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2012Final results

2012 election for Illinois Legislative District 30

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Terry Link (D) won with 66.6% of the vote, defeating Don Castella (R) by 33.3 points.

Terry LinkDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.6%44,274
Don CastellaRepublican
33.4%22,173
66,447 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+17.02002D+26.12006D+29.42008D+33.32012D+18.42014D+36.12018

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