Stufflebeam Set Illinois Write-In Record
December 11th, 2006Randy Stufflebeam, Constitution Party nominee for Illinois Governor, received 19,020 write-ins on November 7. This is the highest number of write-ins ever received by any minor party or independent candidate for any office in Illinois history.
The previous Illinois record number of write-in votes for any minor party or independent candidate was set in 2004, when Ralph Nader got 3,559 write-ins. Before that, the record has been the American Party’s 1972 presidential candidate, Congressman John G. Schmitz. He had received 2,471 write-ins in Illinois.
The Illinois Libertarian Party gubernatorial write-in candidate this year, Mark McCoy, received 476 write-ins. The Socialist Workers Party write-in candidate for Governor did not file as a declared write-in, so no one knows how many he received.
December 11th, 2006 at 9:05 am
That’s actually not bad.
December 11th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
In Illinois, Ralph Nader got 3,571 write-in votes for President in 2004 I believe. Thanks for this info, I was curious if that was the record in IL.
December 11th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
Wow. That is AMAZING.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:01 am
That is fantastic. It proves that when things get difficult for people they won’t hesitate to pick up and pencil in a write-in name. This should be a good omen for third political parties to run in 2008.
December 12th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
It’s a crying shame that Illinois makes it so hard for small parties to get on the ballot, necessitating these write-in campaigns.
Just one more example of how the two major parties have rigged the rules in their own favor.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:16 am
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May 10th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
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May 18th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
GO BOWLES