1978Final results

1978 election for Illinois Legislative District 7

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Leonard F. Becker (R) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Thomas N. Geovanis (D) by 33.3 points.

Leonard F. BeckerRepublican · winner
66.7%66,287
33.3%33,162
99,449 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

EvenR+15.71974R+33.31978D+35.41982R+15.01984R+30.91988R+3.31992

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