DemocratNot in office · last served 2026Last on a ballot: Nov 2024
Terra Costa Howard
Last held office: Illinois House of Representatives, District 42 (2022–2026). Ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 4.
- Last margin
- +87.3
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 4
- 2018–2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Howard was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Illinois House of Representatives, District 48Illinois House of Representatives, District 42
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Howard has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Howard won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Illinois House of Representatives, District 42 | General | Won | Amar Patel (I) | 87.7% | D+87.3 | D+21.7 | |
| 2022 | Illinois House of Representatives, District 42 | General | Won | Stefanie Hood (R) | 58.3% | D+16.5 | D+25.0 | |
| 2020 | Illinois House of Representatives, District 48 | General | Won | Peter Breen (R) | 53.8% | D+7.5 | — | |
| 2018 | Illinois House of Representatives, District 48 | General | Won | Peter Breen (R) | 53.5% | D+7.0 | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Howard has held
- Illinois House of Representatives, District 42 · 2022–2026
- Illinois House of Representatives, District 48 · 2018–2022
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Howard has run against
- Amar Patel (I) · 2024 election, won
- Stefanie Hood (R) · 2022 election, won
- Peter Breen (R) · 2020 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive