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Elections were held inIllinois on Tuesday, November 5, 1946.[1]
Primaries were held April 9, 1946.[1]
1946 was amidterm election year in the United States.
In the primary election 1,531,657 ballots were cast (741,821 Democratic and 789,836 Republican).[1]
In the general election 3,619,332 ballots were cast.[1]
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All 26 Illinois seats in theUnited States House of Representatives were up for election in 1946.
Republicans flipped five Republican-held seats, leaving the Illinois House delegation to consist of 20 Republicans and 6 Democrats.
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 County results Rowe: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Keys: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent first-termTreasurer, RepublicanConrad F. Becker, did not seek reelection. RepublicanRichard Yates Rowe was elected to succeed him.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Sam Keys | 385,419 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 385,419 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Richard Yates Rowe | 411,070 | 61.22 | |
| Republican | Stephen A. Day | 202,594 | 30.17 | |
| Republican | I. Jay Brown | 57,838 | 8.61 | |
| Write-in | Others | 4 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 671,506 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Richard Yates Rowe | 1,959,881 | 56.73 | |
| Democratic | Sam Keys | 1,480,597 | 42.86 | |
| Prohibition | Robert W. Melven | 14,144 | 0.41 | |
| Total votes | 3,454,622 | 100 | ||
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IncumbentSuperintendent of Public InstructionVernon L. Nickell, a Republican, was reelected to a second term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | C. H. Engle | 567,801 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 567,801 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Vernon L. Nickell (incumbent) | 599,582 | 100 | |
| Write-in | Others | 5 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 599,587 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Vernon L. Nickell (incumbent) | 1,959,738 | 57.37 | |
| Democratic | C. Hobart Engle | 1,439,645 | 42.14 | |
| Prohibition | Henry L. Lundquist | 16,813 | 0.49 | |
| Total votes | 3,416,196 | 100 | ||
Seats in theIllinois Senate were up for election in 1946. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
Seats in theIllinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1946. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
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3 out of 9 seats on theUniversity of Illinois Board of Trustees 5 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees ofUniversity of Illinois. Republicans won all three seats. However, since all three seats up for election were already held by Republicans, this did not change the partisan composition of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, with the board's 9–3 Republican majority over Democrats being retained.
First-term Republican incumbents Park Livingston and John R. Fornof were reelected.[1][2] New Republican member Doris Simpson Holt was elected.[1][2] Third-term Republican incumbent Helen M. L. Grigsby was not renominated.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Park Livingston (incumbent) | 1,961,346½ | 19.44 | |
| Republican | John R. Fornof (incumbent) | 1,915,895 | 18.69 | |
| Republican | Doris Simpson Holt | 1,885,964½ | 18.69 | |
| Democratic | Don Forsyth | 1,463,251½ | 14.50 | |
| Democratic | James Everett Etherton | 1,420,780 | 14.08 | |
| Democratic | Albert H. Wohlers | 1,395,980½ | 13.83 | |
| Prohibition | Henry Johnson Long | 16,488½ | 0.16 | |
| Prohibition | Mildred E. Young | 16,202 | 0.16 | |
| Prohibition | Louis Gilbert Krandell | 14,776 | 0.15 | |
| Total votes | 10,090,684½ | 100 | ||
On June 3, 1946, elections were held to fill vacancies on theSuperior Court of Cook County.[1] On November 5, 1946, a special election was held to fill a vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County.[1] On December 17, 1946, a special election was held to fill a vacancy on the Sixth Judicial Circuit.[1]
Two measures was put before voters in 1946.
The Illinois Gateway Amendment, a proposed amendment to Section 2 of Article XIV of the Constitution, failed to meet the threshold for approval.[1][4]
If approved, this amendment would have enabled the legislature to submit legislatively referred amendments to up to three constitutional articles per session.[4]
In order to be approved, legislatively referred constitutional amendments required approval equal to a majority of voters voting in the entire general election.[4][5]
| Illinois Gateway Amendment[1][4] | |||
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| Option | Votes | % of all ballots cast | |
| Yes | 1,273,653 | 35.19 | |
| No | 368,108 | 10.17 | |
| Total votes | 1,641,761 | 45.36 | |
The World War II Veterans' Compensation Act, a legislatively referredbond issue, was approved by voters.[6]
The bond issue would be used to compensate veterans ofWorld War II.[6]
It was required to be approved by a vote equal to vote for whichever chamber of the state legislature received the greatest vote total. In this case, that meant it needed to receive 1,709,721 votes.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Yes | 2,173,425 | 68.92 | |
| No | 980,345 | 31.09 | |
| Total votes | 3,153,770 | 100 | |
Local elections were held. These included county elections, such as theCook County elections.
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