1978Final results

1978 election for Illinois Legislative District 13

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Dawn Clark Netsch (D) won with 71.4% of the vote, defeating Robert K. Hall (R) by 42.7 points.

Dawn Clark NetschDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.4%33,583
Robert K. HallRepublican
28.6%13,470
47,053 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+35.11972D+57.11974D+42.71978D+76.91996D+78.31998D+79.32006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET