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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Illinois State Senate election results, district by district

Every Illinois State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 59 seats

After the electionD 29 · R 30
Races40
Changed party3
Unopposed40%16 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 20 · R 20

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Jesus G. Garcia (D)Unopposed
LD-3Margaret Smith (D)92.7
LD-4Earlean Collins (D)Unopposed
LD-6John Cullerton (D)41.3
LD-7Walter W. Dudycz (R)2.9
LD-9Arthur L. Berman (D)Unopposed
LD-10James A. Deleo (D)Unopposed
LD-12Robert S. Molaro (D)72.7
LD-13Barack Obama (D)69.5
LD-15William Shaw (D)76.7
LD-16Donne E. Trotter (D)Unopposed
LD-18Patrick J. Omalley (D)18.5Flipped
LD-19William F. Mahar (R)16.5
LD-21Chris Lauzen (R)30.3
LD-22Thomas E. Walsh (R)Unopposed
LD-24Christine Radogno (R)0.1
LD-25Doris C. Karpiel (R)29.0
LD-27Peter Fitzgerald (R)Unopposed
LD-28Martin J. Butler (R)17.6
LD-30Terry Link (D)1.4Flipped
LD-31Adeline Jay Geokaris (R)Unopposed
LD-33Steven J. Rauschenberger (R)34.0
LD-34Dave Syverson (R)24.2
LD-36Denny Jacobs (D)Unopposed
LD-37Todd Sieben (R)Unopposed
LD-39Dan Cronin (R)23.7
LD-40Debbie Defranceshalvorson (D)11.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-42Edward Petka (R)18.4
LD-43Thomas A. Dunn (D)Unopposed
LD-45Robert A. Madigan (R)Unopposed
LD-46George P. Shadid (D)Unopposed
LD-48Laura Kent Donahue (R)Unopposed
LD-49Vince Demuzio (D)Unopposed
LD-50Larry K. Bomke (R)5.3
LD-51Penny L. Severns (D)35.5
LD-52Stanley B. Weaver (R)16.3
LD-54William L. Odaniel (D)26.0
LD-55Frank Watson (R)35.7
LD-57James F. Clayborne Jr. (D)Unopposed
LD-58David S. Luechtefeld (R)0.2

Illinois State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner