1984 Illinois elections#State elections

Turnout in the primary election was 40.89% with a total of 2,474,610 ballots cast. 1,771,948 Democratic, 702,421 Republican, and 241 Citizens primary ballots were cast.{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 20, 1984 |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1984/1984%20PE.PDF |website=www.elections.il.gov |publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections |access-date=24 April 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Turnout during the general election was 76.80%, with 4,969,330 ballots cast.{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 1984 |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1984/1984%20GE.PDF |website=www.elections.il.gov |publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections |access-date=24 April 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{main|1984 United States presidential election in Illinois}}

{{see also|1984 United States presidential election}}

Illinois voted for Republican ticket of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

This was the fifth consecutive election in which the state had voted for the Republican ticket in a presidential election.

{{main|1984 United States Senate election in Illinois}}

{{see also|1984 United States Senate elections}}

Incumbent Republican Charles H. Percy, who was seeking a fifth term as senator, was unseated by Democrat Paul Simon.

{{main|1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois}}

{{see also|1984 United States House of Representatives elections}}

All of Illinois' 22 congressional seats were up for reelection in 1984.

Some of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1984. Democrats retained control of the chamber.

All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1984. Democrats retained control of the chamber.

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1984 Trustees of University of Illinois election

| country =

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1982 Illinois elections#Trustees of University of Illinois

| previous_year = 1982

| next_election = 1986 Illinois elections#Trustees of University of Illinois

| next_year = 1986

| election_date = November 6, 1984

| turnout =

}}

An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system.

The election saw the reelection incumbent Republican Ralph Crane Hahn to a fourth term, as well as the election of new trustees Republican Susan Loving Gravenhorst and Democrat Ann E. Smith.

First-term incumbent Democrat Paul Stone lost reelection. First-term incumbent Democrat Edmund Donoghue was not nominated for reelection.

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Trustees of the University of Illinois election{{cite web |title=Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees |url=https://www.bot.uillinois.edu/UserFiles/Servers/Server_694865/File/UI-trustees-chronological.pdf |publisher=University of Illinois |access-date=1 April 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate= Anne E. Smith

|votes= 2,070,202

|percentage= 16.23

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Republican Party (United States)

|candidate= Ralph Crane Hahn (incumbent)

|votes= 2,052,029

|percentage= 16.09

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Republican Party (United States)

|candidate= Susan Loving Gravenhorst

|votes= 2,044,566

|percentage= 16.03

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Park Livingston

|party= Republican Party (United States)

|votes= 2,011,310

|percentage= 15.77

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Paul Stone (incumbent)

|party= Democratic Party (United States)

|votes= 1,995,185

|percentage= 15.65

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Robert C. Hamilton

|party= Democratic Party (United States)

|votes= 1,946,845

|percentage= 15.27

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Edward A. Sadlowski

|party= Citizens Party (United States)

|votes= 106,795

|percentage= 0.84

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Mary Lee Sargent

|party= Citizens Party (United States)

|votes= 94,246

|percentage= 0.74

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Cheryl Person-Tillman

|party= Libertarian Party (United States)

|votes= 57,552

|percentage= 0.45

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Marcia D. Davis

|party= Communist Party (United States)

|votes= 56,289

|percentage= 0.44

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Richard L. Giovanoni

|party= Communist Party (United States)

|votes= 50,724

|percentage= 0.40

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Carol Healy Wrne

|party= Libertarian Party (United States)

|votes= 49,124

|percentage= 0.39

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Joseph A. Maxwell

|party= Libertarian Party (United States)

|votes= 47,640

|percentage= 0.37

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Marian Henriquez Neudel

|party= Citizens Party (United States)

|votes= 41,954

|percentage= 0.33

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Elsie Rosado

|party= Communist Party (United States)

|votes= 37,311

|percentage= 0.29

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Rita Lee

|party= Socialist Workers Party (United States)

|votes= 36,384

|percentage= 0.29

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Mark Burrows

|party= Socialist Workers Party (United States)

|votes= 27,918

|percentage= 0.22

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Holly Harkness

|party= Socialist Workers Party (United States)

|votes= 26,782

|percentage= 0.21

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|candidate= Others

|party= Write-in

|votes= 22

|percentage= 0.00

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes= 12,752,878

|percentage= 100

}}

{{election box end}}

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 1984.

Illinois voters voted on a single ballot measure in 1984.{{cite web |title=Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed |url=http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/conampro.htm |website=www.ilga.gov |publisher=Illinois General Assembly |access-date=26 March 2020}} In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.

Exempt Veterans' Organizations from Property Taxes Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment which would amend Article IX, Section 6 of the Constitution of Illinois to exempt property used exclusively by veterans' organizations from property taxes, failed to meet either threshold to amend the constitution.{{cite web |title=Illinois Exempt Veterans' Organizations from Property Taxes (1984) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_Exempt_Veterans%27_Organizations_from_Property_Taxes_(1984) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 March 2020}}

[[File:1984 Illinois Exempt Veterans' Organizations from Property Taxes Amendment results map by county.svg|300px|thumb|Amendment results by county

{{collapsible list

|title=Yes:

|{{legend|#7D9CBB|60–70%}}

|{{legend|#B6C8D9|50–60%}}

}}

{{collapsible list

|title=No:

|{{legend|#DEDEBD|50–60%}}

}}

]]

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Local elections were held.

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{{Illinois elections}}

{{United States elections, 1984}}

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