1996Final results
1996 election for Illinois Legislative District 6
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
John Cullerton (D) won with 70.6% of the vote, defeating Robert N. Oberg (R) by 41.3 points.
John CullertonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.6%54,221
Robert N. ObergRepublican
29.4%22,538
Joseph SchreinerIndependent
0.0%10
76,769 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