1988Final results
1988 election for Illinois Legislative District 9
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Earlean Collins (D) won with 82.2% of the vote, defeating George Johnson (R) by 64.3 points.
Earlean CollinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.2%43,852
George JohnsonRepublican
17.8%9,527
53,379 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