2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Illinois Legislative District 36
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Neil Anderson (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Mike Jacobs (D) by 8.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Neil AndersonRepublican · winner
54.3%35,895
Mike JacobsDemocrat · incumbent
45.7%30,242
66,137 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