1992Final results
1992 election for Illinois Legislative District 8
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Howard W. Carroll (D) won with 67.6% of the vote, defeating Thomas H. Joseph (R) by 35.1 points.
Howard W. CarrollDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.6%48,581
Thomas H. JosephRepublican
32.4%23,337
71,918 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET