| Election Name: | 2002 Illinois elections |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 Illinois elections |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Illinois elections |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
| Turnout: | 51.86% |
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 5, 2002. Primary elections were held on March 19, 2002.
The Democratic Party made gains in these elections, while the Republican Party conversely saw losses. The Democratic Party retained their control of the State House and flipped control of the State Senate. The Democratic Party also won the Governorship and Lieutenant Governorship in their combined election, ending 26 years of Republican control of the state's executive branch. In addition, among the other four statewide elected offices, the Democratic Party retained their hold of two (Secretary of State and Comptroller), while flipping another (Attorney General). This left Illinois Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka as the sole remaining Republican holder of a statewide office.
The losses for Republicans continued a decline of fortunes that had taken place in the state of Illinois over the last several elections for the party, which previously had held all statewide elected offices and both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly in the mid-1990s (following the 1994 elections).
2002 was a midterm election year in the United States.
For the primary election, turnout was 32.84%, with 2,321,875 votes cast.[1]
| County | Registration | Votes cast | Turnout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42,020 | 15,498 | 36.88% | ||
| Alexander | 8,063 | 2,530 | 31.38% | |
| Bond | 10,818 | 2,654 | 24.53% | |
| Boone | 26,285 | 7,072 | 26.91% | |
| Brown | 3,363 | 1,127 | 33.51% | |
| Bureau | 25,633 | 8,007 | 31.24% | |
| Calhoun | 3,589 | 1,222 | 34.05% | |
| Carroll | 11,775 | 4,115 | 34.95% | |
| Cass | 10,185 | 3,159 | 31.02% | |
| Champaign | 110,734 | 28,639 | 25.86% | |
| Christian | 22,647 | 7,450 | 32.9% | |
| Clark | 11,994 | 4,368 | 36.42% | |
| Clay | 10,014 | 1,795 | 17.92% | |
| Clinton | 24,517 | 4,433 | 18.08% | |
| Coles | 28,732 | 7,577 | 26.37% | |
| Cook | 2,691,821 | 987,678 | 36.69% | |
| Crawford | 14,989 | 4,376 | 29.19% | |
| Cumberland | 7,758 | 2,832 | 36.5% | |
| DeKalb | 47,633 | 16,703 | 35.07% | |
| DeWitt | 11,843 | 4,434 | 37.44% | |
| Douglas | 12,100 | 3,746 | 30.96% | |
| DuPage | 520,682 | 185,874 | 35.7% | |
| Edgar | 13,052 | 4,919 | 37.69% | |
| Edwards | 5,146 | 1,736 | 33.73% | |
| Effingham | 22,548 | 5,835 | 25.88% | |
| Fayette | 13,916 | 3,913 | 28.12% | |
| Ford | 9,137 | 2,933 | 32.1% | |
| Franklin | 29,257 | 8,839 | 30.21% | |
| Fulton | 24,677 | 6,392 | 25.9% | |
| Gallatin | 4,729 | 3,262 | 68.98% | |
| Greene | 9,377 | 3,506 | 37.39% | |
| Grundy | 24,727 | 6,137 | 24.82% | |
| Hamilton | 6,252 | 2,477 | 39.62% | |
| Hancock | 13,238 | 4,206 | 31.77% | |
| Hardin | 3,681 | 1,793 | 48.71% | |
| Henderson | 5,398 | 1,636 | 30.31% | |
| Henry | 38,164 | 7,348 | 19.25% | |
| Iroquois | 19,632 | 6,207 | 31.62% | |
| Jackson | 55,122 | 7,531 | 13.66% | |
| Jasper | 7,156 | 1,790 | 25.01% | |
| Jefferson | 23,777 | 7,232 | 30.42% | |
| Jersey | 13,844 | 3,677 | 26.56% | |
| Jo Daviess | 15,029 | 4,118 | 27.4% | |
| Johnson | 7,472 | 2,877 | 38.5% | |
| Kane | 219,721 | 75,413 | 34.32% | |
| Kankakee | 60,747 | 15,803 | 26.01% | |
| Kendall | 38,687 | 15,391 | 39.78% | |
| Knox | 36,934 | 8,655 | 23.43% | |
| Lake | 337,435 | 126,285 | 37.42% | |
| LaSalle | 73,827 | 17,230 | 23.34% | |
| Lawrence | 10,980 | 3,883 | 35.36% | |
| Lee | 21,457 | 6,055 | 28.22% | |
| Livingston | 22,260 | 8,809 | 39.57% | |
| Logan | 19,182 | 7,718 | 40.24% | |
| Macon | 77,308 | 20,791 | 26.89% | |
| Macoupin | 34,859 | 7,363 | 21.12% | |
| Madison | 159,965 | 42,660 | 26.67% | |
| Marion | 29,583 | 9,774 | 33.04% | |
| Marshall | 8,877 | 3,203 | 36.08% | |
| Mason | 10,421 | 4,058 | 38.94% | |
| Massac | 10,796 | 3,005 | 27.83% | |
| McDonough | 23,433 | 6,747 | 28.79% | |
| McHenry | 165,112 | 42,719 | 25.87% | |
| McLean | 89,295 | 25,618 | 28.69% | |
| Menard | 8,378 | 4,079 | 48.69% | |
| Mercer | 12,946 | 2,824 | 21.81% | |
| Monroe | 20,225 | 3,496 | 17.29% | |
| Montgomery | 18,314 | 4,989 | 27.24% | |
| Morgan | 22,435 | 8,775 | 39.11% | |
| Moultrie | 8,409 | 3,463 | 41.18% | |
| Ogle | 33,254 | 11,170 | 33.59% | |
| Peoria | 113,954 | 30,031 | 26.35% | |
| Perry | 15,412 | 6,022 | 39.07% | |
| Piatt | 11,668 | 3,880 | 33.25% | |
| Pike | 12,749 | 3,976 | 31.19% | |
| Pope | 3,648 | 1,662 | 45.56% | |
| Pulaski | 6,079 | 2,135 | 35.12% | |
| Putnam | 4,547 | 1,302 | 28.63% | |
| Randolph | 24,740 | 8,101 | 32.74% | |
| Richland | 11,966 | 1,980 | 16.55% | |
| Rock Island | 106,133 | 22,203 | 20.92% | |
| Saline | 16,498 | 6,421 | 38.92% | |
| Sangamon | 128,932 | 50,869 | 39.45% | |
| Schuyler | 6,369 | 1,549 | 24.32% | |
| Scott | 3,924 | 1,708 | 43.53% | |
| Shelby | 14,622 | 4,514 | 30.87% | |
| Stark | 4,608 | 1,156 | 25.09% | |
| St. Clair | 170,737 | 33,660 | 19.71% | |
| Stephenson | 31,490 | 11,045 | 35.07% | |
| Tazewell | 90,205 | 23,669 | 26.24% | |
| Union | 13,263 | 4,029 | 30.38% | |
| Vermilion | 50,969 | 12,820 | 25.15% | |
| Wabash | 9,998 | 1,638 | 16.38% | |
| Warren | 12,694 | 4,381 | 34.51% | |
| Washington | 10,536 | 2,603 | 24.71% | |
| Wayne | 12,333 | 5,451 | 44.2% | |
| White | 11,493 | 4,968 | 43.23% | |
| Whiteside | 39,434 | 8,351 | 21.18% | |
| Will | 293,864 | 97,410 | 33.15% | |
| Williamson | 41,787 | 11,195 | 26.79% | |
| Winnebago | 174,926 | 51,561 | 29.48% | |
| Woodford | 23,331 | 7,956 | 34.1% | |
| 7,070,275 | 2,321,875 | 32.84% |
For the general election, turnout was 51.86%, with 3,653,060 votes cast.[1]
| County | Registration | Votes cast | Turnout% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42,861 | 25,512 | 59.52% | ||
| Alexander | 8,749 | 3,451 | 39.44% | |
| Bond | 10,071 | 6,120 | 60.77% | |
| Boone | 24,846 | 11,691 | 47.05% | |
| Brown | 3,416 | 2,316 | 67.8% | |
| Bureau | 24,322 | 13,889 | 57.1% | |
| Calhoun | 3,589 | 2,374 | 66.15% | |
| Carroll | 11,878 | 6,153 | 51.8% | |
| Cass | 9,023 | 5,629 | 62.39% | |
| Champaign | 99,225 | 54,302 | 54.73% | |
| Christian | 22,506 | 12,593 | 55.95% | |
| Clark | 11,905 | 6,721 | 56.46% | |
| Clay | 10,310 | 5,551 | 53.84% | |
| Clinton | 25,110 | 12,800 | 50.98% | |
| Coles | 30,541 | 15,406 | 50.44% | |
| Cook | 2,730,878 | 1,423,403 | 52.12% | |
| Crawford | 15,408 | 7,636 | 49.56% | |
| Cumberland | 7,947 | 4,299 | 54.1% | |
| DeKalb | 48,745 | 24,800 | 50.88% | |
| DeWitt | 11,987 | 5,583 | 46.58% | |
| Douglas | 12,422 | 6,231 | 50.16% | |
| DuPage | 491,151 | 274,520 | 55.89% | |
| Edgar | 12,476 | 8,155 | 65.37% | |
| Edwards | 5,243 | 2,888 | 55.08% | |
| Effingham | 20,533 | 13,155 | 64.07% | |
| Fayette | 14,628 | 8,232 | 56.28% | |
| Ford | 8,642 | 4,897 | 56.67% | |
| Franklin | 29,655 | 14,907 | 50.27% | |
| Fulton | 25,195 | 13,291 | 52.75% | |
| Gallatin | 4,710 | 3,269 | 69.41% | |
| Greene | 8,530 | 5,087 | 59.64% | |
| Grundy | 24,689 | 13,719 | 55.57% | |
| Hamilton | 6,371 | 4,399 | 69.05% | |
| Hancock | 13,399 | 8,327 | 62.15% | |
| Hardin | 3,793 | 2,488 | 65.59% | |
| Henderson | 5,414 | 3,366 | 62.17% | |
| Henry | 35,931 | 17,135 | 47.69% | |
| Iroquois | 18,998 | 11,078 | 58.31% | |
| Jackson | 35,670 | 16,755 | 46.97% | |
| Jasper | 7,228 | 4,230 | 58.52% | |
| Jefferson | 24,667 | 13,347 | 54.11% | |
| Jersey | 14,015 | 7,947 | 56.7% | |
| Jo Daviess | 15,387 | 8,641 | 56.16% | |
| Johnson | 7,669 | 5,113 | 66.67% | |
| Kane | 225,878 | 109,331 | 48.4% | |
| Kankakee | 56,797 | 30,145 | 53.07% | |
| Kendall | 44,165 | 20,874 | 47.26% | |
| Knox | 37,687 | 19,062 | 50.58% | |
| Lake | 335,313 | 176,597 | 52.67% | |
| LaSalle | 70,741 | 38,100 | 53.86% | |
| Lawrence | 11,114 | 5,622 | 50.58% | |
| Lee | 22,247 | 12,120 | 54.48% | |
| Livingston | 22,455 | 12,263 | 54.61% | |
| Logan | 19,142 | 11,476 | 59.95% | |
| Macon | 76,170 | 38,488 | 50.53% | |
| Macoupin | 35,024 | 16,443 | 46.95% | |
| Madison | 165,301 | 79,631 | 48.17% | |
| Marion | 30,353 | 13,595 | 44.79% | |
| Marshall | 8,990 | 5,122 | 56.97% | |
| Mason | 10,659 | 6,137 | 57.58% | |
| Massac | 10,928 | 5,569 | 50.96% | |
| McDonough | 18,451 | 11,073 | 60.01% | |
| McHenry | 169,530 | 77,529 | 45.73% | |
| McLean | 89,651 | 43,349 | 48.35% | |
| Menard | 8,584 | 5,769 | 67.21% | |
| Mercer | 13,080 | 7,119 | 54.43% | |
| Monroe | 20,886 | 10,711 | 51.28% | |
| Montgomery | 21,021 | 10,613 | 50.49% | |
| Morgan | 22,799 | 12,526 | 54.94% | |
| Moultrie | 8,630 | 5,349 | 61.98% | |
| Ogle | 34,396 | 15,738 | 45.76% | |
| Peoria | 111,963 | 56,206 | 50.2% | |
| Perry | 15,548 | 8,953 | 57.58% | |
| Piatt | 11,768 | 6,515 | 55.36% | |
| Pike | 11,851 | 7,289 | 61.51% | |
| Pope | 3,673 | 2,159 | 58.78% | |
| Pulaski | 6,066 | 3,124 | 51.5% | |
| Putnam | 4,670 | 2,746 | 58.8% | |
| Randolph | 25,105 | 12,111 | 48.24% | |
| Richland | 12,315 | 6,405 | 52.01% | |
| Rock Island | 96,573 | 43,682 | 45.23% | |
| Saline | 16,703 | 10,313 | 61.74% | |
| Sangamon | 124,339 | 82,243 | 66.14% | |
| Schuyler | 5,625 | 3,829 | 68.07% | |
| Scott | 3,752 | 2,485 | 66.23% | |
| Shelby | 15,011 | 8,579 | 57.15% | |
| Stark | 4,702 | 2,355 | 50.09% | |
| St. Clair | 169,173 | 69,684 | 41.19% | |
| Stephenson | 29,748 | 14,486 | 48.7% | |
| Tazewell | 90,507 | 41,870 | 46.26% | |
| Union | 15,721 | 7,059 | 44.9% | |
| Vermilion | 49,556 | 24,889 | 50.22% | |
| Wabash | 10,102 | 4,507 | 44.61% | |
| Warren | 12,861 | 6,394 | 49.72% | |
| Washington | 10,783 | 6,316 | 58.57% | |
| Wayne | 12,531 | 7,800 | 62.25% | |
| White | 11,465 | 7,437 | 64.87% | |
| Whiteside | 36,423 | 17,379 | 47.71% | |
| Will | 295,501 | 150,153 | 50.81% | |
| Williamson | 40,870 | 22,082 | 54.03% | |
| Winnebago | 175,101 | 79,235 | 45.25% | |
| Woodford | 23,826 | 13,018 | 54.64% | |
| 7,043,557 | 3,653,060 | 51.86% |
See main article: 2002 United States Senate election in Illinois.
See also: 2002 United States Senate elections.
Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Dick Durbin won reelection to a second term.
See also: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections.
Illinois had lost one seat in the reapportionment following the 2000 United States Census. All 19 of Illinois' remaining seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2002.
Before the election, Democrats and Republicans each held 10 seats from Illinois. In 2002, Republicans won 10 seats while Democrats won 9.
See main article: 2002 Illinois gubernatorial election.
| Election Name: | 2002 Illinois gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Illinois gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Illinois gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
| Nominee1: | Rod Blagojevich |
| Running Mate1: | Pat Quinn |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,847,040 |
| Percentage1: | 52.2% |
| Image2 Size: | 100 |
| Nominee2: | Jim Ryan |
| Running Mate2: | Carl Hawkinson |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,594,961 |
| Percentage2: | 45.1% |
| Governor | |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 50.05% |
Incumbent Governor George Ryan, a Republican plagued by scandals, did not seek reelection. Democrat Rod Blagojevich was elected to succeed him.
| Election Name: | 2002 Illinois Attorney General election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Illinois Attorney General election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Illinois Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
| Image1: | Lisa Madigan convocation (3x4a).JPG |
| Nominee1: | Lisa Madigan |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,762,949 |
| Percentage1: | 50.39% |
| Nominee2: | Joe Birkett |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,648,003 |
| Percentage2: | 47.10% |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Jim Ryan |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Lisa Madigan |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 49.68% |
Incumbent Attorney General Jim Ryan, a Republican, did not seek a third term, instead opting to run for governor. Democrat Lisa Madigan was elected to succeed him.
| Election Name: | 2002 Illinois Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Illinois elections#Secretary of State |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Illinois elections#Secretary of State |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
| Nominee1: | Jesse White |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,390,181 |
| Percentage1: | 67.89% |
| Nominee2: | Kris O'Rourke Cohn |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,051,672 |
| Percentage2: | 28.87% |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Jesse White |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Jesse White |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 49.99% |
Incumbent Secretary of State Jesse White, a Democrat, won reelection to a second term in office.
White carried all of Illinois' 102 counties.[2]
| Election Name: | 2002 Illinois State Comptroller election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Illinois elections #Comptroller |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Illinois elections #Comptroller |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
| Nominee1: | Daniel Hynes |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,150,425 |
| Percentage1: | 63.18% |
| Nominee2: | Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,108,984 |
| Percentage2: | 32.58% |
| State Comptroller | |
| Before Election: | Daniel Hynes |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Daniel Hynes |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 48.32% |
Incumbent Comptroller Daniel Hynes, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
| Election Name: | 2002 Illinois State Treasurer election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Illinois elections#Treasurer |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Illinois elections#Treasurer |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
| Image1: | Judy Baar Topinka.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Judy Baar Topinka |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,896,020 |
| Percentage1: | 54.77% |
| Nominee2: | Tom Dart |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,499,055 |
| Percentage2: | 43.30% |
| Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | Judy Baar Topinka |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Judy Baar Topinka |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 49.15% |
Incumbent Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, a Republican, was reelected to a third term.
| Election Name: | 2002 Illinois Senate election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 Illinois elections#State Senate |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Illinois elections#State Senate |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | 59 of 59 seats in the Illinois Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 30 |
| Image1: | Emil Jones at UIC Feb23 2009 Cropped (1).jpg |
| Leader1: | Emil Jones |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 14th |
| Seats1: | 32 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Leader2: | James Philip |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 23rd |
| Seats2: | 26 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Leader3: | N/A |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Leaders Seat3: | N/A |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| President | |
| Before Election: | James Philip |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Emil Jones |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
All 59 of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2002,[3] as this election followed a redistricting. Control of the Illinois Senate was flipped from Republican to Democratic.[4] Republicans had been in control of the State Senate since 1993, having captured a majority from the 1992 election.[4]
| Election Name: | 2002 Illinois House of Representatives election |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 Illinois elections#State House of Representatives |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Illinois elections#State House of Representatives |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | All 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 60 |
| Leader1: | Michael Madigan |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 22nd |
| Last Election1: | 62 |
| Seats1: | 66 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Leader2: | Lee Daniels (retired) |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 46th |
| Last Election2: | 56 |
| Seats2: | 52 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Speaker | |
| Posttitle: | Speaker-Elect |
| Before Election: | Michael Madigan |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Michael Madigan |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2002. Democrats retained control of the House, which they had held since 1997, having won a majority in the 1996 election. Republican Leader Lee Daniels had resigned as Chair of the Illinois GOP in July, but maintained his position as Minority Leader in the House until after the 2002 elections.[5] Madigan continued as Speaker and Democratic chair after the elections.
Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2002.
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.