Illinois gubernatorial election, 1982

November, 1982



Nominee	James R. Thompson	Adlai Stevenson III
Party	Republican	Democratic
Running mate	George Ryan	Mary Grace Stern
Popular vote	1,816,101	1,811,027
Percentage	49.44	49.30

Governor before election

James R. Thompson
Republican

Elected Governor

James R. Thompson
Republican

Gubernatorial elections were held in Illinois in November 1982. Republican candidate James R. Thompson won a third term in office, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson III by a slim margin of about 5,000 votes.

Results

1982 gubernatorial election, Illinois^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James R. Thompson (incumbent)	1,816,101	49.44
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson III	1,811,027	49.30
	Libertarian	Bea Armstrong	24,417	0.66
	Taxpayers	John E. Roche	22,001	0.60
	N/A	write-ins	161	0.00	n-a
Majority			5,074	0.14
Turnout			3,673,707
	Republican hold		Swing

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