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1984Final results

1984 election for Illinois Representative District 4

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

Woods Bowman (D) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Michael D. Poulos (R) by 28.2 points.

Woods BowmanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.1%23,112
35.9%12,948
36,061 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenR+31.91978R+28.61980D+24.01982D+28.21984D+37.01986D+33.31988

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