[1] Illinois voted for Republican ticket of George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle.

A regularly-scheduled election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system for full six-year terms, while a special election was held to fill an additional seat for a partial term.

An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois system for six-year terms.

[1][3] First-term incumbent Democrat Albert N. Logan lost reelection.

[1][3] Third-term incumbent Democrats George W. Howard III and William D. Forsyth Jr. were not nominated for reelection.

[1][3] A special election was held to fill the trustee seat left vacant by Democrat Anne E.

[4][6] The voting age in Illinois was already 18, due to the passage of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.