While a lot of results from yesterday favored Republicans, Democrats did retain two important seats with the 48th District of the State Senate and the 96th District of the House. Doris Turner has defeated Sandy Hamilton in the contested 48th District race and Sue Scherer defeated Lisa Smith in the 96th District. 

In the 48th District, there has been an estimated 91% of the votes have been counted and Turner leads Hamilton 38,947 to 37,654. Hamilton won by an overwhelming margin in Christian County with nearly 67% of the votes, but Turner won in Macon County (7,750-6,821) and even narrower in Sangamon County 30,320-29,045. 

Overall Senator Turner won with a little over 50.8% of the votes.  The 48th Senate District includes Springfield, Decatur, and parts of Macon, Sangamon and Christian counties.

In the 96th District,  Democrat Sue Scherer defeated Lisa Smith with a little over 85% of the votes counted, with 17,828 votes as to Smith’s 12,916 votes. Smith resoundingly won with 78% of the votes in Christian County, but Scherer won in Macon and Sangamon. Macon County saw Scherer win 7,652-6,705 (95% of the votes) and Sangamon County saw Scherer win 10,053-5,773 (76% of the votes). 

The 96th District includes Springfield, Decatur, and parts of Macon, Sangamon and Christian counties.