1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 Illinois House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Illinois House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 177 seats
After the electionD 85 · R 91 · 1 other
Races59
Changed party0
Unopposed12%7 races
Incumbents defeated10
Every district
D 85 · R 91 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| RD-1 | Mary Jeanne Hallstrom · John L. Birkinbine · Harold A. Katz (REP) | 8.1 | |
| RD-2 | Roger C. Stanley · Doris C. Karpiel · John M. Carey (REP) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-3 | Virginia B. Macdonald · Roland J. Meyer · Eugenia S. Chapman (REP) | 11.3 | |
| RD-4 | Penny Pullen · Bob Kustra · Aaron Jaffe (REP) | 10.0 | |
| RD-5 | Greg Zito · Edward E. Bluthardt · Ted E. Leverenz (DEM) | 2.5 | |
| RD-6 | Emil J. Boucek · Diana Nelson · John T. Oconnell (REP) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-7 | Judy Baar Topinka · John S. Kociolko · Robert C. Pechous (REP) | 12.3 | |
| RD-8 | Harry Yourell · Herbert Huskey · Jane M. Barnes (DEM) | 10.2 | |
| RD-9 | John T. Dunn · Terry A. Steczo · Richard F. Kelly Jr. (REP) | 3.6 | |
| RD-10 | Robert J. Piel · Patrick S. Grossi · L. Michael Getty (REP) | 11.2 | |
| RD-11 | Woods Bowman · James P. McCourt · Lee Preston (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| RD-12 | Ellis B. Levin · John Cullerton · Arthur A. Telcser (DEM) | 6.3 | |
| RD-13 | Daniel P. Obrien · Jesse C. White Jr. · Elroy C. Sandquist Jr. (DEM) | 8.9 | |
| RD-14 | Bruce A. Farley · Alfred G. Ronan · Michael A. Abramson (DEM) | 5.2 | |
| RD-15 | William J. Laurino · Alan J. Greiman · Peter Piotrowicz Peters (DEM) | 8.4 | |
| RD-16 | Ralph C. Capparelli · Roger P. McAuliffe · Roman J. Kosinski (DEM) | 6.1 | |
| RD-17 | Thaddeus Lechowicz · John F. Leon · Jacob John Wolf (DEM) | 4.7 | |
| RD-18 | Elmer W. Conti · Lawrence Diprima · Edward A. Doyle (REP) | Unopposed | |
| RD-19 | Myron J. Kulas · Benedict Garmisa · Louis F. Capuzi (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| RD-20 | Marco Domico · Douglas Huff Jr. · Ronald A. Stearney (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| RD-21 | William C. Henry · Arthur L. Turner · Vincent E. Molloy (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| RD-22 | Larry S. Bullock · Margaret Smith · Susan Catania (DEM) | 4.8 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-23 | Robert T. Krska · John M. Vitek · William A. Margalus (DEM) | 2.0 | |
| RD-24 | Carol Moseley Braun · Barbara Flynn Currie · Bernard E. Epton (DEM) | 3.6 | |
| RD-25 | Robert M. Terzich · Edmund E. Kornowicz · Phillip Bianco Jr. (DEM) | 8.2 | |
| RD-26 | Ethel Skyles Alexander · James C. Taylor · Taylor Pouncey (DEM) | 6.8 | |
| RD-27 | Michael Madigan · John J. Beatty · Edmund F. Kucharski (DEM) | 9.4 | |
| RD-28 | James F. Keane · Emil Jones Jr. · J. Theodore Meyer (DEM) | 6.0 | |
| RD-29 | Monica Faith Stewart · Raymond W. Ewell · Jesse Jackson (DEM) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-30 | Frank Giglio · Miriam Balanoff · Philip W. Collins (DEM) | 7.6 | |
| RD-31 | John S. Matijevich · Virginia Fiester Frederick · David Barkhausen (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| RD-32 | Betty Lou Reed · Donald E. Deuster · Daniel M. Pierce (REP) | 9.8 | |
| RD-33 | Jill Zwick · Dick Klemm · Thomas J. Hanahan (REP) | 7.0 | |
| RD-34 | John M. Hallock · W. Timothy Simms · E. J. Giorgi (REP) | 8.8 | |
| RD-35 | Nord L. Swanstrom · Richard Mulcahey · Harlan Rigney (REP) | 5.7 | |
| RD-36 | Clarence A. Darrow · Ben Polk · Timothy A. Bell (DEM) | 4.0 | |
| RD-37 | Calvin W. Schuneman · Joseph B. Ebbesen · Richard Mautino (REP) | 15.2 | |
| RD-38 | Betty J. Hoxsey · Thomas Ewing · Peg McDonnell Breslin (REP) | 1.5 | |
| RD-39 | Suzanne L. Deuchler · J. Dennis Hastert · Lawrence Murphy (REP) | 7.6 | |
| RD-40 | Lee A. Daniels · William A. Redmond · Gene L. Hoffman (REP) | Unopposed | |
| RD-41 | George Hudson · Beverly Fawell · J. Glenn Schneider (REP) | 11.0 | |
| RD-42 | Jack Davis · Harry D. Leinenweber · Leroy Vanduyne (REP) | 11.5 | |
| RD-43 | George Ryan · Ray A. Christensen · Edward McBroom (REP) | 12.3 | |
| RD-44 | Sam Vinson · Gordon L. Ropp · Gerald A. Bradley (REP) | 5.1 | |
| RD-45 | Judith Koehler · Jay Ackerman · Joe Ozella Jr. (REP) | 5.5 | |
| RD-46 | Fred J. Tuerk · Fred J. Schraeder · Donald L. Saltsman (REP) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-47 | Clarence E. Neff · A. T. McMaster · Samuel M. McGrew (REP) | 2.2 | |
| RD-48 | Michael F. McClain · Craig J. Findley · Jeff Mays (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-49 | Jim Reilly · Gary Hannig · A. C. Bartulis (REP) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-50 | Josephine K. Oblinger · Irv Smith · Douglas N. Kane (REP) | 3.5 | |
| RD-51 | Michael J. Tate · B. T. Donovan Jr. · John F. Dunn (REP) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-52 | Timothy V. Johnson · Helen F. Satterthwaite · Virgil C. Wikoff (REP) | 14.5 | |
| RD-53 | Harry Woodyard · Larry R. Stuffle · Steve Miller (REP) | 9.8 | |
| RD-54 | Richard H. Brummer · Glen L. Bower · Clyde W. Robbins (DEM) | 1.1 | |
| RD-55 | Frank Watson · Dwight P. Friedrich · Michael Slape (REP) | 3.6 | |
| RD-56 | Everett G. Steele · Jim McPike · Sam W. Wolf (REP) | 16.1 | |
| RD-57 | Monroe L. Flinn · Celeste M. Stiehl · Wyvetter H. Younge (DEM) | 12.0 | |
| RD-58 | Ralph Dunn · Bruce Richmond · Wayne Alstat (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| RD-59 | Robert C. Winchester · James F. Rea · C. L. McCormick (REP) | 3.4 | Incumbent lost |
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