1980Final results
1980 election for Illinois Legislative District 15
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Howard W. Carroll (D) won with 65.4% of the vote, defeating Robert Krupp (R) by 30.8 points.
Howard W. CarrollDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.4%47,012
Robert KruppRepublican
34.6%24,863
71,875 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET