1974 general · November 4, 1974
1974 Illinois State Senate election results, district by district
Every Illinois State Senate district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 59 seats
After the electionD 34 · R 25
Races20
Changed party5
Unopposed5%1 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
D 13 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Bradley M. Glass (R) | 33.5 | |
| LD-4 | John J. Nimrod (R) | 9.8 | |
| LD-7 | James C. Soper (R) | 15.7 | |
| LD-10 | Robert T. Lane (D) | 3.9 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-13 | Dawn Clark Netsch (D) | 57.1 | |
| LD-16 | Robert J. Egan (D) | 4.4 | Flipped |
| LD-19 | Harold M. Nudelman (D) | 78.4 | |
| LD-22 | Fred J. Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-25 | Donald T. Swinarski (D) | 45.6 | |
| LD-28 | Thomas C. Hynes (D) | 49.0 | |
| LD-31 | Bill Morris (D) | 12.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-34 | Vivian Veach Hickey (D) | 22.9 | |
| LD-37 | David C. Shapiro (R) | 11.0 | |
| LD-40 | James Philip (R) | 3.1 | |
| LD-43 | Jerome J. Joyce (D) | 6.2 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-46 | Prescott E. Bloom (R) | 1.1 | |
| LD-49 | Vince Demuzio (D) | 6.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-52 | Stanley B. Weaver (R) | 4.0 | |
| LD-55 | James H. Donnewald (D) | 21.0 | |
| LD-58 | Kenneth V. Buzbee (D) | 19.0 |
Illinois State Senate
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