1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Illinois Legislative District 48
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Mary Lou Kent (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating George J. Lewis (D) by 1.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mary Lou KentRepublican · winner
50.6%43,186
George J. LewisDemocrat
49.4%42,111
85,297 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