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1980Final results

1980 election for Illinois Representative District 4

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

3 seats: Penny Pullen (R), Bob Kustra (R), Aaron Jaffe (D) won.

3 seats
Penny PullenRepublican · winner · incumbent
32.8%84,606
Bob KustraRepublican · winner
27.2%70,140
Aaron JaffeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
25.0%64,636
15.1%38,915
258,297 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenR+11.01974R+31.81976R+31.91978R+28.61980D+24.01982D+28.21984

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