List of Democratic nominees for Governor of Illinois
Democratic nominees for Governor of Illinois:
All except those in italics won the general election and were elected Governor of Illinois.
Notes
- ^ a b Democratic-Republican
- ^ a b National Republican
- ^ Term of office changed by 1848 constitution
- ^ a b c d e f g Incumbent
- ^ a b No candidate
- ^ Republican nominee for Governor of Illinois in 1868.
- ^ Term of office changed by 1970 constitution
- ^ Adlai E. Stevenson III originally won the Democratic nomination, but refused to run with the Lt. Governor nominee, a follower of Lyndon LaRouche. Stevenson withdrew as the Democratic candidate, leaving a vacancy in the nomination, and instead formed the Solidarity Party. The State Central Committee of the Illinois Democratic Party left the vacancy unfilled.