1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 Illinois election results

Every race on Illinois's ballot in the 1998 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

Races181

Changed party4

Unopposed44%79 races

Incumbents defeated0

U.S. Senate

R 1 · 1 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Illinois	Peter Fitzgerald (R)	2.9	Flipped

R 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Illinois	George H. Ryan (R)	3.6

D 10 · R 10

Race	Winner	Won by
IL-1	Bobby L. Rush (D)	76.5
IL-2	Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D)	79.7
IL-3	William O. Lipinksi (D)	45.0
IL-4	Luis V. Gutiérrez (D)	65.9
IL-5	Rod Blagojevich (D)	47.9
IL-6	Henry Hyde (R)	37.2
IL-7	Danny K. Davis (D)	85.8
IL-8	Philip Crane (R)	37.3
IL-9	Janice D. Schakowsky (D)	51.5
IL-10	John Porter (R)	Unopposed
IL-11	Gerald Weller (R)	17.6
IL-12	Jerry F. Costello (D)	20.7
IL-13	Judy Biggert (R)	22.0
IL-14	J. Dennis Hastert (R)	39.5
IL-15	Thomas Ewing (R)	23.2
IL-16	Donald A. Manzullo (R)	Unopposed
IL-17	Lane Evans (D)	3.1
IL-18	Ray LaHood (R)	Unopposed
IL-19	David Phelps (D)	16.6
IL-20	John Shimkus (R)	22.6

D 18 · R 23 · 1 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
LD-1	Antonio Munoz (D)	Unopposed
LD-2	Miguel Delvalle (D)	Unopposed
LD-4	Kimberly Lightford (D)	74.5
LD-5	Rickey R. Hendon (D)	89.5
LD-7	Walter W. Dudycz (R)	14.5
LD-8	Ira I. Silverstein (D)	36.7
LD-10	James A. Deleo (D)	Unopposed
LD-11	Louis S. Viverito (D)	70.6
LD-13	Barack Obama (D)	78.3
LD-14	Emil Jones Jr. (D)	Unopposed
LD-16	Donne E. Trotter (D)	81.0
LD-17	Lisa Madigan (D)	Unopposed
LD-19	William F. Mahar (R)	13.6
LD-20	Beverly Fawell (R)	Unopposed
LD-22	Thomas E. Walsh (R)	25.2
LD-23	James Philip (R)	38.4
LD-25	Doris C. Karpiel (R)	Unopposed
LD-26	William E. Peterson (R)	Unopposed
LD-28	Martin J. Butler (R)	20.0
LD-29	Kathleen K. Parker (R)	9.1
LD-31	Adeline Jay Geokaris (R)	Unopposed
LD-32	Dick Klemm (R)	Unopposed
LD-34	Dave Syverson (R)	Unopposed
LD-35	J. Bradley Burzynski (R)	Unopposed
LD-37	Todd Sieben (R)	Unopposed
LD-38	Patrick D. Welch (D)	6.0
LD-40	Debbie Defranceshalvorson (D)	31.3
LD-41	Kirk W. Dillard (R)	Unopposed
LD-43	Lawrence M. Walsh (D)	27.7
LD-44	John W. Maitland Jr. (R)	99.0
LD-46	George P. Shadid (D)	Unopposed
LD-47	Carl E. Hawkinson (R)	Unopposed
LD-49	Vince Demuzio (D)	Unopposed
LD-50	Larry K. Bomke (R)	44.2
LD-51	N. Duane Noland (R)	23.1	Flipped
LD-52	Stanley B. Weaver (R)	Unopposed
LD-53	Judith A. Myers (R)	42.7
LD-55	Frank Watson (R)	38.6
LD-56	Evelyn M. Bowles (D)	Unopposed
LD-58	David S. Luechtefeld (R)	9.1
LD-59	James F. Rea (D)	Unopposed

D 62 · R 56 · 2 changed party