1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Illinois Legislative District 36
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Don Wooten (D) won with 64.9% of the vote, defeating Donald D. Carpenter (R) by 29.8 points.
Don WootenDemocrat · winner
64.9%51,219
Donald D. CarpenterRepublican · incumbent
35.1%27,727
78,946 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET