1986 United States Senate election in Illinois


The 1986 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 4, 1986. The incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon won re-election to a second term. As of, this is the last election in which an incumbent Senator won re-election to Illinois' Class 3 seat.
Primaries were held March 18, 1986.

Election information

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress, as well as those for state offices.

Turnout

For the primaries, turnout was 21.84%, with 1,333,989 votes were cast.
For the general election, turnout was 52.01%, with 3,122,833 votes cast.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican

Candidates

Dixon easily won the senate race. Koehler fared poorly throughout most parts of the state, only winning 10 of the state's 102 counties.