1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1996 election for Illinois Legislative District 30
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Terry Link (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Thomas F. Lachner (R) by 1.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Terry LinkDemocrat · winner
50.7%31,133
Thomas F. LachnerRepublican
49.3%30,301
61,434 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