1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Illinois Representative District 75
Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois
Mary K. Obrien (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Stephen Alan Spangler (R) by 5.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mary K. ObrienDemocrat · winner
52.8%21,006
Stephen Alan SpanglerRepublican · incumbent
47.2%18,763
39,769 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET