1928 Illinois gubernatorial election
The 1928 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928. Incumbent two-term Republican Governor Len Small was defeated in the Republican primary. Republican nominee Louis Lincoln Emmerson defeated Democratic nominee Floyd E. Thompson with 56.76% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on April 10, 1928.Democratic primary
Candidates
- Floyd E. Thompson, justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois
Republican primary
Candidates
Independent Republican primary
Candidates
- Louis Lincoln Emmerson, incumbent Secretary of State of Illinois
- Len Small, incumbent Governor
General election
Major candidates
- Floyd E. Thompson, Democratic
- Louis Lincoln Emmerson, Republican
Minor candidates
- George Koop, Socialist, nominee for U.S. Senate in 1924 and Chicago mayor in 1907
- J. E. Procum, Socialist Labor, nominee for U.S. House in 1924 in the at-large district
- William F. Kruse, Workers Party of America, Party District Organizer for the Chicago district