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1976 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Illinois
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Data for this Contest was Contributed by on 2009-12-18
Gubernatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
James R. Thompson
Republican
3,000,395
64.68%
Michael J. Howlett
Democratic
1,610,258
34.71%
Other (
+
)
-
28,387
0.61%
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Pop. (m)
Demographic Data
1980 Population:
11,427,409
Enum.
1980 Population Density:
79.4
persons/km
2
1976 Population:
11,360,274
Est.
1976 Population Density:
78.9
persons/km
2
1970 Population:
11,110,285
Enum.
1970 Population Density:
77.2
persons/km
2
Land Area (2000):
143,961
km
2
Annual Pop Growth Rate:
0.3
%
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Data Sources:
Source for Popular Vote data: Illinois Secretary of State, Comp, "Illinois Governor,"
Official Vote Cast on the General Election of November 2, 1976
(Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State, 1977)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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