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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Illinois State Senate election results, district by district

Every Illinois State Senate district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 59 seats

After the electionD 31 · R 28
Races40
Changed party2
Unopposed28%11 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 23 · R 17

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-2Arthur L. Berman (D)46.5
LD-3William A. Marovitz (D)43.5
LD-5Miguel Delvalle (D)60.4
LD-6Thaddeus Lechowicz (D)53.7
LD-8Philip J. Rock (D)Unopposed
LD-9Earlean Collins (D)61.9
LD-11Timothy F. Degnan (D)57.9
LD-12Margaret Smith (D)91.0
LD-14Jeremiah E. Joyce (D)38.9
LD-15Frank D. Savicaks (D)45.6
LD-16Ethel Skyles Alexander (D)Unopposed
LD-17Emil Jones Jr. (D)67.8
LD-18Howard B. Brookins (D)82.6
LD-20Beverly Fawell (R)42.7
LD-21Forest D. Etheredge (R)Unopposed
LD-23James Philip (R)Unopposed
LD-24Robert M. Raica (R)9.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-26Greg Zito (D)42.6
LD-27Virginia B. Macdonald (R)Unopposed
LD-29Roger A. Keats (R)20.8
LD-30David Barkhausen (R)Unopposed
LD-32Jack Schaffer (R)Unopposed
LD-33John E. Friedland (R)52.0
LD-35Harlan Rigney (R)Unopposed
LD-36Denny Jacobs (D)28.6
LD-38Patrick D. Welch (D)3.3
LD-39Richard F. Kelly Jr. (D)39.5
LD-41George Hudson (R)45.7
LD-42Thomas A. Dunn (D)9.2
LD-44John W. Maitland Jr. (R)Unopposed
LD-45Robert A. Madigan (R)54.4
LD-47Carl E. Hawkinson (R)28.4
LD-48Laura Kent Donahue (R)19.0
LD-50John A. Davidson (R)22.6
LD-51Penny L. Severns (D)6.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-53Harry Woodyard (R)27.3
LD-54William L. Odaniel (D)14.7
LD-56Sam M. Vadalabene (D)Unopposed
LD-57Kenneth Hall (D)Unopposed
LD-59Glenn Poshard (D)43.3

Illinois State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner