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Pritzker and Juliana Stratton, the incumbent governor and lieutenant governor first elected in 2018, won 91.8% of the vote to beat U.S. These races were for executive positions in the state government and for one of Illinois’ two senate seats. In Cook County, the incumbent Democrats held firm, with Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, Assessor Fritz Kaegi and Sheriff Tom Dart prevailing.īelow is a full breakdown of the primary results in elections that Evanston voters participated in this year: Statewide elections Bailey got 57% of the vote, several hundred thousand more votes than Sullivan and Irvin. Wade, which it ultimately did last week.īailey, a loyalist to former President Donald Trump, was up in the polls two days ago when he received a last-minute endorsement from Trump.

But he stumbled at the end, failing to answer questions about who he voted for in the 2020 presidential election and what he would do as governor if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. The main show was the gubernatorial race, where Irvin was the early favorite in the Republican field. The incumbent Democratic governor sailed to an easy primary victory Tuesday, June 28, while Bailey beat out venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who was backed by $50 million in campaign funding from hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin.

Pritzker will run against Republican state Senator Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, in November’s gubernatorial race. For the RoundTable’s portraits of Election Judges serving democracy, click here.

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Editor’s note: The original story has been updated to reflect current vote totals and to update the winners of the Board of Review – District 2 and Water Reclamation District Commissioner (2yr) races.

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