[1] Klingler, then a member of the Springfield City Council, was initially slated to face Democratic incumbent Michael D. Curran.
However, in August, Curran dropped out of the race, citing his inability to buy a new house after Republicans gerrymandered him out of the old 100th district.
[2] Marylou Lowder Kent, a Lincoln Land Community College trustee, replaced Curran on the ballot.
[5] After the 2001 decennial redistricting process, Klingler was drawn into the same district as fellow Republican Jonathan C. Wright.
[6] Klinger, a moderate, was defeated by conservative Rich Brauer of Petersburg in that cycle's Republican primary.