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1982Final results

1982 election for Illinois Legislative District 11

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Timothy F. Degnan (D) won with 84.9% of the vote, defeating George Esch (R) by 69.8 points.

Timothy F. DegnanDemocrat · winner
84.9%49,097
George EschRepublican
15.1%8,734
57,831 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

EvenD+38.41976D+41.51978D+69.81982D+57.91986D+49.71992D+53.51994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET