Illinois Secretary of State election, 2014
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November 4, 2014 |
March 18, 2014 |
Jesse White  |
Jesse White |
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The Illinois Secretary of State election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jesse White (D) was first elected in 1998 and was running for re-election in 2014. White faced Republican candidate Mike Webster and Libertarian Party candidate Chris Michel in the general election. White won election to another four-year term.
Webster and Michel faced an uphill battle against White due to his large margins of victory in past elections. The past elections section shows that White defeated opponents by double-digit percentages in each election since 1998.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Illinois uses an open primary system. Voters do not have to register with a party, but they do have to choose, publicly, which party's ballot they will vote on at the primary election.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
General election
Jesse White - Incumbent 
Mike Webster - Cass School District Board of Education President[3]
Chris Michel[4]
Failed to qualify
Sheldon Shafer[5]
Ted Stufflebeam
Results
General election
| Secretary of State of Illinois, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jesse White Incumbent |
65.7% | 2,374,849 | |
| Republican | Mike Webster | 31.4% | 1,134,452 | |
| Libertarian | Chris Michel | 2.9% | 104,498 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0% | 809 | |
| Total Votes | 3,614,608 | |||
| Election results via Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
Polls
| Illinois Secretary of State - General election | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Jesse White * (D) | Mike Webster (R) | Chris Michel (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Reboot Illinois (October 8, 2014) | 64.06% | 26.13% | 4.95% | 4.86% | +/-3 | 1,070 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to [email protected]. | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: An asterisk (*) denotes incumbent status.
Past elections
2010
| Illinois Secretary of State, General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jesse White Incumbent |
69.9% | 2,590,222 | |
| Republican | Robert Enriquez | 27% | 1,001,544 | |
| Libertarian | Josh Hanson | 3.1% | 115,458 | |
| Total Votes | 3,707,224 | |||
| Election results via Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
2006
| Illinois Secretary of State, General Election, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jesse White Incumbent |
62.8% | 2,204,762 | |
| Republican | Dan Rutherford | 33% | 1,159,363 | |
| Green | Karen "Young" Peterson | 4.2% | 145,724 | |
| Write-In | Alaka Waikar | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 3,509,850 | |||
| Election results via Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
2002
| Illinois Secretary of State, General Election, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jesse White Incumbent |
67.9% | 2,390,181 | |
| Republican | Kris O'Rourke Cohn | 29.9% | 1,051,672 | |
| Libertarian | Matt Beauchamp | 2.2% | 78,830 | |
| Total Votes | 3,520,683 | |||
| Election results via Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
1998
| Illinois Secretary of State, General Election, 1998 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jesse White |
55.5% | 1,874,626 | |
| Republican | Al Salvi | 42.5% | 1,437,420 | |
| Reform | Sandra Millatti | 2% | 67,696 | |
| Write-In | Therese M. Battaglia | 0% | 229 | |
| Total Votes | 3,379,971 | |||
| Election results via Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
Campaign finance
Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $1,124,448 during the election. This information was last updated on May 13, 2015.[6]
| Campaign Contribution Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| Jesse White |
Illinois Secretary of State |  |
$1,078,099 | |
| Mike Webster |
Illinois Secretary of State |  |
$46,349 | |
| Chris Michel |
Illinois Secretary of State | |
$0 | |
| Grand Total Raised | $1,124,448 | |||
Key deadlines
| Deadline | Event |
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| December 2, 2013 | Last day of petition filing for established political parties |
| January 16, 2014 | Last day to file a Declaration of Intent to be a write-in candidate |
| March 18, 2014 | Primary election |
| November 4, 2014 | General election |
| November 25, 2014 | Last day for canvassing election results by proper canvassing board |
| January 12, 2015 | Inauguration day for state executive officials in general election |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Illinois + Secretary + State + elections"
See also
- Illinois Secretary of State
- Illinois state executive official elections, 2014
- State executive official elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Illinois Compiled Statutes 10 ILCS 5/7-41," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Mike Webster for Secretary of State 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed November 29, 2013
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Illinois, "Campaigns: Our Statewide Candidates," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Green Party, "Meet Sheldon Shafer, candidate for Secretary of State," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Overview of Illinois 2014 elections," accessed May 13, 2015
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