1996Final results
1996 election for Illinois Legislative District 39
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Dan Cronin (R) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Lawrence A. Craig (D) by 23.7 points.
Dan CroninRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.8%42,016
Lawrence A. CraigDemocrat
38.2%25,925
67,941 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