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1988Final results

1988 election for Illinois Representative District 4

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

Woods Bowman (D) won with 66.6% of the vote, defeating Teresa A. Valdes (R) by 33.3 points.

Woods BowmanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.6%25,970
33.4%12,995
38,965 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenD+24.01982D+28.21984D+37.01986D+33.31988D+27.21990D+52.71994

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