Ogilvie:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Samuel H. Shapiro Democratic Richard B. Ogilvie Republican The 1968 Illinois gubernatorial election was held in Illinois on November 5, 1968.

[1] Democratic nominee, incumbent governor Samuel H. Shapiro (who had assumed the governorship in May 1968, after Otto Kerner Jr. resigned in order to accept a judicial appointment), lost reelection to Republican nominee Richard B. Ogilvie, who was the president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and former sheriff of Cook County.

[1][2] In the general election, turnout was 79.39% with 4,506,000 votes cast.

[1] Governor Samuel H. Shapiro won renomination without opposition.

Ogilvie won the nomination against 1964 lieutenant gubernatorial candidate John Henry Altorfer, former Governor William G. Stratton, and S. Thomas Sutton.