1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Illinois Representative District 47
Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois
Anne Zickus (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating John T. Oconnell (D) by 7.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Anne ZickusRepublican · winner
52.3%20,574
John T. OconnellDemocrat · incumbent
45.0%17,706
Robert MarshallIndependent
2.7%1,051
39,331 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET