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1970Final results

1970 election for Illinois Legislative District 54

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Kenneth Hall (D) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Lehman D. Krause (R) by 17.3 points.

Kenneth HallDemocrat · winner
58.6%27,314
41.4%19,269
46,583 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

EvenD+8.01980D+27.71982D+14.71986D+21.51988D+26.01996R+7.22002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET