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2018 Illinois Attorney General election

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The 2018 Illinois Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who had served since 2003, did not seek re-election to a fifth term.[1] Democrat Kwame Raoul won the election with 55 percent of the vote, while Republican Erika Harold took 43 percent of the vote.

2018 Illinois Attorney General election
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Turnout56.16%
 
Nominee Kwame Raoul Erika Harold
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,488,326 1,944,142
Percentage 54.7% 42.7%
County results
Raoul:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%
Harold:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Attorney General before election

Lisa Madigan
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Kwame Raoul
Democratic

Election information

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The primaries and general elections coincided with those for federal congressional races and those for other state offices. The election was part of the 2018 Illinois elections.

Turnout

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See also: 2018 Illinois elections § Turnout

For the primary elections, turnout was 24.57%, with 1,951,981 votes cast.[2][3] For the general election, turnout was 56.16%, with 4,548,409 votes cast.[2][3]

Democratic primary

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Democratic candidates listed on a blank primary ballot

Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Aaron Goldstein

Organizations

Scott Drury

Individuals

Newspapers

Sharon Fairley

Organizations

Newspapers

Renato Mariotti

U.S. Government Officials

Athletes

Entertainers

Writers

Pat Quinn

Organizations

Kwame Raoul

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Statewide Officials

State Senators

Local officials

Organizations

Nancy Rotering

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Lt. Governors

State Representatives

Local officials

Organizations

Jesse Ruiz

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. Representatives

State Representatives

Local officials

Individuals

Declined to Endorse in Primary

Organizations

Endorsed All

Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kwame
Raoul 		Pat
Quinn 		Nancy
Rotering 		Jesse
Ruiz 		Renato
Mariotti 		Sharon
Fairley 		Aaron
Goldstein 		Scott
Drury 		Other Undecided
Victory Research[85] March 13–16, 2018 1,204 ± 2.8% 24% 26% 6% 4% 3% 8% 4% 10% – 16%
Capitol Fax/We Ask America[86] March 7–8, 2018 1,029 ± 3.06% 15% 23% 6% 3% 3% 3% 2% 3% – 43%
Southern Illinois University[87] February 19–25, 2018 472 ± 4.5% 22% 18% 5% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 1% 39%

Debate

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2018 Illinois Attorney General democratic primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Scott Drury Sharon Fairley Aaron Goldstein Renato Mariotti Pat Quinn Kwame Raoul Nancy Rotering Jesse Ruiz
1 January 8, 2018 Democracy for America Amara Enyia [88] P P P P P P P P
2 February 16, 2018 Illinois Democratic County
Chairs Association 		Amanda Vinicky [89] P P P P P P P P
3 March 4, 2018 Cards Against Humanity
Chicago Sun-Times
Lucy Moog
2nd Ward Democrats 		Justin Kaufmann [90] P P P P P P P P
4 March 7, 2018 Better Government Association
WLS-TV 		YouTube (Part 1)[91]
YouTube (Part 2)
YouTube (Part 3)
YouTube (Part 4)
YouTube (Part 5)
YouTube (Part 6) 		P P P P P P P P

Results

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Results by county:
  Raoul
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Quinn
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Rotering
  •   20–30%
Democratic primary results, March 20, 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kwame Raoul 390,472 30.17%
Democratic Pat Quinn 352,425 27.23%
Democratic Sharon Fairley 164,304 12.70%
Democratic Nancy Rotering 123,446 9.54%
Democratic Scott Drury 102,193 7.90%
Democratic Jesse Ruiz 70,158 5.42%
Democratic Renato Mariotti 51,902 4.01%
Democratic Aaron Goldstein 39,196 3.03%
Total votes 1,294,096 100.0%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Erika Harold

U.S. Representatives[95]

Illinois State Senators[97]

Illinois State Representatives[97]

Local Officeholders

  • Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon[95][96]

Organizations

Newspapers

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Erika
Harold 		Gary
Grasso 		Undecided
Southern Illinois University[87] February 19–25, 2018 259 ± 6.0% 18% 14% 65%

Forum

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2018 Illinois Attorney general republican primary candidate forum
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Gary Grasso Erika Harold
1 March 7, 2018 Better Government Association
WLS-TV 		YouTube (Part 1)[105]
YouTube (Part 2)
YouTube (Part 3)
YouTube (Part 4)
YouTube (Part 5) 		P P

Results

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Results by county:
  Harold
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Grasso
  •   50–60%
Tie
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results, March 20, 2018[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Erika Harold 389,197 59.16%
Republican Gary Grasso 268,688 40.84%
Total votes 657,885 100.0%

Third party and independents

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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General election

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Forum

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2018 Illinois Attorney general pre-primary all candidate forum
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Democratic Republican Republican Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Scott Drury Sharon Fairley Aaron Goldstein Gary Grasso Erika Harold Renato Mariotti Pat Quinn Kwame Raoul Nancy Rotering Jesse Ruiz
1 March 7, 2018 Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
Union League Club of Chicago 		Carol Marin [110] P P P P P P P P P P

Endorsements

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Kwame Raoul (D)
Former U.S. Executive Branch officials

US Senators

US Representatives

Statewide officials

County officials

Local officials

  • Chris Kennedy, Former Chair of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and former candidate for Governor[117]

Organizations

Newspapers

Erika Harold (R)
Organizations

Newspapers

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kwame
Raoul (D) 		Erika
Harold (R) 		Bubba
Harsy (L) 		Undecided
Victory Research[132] September 27 – October 2, 2018 1,208 ± 2.8% 44% 33% 5% 18%
Southern Illinois University[133] September 24–29, 2018 715 ± 3.7% 36% 26% – 39%
Research America Inc.[134] September 5–13, 2018 1,024 ± 3.1% 43% 32% – 25%[a]
We Ask America[135] June 9–11, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 44% 35% – 21%

Results

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2018 Illinois Attorney General election[3][136]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kwame Raoul 2,488,326 54.71% −4.75%
Republican Erika Harold 1,944,142 42.74% +4.97%
Libertarian Bubba Harsy 115,941 2.55% −0.22%
Total votes 4,548,409 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

By congressional district

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Raoul won 10 of the 18 congressional districts, with the remaining 8 going to Harold, including three that elected Democrats.[137]

District Raoul Harold Representative
1st 74% 24% Bobby Rush
2nd 77% 21% Robin Kelly
3rd 55% 42% Dan Lipinski
4th 80% 18% Chuy García
5th 68% 30% Mike Quigley
6th 47% 50% Sean Casten
7th 83% 15% Danny Davis
8th 56% 41% Raja Krishnamoorthi
9th 66% 31% Jan Schakowsky
10th 58% 40% Brad Schneider
11th 57% 40% Bill Foster
12th 43% 53% Mike Bost
13th 44% 53% Rodney Davis
14th 45% 52% Lauren Underwood
15th 26% 71% John Shimkus
16th 39% 58% Adam Kinzinger
17th 47% 50% Cheri Bustos
18th 32% 65% Darin LaHood

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Don't know" with 21%; "None" with 4%

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  126. ^ Illinois Chamber. "Our next Attorney General will have an enormous impact on our state's economic future. @ErikaHarold has what it takes to instill confidence and certainty to the business community. Vote @ErikaHarold for Attorney General #twill #ILAG". Twitter.
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