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2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2010 election for Illinois Legislative District 31

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Suzi Schmidt (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Michael Bond (D) by 6.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Suzi SchmidtRepublican · winner
53.5%34,308
Michael BondDemocrat · incumbent
46.5%29,850
64,158 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 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+39.31992R+38.02002D+1.92006R+6.92010D+2.72012D+8.12016

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET