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2012Final results

2012 election for Illinois Representative District 72

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

Patrick Verschoore (D) won with 64.3% of the vote, defeating Neil Anderson (R) by 28.6 points.

Patrick VerschooreDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.3%28,675
Neil AndersonRepublican
35.7%15,934
44,609 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+43.61992D+37.92004D+21.52010D+28.62012D+12.82016D+24.12018

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