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1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1994 election for Illinois Representative District 115

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

Mike Bost (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Gerald Hawkins (D) by 12.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Mike BostRepublican · winner
56.2%17,004
Gerald HawkinsDemocrat · incumbent
43.8%13,245
30,249 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 1994

Races before and after

EvenR+12.61986D+4.01990D+9.21992R+12.41994R+3.61996R+10.21998

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