RepublicanNot in office · last served 2000Last on a ballot: Nov 1998

John Porter

John Porter ran in 14 elections between 1972 and 1998, winning 13. Served in the Illinois House of Representatives (District 1) and the U.S. House (IL-10).

Last office: U.S. House, IL-10

Elections: 14; 1972–1998
Won: 13; generals, primaries and specials

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Career

Offices held, and every time Porter was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Illinois House of Representatives, District 1 U.S. House, IL-10Out of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Porter has run

Margin: how far Porter finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised
1998	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—	$503.3K
1996	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Philip R. Torf (D)	69.1%	R+38.2	$884.3K
1994	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Andrew M. Krupp (D)	75.1%	R+50.1	$654.7K
1992	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Michael J. Kennedy (D)	64.5%	R+29.0	$453.8K
1990	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Peg McNamara (D), Herbert L. Gorrell (I)	67.8%	R+37.0	$256K
1988	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Eugene F. Friedman (D)	72.5%	R+45.0	$245.4K
1986	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Robert A. Cleland (D)	75.1%	R+50.2	$188.3K
1984	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Ruth C. Braver (D)	72.6%	R+45.2	$223.3K
1982	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Eugenia S. Chapman (D)	59%	R+18.0	$294.6K
1980	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Won	Robert A. Weinberger (D)	60.7%	R+21.5	$658.7K
1978	U.S. House, IL-10	General	Lost	Abner J. Mikva (D)	49.8%	D+0.4	—
1976	Illinois House of Representatives, District 1	General	Won	Roger A. Keats (R), Harold A. Katz (D), Joseph F. Rossberger Jr. (D)	33%	R+5.5	—
1974	Illinois House of Representatives, District 1	General	Won	Brian B. Duff (R), Harold A. Katz (D), Dorothy Henehan (D)	29.1%	D+1.9	—
1972	Illinois House of Representatives, District 1	General	Won	Brian B. Duff (R), Harold A. Katz (D), Donald L. Norman (D)	27.9%	D+9.8	—

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Seats Porter has held

U.S. House, IL-10 · 1981–2000
Illinois House of Representatives, District 1 · 1973–1978

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Who Porter has run against

Philip R. Torf (D) · 1996 election, won
Andrew M. Krupp (D) · 1994 election, won
Michael J. Kennedy (D) · 1992 election, won
Peg McNamara (D) · 1990 election, won
Eugene F. Friedman (D) · 1988 election, won
Robert A. Cleland (D) · 1986 election, won
Ruth C. Braver (D) · 1984 election, won
Eugenia S. Chapman (D) · 1982 election, won

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)