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1980Final results

1980 election for Illinois Legislative District 27

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Frank D. Savicaks (D) won with 71.2% of the vote, defeating James R. McCann (R) by 42.3 points.

Frank D. SavicaksDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.2%56,205
James R. McCannRepublican
28.8%22,786
78,992 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

EvenD+35.31976D+42.31980R+48.21982R+58.91988R+35.11992R+1.42000

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