Unofficial election results in DeWitt County show Republican candidates leading in the contested statewide and congressional races.
All 23 precincts in the county were reporting as of 8:44 Tuesday night.
In the race for U.S. Senate, Republican Don Tracy received 3,997 votes, or about 68 percent. Democrat Juliana Stratton received 1,760 votes, while Whitfield Harrington Jr. had 93.
Republican Darren Bailey and running mate Aaron Del Mar led the governor’s race with 4,104 votes, or about 69 percent. Democrat JB Pritzker and running mate Christian Mitchell received 1,626 votes. Independent Collin Corbett received 195.
Republicans also led the other contested statewide races. Robert Fioretti led Kwame Raoul in the attorney general’s race, Diane Harris led Alexi Giannoulias for secretary of state, Bryan Drew led Margaret Croke for comptroller, and Max Solomon led Michael Frerichs for state treasurer.
In the 15th Congressional District, Republican Mary Miller received 4,101 votes, compared with 1,745 for Democrat Jennifer Todd.
DeWitt County voters also considered three county board races. In District A, Republican Claro “Buck” Carter received 1,041 votes, while Democrat Joseph Summers had 399. In District C’s two-year unexpired term, Republican Thomas Farris led with 856 votes, followed by Republican Timothy Stanley with 648 and Democrat Tamra Miller with 385.
Three candidates were running for three seats in County Board District B. Patrick Ryan, John Werts and Billie Cooper were the Republican candidates.
The county had 5,957 ballots cast out of 10,717 registered voters, for a turnout of about 56 percent.
All results remain unofficial.
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