1980Final results
1980 election for Illinois Legislative District 21
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Earlean Collins (D) won with 83.5% of the vote, defeating Earnest Lincoln Darnell (R) by 67.0 points.
Earlean CollinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.5%33,241
Earnest Lincoln DarnellRepublican
16.5%6,579
39,820 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