Jb Pritzker won with 54.9% of the vote (2,253,748 votes), ahead of Darren Bailey with 42.3% (1,739,095 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 12.5 percentage points (514,653 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 12.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 3.1 points toward Republicans.
4,107,370 votes were counted in this race, for 9 candidates or options.
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