1998Final results
1998 election for Illinois Legislative District 13
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Barack Obama (D) won with 89.2% of the vote, defeating Yesse B. Yyhudah (R) by 78.3 points.
Barack ObamaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
89.2%45,486
Yesse B. YyhudahRepublican
10.8%5,526
51,012 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET