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1986Final results

1986 election for Illinois Representative District 76

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

John Countryman (R) won with 62.0% of the vote, defeating Greg Sparrow (D) by 24.0 points.

John CountrymanRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.0%16,164
Greg SparrowDemocrat
38.0%9,905
26,069 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenR+24.01986R+29.91990D+46.71992D+39.91994D+41.21996D+30.02000

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