2000Final results
2000 election for Illinois Representative District 87
Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois
Dan Rutherford (R) won with 74.8% of the vote, defeating Dan Elsey (D) by 49.5 points.
Dan RutherfordRepublican · winner · incumbent
74.8%29,862
Dan ElseyDemocrat
25.2%10,077
39,939 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET