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2012Final results

2012 election for Illinois Legislative District 49

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Garrett M. Peck (R) by 6.5 points.

Jennifer Bertino-TarrantDemocrat · winner
53.2%45,491
Garrett M. PeckRepublican
46.8%39,951
85,443 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+31.61988D+19.42006R+2.72010D+6.52012D+5.52016D+12.42020

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