2008Final results
2008 election for Illinois Legislative District 42
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Linda Holmes (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Terri Ann Wintermute (R) by 9.2 points.
Linda HolmesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.6%57,231
Terri Ann WintermuteRepublican
45.4%47,567
104,798 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