1970Final results
1970 election for Illinois Legislative District 4
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
John W. Carroll (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Alan J. Scheffres (D) by 3.9 points.
John W. CarrollRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.0%45,405
Alan J. ScheffresDemocrat
48.0%41,968
87,379 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