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1992Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1992 election for Illinois Representative District 59

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

Virginia Fiester Frederick (R) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating John S. Matijevich (D) by 8.9 points.

Virginia Fiester FrederickRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.4%15,005
John S. MatijevichDemocrat · incumbent
45.6%12,553
27,558 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 1992

Races before and after

EvenD+17.91976D+10.31978R+7.81980R+8.91992R+31.41994D+8.21998

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