1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Illinois Legislative District 36
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Thomas Randy (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Don Wooten (D) by 2.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Thomas RandyRepublican · winner
51.1%40,013
Don WootenDemocrat · incumbent
48.9%38,276
78,289 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