2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2014 election for Illinois Governor
Governor · Illinois
Bruce Rauner (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Pat Quinn (D) by 4.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bruce RaunerRepublican · winner
52.0%1,823,627
Pat QuinnDemocrat
48.0%1,681,343
3,504,970 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET