1982Final results
1982 election for Illinois Representative District 56
Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois
Aaron Jaffe (D) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas E. Rueckert (R) by 34.1 points.
Aaron JaffeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%22,640
Thomas E. RueckertRepublican
33.0%11,134
33,774 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 1982
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET