1978 House elections · Illinois districts

Illinois U.S. House election results 1978

Results in all of Illinois's congressional districts in 1978 (Republican 13, Democratic 11): every candidate, vote share and margin.

Republican 13
Democratic 11

District 1

District history

Bennett M. Stewart DEM +17.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bennett M. Stewart Won	DEM	47,581	58.54%
A.A. Rayner	REP	33,540	41.27%
Write-in	—	158	0.19%
Total		81,279

Official source: data

District 2

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Morgan F. Murphy DEM +74.2

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Morgan F. Murphy Won	DEM	80,906	86.00%
James P. Wognum	REP	11,104	11.80%
Carl Stanley Holmes	IND	2,064	2.19%
Write-in	—	3	0.00%
Total		94,077

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District 3

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Martin A. Russo DEM +30.4

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Martin A. Russo Won	DEM	95,701	65.19%
Robert L. Dunne	REP	51,098	34.81%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		146,800

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District 4

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Edward Derwinski REP +33.7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Edward Derwinski Won	REP	94,435	66.87%
Andrew Thomas	DEM	46,788	33.13%
Write-in	—	6	0.00%
Total		141,229

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District 5

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John G. Fary DEM +68.0

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John G. Fary Won	DEM	98,702	84.00%
Joseph A. Barracca	REP	18,802	16.00%
Write-in	—	2	0.00%
Total		117,506

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District 6

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Henry J. Hyde REP +32.4

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Henry J. Hyde Won	REP	87,193	66.19%
Jeanne P. Quinn	DEM	44,543	33.81%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		131,737

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District 7

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Cardiss Collins DEM +72.6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Cardiss Collins Won	DEM	64,716	86.30%
James C. Holt	REP	10,273	13.70%
Total		74,989

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District 8

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Daniel D. Rostenkowski DEM +71.9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Daniel D. Rostenkowski Won	DEM	81,457	85.96%
Carl C. LoDico	REP	13,302	14.04%
Write-in	—	3	0.00%
Total		94,762

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District 9

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Sidney R. Yates DEM +50.7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sidney R. Yates Won	DEM	87,543	75.33%
John M. Collins	REP	28,673	24.67%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		116,217

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District 10

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Abner J. Mikva DEM +0.4

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Abner J. Mikva Won	DEM	89,479	50.18%
John Edward Porter	REP	88,829	49.82%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		178,309

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District 11

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Frank Annunzio DEM +47.5

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Frank Annunzio Won	DEM	112,365	73.73%
John Hoeger	REP	40,044	26.27%
Write-in	—	3	0.00%
Total		152,412

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District 12

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Philip Crane REP +59.1

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Philip Crane Won	REP	110,503	79.54%
Gilbert Bogen	DEM	28,424	20.46%
Write-in	—	8	0.01%
Total		138,935

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District 13

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Robert McClory REP +22.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Robert McClory Won	REP	64,060	61.16%
Frederick J. Steffen	DEM	40,675	38.84%
Write-in	—	3	0.00%
Total		104,738

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District 14

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John Erlenborn REP +50.1

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Erlenborn Won	REP	118,741	75.07%
James A. Romanyak	DEM	39,438	24.93%
Total		158,179

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District 15

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Tom Corcoran REP +24.8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tom Corcoran Won	REP	80,856	62.38%
Tim Lee Hall	DEM	48,756	37.62%
Total		129,612

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District 16

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John Anderson REP +30.9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Anderson Won	REP	76,752	65.43%
Ernest W. Dahlin	DEM	40,471	34.50%
Write-in	—	86	0.07%
Total		117,309

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District 17

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George M. O'Brien REP +41.2

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George M. O'Brien Won	REP	94,375	70.62%
Clifford J. Sinclair	DEM	39,260	29.38%
Total		133,635

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District 18

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Robert H. Michel REP +31.8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Robert H. Michel Won	REP	85,973	65.87%
Virgil R. Grunkmeyer	DEM	44,527	34.12%
Write-in	—	14	0.01%
Total		130,514

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District 19

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Tom Railsback REP

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tom Railsback Won	REP	89,770	99.98%
Write-in	—	20	0.02%
Total		89,790

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District 20

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Paul Findley REP +39.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul Findley Won	REP	111,054	69.64%
Victor Roberts	DEM	48,426	30.37%
Total		159,480

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District 21

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Edward Rell Madigan REP +56.6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Edward Rell Madigan Won	REP	97,473	78.28%
Ken Baughman	DEM	27,054	21.73%
Total		124,527

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District 22

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Daniel B. Crane REP +8.0 gain

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Daniel B. Crane Won	REP	86,051	53.99%
Terry L. Bruce	DEM	73,331	46.01%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		159,383

Official source: data

District 23

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Melvin Price DEM +48.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Melvin Price Won	DEM	74,247	74.17%
Daniel J. Stack	REP	25,858	25.83%
Total		100,105

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District 24

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Paul M. Simon DEM +31.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul M. Simon Won	DEM	110,298	65.63%
John T. Anderson	REP	57,763	34.37%
Total		168,061

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