Illinois State House District 15
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Michael Kelly Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Michael KellyDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Michael Kelly (Democratic) won by 25.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Michael KellyIncumbentDemocratic
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Source: elections.il.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 44,911
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael KellyWon Democratic 28,17762.7% RepublicanMark R. Albers Republican 16,73437.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,002
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael KellyWon Democratic 20,98465.6% RepublicanMark R. Albers Republican 11,01834.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,587
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon(incumbent) Democratic 35,587100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,622
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,90861.5% RepublicanAmanda Biela Republican 13,71438.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,616
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,58661.5% RepublicanJonathan Edelman Republican 16,03038.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,400
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,43362.3% RepublicanGregory A. Bedell Republican 9,96737.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,950
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,92899.9% Joesph Hedrick Write-in 220.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,827
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,827100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,022
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon(incumbent) Democratic 29,022100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,677
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,677100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,494
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn C. DamicoWon Democratic 25,75766.9% RepublicanWilliam C. Miceli Republican 12,73733.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,967
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRalph C. CapparelliWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,71868.1% RepublicanWilliam C. Miceli Republican 9,24931.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,262
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph M. LyonsWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,53477.8% RepublicanMitchell A. Kulwin Republican 6,72822.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,542
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph M. LyonsWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,542100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,991
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoseph M. LyonsWon Democratic 21,30768.8% RepublicanDonald M. Hodgkinson Republican 9,68431.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,238
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam J. LaurinoWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,238100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,997
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam J. LaurinoWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,02462.9% RepublicanBert J. Johnson Republican 12,97337.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,585
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Leflore Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 14,585100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,743
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Leflore Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 25,14684.5% RepublicanMabel L. Howard Republican 4,59715.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,025
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Leflore Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 16,50082.4% RepublicanMargaret S. Cartwright Republican 3,52517.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,372
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Leflore Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 23,94481.5% RepublicanEdward C. Vincent Republican 5,42718.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,797
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert Leflore Jr.Won Democratic 21,65980.8% RepublicanDavid L. Armstrong Republican 5,13819.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 217,787
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam J. LaurinoWon(incumbent) Democratic 70,00532.1% DemocraticAlan J. GreimanWon(incumbent) Democratic 68,27931.4% RepublicanPeter Piotrowicz PetersWon(incumbent) Republican 48,85022.4% RepublicanRoman F. Forestor Republican 30,65314.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 182,560
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam J. LaurinoWon(incumbent) Democratic 66,41936.4% DemocraticAlan J. GreimanWon(incumbent) Democratic 56,93831.2% RepublicanPeter Piotrowicz PetersWon(incumbent) Republican 38,30921.0% RepublicanRoman F. Forestor Republican 20,89411.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 242,554
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam J. LaurinoWon(incumbent) Democratic 79,88032.9% DemocraticAlan J. GreimanWon(incumbent) Democratic 70,21228.9% RepublicanPeter Piotrowicz PetersWon(incumbent) Republican 50,48720.8% RepublicanErna I. Gans Republican 41,97517.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 173,050
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam J. LaurinoWon(incumbent) Democratic 66,78438.6% DemocraticAlan J. GreimanWon Democratic 55,01731.8% RepublicanPeter Piotrowicz PetersWon(incumbent) Republican 32,50618.8% RepublicanHarold M. Milligan Republican 18,74310.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 268,684
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBernard B. WolfeWon(incumbent) Democratic 90,55333.7% DemocraticWilliam J. LaurinoWon(incumbent) Democratic 72,16826.9% RepublicanPeter Piotrowicz PetersWon Republican 61,54422.9% RepublicanJoseph S. Zukowski Republican 44,41916.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 185,801
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPeter J. MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 66,25035.7% DemocraticThaddeus LechowiczWon(incumbent) Democratic 63,02133.9% DemocraticBernard B. WolfeWon(incumbent) Democratic 56,53030.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 236,842
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- Seats
- 3
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Illinois House of Representatives District 15, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBernard B. WolfeWon(incumbent) Democratic 62,09426.2% RepublicanPeter J. MillerWon(incumbent) Republican 60,70025.6% DemocraticThaddeus LechowiczWon Democratic 59,80825.3% RepublicanRoger P. McAuliffe Republican 54,24022.9%
- 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
- 1968 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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Election Wrld. (2026). Illinois State House District 15, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/il/house/15. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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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:15
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