1940 Illinois gubernatorial election
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← 1936 | November 5, 1940 | 1944 → |
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| | | Nominee | Dwight H. Green | Harry B. Hershey | | Party | Republican | Democratic | Popular vote | 2,197,778 | 1,940,833 | Percentage | 52.93% | 46.74% | |
County results Green: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Hershey: 50–60% 60–70% |
Governor before election Henry Horner (before primary) Democratic John Henry Stelle (before general election) Democratic | Elected Governor Dwight H. Green Republican | |
Before the primary, incumbent governor Henry Horner, a Democrat, opted not to seek a third term. In October, before the general election, his death in office made John Henry Stelle assume the governorship. However, Stelle had previously failed to win the Democratic nomination in the primary.
Republican Dwight H. Green won the election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Gubernatorial Democratic primary[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Harry B. Hershey | 815,604 | 59.73 |
| Democratic | John H. Stelle | 484,454 | 35.48 |
| Democratic | Robert W. McKinlay | 27,593 | 2.02 |
| Democratic | James O. Monroe | 24,862 | 1.82 |
| Democratic | Albert Lagerstedt | 12,925 | 0.95 |
| Write-in | Others | 2 | 0.00 |
Total votes | 1,365,440 | 100 |
Republican primary
Candidates
General election
References
- ^ a b c "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, NOV. 5, 1940 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1939–1940 PRIMARY ELECTION General Primary, APRIL 9, 1940" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2020.