1986Final results
1986 election for Illinois Legislative District 9
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Earlean Collins (D) won with 80.9% of the vote, defeating Harry E. Johnson (R) by 61.9 points.
Earlean CollinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
80.9%33,384
Harry E. JohnsonRepublican
19.1%7,860
41,244 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET