1966 Illinois elections


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Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 8, 1966.[1]

1966 Illinois elections
← 1964 November 8, 1966 1968 →
Turnout73.54%

Primaries were held on June 14, 1966.[1]

Election information

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1966 was a midterm election year in the United States.

Turnout in the primary was 32.20%, with 1,791,494 ballots cast (1,060,189 Democratic and 731,305 Republican).[1][2][3]

Turnout in the general election was 73.54%, with 3,928,478 ballots cast.[1][3]

United States Senate

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Incumbent Senator Paul Douglas, a Democrat seeking a fourth term, was defeated by Republican Charles H. Percy.

All 24 Illinois seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1966.

Republicans flipped one seat, leaving the Illinois House delegation to consist of 12 Democrats and 12 Republicans.

1966 Illinois State Treasurer election
 
← 1962 November 8, 1966 1970 →
Turnout70.01%[1][3]
     
Nominee Adlai Stevenson III Harris Rowe
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,889,595 1,849,940
Percentage 50.53% 49.47%
Treasurer before election

William J. Scott
Republican

Elected Treasurer

Adlai Stevenson III
Democratic

Incumbent Treasurer was William J. Scott, a Republican. Democrat Adlai Stevenson III was elected to succeed him in office.

Superintendent of Public Instruction

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1966 Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction election
 
← 1962 November 7, 1966 1970 →
Turnout69.24%[1][3]
 
Nominee Ray Page Don M. Prince
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,999,279 1,699,367
Percentage 54.05% 45.95%
Superintendent before election

Ray Page
Republican

Elected Superintendent

Ray Page
Republican

Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Ray Page, a Republican, won a second term.

Seats in the Illinois Senate were up for election in 1966. Republicans retained control of the chamber.

State House of Representatives

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Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 1966. Republicans flipped control of the chamber.

Trustees of University of Illinois

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1966 Trustees of University of Illinois election
← 1964 November 8, 1966 1968 →

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

The election saw the election of new Republican members Donald R. Grimes, Ralph Crane Hahn, and James A. Weatherly.[1][4]

Third-term incumbent Democrats Kenney E. Williamson and Frances Best Watkins lost reelection.[1][4] Incumbent third-term Republican Wayne A. Johnston Sr. was not renominated.[1][4]

Three ballot measures were put before voters in 1966. One was a legislatively referred state statute, and two were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.

In order to be approved, legislatively referred state statutes required the support of a majority of those voting on the amendment.[1] In order to be placed on the ballot, proposed legislatively referred constitutional amendments needed to be approved by two-thirds of each house of the Illinois General Assembly.[5] In order to be approved, they required approval of either two-thirds of those voting on the amendment itself or a majority of all ballots cast in the general elections.[1]

County Officers' Re-Election Amendment

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The County Officers' Re-Election Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, was put to a vote. It would have amended Section 8 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution. It failed to meet either threshold for passage.[1]

County Officers' Re-Election Amendment[1][3]
Option Votes % of votes
on referendum 		% of all ballots
cast
Yes 1,808,491 59.18 46.04
No 1,247,248 40.82 31.75
Total votes 3,055,739 100 77.78
Voter turnout 57.21%

General Banking Law Amendment

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General Banking Law Amendment was approved by voters as a legislatively referred state statute. It modified the state's banking law.[6] To pass, it had required a majority of those voting on the article to approve it.[1]

General Banking Law Amendment[1][3][6]
Candidate Votes %
Yes 1,564,746 65.84
No 811,981 34.16
Total votes 2,376,727 100
Voter turnout 44.49%

The Revenue Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, was put to a vote. It would have amended Sections 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, and 13 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution. It failed to meet either threshold for passage.[1]

Revenue Amendment[1][3]
Option Votes % of votes
on referendum 		% of all ballots
cast
Yes 1,642,549 53.38 41.81
No 1,434,330 46.62 36.51
Total votes 3,076,879 100 78.32
Voter turnout 57.60%

Local elections were held.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 1966 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, JUNE, 14, 1966" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved June 30, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c d e Illinois Blue Book 1965-1966. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 862.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 10, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d "Trustees, University of Illinois Board of Trustees" (PDF). University of Illinois. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Illinois Constitution of 1870 ARTICLE XIV Section 2
  6. ^ a b "Illinois General Banking Law Amendment (1966)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 29, 2020.