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1980 Illinois elections

1980 Illinois elections
← 1978 November 4, 1980 1982 →
Turnout78.15%
Elections in Illinois
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Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 4, 1980.[1]

Primaries were held on March 18.[2]

Election information

Turnout

Turnout in the primary election was 43.50%, with a total of 2,493,518 ballots cast.[3] 1,321,810 Democratic and 1,171,708 Republican primary ballots were cast.[2]

Turnout during the general election was 78.14%, with 4,868,623 ballots cast.[1][3]

Federal elections

United States President

Main article: 1980 United States presidential election in Illinois
See also: 1980 United States presidential election

Illinois voted for Republican ticket of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[1]

This was the fourth consecutive election in which the state had voted for the Republican ticket in a presidential election.

United States Senate

Main article: 1980 United States Senate election in Illinois
See also: 1980 United States Senate elections

Incumbent Democrat Adlai Stevenson III, did not seek reelection. Democrat Alan J. Dixon was elected to succeed him.

United States House

Main article: 1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois
See also: 1980 United States House of Representatives elections

In a January 22, 1980 special election for Illinois's 10th congressional district, Republican John Porter captured what had previously been a Democratic-held seat.

All of Illinois' 24 congressional seats were up for reelection in November 1980.

In the November election, none of Illinois' seats switched parties, with there remaining 14 Republican and seats 10 Democratic seats in Illinois' House of Representatives delegation.

State elections

State Senate

Some seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1980. Democrats retained control of the chamber.

State House of Representatives

All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1980. Republicans flipped control of the chamber.

Trustees of University of Illinois

1980 Trustees of University of Illinois election
← 1978 November 4, 1980 1982 →

An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system.

The election saw the reelection first-term incumbent Democratic Nina T. Shepherd and the election of new members, Republicans Galey S. Day and Dean E. Madden.[1][4]

First-term incumbent Democrats Arthur R. Velasquez and Robert J. Lenz lost reelection.[1][4]

Trustees of the University of Illinois election[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dean S. Madden 2,009,945 16.88
Democratic Nina T. Shepherd (incumbent) 1,995,637 16.76
Republican Mrs. Galey S. Day 1,914,231 16.07
Democratic Robert J. Lenz (incumbent) 1,840,099 15.45
Republican Lawrence W. Gougler 1,786,141 15.00
Democratic Arthur R. Velasquez (incumbent) 1,761,259 14.79
Citizens Denise B. Rose 77,123 0.65
Libertarian William R. Mitchell 63,282 0.53
Libertarian Richard Rasmussen 61,249 0.51
Libertarian James D. McCawley 58,994 0.50
Citizens John Rossen 56,068 0.47
Communist Barbara A. Browne 46,956 0.39
Citizens Andy Korsage-Norman 41,808 0.35
Socialist Workers Donald J. Hanrahan 31,774 0.27
Socialist Workers Susan E. Browne 29,639 0.25
Workers World Jill H. Hill 27,704 0.23
Workers World Sharon K. Sindelar 26,017 0.22
Communist Mark J. Almberg 22,793 0.19
Communist Richard W. Rozoff 22,406 0.19
Socialist Workers David W. Tucker 18,551 0.16
Workers World Willie James Hill 18,029 0.15
Write-in Others 47 0.00
Total votes 11,909,752 100

Judicial elections

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 1980.

Ballot measures

Illinois voters voted on a two ballot measures in 1980.[5] In order to be approved, the measures required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the measure or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.[5]

The two measures were approved, becoming the first amendments to be successfully made following the passage of the 1970 Constitution of Illinois.[5]

Size of State House of Representatives Amendment

Main article: Cutback Amendment

Voters approved the Size of State House of Representatives Amendment (also known as "Amendment 1", the "Legislative Article", and the "Cutback Amendment"), which was an initiated constitutional amendment that amended Article IV, Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Illinois to reduce the size of the Illinois House of Representatives from 177 to 118 members, eliminated cumulative voting, and replace the use of multi-member districts with single-member districts.[1][5][6][7]

Size of State House of Representatives Amendment[1][5][7]
Option Votes % of votes
on referendum 		% of all ballots
cast
Yes 2,112,224 68.70 43.38
No 962,325 31.30 19.77
Total votes 3,074,549 100 63.15
Voter turnout 49.35%

Sale of Tax Delinquent Property Amendment

Voters approved the Sale of Tax Delinquent Property Amendment (also known as the "Revenue Article" and "Article 2"), which was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that amended Article IX, Section 8 of the Constitution of Illinois to reduce the redemption period on the sale of tax delinquent property.[1][5][8][9]

Sale of Tax Delinquent Property Amendment[1][5][8]
Option Votes % of votes
on referendum 		% of all ballots
cast
Yes 1,857,985 69.94 38.16
No 798,422 30.06 16.40
Total votes 2,656,407 100 54.56
Voter turnout 42.64%

Local elections

Local elections were held.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1980" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved June 24, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 18, 1980" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved June 24, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 10, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b c "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "Cutback Amendment". Illinois Issues. November 1980. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Illinois Size of State House of Representatives Amendment (1980)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Illinois Sale of Tax Delinquent Property Amendment (1980)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  9. ^ "1970 CONSTITUTION HISTORY & HIGHLIGHTS" (PDF). ilsos.gov. Illinois Secretary of State's Office.

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