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1984Final results

1984 election for Illinois Legislative District 46

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Richard Luft (D) won with 67.4% of the vote, defeating Robert Hass (R) by 34.8 points.

Richard LuftDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.4%48,251
Robert HassRepublican
32.6%23,361
71,614 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+21.11978D+1.71982D+34.81984D+34.11992D+15.22006D+8.42012

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