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2000Final results

2000 election for Illinois Legislative District 12

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Robert S. Molaro (D) won with 93.6% of the vote, defeating Michael A. Deross (R) by 87.1 points.

Robert S. MolaroDemocrat · winner · incumbent
93.6%44,316
6.4%3,051
47,367 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

EvenD+46.01980D+91.01986D+91.71988D+58.41992D+87.12000D+27.12002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET