1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

1984 election for Illinois Legislative District 58

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Ralph Dunn (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Gary L. McClure (D) by 5.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Ralph DunnRepublican · winner
52.7%45,473
47.3%40,776
86,249 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

EvenD+19.01974D+22.11978D+13.01982R+5.41984R+23.91988R+3.51992

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