Tio Hardiman

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Tio Hardiman

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 20, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Northeastern Illinois University

Graduate

Northeastern Illinois University

Personal

Profession

Executive Director

Contact

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Tio Hardiman (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of Illinois. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2018.

Biography

Hardiman earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and a master's degree in inner city studies from Northeastern Illinois University. His experience includes work as a professor of criminal justice at Governor State University and service as the director of CeaseFire Illinois and as the executive director of the conflict mediation organization Violence Interrupters NFP.

Elections

2018

See also: Illinois gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Illinois

J.B. Pritzker defeated incumbent Bruce Rauner, William McCann, and Grayson Jackson in the general election for Governor of Illinois on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.B. Pritzker (D)	54.5	2,479,746
		Bruce Rauner (R)	38.8	1,765,751
		William McCann (Conservative Party)	4.2	192,527
		Grayson Jackson (L)	2.4	109,518
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	115

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,547,657
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.B. Pritzker	45.1	597,756
		Daniel K. Biss	26.7	353,625
		Chris Kennedy	24.4	322,730
		Tio Hardiman	1.6	21,075
		Bob Daiber	1.1	15,009
		Robert Marshall	1.1	14,353

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,324,548
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Illinois

Incumbent Bruce Rauner defeated Jeanne M. Ives in the Republican primary for Governor of Illinois on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bruce Rauner	51.5	372,124
		Jeanne M. Ives	48.5	350,038

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 722,162
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Illinois

Grayson Jackson defeated Matthew Scaro and Jon Stewart in the Libertarian primary for Governor of Illinois on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Grayson Jackson
		Matthew Scaro
		Jon Stewart

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2014

See also: Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014

Hardiman ran for election as Illinois Governor Hardiman sought the Democratic nomination in the primary election on March 18, 2014 alongside his choice of lieutenant gubernatorial running-mate Brunell Donald. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Governor and Lt. Governor of Illinois, Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Pat Quinn & Paul Vallas Incumbent	71.9%	321,818
Tio Hardiman & Brunell Donald	28.1%	125,500
Total Votes		447,318
Election results via Illinois State Board of Elections.

"Tio Hardiman's story" introduces the 2014 Illinois gubernatorial candidate - Released March 17, 2013

Campaign finance

2018

The table below presents campaign finance figures obtained from Illinois Sunshine on March 15, 2018. For current campaign finance information, refer to Illinois Sunshine or the Illinois State Board of Elections' contribution and expenditure databases.

Polls

2018

Illinois gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2018
Poll	Pritzker	Kennedy	Biss	Hardiman	Daiber	Marshall	Getz	Someone else	Undecided/Other	Margin of error	Sample size
Capitol Fax/We Ask America March 7-9, 2018	35.37%	15.65%	14.58%	0.87%	1.46%	0.68%	0%	0%	31.39%	+/-3.1	1,029
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University February 19-25, 2018	31%	17%	21%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	25%	+/-4.5	472
ALG Research for Biss February 6-11, 2018	32%	24%	24%	2%	1%	1%	0%	0%	16%	+/-4.4	500
Global Strategy Group for Pritzker January 29-31, 2018	41%	16%	22%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	20%	+/-3.5	801
We Ask America January 28-30, 2018	29.79%	11.50%	17.43%	1.73%	0.87%	0.74%	0%	0%	37.95%	+/-3.4	811
Capitol Fax/We Ask America October 17-18, 2017	39%	15%	6%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	36%	+/-3.0	1,154
Garin-Hart-Yang June 26-29, 2017	38%	44%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	18%	+/-4.0	602
AVERAGES	35.17%	20.45%	15%	1.09%	0.76%	0.49%	0.14%	0.14%	26.33%	+/-3.7	767
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Illinois gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2018 (no margin of error information)
Poll	J.B. Pritzker	Chris Kennedy	Daniel Biss	Undecided/Other	Sample Size
Global Strategy Group for Pritzker (February 9-13, 2017)	37%	23%	21%	19%	802
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Race background

Sitting Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat who went from lieutenant governor to governor following Rod Blagojevich's 2009 impeachment, won a full term in 2010 and lost his bid for re-election in 2014 to Republican Bruce Rauner. According to multiple outside ratings, Quinn was among the most vulnerable governors in the 2014 electoral cycle.

Incumbent Lt. Gov Sheila Simon (D) announced in February 2013 that she would not run for re-election in 2014 alongside Quinn, her 2010 running mate. Simon said she wanted to seek a new office that would allow her to have a greater impact. She later declared her candidacy for state comptroller. Simon's announcement was followed by the Illinois House of Representatives' approval of a proposal seeking to eliminate the position of lieutenant governor altogether by constitutional amendment, effective after the 2018 election. In order for the measure to be passed, it would have needed the approval of both the State Senate and Illinois voters. Quinn chose former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas as his new running mate.

The 2014 electoral cycle marked the first time in Illinois history that candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor ran on a single ticket in the primary election phase. This change was spurred by the 2010 election, when Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen had to drop out of the race after being arrested on charges of steroid use and domestic battery. A CBS News report on the change argued that allowing gubernatorial candidates to handpick their running mates for the primary would cause campaigns to "better define their priorities for voters and cover more ground as election season gets underway."

As a result of the 2014 elections, Illinois was one of 20 states under divided government and therefore not one of the state government trifectas.

In a state that had elected Democratic candidates more often in recent election cycles, it was expected that Quinn's biggest threat in 2014 would come from a fellow Democrat. The potential primary challengers for Quinn included William "Bill" Daley, a past U.S. commerce secretary and White House chief of staff, and Attorney General Lisa Madigan. However, both potential challengers removed themselves from contention by September 2013. Madigan dropped her bid in June 2013 in order to seek another term as attorney general. In September 2013, Daley ended his campaign for the Democratic nomination.

Quinn was the fifth out of a total of 46 previous Illinois lieutenant governors to have succeeded to the governorship mid-term. As governor, Quinn emphasized improving the state government's ethical standards and protecting public-sector labor unions. Quinn was the second-least-popular governor up for re-election in 2014 according to approval ratings compiled by FiveThirtyEight.

Endorsements

Bruce Rauner was endorsed by the Chicago Tribune prior to the general election. The Chicago Tribune traditionally endorses Republican candidates for statewide and national office, with the exception of the paper's endorsement of Barack Obama (D) in the 2008 presidential election.

Third-party candidates

Quinn and Rauner ran against Libertarian candidate Chad Grimm. There were three other third-party tickets in the race, led by Michael Oberline (Constitution), Scott Summers (Green), and Michael Hawkins (Independent), until an August 22 petition challenge ruling by the Illinois State Board of Elections disqualified their respective parties from appearing on the November 4 ballot. It was the first time in a decade that the Libertarian Party, which survived the signature challenge, was the only minor party to compete for Illinois statewide office in the general election.

Primary election

On September 3, 2013, individuals aiming to qualify for a slot on the March 2014 primary ballot began gathering signatures. The filing period for major party primary candidates ended on December 2, 2013, with only one Democrat, Tio Hardiman, filing to go up against Quinn. On the Republican end, candidates included state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, state Treasurer Dan Rutherford, and venture capitalist Bruce Rauner. Early polls showed Rutherford as the front-runner for the GOP nomination, but Rauner took the polling lead by November 2013 and maintained a 15 percent average lead up to the March primary, which he won.

Rauner spent $14 million on his primary campaign, including $6 million of his personal money. At the time of the 2014 election, this was the largest amount of self-funding that any primary election candidate for governor of Illinois had committed to.

Unofficial results from the March 18 primaries revealed some differences in voter patterns from previous primary elections. Based on the breakdown of votes in the Republican and Democratic gubernatorial primaries provided by the Chicago Tribune on election night, Ballot Access News analyzed what appeared to be a low turnout of Democratic voters (438,112 votes) in the party's primary. They argued that hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters must have voted on the Republican ballot. Under Illinois' primary rules, voters can change parties each year but must declare a party affiliation at the polls. Depending on which party is chosen, the voter will then be counted as registered for that party. Voters may change party affiliation at polls or caucus.

Ballot Access News stated that many Democrats crossed over to vote in the Republican primary due to one specific issue highlighted in the GOP governor's race: government employee unions. The analysis argued that most of the Democrats who participated in the Republican primary did so in order to ensure Kirk Dillard, who sided with the unions in the state Senate, would lose to Bruce Rauner, who promised to curtail union influence.

In Illinois, the last time more votes were cast in the Republican than the Democratic gubernatorial primary was 1986; not since the 1940s had so few votes been cast in a Democratic gubernatorial primary election. Compared to the last five Illinois gubernatorial elections, there was no significant spike in Republican votes in 2014, indicating the trend reversal was caused by a drop in Democratic gubernatorial primary votes cast.

See also

• Governor of Illinois
• Illinois gubernatorial election, 2018
• Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014

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