1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for Illinois Representative District 73
Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois
Gerald L. Mitchell (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Pennie L. Vonberg Wessels (D) by 1.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gerald L. MitchellRepublican · winner
50.5%15,266
Pennie L. Vonberg WesselsDemocrat · incumbent
49.5%14,959
30,225 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET