2002Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2002 election for Illinois Governor
Governor · Illinois
Rod Blagojevich (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Jim Ryan (R) by 7.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Rod BlagojevichDemocrat · winner
53.7%1,847,040
Jim RyanRepublican
46.3%1,594,960
3,442,000 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET