1980Final results
1980 election for Illinois Legislative District 33
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Jack Schaffer (R) won with 77.5% of the vote, defeating Gus Alexakos (D) by 55.0 points.
Jack SchafferRepublican · winner · incumbent
77.5%70,856
Gus AlexakosDemocrat
22.5%20,587
91,444 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