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| Turnout | 76.80% | |||
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Elections were held inIllinois on Tuesday, November 6, 1984.[1]
Primaries were held on March 20.[2]
Turnout in the primary election was 40.89% with a total of 2,474,610 ballots cast. 1,771,948 Democratic, 702,421 Republican, and 241 Citizens primary ballots were cast.[2]
Turnout during the general election was 76.80%, with 4,969,330 ballots cast.[1]
Illinois voted for Republicanticket ofRonald Reagan andGeorge H. W. Bush.[1]
This was the fifth consecutive election in which the state had voted for theRepublican ticket in a presidential election.
Incumbent RepublicanCharles H. Percy, who was seeking a fifth term as senator, was unseated by DemocratPaul Simon.
All of Illinois' 22 congressional seats were up for reelection in 1984.
Some of the seats of theIllinois Senate were up for election in 1984. Democrats retained control of the chamber.
All of the seats in theIllinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1984. Democrats retained control of the chamber.
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An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees ofUniversity of Illinois system.
The election saw the reelection incumbent Republican Ralph Crane Hahn to a fourth term, as well as the election of new trustees Republican Susan Loving Gravenhorst and Democrat Ann E. Smith.[1][3]
First-term incumbent Democrat Paul Stone lost reelection.[1][3] First-term incumbent Democrat Edmund Donoghue was not nominated for reelection.[1][3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Anne E. Smith | 2,070,202 | 16.23 | |
| Republican | Ralph Crane Hahn (incumbent) | 2,052,029 | 16.09 | |
| Republican | Susan Loving Gravenhorst | 2,044,566 | 16.03 | |
| Republican | Park Livingston | 2,011,310 | 15.77 | |
| Democratic | Paul Stone (incumbent) | 1,995,185 | 15.65 | |
| Democratic | Robert C. Hamilton | 1,946,845 | 15.27 | |
| Citizens | Edward A. Sadlowski | 106,795 | 0.84 | |
| Citizens | Mary Lee Sargent | 94,246 | 0.74 | |
| Libertarian | Cheryl Person-Tillman | 57,552 | 0.45 | |
| Communist | Marcia D. Davis | 56,289 | 0.44 | |
| Communist | Richard L. Giovanoni | 50,724 | 0.40 | |
| Libertarian | Carol Healy Wrne | 49,124 | 0.39 | |
| Libertarian | Joseph A. Maxwell | 47,640 | 0.37 | |
| Citizens | Marian Henriquez Neudel | 41,954 | 0.33 | |
| Communist | Elsie Rosado | 37,311 | 0.29 | |
| Socialist Workers | Rita Lee | 36,384 | 0.29 | |
| Socialist Workers | Mark Burrows | 27,918 | 0.22 | |
| Socialist Workers | Holly Harkness | 26,782 | 0.21 | |
| Write-in | Others | 22 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 12,752,878 | 100 | ||
Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 1984.[1]
Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1984.[4] In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.[4]
Exempt Veterans' Organizations from Property Taxes Amendment, alegislatively referred constitutional amendment which would amend Article IX, Section 6 of theConstitution of Illinois to exempt property used exclusively by veterans' organizations from property taxes, failed to meet either threshold to amend the constitution.[4][5]
| Exempt Veterans' Organizations from Property Taxes Amendment[1][4][5] | |||
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| Option | Votes | % of votes on measure | % of all ballots cast |
| Yes | 1,147,864 | 52.41 | 23.10 |
| No | 1,042,481 | 47.59 | 20.98 |
| Total votes | 2,190,345 | 100 | 44.08 |
| Voter turnout | 33.85% | ||
Local elections were held.
