1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Illinois House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Illinois House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 177 seats
After the electionD 87 · R 89 · 1 other
Races59
Changed party0
Unopposed2%1 races
Incumbents defeated6
Every district
D 87 · R 89 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RD-1 | Brian B. Duff · John Porter · Harold A. Katz (REP) | 17.8 | |
| RD-2 | John E. Friedland · Leo D. Lafleur · Richard A. Mugalian (REP) | 5.0 | |
| RD-3 | Donald L. Totten · Virginia B. Macdonald · Eugenia S. Chapman (REP) | 10.1 | |
| RD-4 | Robert S. Juckett · Eugene F. Schlickman · Aaron Jaffe (REP) | 9.1 | |
| RD-5 | Richard A. Walsh · Edward E. Bluthardt · Jack B. Williams (REP) | 4.8 | |
| RD-6 | William D. Walsh · Ronald K. Hoffman · Joseph P. McGah (REP) | 4.5 | |
| RD-7 | Joseph G. Sevcik · Henry J. Klosak · Gerald W. Shea (REP) | 8.9 | |
| RD-8 | Herbert Huskey · Romie J. Palmer · Harry Yourell (REP) | 10.2 | |
| RD-9 | William F. Mahar · Richard F. Kelly Jr. · Leland H. Rayson (REP) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-10 | Thomas H. Miller · Donald E. Arnell · L. Michael Getty (REP) | 4.5 | |
| RD-11 | Joseph R. Lundy · Arthur L. Berman · James P. McCourt (DEM) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-12 | Bruce L. Douglas · John Merlo · Arthur A. Telcser (DEM) | 8.2 | |
| RD-13 | James M. Houlihan · Robert L. Thompson · Paul J. Randolph (DEM) | 5.2 | |
| RD-14 | Charles J. Fleck Jr. · John B. Brandt · Bruce A. Farley (REP) | Unopposed | |
| RD-15 | Bernard B. Wolfe · William J. Laurino · Peter Piotrowicz Peters (DEM) | 6.4 | |
| RD-16 | Roger P. McAuliffe · Roman J. Kosinski · Ralph C. Capparelli (REP) | 1.7 | |
| RD-17 | Thaddeus Lechowicz · John F. Leon · Jacob John Wolf (DEM) | 2.4 | |
| RD-18 | Henry Hyde · Lawrence Diprima · Robert F. McParrtlin (REP) | 1.1 | |
| RD-19 | Benedict Garmisa · Michael L. Nardulli · Louis F. Capuzi (DEM) | 2.0 | |
| RD-20 | Victor A. Arrigo · Richard A. Carter · Peter C. Granata (DEM) | 2.8 | |
| RD-21 | Isaac Sims · Langdon Patrick · Vincent E. Molloy (DEM) | 6.8 | |
| RD-22 | Corneal A. Davis · James A. McLendon · Susan Catania (DEM) | 8.2 | |
| RD-23 | John G. Fary · Walter S. Kozubowski · John F. Wall (DEM) | 5.2 | |
| RD-24 | Robert E. Mann · Lewis A. H. Caldwell · Bernard E. Epton (DEM) | 7.6 | |
| RD-25 | Robert M. Terzich · Walter McAvoy · Leroy Walter Lemke (DEM) | 7.4 | |
| RD-26 | Harold Washington · Peggy Smith Martin · James C. Taylor (DEM) | 10.6 | |
| RD-27 | Edmund F. Kucharski · Michael Madigan · John J. Beatty (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-28 | Daniel L. Houlihan · Emil Jones Jr. · Robert L. Dunne (DEM) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-29 | Raymond W. Ewell · Eugene M. Barnes · Robert H. Holloway (DEM) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-30 | Samuel C. Maragos · Frank Giglio · Philip W. Collins (DEM) | 3.2 | |
| RD-31 | Adeline Jay Geokaris · Ronald E. Griesheimer · John S. Matijevich (REP) | 4.0 | |
| RD-32 | W. J. Murphy · Daniel M. Pierce · Donald E. Deuster (REP) | 12.1 | |
| RD-33 | Calvin Skinner · R. Bruce Waddell · Thomas J. Hanahan (REP) | 9.6 | |
| RD-34 | E. J. Giorgi · W. Timothy Simms · Frank North (DEM) | 2.1 | |
| RD-35 | Merle K. Anderson · Harlan Rigney · Robert E. Brinkmeier (REP) | 10.2 | |
| RD-36 | Oral Jacobs · Ben Polk · Pete Pappas (DEM) | 2.6 | |
| RD-37 | Tobias Barry · Kenneth W. Miller · Joseph B. Ebbesen (DEM) | 12.6 | |
| RD-38 | Carl T. Hunsicker · John E. Grotberg · Joseph Fennessey (REP) | 11.6 | |
| RD-39 | Allan L. Schoeberlein · John Jerome Hill · William L. Kempiners (REP) | 3.1 | |
| RD-40 | Gene L. Hoffman · James Philip · William A. Redmond (REP) | 6.9 | |
| RD-41 | George Hudson · Robert C. Dyer · J. Glenn Schneider (REP) | 11.6 | |
| RD-42 | W. Robert Blair · George Sangmeister · Harry D. Leinenweber (REP) | 5.9 | |
| RD-43 | James R. Washburn · George Ryan · Jack R. Beaupre (REP) | 3.7 | |
| RD-44 | John R. Lauer · Gilbert L. Deavers · Gerald A. Bradley (REP) | 1.7 | |
| RD-45 | James Vonboeckman · Carl W. Soderstrom · John C. Kriegsman (DEM) | 1.5 | |
| RD-46 | Robert G. Day · Fred J. Tuerk · Fred J. Schraeder (REP) | 3.7 | |
| RD-47 | Clarence E. Neff · A. T. McMaster · Samuel M. McGrew (REP) | 4.8 | |
| RD-48 | Michael F. McClain · Gale Schisler · Mary Lou Kent (DEM) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-49 | Thomas C. Rose · Ken Boyle · John F. Sharp (REP) | 1.9 | |
| RD-50 | J. David Jones · James T. Londrigan · W. Joseph Gibbs (REP) | 6.7 | |
| RD-51 | Rolland F. Tipsword · Webber Borchers · John W. Alsup (DEM) | 3.5 | |
| RD-52 | John C. Hirschfeld · Paul Stone · Charles W. Clabaugh (REP) | 1.3 | |
| RD-53 | Charles M. Campbell · Robert Craig · William D. Cox (REP) | 6.2 | |
| RD-54 | Charles F. Keller · Roscoe D. Cunningham · Ben C. Blades (DEM) | 1.5 | |
| RD-55 | Harold D. Stedelin · Ben C. Harpstrite · Don E. Brummet (DEM) | 4.0 | |
| RD-56 | Leland J. Kennedy · Horace L. Calvo · Robert J. Walters (DEM) | 6.6 | |
| RD-57 | James G. Krause · Monroe L. Flinn · Celeste M. Stiehl (DEM) | 5.6 | |
| RD-58 | James D. Holloway · Ralph Dunn · Norbert Springer (DEM) | 2.0 | |
| RD-59 | C. L. McCormick · Clyde L. Choate · Richard O. Hart (REP) | 3.4 |
Illinois House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner