Illinois Gubernatorial Elections
Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois, 1948:
- Adlai Stevenson - 578,390 (100.00%)
Illinois gubernatorial election, 1948:
- Adlai Stevenson (D) - 2,250,074 (57.11%)
- Dwight H. Green (R) (inc.) - 1,678,007 (42.59%)
- Willis R. Wilson (Prohibition) - 9,491 (0.24%)
- Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) - 2,673 (0.07%)
- Scattering - 12 (0.00%)
Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois, 1952:
- Adlai Stevenson (inc.) - 708,275 (100.00%)
Stevenson dropped-out after primary in order to run for President and was replaced on ballot by Lieutenant Governor Sherwood Dixon
Read more about this topic: Electoral History Of Adlai Stevenson
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