1969 Illinois elections

Elections were held in Illinois in 1969. These included the election of members of Illinois Constitutional Convention and special elections for a number of offices.[1]

Election information

1969 was an off-year election.

Federal elections

Illinois's 13th congressional district special election

A special election was held to fill the remainder of the unexpired term for Illinois's 13th congressional district, which had vacated by Republican Donald Rumsfeld when he had been appointed Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity.

Primaries were held October 7, and the general election was held November 25.[1]

Democratic primary

Illinois's 13th Congressional district special election Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward A. Warman 6,638 99.52
Write-in 32 0.48
Total votes 6,670 100

Republican primary

Illinois's 13th Congressional district special election Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Philip M. Crane 17,919 22.77
Republican Samuel H. Young 15,801 20.08
Republican Joseph D. Mathewson 12,910 16.41
Republican Alan R. Johnston 10,520 13.37
Republican Eugene F. Schlickman 9,247 11.75
Republican Gerald M. Marks 6,606 8.40
Republican John J. Nimrod 5,552 7.06
Republican Lar "America First" Daly 48 0.06
Republican David A. Roe 27 0.03
Republican Alan Weber 27 0.03
Republican Yale Roe 26 0.03
Write-in Others 1 0.00
Total votes 78,684 100

General election

Illinois's 13th Congressional district special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Philip M. Crane 68,418 58.39
Democratic Edward A. Warman 48,759 41.61
Total votes 117,177 100
Republican hold

State elections

Members of the Constitutional Convention

In 1968, Illinois voters approved a call for a constitutional convention. In 1969, elections were held to elect the members of the constitutional convention by Illinois Senate district.

Primaries were held to elect members to the Illinois Constitutional Convention on September 23, and general elections were held to elect these members on November 18, 1969.[1] The elections were nonpartisan, and primaries were only held in districts where enough candidates were running that a primary was required to be held to narrow them down for the general.[1]

Illinois Senate 53rd district special election

A special election was held for the 53rd district seat of the Illinois Senate left vacant after Paul Simon resigned to assume the office of lieutenant governor of Illinois.[1] Primaries were held March 11, and the general election was held April 29.[1]

Illinois's 53rd Legislative District special election Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harry A. Briggs 3,133 46.91
Democratic Patrick W. Riddleberger 1,786 26.74
Democratic Robert L. Ford 1,012 15.15
Democratic Sam P. Drenovac 391 5.85
Democratic Walter T. (Buck) Simmons 353 5.29
Write-in 4 0.06
Total votes 6,679 100.0
Illinois's 53rd Legislative District special election Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Merrill Ottwein 3,520 76.06
Republican Raymond O. Rogers 1,017 21.97
Republican David F. Mallett 91 1.97
Total votes 4,628 100.0
Illinois's 53rd Legislative District special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Merrill Ottwein 12,741 51.57
Democratic Harry A. Briggs 11,962 48.42
Write-in 2 0.01
Total votes 24,705 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

Illinois House of Representatives 33rd district special election

A special election was held 33rd district seat of the Illinois House of Representatives left vacant after the death of John "Jack" B. Hill.[1] Primaries were held May 6, and the general election was held June 24.[1]

Illinois's 33rd Representative District special election Democratic primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John L. Wineland 3,012 99.21
Write-in 24 0.79
Total votes 3,036 100.0
Illinois's 33rd Representative District special election Republican primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican R. Bruce Waddell 5,688 29.88
Republican Thomas R. "Tom" Davis 4,911 25.80
Republican Charles F. Whitfield 4,473 23.50
Republican Frederic E. Doederlein 3,963 20.82
Total votes 19,035 100.0
Illinois's 33rd Representative District special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican R. Bruce Waddell 15,815 55.03
Democratic John L. Wineland 12,914 44.93
Write-in 12 0.04
Total votes 28,741 100.0
Republican hold

Local elections

Local elections were held.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 1970 JUDICIAL • MEMBERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION PRIMARY AND GENERAL • PROPOSED 1970 CONSTITUTION • SPECIAL ELECTIONS • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, MARCH, 17, 1970" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
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