RepublicanNot in office · last served 2002Last on a ballot: Nov 1998

William F. Mahar

Last held office: Illinois State Senate, District 19 (1982–2002). Ran in 11 elections between 1972 and 1998, winning 11.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1998	Illinois State Senate, District 19	General	Won	Pam Woodward (D)	56.8%	R+13.6
1996	Illinois State Senate, District 19	General	Won	Richard R. Dellacroce (D), Lance Delgoebel (I)	57%	R+16.5
1992	Illinois State Senate, District 19	General	Won	David L. Anders (D)	63.4%	R+26.9
1988	Illinois State Senate, District 19	General	Won	James J. Hyland Jr. (D)	72.9%	R+45.8
1984	Illinois State Senate, District 19	General	Won	Robert H. Kaup Jr. (D)	68.4%	R+36.8
1982	Illinois State Senate, District 19	General	Won	Robert H. Kaup Jr. (D)	68.8%	R+37.7
1980	Illinois State Senate, District 9	General	Won	John J. Burian (D)	63%	R+26.0
1978	Illinois House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Richard F. Kelly Jr. (D), Terry A. Steczo (D), Jeanne B. McKalir (R)	31.4%	R+5.5
1976	Illinois House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Richard F. Kelly Jr. (D), Terry A. Steczo (D), Dennis B. Robertson (R)	27.2%	R+1.5
1974	Illinois House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Leland H. Rayson (D), Richard F. Kelly Jr. (D), Lynn G. Brenne (R)	23%	D+5.3
1972	Illinois House of Representatives, District 9	General	Won	Richard F. Kelly Jr. (D), Leland H. Rayson (D), Lynn G. Brenne (R)	29.7%	R+5.4