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2014Final results

2014 election for Illinois Representative District 79

Illinois House of Representatives · Illinois

Katherine Cloonen (D) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Glenn Nixon (R) by 0.4 points.

Katherine CloonenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.2%16,362
Glenn NixonRepublican
49.8%16,240
32,602 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenD+32.72006D+9.82010D+0.22012D+0.42014R+7.42016R+12.32018

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