1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Illinois Legislative District 7
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Walter W. Dudycz (R) won with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Egan (D) by 15.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Walter W. DudyczRepublican · winner
57.5%55,814
Robert J. EganDemocrat · incumbent
42.5%41,238
97,053 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