1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Illinois House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Illinois House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
The chamber was tied · 177 seats
After the electionD 88 · R 88 · 1 other
Races59
Changed party0
Unopposed7%4 races
Incumbents defeated9
Every district
D 88 · R 88 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RD-1 | Mary Jeanne Hallstrom · Harold A. Katz · John L. Birkinbine (REP) | 14.0 | |
| RD-2 | John E. Friedland · Roger C. Stanley · Richard A. Mugalian (REP) | 12.3 | |
| RD-3 | Virginia B. Macdonald · Donald L. Totten · Eugenia S. Chapman (REP) | 13.6 | |
| RD-4 | Penny Pullen · Aaron Jaffe · Eugene F. Schlickman (REP) | 12.3 | |
| RD-5 | Edward E. Bluthardt · Jack B. Williams · Ted E. Leverenz (REP) | 1.0 | |
| RD-6 | Emil J. Boucek · William D. Walsh · Anne Willer (REP) | 2.6 | |
| RD-7 | Henry J. Klosak · Paul J. Matula · Robert C. Pechous (REP) | 0.8 | |
| RD-8 | Harry Yourell · Herbert Huskey · Jane M. Barnes (DEM) | 9.5 | |
| RD-9 | William F. Mahar · Richard F. Kelly Jr. · Terry A. Steczo (REP) | 4.3 | |
| RD-10 | Patrick S. Grossi · Robert J. Piel · L. Michael Getty (REP) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-11 | Michael I. Brady · Woods Bowman · James P. McCourt (DEM) | 12.1 | |
| RD-12 | William A. Marovitz · John Cullerton · Arthur A. Telcser (DEM) | 8.4 | |
| RD-13 | Daniel P. Obrien · Jesse C. White Jr. · Elroy C. Sandquist Jr. (DEM) | 13.4 | |
| RD-14 | Bruce A. Farley · Alfred G. Ronan · Michael A. Abramson (DEM) | 8.3 | |
| RD-15 | William J. Laurino · Alan J. Greiman · Peter Piotrowicz Peters (DEM) | 9.5 | |
| RD-16 | Ralph C. Capparelli · Roman J. Kosinski · Roger P. McAuliffe (DEM) | 8.3 | |
| RD-17 | Thaddeus Lechowicz · John F. Leon · 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 · Louis F. Capuzi (DEM) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-20 | Douglas Huff Jr. · Marco Domico · Ronald A. Stearney (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| RD-21 | Walter Shumpert · Langdon Patrick · Vincent E. Molloy (DEM) | 14.0 | |
| RD-22 | Larry S. Bullock · Quentin J. Goodwin · Susan Catania (DEM) | 14.8 | |
| RD-23 | Walter S. Kozubowski · John M. Vitek · William A. Margalus (DEM) | 1.4 | |
| RD-24 | Carol Moseley Braun · Barbara Flynn Currie · Bernard E. Epton (DEM) | 5.8 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-25 | Robert M. Terzich · Edmund E. Kornowicz · Phillip Bianco Jr. (DEM) | 5.5 | |
| RD-26 | Ethel Skyles Alexander · James C. Taylor · Taylor Pouncey (DEM) | 4.7 | |
| RD-27 | Michael Madigan · John J. Beatty · Edmund F. Kucharski (DEM) | 12.3 | |
| RD-28 | James F. Keane · Emil Jones Jr. · J. Theodore Meyer (DEM) | 5.5 | |
| RD-29 | Raymond W. Ewell · Eugene M. Barnes · Charles E. Gaines (DEM) | 5.1 | |
| RD-30 | Glenn V. Dawson · Miriam Balanoff · Philip W. Collins (DEM) | 5.4 | |
| RD-31 | Ronald E. Griesheimer · John S. Matijevich · Virginia E. Fiester (REP) | 6.2 | |
| RD-32 | Betty Lou Reed · Donald E. Deuster · Daniel M. Pierce (REP) | 11.6 | |
| RD-33 | Calvin Skinner · R. Bruce Waddell · Thomas J. Hanahan (REP) | Unopposed | |
| RD-34 | W. Timothy Simms · John M. Hallock · E. J. Giorgi (REP) | 10.3 | |
| RD-35 | Harlan Rigney · Richard Mulcahey · Nord L. Swanstrom (REP) | 0.0 | |
| RD-36 | Ben Polk · Clarence A. Darrow · Timothy A. Bell (REP) | 3.7 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-37 | Richard Mautino · Calvin W. Schuneman · Joseph B. Ebbesen (DEM) | 14.8 | |
| RD-38 | Thomas Ewing · Betty J. Hoxsey · Peg McDonnell Breslin (REP) | 7.1 | |
| RD-39 | William L. Kempiners · Allan L. Schoeberlein · Lawrence Murphy (REP) | 3.0 | |
| RD-40 | Lee A. Daniels · Gene L. Hoffman · William A. Redmond (REP) | 10.1 | |
| RD-41 | Robert C. Dyer · George Hudson · J. Glenn Schneider (REP) | 8.3 | |
| RD-42 | Harry D. Leinenweber · Jack Davis · Leroy Vanduyne (REP) | 6.1 | |
| RD-43 | Edward McBroom · George Ryan · Ray A. Christensen (REP) | 8.5 | |
| RD-44 | Gordon L. Ropp · Gerald A. Bradley · Sam Vinson (REP) | 9.2 | |
| RD-45 | Donald B. Anderson · James Vonboeckman · Jay Ackerman (REP) | 5.6 | |
| RD-46 | Fred J. Tuerk · Mary Lou Sumner · Fred J. Schraeder (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-47 | Samuel M. McGrew · Clarence E. Neff · A. T. McMaster (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| RD-48 | Mary Lou Kent · Michael F. McClain · Gale Schisler (REP) | 8.7 | |
| RD-49 | Jim Reilly · John F. Sharp · Gary Hannig (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-50 | Douglas N. Kane · J. David Jones · Josephine K. Oblinger (DEM) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-51 | Webber Borchers · John F. Dunn · B. T. Donovan Jr. (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-52 | Timothy V. Johnson · Virgil C. Wikoff · Helen F. Satterthwaite (REP) | 16.4 | |
| RD-53 | Charles M. Campbell · Jim Edgar · Larry R. Stuffle (REP) | 2.3 | |
| RD-54 | Richard H. Brummer · Glen L. Bower · Clyde W. Robbins (DEM) | 1.0 | |
| RD-55 | Dwight P. Friedrich · Michael Slape · Frank Watson (REP) | 5.9 | |
| RD-56 | Everett G. Steele · Jim McPike · Sam W. Wolf (REP) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-57 | Celeste M. Stiehl · Monroe L. Flinn · Wyvetter H. Younge (REP) | Unopposed | |
| RD-58 | Ralph Dunn · Vincent A. Birchler · Bruce Richmond (REP) | 4.5 | |
| RD-59 | Robert C. Winchester · James F. Rea · William L. Harris (REP) | 4.2 |
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