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1994 Illinois Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1994 Illinois Gubernatorial Election?

Jim Edgar won the 1994 Illinois Gubernatorial Election. Jim Edgar received 1,984,318 popular votes (63.87%). The main challenger was Dawn Clark Netsch (34.44%).

See the full head-to-head between Edgar and Netsch

Edgar +29.4 pts · won by 914,468 votes
Jim EdgarRepublicanWINNER63.87%
1,984,318 votes
Dawn Clark NetschDemocratic34.44%
1,069,850 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.7% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.