1998Final results
1998 election for Illinois Legislative District 8
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Ira I. Silverstein (D) won with 68.3% of the vote, defeating Thomas E. Corcoran (R) by 36.7 points.
Ira I. SilversteinDemocrat · winner
68.3%31,517
Thomas E. CorcoranRepublican
31.7%14,603
46,120 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