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1992Final results

1992 election for Illinois Legislative District 56

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Sam M. Vadalabene (D) won with 64.9% of the vote, defeating John M. Goodwin (R) by 29.8 points.

Sam M. VadalabeneDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.9%54,873
John M. GoodwinRepublican
35.1%29,648
84,521 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+47.21978D+51.31982D+38.81990D+29.81992D+15.01994D+31.72004

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