1980 House elections · Illinois districts

Illinois U.S. House election results 1980

Results in all of Illinois's congressional districts in 1980 (Republican 14, Democratic 10): every candidate, vote share and margin.

Republican 14
Democratic 10

District 1

District history

Harold Washington DEM +91.0

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Harold Washington Won	DEM	119,562	95.48%
George Williams	REP	5,660	4.52%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		125,223

Official source: data

District 2

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Gus Savage DEM +76.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gus Savage Won	DEM	129,771	88.10%
Marsha A. Harris	REP	17,428	11.83%
Write-in	—	103	0.07%
Total		147,302

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District 3

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Martin A. Russo DEM +37.8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Martin A. Russo Won	DEM	137,283	68.90%
Lawrence C. Sarsoun	REP	61,955	31.10%
Write-in	—	2	0.00%
Total		199,240

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District 4

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Edward Derwinski REP +35.9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Edward Derwinski Won	REP	152,377	67.97%
Richard S. Jalovec	DEM	71,814	32.03%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		224,192

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District 5

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John G. Fary DEM +59.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John G. Fary Won	DEM	106,142	79.64%
Robert V. Kotowski	REP	27,136	20.36%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		133,279

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District 6

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Henry J. Hyde REP +33.9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Henry J. Hyde Won	REP	123,593	66.97%
Mario Raymond Reda	DEM	60,951	33.03%
Write-in	—	6	0.00%
Total		184,550

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District 7

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Cardiss Collins DEM +70.2

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Cardiss Collins Won	DEM	80,056	85.08%
Ruth R. Hooper	REP	14,041	14.92%
Total		94,097

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District 8

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Daniel D. Rostenkowski DEM +69.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Daniel D. Rostenkowski Won	DEM	98,524	84.66%
Walter F. Zilke	REP	17,845	15.33%
Write-in	—	4	0.00%
Total		116,373

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District 9

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Sidney R. Yates DEM +46.2

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sidney R. Yates Won	DEM	106,543	73.08%
John D. Andrica	REP	39,244	26.92%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		145,788

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District 10

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John Edward Porter REP +21.5

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Edward Porter Won	REP	137,707	60.74%
Robert A. Weinberger	DEM	89,008	39.26%
Write-in	—	18	0.01%
Total		226,733

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District 11

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Frank Annunzio DEM +39.6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Frank Annunzio Won	DEM	121,166	69.80%
Michael R. Zanillo	REP	52,417	30.20%
Write-in	—	4	0.00%
Total		173,587

Official source: data

District 12

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Philip Crane REP +48.2

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Philip Crane Won	REP	185,080	74.09%
David McCartney	DEM	64,729	25.91%
Write-in	—	9	0.00%
Total		249,818

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District 13

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Robert McClory REP +43.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Robert McClory Won	REP	131,448	71.65%
Michael Reese	DEM	52,000	28.34%
Write-in	—	10	0.01%
Total		183,458

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District 14

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John Erlenborn REP +53.6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Erlenborn Won	REP	202,583	76.79%
LeRoy E. Kennel	DEM	61,224	23.21%
Write-in	—	21	0.01%
Total		263,828

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District 15

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Tom Corcoran REP +53.5

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tom Corcoran Won	REP	150,898	76.75%
John P. Quillin	DEM	45,721	23.25%
Total		196,619

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District 16

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Lynn Martin REP +34.8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lynn Martin Won	REP	132,905	67.41%
Douglas R. Aurand	DEM	64,224	32.58%
Write-in	—	18	0.01%
Total		197,147

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District 17

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George M. O'Brien REP +31.7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George M. O'Brien Won	REP	125,806	65.83%
Michael A. Murer	DEM	65,305	34.17%
Total		191,111

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District 18

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Robert H. Michel REP +24.3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Robert H. Michel Won	REP	125,561	62.15%
John L. Knuppel	DEM	76,471	37.85%
Write-in	—	11	0.01%
Total		202,043

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District 19

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Tom Railsback REP +46.8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tom Railsback Won	REP	142,616	73.37%
Thomas J. Hand	DEM	51,753	26.63%
Total		194,369

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District 20

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Paul Findley REP +12.0

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul Findley Won	REP	123,427	56.01%
David Robinson	DEM	96,950	43.99%
Total		220,377

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District 21

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Edward Rell Madigan REP +35.1

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Edward Rell Madigan Won	REP	132,186	67.56%
Penny L. Severns	DEM	63,476	32.44%
Total		195,662

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District 22

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Daniel B. Crane REP +37.7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Daniel B. Crane Won	REP	146,014	68.85%
Peter M. Voelz	DEM	66,065	31.15%
Total		212,079

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District 23

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Melvin Price DEM +28.8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Melvin Price Won	DEM	107,786	64.38%
Ronald L. Davinroy	REP	59,644	35.62%
Total		167,430

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District 24

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Paul M. Simon DEM +0.9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul M. Simon Won	DEM	112,134	49.12%
John T. Anderson	REP	110,176	48.26%
James H. Barrett	OTH	5,985	2.62%
Write-in	—	1	0.00%
Total		228,296

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