1974 general · November 4, 1974
1974 Illinois House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Illinois House of Representatives district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 177 seats
After the electionD 98 · R 76 · 3 other
Races59
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated10
Every district
D 98 · R 75 · Other 3
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RD-1 | Brian B. Duff · John Porter · Harold A. Katz (REP) | 11.7 | |
| RD-2 | John E. Friedland · Richard A. Mugalian · Leo D. Lafleur (REP) | 0.8 | |
| RD-3 | Virginia B. Macdonald · Donald L. Totten · Eugenia S. Chapman (REP) | 10.1 | |
| RD-4 | Aaron Jaffe · Robert S. Juckett · Eugene F. Schlickman (DEM) | 5.1 | |
| RD-5 | Jack B. Williams · Ted E. Leverenz · Edward E. Bluthardt (DEM) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-6 | Anne Willer · William D. Walsh · Ronald K. Hoffman (DEM) | 1.8 | |
| RD-7 | Gerald W. Shea · Joseph G. Sevcik · Henry J. Klosak (DEM) | 3.2 | |
| RD-8 | Harry Yourell · Jane M. Barnes · Romie J. Palmer (DEM) | 2.1 | |
| RD-9 | Leland H. Rayson · Richard F. Kelly Jr. · William F. Mahar (DEM) | 0.0 | |
| RD-10 | L. Michael Getty · Donald E. Arnell · Thomas H. Miller (DEM) | 0.3 | |
| RD-11 | Joseph R. Lundy · Arthur L. Berman · James P. McCourt (DEM) | 8.1 | |
| RD-12 | William A. Marovitz · John Merlo · Arthur A. Telcser (DEM) | 8.3 | |
| RD-13 | James M. Houlihan · Jesse C. White Jr. · Paul J. Randolph (DEM) | 3.1 | |
| RD-14 | John B. Brandt · Bruce A. Farley · Charles J. Fleck Jr. (DEM) | 6.5 | |
| RD-15 | William J. Laurino · Alan J. Greiman · Peter Piotrowicz Peters (DEM) | 8.0 | |
| RD-16 | Ralph C. Capparelli · Roman J. Kosinski · Roger P. McAuliffe (DEM) | 4.1 | |
| RD-17 | Thaddeus Lechowicz · Michael S. Holewinski · John F. Leon (IND) | 7.0 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-18 | Robert F. McParrtlin · Robert K. Downs · Lawrence Diprima (DEM) | 2.3 | |
| RD-19 | Benedict Garmisa · Michael L. Nardulli · Louis F. Capuzi (DEM) | 2.8 | |
| RD-20 | John A. Darco Jr. · Douglas Huff Jr. · Ronald A. Stearney (DEM) | 0.1 | |
| RD-21 | Jesse D. Madison · Langdon Patrick · Vincent E. Molloy (DEM) | 5.4 | |
| RD-22 | Corneal A. Davis · James A. McLendon · Susan Catania (DEM) | 11.6 | |
| RD-23 | Walter S. Kozubowski · John G. Fary · John F. Wall (DEM) | 4.0 | |
| RD-24 | Robert E. Mann · Lewis A. H. Caldwell · Bernard E. Epton (DEM) | 9.0 | |
| RD-25 | Robert M. Terzich · Leroy Walter Lemke · Walter McAvoy (DEM) | 8.6 | |
| RD-26 | Harold Washington · James C. Taylor · Taylor Pouncey (DEM) | 7.7 | |
| RD-27 | Michael Madigan · John J. Beatty · Edmund F. Kucharski (DEM) | 10.4 | |
| RD-28 | Daniel L. Houlihan · Emil Jones Jr. · J. Theodore Meyer (DEM) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-29 | Raymond W. Ewell · Eugene M. Barnes · Charles E. Gaines (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-30 | Samuel C. Maragos · Frank Giglio · Philip W. Collins (DEM) | 6.1 | |
| RD-31 | Adeline Jay Geokaris · Ronald E. Griesheimer · John S. Matijevich (REP) | 5.4 | |
| RD-32 | Betty Lou Reed · Daniel M. Pierce · Donald E. Deuster (REP) | 11.0 | |
| RD-33 | Thomas J. Hanahan · R. Bruce Waddell (DEM) | -8.9 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-34 | E. J. Giorgi · W. Timothy Simms · Guy Stubblefield (DEM) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-35 | Robert E. Brinkmeier · Harlan Rigney · Richard Mulcahey (DEM) | 0.6 | |
| RD-36 | Clarence A. Darrow · Ben Polk · Oral Jacobs (DEM) | 7.8 | |
| RD-37 | Richard Mautino · Joseph B. Ebbesen · Calvin W. Schuneman (DEM) | 2.7 | |
| RD-38 | Joseph Fennessey · John E. Grotberg · Thomas Ewing (DEM) | 7.9 | |
| RD-39 | John Jerome Hill · Allan L. Schoeberlein · William L. Kempiners (DEM) | 8.0 | |
| RD-40 | Lee A. Daniels · Gene L. Hoffman · William A. Redmond (REP) | 5.9 | |
| RD-41 | Robert C. Dyer · George Hudson · J. Glenn Schneider (REP) | 10.1 | |
| RD-42 | George Sangmeister · Leroy Vanduyne · Harry D. Leinenweber (DEM) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-43 | James R. Washburn · Jack R. Beaupre · George Ryan (REP) | 2.0 | |
| RD-44 | Gilbert L. Deavers · Gerald A. Bradley · John R. Lauer (REP) | 10.5 | |
| RD-45 | Richard Luft · James Vonboeckman · Donald B. Anderson (DEM) | 3.2 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-46 | Fred J. Schraeder · Fred J. Tuerk · Joseph C. Mudd (DEM) | 0.9 | |
| RD-47 | Clarence E. Neff · Samuel M. McGrew · A. T. McMaster (REP) | 8.0 | |
| RD-48 | Michael F. McClain · Mary Lou Kent · Gale Schisler (DEM) | 11.8 | |
| RD-49 | Ken Boyle · John F. Sharp · Thomas C. Rose (DEM) | 6.5 | |
| RD-50 | Douglas N. Kane · James T. Londrigan · J. David Jones (DEM) | 1.1 | |
| RD-51 | Rolland F. Tipsword · John F. Dunn · Webber Borchers (DEM) | 13.8 | |
| RD-52 | Helen F. Satterthwaite · John C. Hirschfeld · Paul Stone (DEM) | 2.4 | |
| RD-53 | Max E. Coffey · Robert Craig · Charles M. Campbell (REP) | 3.1 | |
| RD-54 | Charles F. Keller · William L. Odaniel · Roscoe D. Cunningham (DEM) | 5.5 | |
| RD-55 | Don E. Brummet · Harold D. Byers · Dwight P. Friedrich (DEM) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-56 | Horace L. Calvo · Joe E. Lucco · Everett G. Steele (DEM) | 4.1 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-57 | Monroe L. Flinn · Wyvetter H. Younge · Celeste M. Stiehl (DEM) | 14.8 | |
| RD-58 | Bruce Richmond · Vincent A. Birchler · Ralph Dunn (DEM) | 4.9 | |
| RD-59 | Clyde L. Choate · Robert C. Winchester · Richard O. Hart (DEM) | 4.8 |
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