1984Final results
1984 election for Illinois Legislative District 1
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Howard W. Carroll (D) won with 63.8% of the vote, defeating Joseph R. Hedrick (R) by 27.5 points.
Howard W. CarrollDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.8%50,631
Joseph R. HedrickRepublican
36.2%28,790
79,421 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