1978Final results
1978 election for Illinois Legislative District 2
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
John A. Graham (R) won with 66.9% of the vote, defeating Larry D. Wegman (D) by 33.8 points.
John A. GrahamRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.9%38,133
Larry D. WegmanDemocrat
33.1%18,864
56,998 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET