U.S. Representative^[51]
• Joe Walsh, conservative radio talk show host and former U.S. Representative^[52]

Endorsements

Kirk Dillard

• Jim Edgar, former governor of Illinois^[53]
• James R. Thompson, former governor of Illinois^[53]
• Illinois Education Association^[54][55]
• American Federation of State and Municipal Employees' Council 31^[56]
• Illinois Federation of Teachers^[57]
• The Daily Herald^[58]

Bruce Rauner

• Dan Duffy, state senator^[46]
• Chicago Tribune^[59][60]
• Crain's Chicago Business^[61]
• Shaw Media^[62]
• Cook County GOP^[63][64]

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
	March 17, 2014	1,126	± 3%	—	19%	27%	—	44%	9%	—	—	—	—
Illinois Mirror/WAS	March 16, 2014	1,162	± 3%	—	15%	26%	—	32%	5%	—	—	—	21%
	March 11, 2014	1,235	± 2.9%	—	19%	26%	—	46%	9%	—	—	—	—
Tribune/WGN-TV	March 1–5, 2014	600	± 4%	—	18%	23%	—	36%	9%	—	—	—	13%
	March 4, 2014	1,262	± 2.85%	—	12%	14%	—	40%	8%	—	—	—	26%
	February 25, 2014	1,178	± 3%	—	13%	17%	—	36%	7%	—	—	—	27%
	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%	6%	—	18%	10%	—	—	—	58%
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%
	November 3–11, 2013	535	± 3.97%	—	13%	12%	—	12%	18%	—	—	—	45%
	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%	10%	3%	2%	—	10%	9%	6%	5%	53%
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

 

County results

Republican primary results^[27]

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	100.00

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^[65]
  • Running mate: Alex Cummings

Removed from ballot

• Mike Oberline (Constitution)^[66][67]
  • Running mate: Don Stone
• Scott Summers (Green)^[66][67]
  • Running mate: Bob Pritchett, Jr.

Declined

• Sam McCann (Independent), Republican State Senator^[68][69]

General election

Debates

• Complete video of debate, October 9, 2014 - C-SPAN
• Complete video of debate, October 20, 2014 - C-SPAN

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[70]	Tossup	November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[71]	Lean D	November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report^[72]	Tossup	November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics^[73]	Tossup	November 3, 2014

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%
	October 28, 2014	823	± 3.9%	45%	42%	4%	—	9%
We Ask America	October 27–28, 2014	2,327	± 3%	50%	45%	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%	39%	5%	1%	15%
		691 LV	± 3.7%	41%	42%	3%	1%	13%
	October 8, 2014	1,051	± 3.02%	44%	41%	7%	—	8%
University of Illinois Springfield	October 2–8, 2014	723	± 3.7%	41%	43%	—	2%	14%
	October 6, 2014	1,097	± 3%	44%	40%	6%	—	11%
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%	37%	43%	5%	—	16%
Fabrizio Lee	September 27–29, 2014	600	± 4%	41%	39%	5%	—	15%
Rasmussen Reports	September 24–25, 2014	750	± 4%	44%	42%	—	6%	8%
	September 23–24, 2014	408	± 4.8%	43%	43%	6%	—	8%
	September 18–19, 2014	1,418	± 3%	41%	44%	6%	—	9%
	September 4–7, 2014	605	± 4%	43%	40%	5%	—	12%
APC Research	September 3–5, 2014	800	± 3.5%	48%	37%	5%	—	10%
	September 2, 2014	1,064	± 3%	37%	46%	7%	—	10%
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%
	August 5–6, 2014	1,085	± 3.12%	38%	51%	—	—	11%
Gravis Marketing	August 4–5, 2014	567	± 4%	40%	48%	—	—	12%
Rasmussen Reports	July 29–30, 2014	750	± 4%	39%	44%	—	7%	10%
	July 28, 2014	1,087	± 2.97%	33%	47%	—	—	20%
	July 27–29, 2014	600	± 5%	38%	39%	—	—	23%
	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%
	July 8, 2014	940	± 3.2%	39%	51%	—	—	10%
	June 10–11, 2014	1,075	± 3%	37%	47%	—	—	16%
Where America Stands	May 12, 2014	1,168	± 3%	31%	49%	1%	3%^[74]	16%
We Ask America^[75]	April 27, 2014	?	± 3.14%	44%	44%	—	—	12%
We Ask America^[76]	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%	46%	1%	2%^[77]	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%

Hypothetical polling

With Quinn

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Pat Quinn (D)	Bill Brady (R)	Undecided
We Ask America	January 30, 2014	1,354	± 2.7%	39%	48%	13%
Public Policy Polling	November 22–25, 2013	557	± 4.2%	41%	41%	18%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Pat Quinn (D)	Kirk Dillard (R)	Undecided
We Ask America	January 30, 2014	1,354	± 2.7%	37%	46%	17%
Public Policy Polling	November 22–25, 2013	557	± 4.2%	39%	39%	21%
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	37%	44%	19%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Pat Quinn (D)	Dan Rutherford (R)	Undecided
We Ask America	January 30, 2014	1,354	± 2.7%	37%	46%	17%
Public Policy Polling	November 22–25, 2013	557	± 4.2%	39%	41%	20%
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	39%	43%	18%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Pat Quinn (D)	Aaron Schock (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	40%	39%	21%

With Daley

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Daley (D)	Kirk Dillard (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	34%	36%	30%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Daley (D)	Dan Rutherford (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	37%	38%	25%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Daley (D)	Aaron Schock (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	40%	35%	25%

With Emanuel

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Rahm Emanuel (D)	Dan Rutherford (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 22–25, 2013	557	± 4.2%	40%	38%	22%

With Hynes

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Daniel Hynes (D)	Dan Rutherford (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 22–25, 2013	557	± 4.2%	34%	34%	32%

With Madigan

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lisa Madigan (D)	Kirk Dillard (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	46%	37%	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lisa Madigan (D)	Dan Rutherford (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 22–25, 2013	557	± 4.2%	45%	40%	15%
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	46%	37%	18%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lisa Madigan (D)	Aaron Schock (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 26–28, 2012	500	± 4.4%	46%	38%	17%

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

Results

2014 Illinois gubernatorial election^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bruce Rauner	1,823,627	50.27%	+4.33%
	Democratic	Pat Quinn (incumbent)	1,681,343	46.35%	-0.44%
	Libertarian	Chad Grimm	121,534	3.35%	+2.42%
	Write-in		1,186	0.03%	N/A
Total votes			3,627,690	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• 2014 Illinois elections
• 2014 United States Senate election in Illinois
• 2014 United States gubernatorial elections
• 2014 United States elections

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External links

• 2014 Illinois Governor Campaign at Curlie
• Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014 at Ballotpedia