- Source: 1948 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.
Primaries were held April 13, 1948.
Election information
= Turnout
=In the primaries, 1,649,655 ballots were cast (745,645 Democratic and 904,010 Republican).
In the general election, 4,075,090 ballots were cast.
Federal elections
= United States President
=Illinois voted for the Democratic ticket of Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley.
= United States Senate
=Incumbent Republican Charles W. Brooks lost reelection to Democrat Paul Douglas.
= United States House
=All 26 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1948.
Illinois had redistricted before this election, eliminating its at-large district.
State elections
= Governor
=Incumbent Governor Dwight H. Green, a Republican seeking a third term, lost reelection to Democrat Adlai Stevenson II.
Stevenson's victory was regarded as a surprise upset, and his margin of victory of 572,067 votes was, at the time, record breaking for an Illinois gubernatorial election.
General election
= Lieutenant governor
=Incumbent lieutenant governor Hugh W. Cross, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a third term. Democrat Sherwood Dixon was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
= Attorney general
=Incumbent attorney general George F. Barrett, a Republican running for a third term, lost to Democrat Ivan A. Elliott
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
= Secretary of State
=The Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Former Illinois Treasurer and incumbent congressman William Stratton won the Republican primary, running unopposed.
General election
= Auditor of Public Accounts
=Incumbent Auditor of Public Accounts Arthur C. Lueder, a Republican, did not seek reelection to a third term. Democrat Benjamin O. Cooper was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
= Treasurer
=Incumbent first-term Treasurer Richard Yates Rowe, a Republican, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for lieutenant governor. Democrat Ora Smith was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
= State Senate
=Seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1948. Republicans retained control of the chamber.
= State House of Representatives
=Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1948. Democrats flipped control of the chamber.
= Trustees of University of Illinois
=An election was held for three of the nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois. All three Democratic nominees won. The election was for six-year terms.
4,078,146 ballots were cast in the election.
All three who were elected had never before held office as Trustees of the University of Illinois. Incumbent Republican Chester R. Davis lost reelection. Fellow Republican incumbents Martin Gerard Luken Sr. and Frank Hotchkiss McKelvey were not nominated for what would have been a second term.
= Judicial elections
=Special judicial elections were held to fill vacancies.
Circuit Courts
= Tenth Judicial Circuit (vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph E. Daily) =
= Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (vacancy caused by death of Frank H. Hayes) =
This election was held on November 2, 1948.
Local elections
Local elections were held.
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