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2012Final results

2012 election for Illinois Legislative District 9

Illinois State Senate · Illinois

Daniel Biss (D) won with 66.6% of the vote, defeating Glenn Farkas (R) by 33.3 points.

Daniel BissDemocrat · winner
66.6%68,064
Glenn FarkasRepublican
33.4%34,081
102,145 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+61.91986D+64.31988D+41.82008D+33.32012D+43.72018D+52.92022

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