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1996Final results

1996 election for Illinois Representative District 31

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

Todd H. Stroger (D) won with 93.1% of the vote, defeating John E. Zart (R) by 86.2 points.

Todd H. StrogerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
93.1%30,522
John E. ZartRepublican
6.9%2,267
32,789 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

EvenR+14.71978D+94.21986D+83.01992D+86.21996D+75.82002D+54.92022

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