2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2006 election for Illinois Legislative District 42
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Linda Holmes (D) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Terri Ann Wintermute (R) by 4.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Linda HolmesDemocrat · winner
52.4%30,808
Terri Ann WintermuteRepublican
47.6%27,965
58,773 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET