1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Illinois U.S. House election results, district by district
Illinois's U.S. House races in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Races24
Changed party1
Unopposed4%1 races
Every district
D 11 · R 13
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL-1 | Bennett M. Stewart (D) | 17.3 | |
| IL-2 | Morgan F. Murphy (D) | 74.2 | |
| IL-3 | Martin Russo (D) | 30.4 | |
| IL-4 | Edward J. Derwinski (R) | 33.7 | |
| IL-5 | John G. Fary (D) | 68.0 | |
| IL-6 | Henry Hyde (R) | 32.4 | |
| IL-7 | Cardiss Collins (D) | 72.6 | |
| IL-8 | Daniel Rostenkowski (D) | 71.9 | |
| IL-9 | Sidney Yates (D) | 50.7 | |
| IL-10 | Abner J. Mikva (D) | 0.4 | |
| IL-11 | Frank Annunzio (D) | 47.5 | |
| IL-12 | Philip Crane (R) | 59.1 | |
| IL-13 | Robert McClory (R) | 22.3 | |
| IL-14 | John N. Erlenborn (R) | 50.1 | |
| IL-15 | Tom Corcoran (R) | 24.8 | |
| IL-16 | John B. Anderson (R) | 30.9 | |
| IL-17 | George M. O'Brien (R) | 41.2 | |
| IL-18 | Robert Michel (R) | 31.8 | |
| IL-19 | Tom Railsback (R) | Unopposed | |
| IL-20 | Paul Findley (R) | 39.3 | |
| IL-21 | Edward Madigan (R) | 56.5 | |
| IL-22 | Daniel B. Crane (R) | 8.0 | Flipped |
| IL-23 | Melvin Price (D) | 48.3 | |
| IL-24 | Paul Simon (D) | 31.3 |
Illinois
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab