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1940 Illinois gubernatorial election

The 1940 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940.

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The 1940 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940.

Before the primary, incumbent governor Henry Horner, a Democrat, opted not to seek a third term. In October, before the general election, his death in office made John Henry Stelle assume the governorship. However, Stelle had previously failed to win the Democratic nomination in the primary.

Republican former Attorney Dwight H. Green won the election, defeating his Democratic opponent, former Mayor of Taylorville Harry B. Hershey, with 52.93% of the vote.

Harry B. Hershey, former mayor of Taylorville
Albert Lagerstedt, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination in 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois
Robert W. McKinlay
James O. Monroe
John H. Stelle, incumbent lieutenant governor of Illinois

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	815,604	59.73
	Democratic	484,454	35.48
	Democratic	27,593	2.02
	Democratic	24,862	1.82
	Democratic	12,925	0.95
	Write-in	2	0.00
1,365,440	100

Dwight H. Green, Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago in 1939
Richard J. Lyons, former Illinois state representative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	610,025	57.14
	Republican	457,643	42.86
1,067,668	100

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	2,197,778	52.93
	Democratic	1,940,833	46.74
	Socialist Labor	7,523	0.18
	Prohibition	6,467	0.16
4,152,622	100

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