2012Final results
2012 election for Illinois Legislative District 18
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Bill Cunningham (D) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating Barbara Ruth Bellar (R) by 27.5 points.
Bill CunninghamDemocrat · winner
63.7%60,325
Barbara Ruth BellarRepublican
36.3%34,338
94,663 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET