2000Final results
2000 election for Illinois Legislative District 42
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Edward Petka (R) won with 63.8% of the vote, defeating Phyllis Mary Nirchi (D) by 27.7 points.
Edward PetkaRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.8%66,772
Phyllis Mary NirchiDemocrat
36.2%37,844
104,616 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