2004Final results
2004 election for Illinois Legislative District 8
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Ira I. Silverstein (D) won with 71.7% of the vote, defeating Joseph R. Hedrick (R) by 43.3 points.
Ira I. SilversteinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.7%51,256
Joseph R. HedrickRepublican
28.3%20,275
71,531 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET