1970Final results
1970 election for Illinois Legislative District 32
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Karl Berning (R) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Ronald A. Orner (D) by 18.0 points.
Karl BerningRepublican · winner · incumbent
59.0%42,326
Ronald A. OrnerDemocrat
41.0%29,405
71,731 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