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2012Final results

2012 election for Illinois Legislative District 26

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Dan Duffy (R) won with 62.9% of the vote, defeating Amanda Howland (D) by 25.8 points.

Dan DuffyRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.9%63,510
37.1%37,448
100,958 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

EvenR+45.61994R+22.22004R+24.22008R+25.82012R+18.42016R+9.32018

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