2008Final results
2008 election for Illinois Legislative District 21
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Dan Cronin (R) won with 63.1% of the vote, defeating A. Ghani (D) by 32.8 points.
Dan CroninRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.1%64,062
A. GhaniDemocrat
30.3%30,771
John BascoGreen
6.5%6,628
101,461 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET