1970Final results
1970 election for Illinois Legislative District 3
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
John A. Graham (R) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Paul A. Shanyfelt (D) by 34.1 points.
John A. GrahamRepublican · winner · incumbent
67.0%71,978
Paul A. ShanyfeltDemocrat
33.0%35,390
107,376 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET