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1996Final results

1996 election for Illinois Representative District 118

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

David Phelps (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Jack Hill (R) by 10.0 points.

David PhelpsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.0%22,893
Jack HillRepublican
45.0%18,735
41,628 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+36.71990D+34.21992D+21.21994D+10.01996D+1.31998D+11.42000

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