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2012Final results

2012 election for Illinois Legislative District 43

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Pat McGuire (D) won with 69.1% of the vote, defeating Sandy Johnson (R) by 38.3 points.

Pat McGuireDemocrat · winner
69.1%50,955
Sandy JohnsonRepublican
30.9%22,739
73,694 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+27.71998D+40.42006D+22.42010D+38.32012D+29.12020D+12.12022

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