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2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 Illinois State Senate election results, district by district

Every Illinois State Senate district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 59 seats

After the electionD 37 · R 22
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed45%18 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 24 · R 16

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-2William Delgado (D)Unopposed
LD-3Mattie Hunter (D)Unopposed
LD-5Rickey R. Hendon (D)71.9
LD-6John Cullerton (D)54.9
LD-7Heather A. Steans (D)61.6
LD-8Ira I. Silverstein (D)Unopposed
LD-9Jeffrey M. Schoenberg (D)41.8
LD-11Louis S. Viverito (D)41.5
LD-12Martin A. Sandoval (D)Unopposed
LD-14Emil Jones (D)60.2
LD-15James T. Meeks (D)Unopposed
LD-17Donne E. Trotter (D)Unopposed
LD-18Edward D. Maloney (D)99.8
LD-20Iris Y. Martinez (D)Unopposed
LD-21Dan Cronin (R)32.8
LD-23Carole Pankau (R)99.8
LD-24Kirk W. Dillard (R)Unopposed
LD-26Dan Duffy (R)24.2
LD-27Matt Murphy (R)16.8
LD-29Susan Garrett (D)Unopposed
LD-30Terry Link (D)29.4
LD-32Pamela Althoff (R)Unopposed
LD-33Daniel W. Kotowski (D)19.9
LD-35J. Bradley Burzynski (R)18.0
LD-36Mike Jacobs (D)17.6
LD-38Gary G. Dahl (R)23.8
LD-39Don Harmon (D)Unopposed
LD-41Christine Radogno (R)27.1
LD-42Linda Holmes (D)9.2
LD-44William E. Brady (R)Unopposed
LD-45Tim Bivins (R)26.4
LD-47John M. Sullivan (D)Unopposed
LD-48Randy Hultgren (R)Unopposed
LD-50Larry K. Bomke (R)55.5
LD-51Frank Watson (R)Unopposed
LD-53Dan Rutherford (R)Unopposed
LD-54John O. Jones (R)40.1
LD-56William R. Haine (D)Unopposed
LD-57James F. Clayborne Jr. (D)Unopposed
LD-59Gary Forby (D)2.9

Illinois State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner