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2014 Illinois Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2014 Illinois Gubernatorial Election?

Bruce Rauner won the 2014 Illinois Gubernatorial Election. Bruce Rauner received 1,823,627 popular votes (50.27%). The main challenger was Pat Quinn (46.35%).

See the full head-to-head between Rauner and Quinn

Rauner +3.9 pts · won by 142,284 votes
Bruce RaunerRepublicanWINNER50.27%
1,823,627 votes
Pat QuinnDemocratic46.35%
1,681,343 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.4% 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.