1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Illinois Representative District 52
Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois
Linda Williamson (R) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Eugene C. Doyle (D) by 13.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Linda WilliamsonRepublican · winner
56.8%18,605
Eugene C. DoyleDemocrat · incumbent
43.2%14,152
32,757 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET