1988Final results

1988 election for Illinois Legislative District 22

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Judy Baar Topinka (R) won with 74.7% of the vote, defeating Suzanne E. Osterbusch (D) by 49.4 points.

Judy Baar TopinkaRepublican · winner · incumbent
74.7%67,921
25.3%22,985
90,906 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

EvenR+25.81982R+48.81984R+49.41988R+42.01992R+25.21998R+13.22002

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