2002Final results
2002 election for Illinois Legislative District 8
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Ira I. Silverstein (D) won with 69.3% of the vote, defeating Joseph R. Hedrick (R) by 38.6 points.
Ira I. SilversteinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.3%36,815
Joseph R. HedrickRepublican
30.7%16,297
53,112 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 2002
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET