2018 Illinois gubernatorial election
election of J.B. Pritzker as governor of Illinois / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Illinois. The Democratic and Republican primary elections took place on March 20, 2018[1] and the Libertarian Party state convention was held on March 4th.[2]
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Incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner ran for re-election to a second term[3][4] against Democrat J. B. Pritzker and Libertarian Kash Jackson.
In March 2018, the primary results concluded with J. B. Pritzker winning the Democratic nomination with Rauner winning the Republican nomination. Meanwhile, Kash Jackson won the Libertarian Party nomination during a state convention in Bloomington, IL.[2]
Pritzker defeated incumbent Rauner in the general election by a landslide.