Illinois State House District 116

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Dave Severin Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Dave SeverinRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win

One candidate on the printed ballot.

Last election: Dave Severin (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 1 candidate

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History (22 elections for this seat)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDave SeverinWon	Republican	45,378100.0%	100.0%

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDave SeverinWon(incumbent)	Republican	36,393100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 53,360
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid FriessWon	Republican	34,59564.8%	64.8%
DemocraticNathan Reitz	Democratic	18,76535.2%	35.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 41,909
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJerry Costello IIWon(incumbent)	Democratic	22,42953.5%	53.5%
RepublicanDavid Friess	Republican	19,48046.5%	46.5%

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJerry Costello IIWon	Democratic	40,599100.0%	100.0%

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJerry Costello IIWon(incumbent)	Democratic	27,910100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 47,989
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJerry Costello IIWon	Democratic	29,91462.3%	62.3%
RepublicanJulie Bigham Eggers	Republican	18,07537.7%	37.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 37,586
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan ReitzWon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,11856.2%	56.2%
RepublicanGlenn C. Farley	Republican	16,46843.8%	43.8%

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan ReitzWon(incumbent)	Democratic	44,095100.0%	100.0%

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan ReitzWon(incumbent)	Democratic	28,988100.0%	100.0%

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan ReitzWon(incumbent)	Democratic	40,745100.0%	100.0%

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan ReitzWon(incumbent)	Democratic	28,541100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 46,546
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan ReitzWon(incumbent)	Democratic	28,21060.6%	60.6%
RepublicanHarry Jankowski	Republican	18,33639.4%	39.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,388
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan ReitzWon	Democratic	20,33555.9%	55.9%
RepublicanBruce W. Brown	Republican	16,05344.1%	44.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 42,578
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTerry W. DeeringWon(incumbent)	Democratic	29,44669.2%	69.2%
RepublicanJohn W. Coats	Republican	13,13230.8%	30.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,211
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTerry W. DeeringWon(incumbent)	Democratic	20,82862.7%	62.7%
RepublicanJacob Easton	Republican	12,38337.3%	37.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 46,559
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTerry W. DeeringWon(incumbent)	Democratic	28,68161.6%	61.6%
RepublicanJeffrey H. Berry	Republican	17,87838.4%	38.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,674
Election day: November 6, 1990
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBruce RichmondWon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,85371.2%	71.2%
RepublicanCharles H. Daugherty	Republican	8,82128.8%	28.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 35,808
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBruce RichmondWon(incumbent)	Democratic	25,15370.2%	70.2%
RepublicanFrankie Eggemeyer	Republican	10,65529.8%	29.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,414
Election day: November 4, 1986
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBruce RichmondWon(incumbent)	Democratic	20,17568.6%	68.6%
RepublicanHerman F. Wright	Republican	9,23931.4%	31.4%

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBruce RichmondWon(incumbent)	Democratic	29,173100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 32,045
Election day: November 2, 1982
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Illinois House of Representatives District 116, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBruce RichmondWon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,28266.4%	66.4%
RepublicanLarry Young	Republican	10,76333.6%	33.6%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1982 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:il/sldl:116

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026