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1992Final results

1992 election for Illinois Legislative District 36

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Denny Jacobs (D) won with 60.9% of the vote, defeating Bill Smith (R) by 21.8 points.

Denny JacobsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.9%54,865
Bill SmithRepublican
39.1%35,205
90,070 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+24.41982D+28.61986D+36.81988D+21.81992D+22.12006D+17.62008

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