1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Illinois election results

Every race on Illinois's ballot in the 1986 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races182
Changed party4
Unopposed20%36 races
Incumbents defeated3
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IllinoisAlan Dixon (D)31.4

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IllinoisJames R. Thompson (R)12.7

U.S. House

D 13 · R 9

Illinois State Senate

D 23 · R 17 · 2 changed party

Illinois House of Representatives

D 67 · R 51 · 2 changed party

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Illinois

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: English Wikipedia; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab