1980Final results
1980 election for Illinois Legislative District 30
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Glenn V. Dawson (D) won with 75.5% of the vote, defeating Elmer Stevenson (R) by 50.9 points.
Glenn V. DawsonDemocrat · winner
75.5%48,934
Elmer StevensonRepublican
24.5%15,903
64,838 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