1988Final results
1988 election for Illinois Legislative District 4
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Dawn Clark Netsch (D) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Kent D. Griffiths (R) by 28.3 points.
Dawn Clark NetschDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.2%52,984
Kent D. GriffithsRepublican
35.8%29,580
82,564 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