2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2000 election for Illinois Legislative District 18
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Patrick J. Omalley (R) won with 57.2% of the vote, defeating Rick Ryan (D) by 14.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Patrick J. OmalleyRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.2%42,390
Rick RyanDemocrat
42.8%31,703
74,093 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