1976 general · November 2, 1976
1976 Illinois election results
Every race on Illinois's ballot in the 1976 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races125
Changed party2
Unopposed3%4 races
Incumbents defeated7
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | Gerald Ford (R) | 2.0 |
Governors
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | James R. Thompson (R) | 30.2 |
U.S. House
D 12 · R 12
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL-1 | Ralph H. Metcalfe (D) | 84.9 | |
| IL-2 | Morgan F. Murphy (D) | 69.4 | |
| IL-3 | Martin Russo (D) | 18.4 | |
| IL-4 | Edward J. Derwinski (R) | 31.6 | |
| IL-5 | John G. Fary (D) | 53.9 | |
| IL-6 | Henry Hyde (R) | 21.2 | |
| IL-7 | Cardiss Collins (D) | 69.5 | |
| IL-8 | Daniel Rostenkowski (D) | 61.1 | |
| IL-9 | Sidney Yates (D) | 44.3 | |
| IL-10 | Abner J. Mikva (D) | 0.1 | |
| IL-11 | Frank Annunzio (D) | 34.8 | |
| IL-12 | Philip Crane (R) | 45.7 | |
| IL-13 | Robert McClory (R) | 36.5 | |
| IL-14 | John N. Erlenborn (R) | 48.8 | |
| IL-15 | Tom Corcoran (R) | 7.8 | |
| IL-16 | John B. Anderson (R) | 35.8 | |
| IL-17 | George M. O'Brien (R) | 16.4 | |
| IL-18 | Robert Michel (R) | 15.5 | |
| IL-19 | Tom Railsback (R) | 37.0 | |
| IL-20 | Paul Findley (R) | 27.1 | |
| IL-21 | Edward Madigan (R) | 48.9 | |
| IL-22 | George E. Shipley (D) | 22.9 | |
| IL-23 | Melvin Price (D) | 57.3 | |
| IL-24 | Paul Simon (D) | 34.8 |
Illinois State Senate
D 22 · R 18 · 2 changed party
Illinois House of Representatives
D 93 · R 83 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RD-1 | John Porter · Roger A. Keats · Harold A. Katz (REP) | 14.8 | |
| RD-2 | John E. Friedland · Roger C. Stanley · Richard A. Mugalian (REP) | 6.1 | |
| RD-3 | Virginia B. Macdonald · Donald L. Totten · Eugenia S. Chapman (REP) | 9.8 | |
| RD-4 | Eugene F. Schlickman · Aaron Jaffe · Penny Pullen (REP) | 13.4 | |
| RD-5 | Ted E. Leverenz · Edward E. Bluthardt · Jack B. Williams (DEM) | 0.7 | |
| RD-6 | William D. Walsh · Anne Willer · Emil J. Boucek (REP) | 10.2 | |
| RD-7 | Joseph G. Sevcik · Henry J. Klosak · Robert C. Pechous (REP) | 3.6 | |
| RD-8 | Harry Yourell · Herbert Huskey · Jane M. Barnes (DEM) | 10.4 | |
| RD-9 | William F. Mahar · Richard F. Kelly Jr. · Terry A. Steczo (REP) | 1.3 | |
| RD-10 | Thomas H. Miller · L. Michael Getty · John M. Matejek (REP) | 0.7 | |
| RD-11 | Woods Bowman · Michael I. Brady · James P. McCourt (DEM) | 7.1 | |
| RD-12 | William A. Marovitz · Ellis B. Levin · Arthur A. Telcser (DEM) | 5.8 | |
| RD-13 | Daniel P. Obrien · James M. Houlihan · Elroy C. Sandquist Jr. (DEM) | 1.9 | |
| RD-14 | Bruce A. Farley · John B. Brandt · Michael A. Abramson (DEM) | 5.4 | |
| RD-15 | William J. Laurino · Alan J. Greiman · Peter Piotrowicz Peters (DEM) | 3.5 | |
| RD-16 | Ralph C. Capparelli · Roger P. McAuliffe · Roman J. Kosinski (DEM) | 4.7 | |
| RD-17 | Thaddeus Lechowicz · Michael S. Holewinski · Jacob John Wolf (DEM) | 6.3 | |
| RD-18 | Lawrence Diprima · Elmer W. Conti · Edward A. Doyle (DEM) | 7.6 | |
| RD-19 | Benedict Garmisa · Michael L. Nardulli · Boris R. Antonovych (DEM) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-20 | Marco Domico · Douglas Huff Jr. · Ronald A. Stearney (DEM) | 3.0 | |
| RD-21 | Walter Shumpert · Jesse D. Madison · Vincent E. Molloy (DEM) | 9.2 | |
| RD-22 | Corneal A. Davis · James A. McLendon · Susan Catania (DEM) | 11.3 | |
| RD-23 | Walter S. Kozubowski · John M. Vitek · John F. Wall (DEM) | 2.4 | |
| RD-24 | Robert E. Mann · Lewis A. H. Caldwell · Bernard E. Epton (DEM) | 7.5 | |
| RD-25 | Robert M. Terzich · Edmund E. Kornowicz · Walter McAvoy (DEM) | 4.6 | |
| RD-26 | James C. Taylor · Peggy Smith Martin · Taylor Pouncey (DEM) | 3.9 | |
| RD-27 | Michael Madigan · John J. Beatty · Edmund F. Kucharski (DEM) | 11.7 | |
| RD-28 | Daniel L. Houlihan · Emil Jones Jr. · J. Theodore Meyer (DEM) | 4.9 | |
| RD-29 | Raymond W. Ewell · Eugene M. Barnes · Charles E. Gaines (DEM) | 1.6 | |
| RD-30 | Frank Giglio · Glenn V. Dawson · Philip W. Collins (DEM) | 5.8 | |
| RD-31 | Adeline Jay Geokaris · Ronald E. Griesheimer · John S. Matijevich (REP) | 7.0 | |
| RD-32 | Betty Lou Reed · Donald E. Deuster · Daniel M. Pierce (REP) | 8.9 | |
| RD-33 | Calvin Skinner · R. Bruce Waddell · Thomas J. Hanahan (REP) | 3.7 | |
| RD-34 | W. Timothy Simms · Lynn Martin · E. J. Giorgi (REP) | 4.0 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-35 | Richard Mulcahey · Harlan Rigney · Harold J. Adams (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-36 | Ben Polk · Clarence A. Darrow · Oral Jacobs (REP) | 1.3 | |
| RD-37 | Richard Mautino · Calvin W. Schuneman · Joseph B. Ebbesen (DEM) | 12.7 | |
| RD-38 | Thomas Ewing · Betty J. Hoxsey · Peg McDonnell Breslin (REP) | 2.8 | |
| RD-39 | William L. Kempiners · Allan L. Schoeberlein · Lawrence Murphy (REP) | 1.5 | |
| RD-40 | Lee A. Daniels · Gene L. Hoffman · William A. Redmond (REP) | 11.6 | |
| RD-41 | Robert C. Dyer · George Hudson · J. Glenn Schneider (REP) | 4.4 | |
| RD-42 | Harry D. Leinenweber · Leroy Vanduyne · Jack Davis (REP) | 1.7 | |
| RD-43 | Edward McBroom · George Ryan · Ray A. Christensen (REP) | 4.8 | |
| RD-44 | Gerald A. Bradley · John R. Lauer · Gilbert L. Deavers (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| RD-45 | Donald B. Anderson · Richard Luft · James Vonboeckman (REP) | 7.1 | |
| RD-46 | Fred J. Tuerk · Joseph C. Mudd · Mary Lou Sumner (REP) | 3.5 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-47 | Clarence E. Neff · A. T. McMaster · Samuel M. McGrew (REP) | 9.1 | |
| RD-48 | Mary Lou Kent · Michael F. McClain · Gale Schisler (REP) | 11.7 | |
| RD-49 | John F. Sharp · A. C. Bartulis · Jim Reilly (DEM) | 1.8 | |
| RD-50 | Douglas N. Kane · J. David Jones · David L. Robinson (DEM) | 3.5 | |
| RD-51 | Rolland F. Tipsword · John F. Dunn · Allen F. Bennett (DEM) | 2.2 | |
| RD-52 | Helen F. Satterthwaite · Timothy V. Johnson · Virgil C. Wikoff (DEM) | 4.4 | |
| RD-53 | Charles M. Campbell · Jim Edgar · Larry R. Stuffle (REP) | 7.2 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-54 | Richard H. Brummer · William L. Odaniel · Roscoe D. Cunningham (DEM) | 4.9 | |
| RD-55 | Harold D. Byers · Don E. Brummet · Dwight P. Friedrich (DEM) | 6.6 | |
| RD-56 | Joe E. Lucco · Jim McPike · Everett G. Steele (DEM) | 9.7 | |
| RD-57 | Monroe L. Flinn · Wyvetter H. Younge · Celeste M. Stiehl (DEM) | 17.7 | |
| RD-58 | Ralph Dunn · Vincent A. Birchler · Bruce Richmond (REP) | 3.7 | |
| RD-59 | Robert C. Winchester · Clyde L. Choate · Richard O. Hart (REP) | 7.4 |
Illinois
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab