1992 Illinois elections

Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 3, 1992.[1]

1992 Illinois elections

← 1990 November 3, 1992 1994 →
Turnout78.24%

Primary elections were held on March 17.[2]

Election information

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Turnout

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For the primaries, turnout was 43.68%, with 2,561,882 ballots cast (with 1,663,422 Democratic ballots, 878,438 Republican ballots, and 49,672 nonpartisan ballots cast).[2]

For the general election, turnout was 78.24%, with 5,164,357 ballots cast.[1]

Straight-ticket voting

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Illinois had a straight-ticket voting option in 1992.[1]

Party Number of
straight-ticket
votes[1]
Democratic 805,649
Republican 629,685
Conservative 4,748
Economic Recovery 9,485
Harold Washington 32,956
Independent Congressional 9,325
Independent Progressive 6
Libertarian 1,560
Louannee Peters 5,949
Natural Law 423
New Alliance Party 1,438
Populist 398
Socialist Workers 211

Federal elections

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United States President

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Illinois voted for Democratic ticket of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.[1]

This represented a realigning election for Illinois in regards to presidential politics. This was the first time since 1964 that Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket in a presidential election. This ended a streak of six consecutive elections in which the state had voted for the Republican ticket. It also began a streak that, as of the 2020 election, continues, in which the state has voted for the Democratic ticket in eight consecutive presidential elections.

United States Senate

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Incumbent Democrat Alan J. Dixon was unseated, losing the Democratic primary to Carol Moseley Braun. Braun defeated Republican nominee Richard S. Williamson in the general election, becoming the first female African-American senator in United States history, as well as the first African-American elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, and the first female senator elected from Illinois.

United States House

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Illinois had lost two congressional seats in the reapportionment following the 1990 United States Census. All 20 of Illinois’ remaining seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1992.

Before the election, Democrats held fifteen seats from Illinois, while Republicans held seven. In 1992, Democrats won twelve seats while Republicans won eight.

State elections

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State Senate

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As this was the first election following a redistricting, all of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1992. Republicans flipped control of the Illinois Senate.[3]

State House of Representatives

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All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1992. Democrats retained control of the Illinois House of Representatives.[3]

Trustees of the University of Illinois

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1992 Trustees of the University of Illinois election
← 1990 November 3, 1992 1994 →

An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system for six-year terms.

The election saw the reelection of incumbent Democrat Judith Calder to a second, as well as the election of new trustees, Democrats Jeff Gindorf and Ada Lopez.[4]

Incumbent Republican Dave Downey, who had been appointed in 1991, lost reelection.[1][4] Third-term incumbent Democrat Nina T. Shepherd was not nominated for reelection.[1][4]

Trustees of the University of Illinois election[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Judith Calder (incumbent) 2,223,782 17.64
Democratic Ada Lopez 2,138,085 16.96
Democratic Jeff Gindorf 2,073,361 16.44
Republican Dave Downey (incumbent) 1,796,907 14.25
Republican Gayl Anne Simonds Pyatt 1,690,434 13.41
Republican Craig Burkhardt 1,679,464 13.32
Libertarian Katherine M. Kelley 113,393 0.90
Socialist Workers Margaret Savage 80,755 0.64
New Alliance Sandra Jackson-Opoku 74,680 0.57
Conservative Barbara Mary Quirke 71,893 0.60
New Alliance Bonita M. Bishop 65,450 0.52
Conservative Ann M. Scheidler 65,275 0.52
Conservative Hiram Crawford, Jr. 60,311 0.48
Natural Law Judy Langston 59,823 0.48
Socialist Workers Patricia Smith Chiloane 58,404 0.46
New Alliance Stephen J. Jackson 54,008 0.43
Libertarian Steven I. Givot 52,273 0.42
Natural Law Merrill M. Becker 48,371 0.38
Libertarian Michael R. Linksvayer 40,548 0.32
Natural Law Lesia Wasylyk 38,474 0.31
Socialist Workers John Votava 35,362 0.28
Populist Thomas Nash 34,727 0.28
Populist Irvin E. Thompson 33,158 0.26
Populist Eldon Weder 19,850 0.16
Total votes 12,608,788 100

Judicial elections

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Judicial elections were held.[1]

Ballot measures

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Illinois voters voted on a two ballot measures in 1992.[5]

Two of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments. In order to be approved, the legislatively referred constitutional amendments required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.[5]

Crime Victim Rights Amendment

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Voters approved the Crime Victim Rights Amendment (also known as "Amendment 1", a legislatively referred constitutional amendment which added Article I, Section 8.1 to the Constitution of Illinois. This guarantees crime victims certain rights, including the right to receive information about cases in which they are involved.[5][6]

Crime Victim Rights Amendment
Option Votes % of votes
on measure
% of all ballots
cast
Yes 2,964,592 80.56 57.40
No 715,602 19.45 13.86
Total votes 3,680,194 100 71.26
Voter turnout 55.76%

Education Equality Amendment

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The Education Equality Amendment (also known as "Amendment 2"), a legislatively referred constitutional amendment which would have amended of Article X, Section 1 of the Constitution of Illinois to mandate for equal opportunity in education, failed to meet either threshold to amend the constitution.[5][7]

Education Equality Amendment[5]
Option Votes % of votes
on measure
% of all ballots
cast
Yes 1,882,569 57.05 36.45
No 1,417,520 42.95 27.45
Total votes 3,300,089 100 63.90
Voter turnout 50.00%

Advisory referendums

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Unfunded Mandates on Local Government referendum

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An advisory referendum on unfunded mandates on local government was supported by voters.[1]

Unfunded Mandates on Local Government referendum[1]
Candidate Votes %
Yes 3,001,471 80.61
No 722,016 19.39
Total votes 3,723,487 100
Voter turnout 56.41%

Local elections

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Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as the Cook County elections.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election ." Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ..." Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Party control of Illinois state government". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "Illinois Crime Victim Rights, Amendment 1 (1992)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Illinois Education Equality, Amendment 2 (1992)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2020.