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1982 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 1982.
Primaries were held on March 16.
1982 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. 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 in the primary election was 27.38%, with a total of 1,622,410 ballots cast. 949,426 Democratic and 672,984 Republican primary ballots were cast.
Turnout during the general election was 64.65%, with 3,856,875 ballots cast.
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." The case was prosecuted in November 1982 by US Attorney Dan K. Webb.
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. In 2016, Rudy Giuliani suggested that the gubernatorial results had been fraudulent on the part of Chicago Democrats.
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1982 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 1982.
Primaries were held on March 16.
1982 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. 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 in the primary election was 27.38%, with a total of 1,622,410 ballots cast. 949,426 Democratic and 672,984 Republican primary ballots were cast.
Turnout during the general election was 64.65%, with 3,856,875 ballots cast.
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." The case was prosecuted in November 1982 by US Attorney Dan K. Webb.
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. In 2016, Rudy Giuliani suggested that the gubernatorial results had been fraudulent on the part of Chicago Democrats.
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