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.
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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.
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]
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 |
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Victory Research | March 13–16, 2018 | 1,204 | ± 2.8% | 24% | 26% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 10% | – | 16% |
Capitol Fax/We Ask America | March 7–8, 2018 | 1,029 | ± 3.06% | 15% | 23% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | – | 43% |
Southern Illinois University | February 19–25, 2018 | 472 | ± 4.5% | 22% | 18% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 39% |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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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 | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
2 | February 16, 2018 | Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association |
Amanda Vinicky | YouTube | 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 | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
4 | March 7, 2018 | Better Government Association WLS-TV |
YouTube (Part 1) YouTube (Part 2) YouTube (Part 3) YouTube (Part 4) YouTube (Part 5) YouTube (Part 6) |
P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Erika Harold |
Gary Grasso |
Undecided |
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Southern Illinois University | February 19–25, 2018 | 259 | ± 6.0% | 18% | 14% | 65% |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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Gary Grasso | Erika Harold | |||||
1 | March 7, 2018 | Better Government Association WLS-TV |
YouTube (Part 1) YouTube (Part 2) YouTube (Part 3) YouTube (Part 4) YouTube (Part 5) |
P | P |
Tie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Erika Harold | 389,197 | 59.16% | |
Republican | Gary Grasso | 268,688 | 40.84% | |
Total votes | 657,885 | 100.0% |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic | Democratic |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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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 | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Kwame Raoul (D) |
Erika Harold (R) |
Bubba Harsy (L) |
Undecided |
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Victory Research | September 27 – October 2, 2018 | 1,208 | ± 2.8% | 44% | 33% | 5% | 18% |
Southern Illinois University | September 24–29, 2018 | 715 | ± 3.7% | 36% | 26% | – | 39% |
Research America Inc. | September 5–13, 2018 | 1,024 | ± 3.1% | 43% | 32% | – | 25%[a] |
We Ask America | June 9–11, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 44% | 35% | – | 21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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