2014Final results
2014 election for Illinois Legislative District 18
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Bill Cunningham (D) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Shaun Colin Murphy (R) by 16.7 points.
Bill CunninghamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.3%41,515
Shaun Colin MurphyRepublican
41.7%29,658
71,173 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET