Illinois Primary Results Thread

9:57pm: Please join us in our new thread.

9:54pm: The Dem gov race is also tightening – Quinn is now up just 3.2% with 58% in.

9:53pm: Alexi’s lead is back down to 3.5% with 59% of the vote in – but is there any way for Hoffman to catch up?

9:50pm: IL-10 just got a lot tighter – Seals’ lead has shrunk to 48.1-46.5. But only 12% of precincts are left to count.

9:45pm: The GOP gov race is really, really tight. Andy McKenna is at 21.5, Kirk Dillard at 19.2, Jim Ryan at 17.2 and Bill Brady, also at 17.2 Adam Andrzejewski, the favorite of teabaggers and Lech Walesa, is all the way back in fifth place. My advice to him: Run as an independent this fall.

9:42pm: In non-Illinois news, Democrats have actually picked up an open seat in the Kentucky state House tonight, winning the seat that Republican Jimmy Higdon left behind after winning a special election to the state Senate. Nice score!

9:37pm: Quinn now leads by 4.6%, and Alexi by 4.3%.

9:35pm: Check out IL-14, where Randy Hultgren is ahead of Ethan Hastert by 51-49 with 9% in.

9:34pm: In IL-10, Seals now leads Hamos by 4.1% with 66% in. Bob Dold! leads by 9.

9:32pm: It looks like Alderman Toni Preckwinkle has won the Cook County Board Presidency.

9:31pm: Alexi is up by just 3.8% now, with 43% in. Quinn is up 5.

9:28pm: In the open-seat SoS Dem primary, it’s a dogfight between Miller and Krishnamoorthi – Miller is up 47-46.

9:25pm: In IL-10, Seals now leads Hamos by 5.3%, while Bob Dold! is cruising by over 8% with 54% in.

9:23pm: Quinn now leads by 5.6%, and Alexi is up by 4.2%. For the GOP, McKenna and Dillard are now both ahead of ex-AG Jim Ryan.

9:17pm: In IL-14, Ethan Hastert has a mere 51-49 lead over Randy Hultgren, with just 3% reporting. Brothers and sisters, let us all pray for a protracted, nasty recount.

9:15pm: In IL-11, Adam Kinzinger is cruising with 62% of the vote. Is that low? Is that high? You tell me.

9:13pm: In IL-08, Some Dude Joe Walsh leads the pack with 34% with about 42% of votes counted. The winner here gets the privilege of taking on Melissa Bean.

9:11pm: In IL-07, Danny Davis, who had vacillated between running for re-election and seeking the Cook County Board Presidency, is taking about two thirds of the vote. Not terrific for an incumbent, but the remainder is split between several candidates.

9:05pm: As for the gube race, Quinn leads Hynes by 6.8 points on the nose, while Alexi leads Hoffman by 4.5%. Hoffman has widened his lead in Lake County, but that’s more than offset by Giannoulias’ strong performance downstate. With almost 39% reporting in IL-10, Seals leads Hamos by 51.5-43.1. For the Republicans, Bob Dold! leads Coulson by about 10 points.

8:55pm: The thing is, it seems like most of the big names on tonight’s ballot call Chicago home… so it’s hard to say who, if anyone, ought to be cleaning up in the Windy City.

8:52pm: Dave Wasserman tweets that Hoffman is only up narrowly in Lake County, a place where he should have expected to do well, and suggests it’s a good sign for Alexi.

8:49pm: In IL-10, Dan Seals is up 51-44 over Julie Hamos with about 8% reporting. Bob Dold leads Elizabeth Coulson for the GOP nod, 38-30.

8:47pm: To no one’s surprise, Mark Kirk is running away with the GOP nomination. My advice to Patrick Hughes: Run as an independent this fall.

8:45pm: So with 16% of the vote in on the Dem side, Quinn has a narrow 53-47 lead. For the GOPers, Andy McKenna leads with 27%, while Ryan, Dillard and Andrzejewski are at 20, 19, and 17 respectively.

8:42pm: Politico has much quicker results. In the Senate race, it’s 37A-30H-26C, while Quinn is up 54-46 in the gov contest.

8:39pm: I don’t know why the AP is being so slow – Lake County has already counted a bunch of votes. FWIW, they have Hoffman and Hynes up.

8:27pm: Congrats to the folks in DeKalb County, who clock in with the first precinct (out of 11,215) of the night.

8:24pm: Pass the dutchie ‘pon the left hand side….

Polls are now closed in Illinois, where we’ve got hot Democratic and Republican primaries up and down the ticket. (For a full review of the biggest races to watch, check out DavidNYC’s preview.) We’ll be using this thread to track the results as they come in.

RESULTS: Associated Press | Chicago Tribune | Sun-Times | Politico

89 thoughts on “Illinois Primary Results Thread”

  6. Precinct-by-precinct would be nice for Cook so we could know how each neighborhood in Chicago is voting. 🙁 would give us some clues for how other places will vote (also, I am interested in knowing how my precinct went)

  7. Preckwinkle’s up huge for Cook County Board Pres. She should perform stronger in the suburbs than Brown and Stroger…things are looking good!

  9. Kirk is underperforming a lot downstate. Hughes is actually winning in Henderson County on the IA border. Makes sense since his base is in Chicagoland but still.

  11. 8th – some guy named Joe Walsh is winning the Republican nomination here despite having spent no money (no FEC report filed). Life’s been good for him.

    10th – looks like it will be a Seals/Dold contest. I win!

  12. Nothing in from Dupage county yet. Second largest county in IL. GOP gov nomination will probably be decided here.

    Hoffman needs to pull something big from here if he still wants to win.

  15. Using the “Chicago Sun-Times” numbers:

    1) There are a ton more people voting Democratic than Republican.

    2) There are 4005 more Republicans voting in the Senatorial race than the Gubernatorial.  

  16. Downstate where Hynes is doing well has mostly not reported while Cook County is more than half in where Quinn is doing well. Still, it looks like Quinn will win.  

  18. which is a shame. he’s a whackjob and I want to move a few blocks to the east because I like Jesse Jackson Jr. better. I hope Obama primaries Rush again, this time he’ll probably win.

    anyone see that Onion article about Obama running against McCain for Arizona senate? Hahahaha.

  19. Quinn is at 53.2%, Gianuoulis is ahead by 3.3 and Seals is ahead by 5.7%. It’s just a bit narrower but does this mean downstate is reporting?

  20. Dems won an open KY House seat tonight.  Somehow, in a county McCain won, the D candidate won like 85% of the vote.  This even though the R did better than McCain in the other 2 counties.  It almost looks like a mistake.  Can anyone explain this?

  23. Dems: About 13% in. Nobody above 20%, Kelliher and Ryback at 18%.

    Rep: 5% in. Siefert leads Emmer 54-38.

  24. The Governor’s race should be closer than expected with Hynes now leading 52.1%-47.9% and with 20,000 votes. 45% of the vote in with 70% in Cook County.  Hynes keeps getting closer but there is still alot of outstanding votes in Cook County where so far, about 80% of the votes reported are from there. Quinn is hovering in the 40’s and even winning a few Downstate urban counties so maybe Quinn can prevent Downstate from going strongly towards Hynes.

    On the Senate race, I think Giannoulis will win because he is winning Downstate and his margin there is larger than his margin in Cook County. I do not know what part of Cook County has reported but I am calling the Senate race for Giannoulis. The Gubernatorial race is too close to call but I am giving Hynes a more than 50% chance of winning it.  

  28. Lake is all in. Seals won the county by 995 votes.

    Cook is 261/290 in. Hamos is up by exactly 400 votes. She would need to somehow come up with a 600-vote margin with the remaining precincts, which I could only see happening if her House district were still out.

  31. for Brady vs. Quinn.  Too much Chi-town left for Hynes to win, not enough Chi-town left for Dillard to win.

    Brady vs. Quinn.  Put them both together, and you have a pretty lousy backup quarterback who stumped for McCain.

  32. – people are angry, somewhat dumbfounded, irritated and disappointed, and generally ready to go for “outsiders” against established politicians. Look at Lt. Gov races and projected winners there, Republican primary in 8th (not that it matters a lot, but still) and in 10th (money was also very big factor there but still Dold was more of “plain outsider guy” type) and some other results

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