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1992Final results

1992 election for Illinois Legislative District 20

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Beverly Fawell (R) won with 70.2% of the vote, defeating Laird B. Nelson (D) by 43.3 points.

Beverly FawellRepublican · winner · incumbent
70.2%63,640
Laird B. NelsonDemocrat
26.9%24,413
Kenneth PrazakLibertarian
2.9%2,609
90,662 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

EvenR+39.71982R+42.71986R+33.61990R+43.31992R+50.91994D+72.52022

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

The candidates

Beverly Fawell (R)Laird B. Nelson (D)

Also on the ballot: Kenneth Prazak (Libertarian), 2.9%