1976Final results
1976 election for Illinois Legislative District 21
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Earlean Collins (D) won with 80.4% of the vote, defeating Richard Frederick Wood (R) by 60.8 points.
Earlean CollinsDemocrat · winner
80.4%35,642
Richard Frederick WoodRepublican
19.6%8,692
44,342 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET