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1982Final results

1982 election for Illinois Legislative District 42

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

George Sangmeister (D) won with 70.2% of the vote, defeating Robert C. Condon (R) by 40.3 points.

George SangmeisterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.2%39,057
29.8%16,603
55,660 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+0.81976D+5.41980D+40.31982D+9.21986D+1.71988R+13.41992

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