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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Illinois State Senate election results, district by district

Every Illinois State Senate district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 59 seats

After the electionD 34 · R 25
Races40
Changed party2
Unopposed8%3 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 22 · R 18

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-2John A. Graham (R)35.5
LD-3David J. Regner (R)31.9
LD-5Richard A. Walsh (R)9.9
LD-6Mark Q. Rhoads (R)19.7
LD-8Frank M. Ozinga (R)15.9
LD-9Don A. Moore (R)25.0
LD-11Arthur L. Berman (D)38.4
LD-12John Merlo (D)32.6
LD-14Norbert A. Kosinski (D)34.8
LD-15Howard W. Carroll (D)21.5
LD-17Richard S. Clewis (D)11.5
LD-18Philip J. Rock (D)19.9
LD-20John A. Darco Jr. (D)74.0
LD-21Earlean Collins (D)60.8
LD-23Richard M. Daley (D)Unopposed
LD-24Richard H. Newhouse (D)80.1
LD-25Leroy Walter Lemke (D)32.8
LD-26Harold Washington (D)90.4
LD-27Frank D. Savicaks (D)35.3
LD-29Charles Chew (D)84.8
LD-30Samuel C. Maragos (D)Unopposed
LD-32Karl Berning (R)17.1
LD-33Jack Schaffer (R)34.4
LD-35John B. Roe (R)23.0
LD-36Don Wooten (D)31.2
LD-38John E. Grotberg (R)19.1
LD-39Robert W. Mitchler (R)10.8
LD-41Jack E. Bowers (R)37.1
LD-42George Sangmeister (D)0.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-44Harber H. Hall (R)1.6
LD-45Roger A. Sommer (R)19.1
LD-47Kenneth G. McMillan (R)27.3
LD-48John Linebaugh Knuppel (D)10.6
LD-50John A. Davidson (R)1.7
LD-51James H. Rupp (R)4.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-53Max E. Coffey (R)7.1
LD-54Terry L. Bruce (D)Unopposed
LD-56Sam M. Vadalabene (D)45.8
LD-57Kenneth Hall (D)41.4
LD-59Gene Johns (D)6.0

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