36 Comments - Eric the Red - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 6:25 pm: Heading back to polling place - closing four precincts in Oak Park. Turnouts in the 25% range at 5 PM but PM “rush” hadn’t peaked yet. - DOWNSTATE - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 6:33 pm: RICH maybe you will have some big news tonite.Just read the new ratings and Blago is at 52% DISAPPROVAL RATING. - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 6:39 pm: Watching the returns on TV. Our cable has only one Chicago station–WGN–so won’t be seeing Rich on TV. Also, checking out the new election results webpages for McLean County and City of Bloomington to see how the local election goes. - Bill Baar - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 6:41 pm: I my way to Joe Pena’s (running in R race for Kane County Sheriff) post election event at Geneva’s River Front restaurant. Hopefully the wireless works there and I can blog and take some pics. - Jack Darin - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 6:43 pm: I’ll have updates from Claypool and Shore parties, and GA races around the state Sierra Club is working in. - anonymous - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 6:48 pm: will zap you numbers from jacobs-rumler and the third appellate race - George - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 6:53 pm: waiting for the results and sitting w/ political science books. Hopefully the internet at school decides to play nice tonight. Good luck… - Realist - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 6:56 pm: Does anyone know a site that will be updating election returns throughout the night? - Trapped in Springfield - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:02 pm: I’m stuck in Springfield. Does anyone know a website that will give live updates? - Anon - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:05 pm: If you go to the individual county websites you can get the results quickest. I think ABC channel 7 in Chicago will be updating numbers fairly quickly. - Inside Dope - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:13 pm: I was going to be updating Jacobs/Rumler & 3rd appellate results but I see some anonymous non-blogger has decided to do it for you instead. - Anon - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:21 pm: Here’s the links: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4009751 http://cbs2chicago.com/2006primaryelection - diane - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:28 pm: The Belleville News Democrat has a page which is supposed to have statewide results county by county as they come in. Whether that will actually happen is yet to be seen, but it is worth a try. Belleville.com - Common Sense in Illinois - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:32 pm: HEY RICH…if you get a chance, doesn’t AP stream statewide results online? If so, do you have the link? - Anonymous - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:36 pm: lake county wins - Realist - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:47 pm: Oberweis leading Topinka 40-35 in Lake County with 13% of the vote counted. Doesn’t mean a thing, but I thought I’d get the reports going. - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 7:57 pm: McLean County (exc. Bloomington) Topinka 108 Brady 292 Obie 53 Gidwitz 24 Birkett 153 Rauschie 148 Wegman 64 Brucker 41 Nothing yet from Bloomington - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 8:08 pm: More from McLean County: JUDY BAAR TOPINKA REP 136 20.76% BILL BRADY REP 409 62.44% JIM OBERWEIS REP 77 11.76% RON GIDWITZ REP 28 4.27% ANDY MARTIN REP 4 0.61% Write-in Votes 1 0.15% SANDY WEGMAN REP 93 16.70% JOE BIRKETT REP 216 38.78% LAWRENCE L. BRUCKNER REP 59 10.59% STEVEN J. RAUSCHENBE REP 188 33.75% Write-in Votes 1 0.18% Still nothing from the city - Defensor Pacis - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 8:09 pm: It’s not the AP site but this might help… http://www.cqpolitics.com/Illinois/index.xml - Anon - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 8:14 pm: Who are these whackjobs that are voting for Andy “I-have-an-outstanding-warrant-for-my-arrest” Martin? - Inside Dope - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 8:20 pm: From Rock Island County: Rumler leads Jacobs Number of Precincts: 120 Precincts Reporting: 9 - 7.5 % Total Votes: 754 M JACOBS 352 - 46.68% P RUMLER 401 - 53.18% DEM GOVERNOR Total Votes: 738 R BLAGOJEVICH 499 - 67.62% E EISENDRATH 236 - 31.98% Brady leads Republican Gov battle…. J TOPINKA 130 33.51% B BRADY 149 38.40% J OBERWEIS 89 22.94% R GIDWITZ 19 4.90% A MARTIN 1 0.26% - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 8:31 pm: More from McLean County: JUDY BAAR TOPINKA REP 340 20.67% BILL BRADY REP 998 60.67% JIM OBERWEIS REP 223 13.56% RON GIDWITZ REP 79 4.80% ANDY MARTIN REP 4 0.24% Write-in Votes 1 0.06% SANDY WEGMAN REP 209 14.89% JOE BIRKETT REP 606 43.16% LAWRENCE L. BRUCKNER REP 122 8.69% STEVEN J. RAUSCHENBE REP 466 33.19% Write-in Votes 1 0.07% City of Bloomington still not putting numbers on the web. - Common Sense in Illinois - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 8:44 pm: From WLS — Appears to be statewide numbers, mostly from Lake, Will and a few downstate. GOVERNOR Precincts Reported: 697 of 11700 Judy Baar Topinka(R) 20243 (36%) Bill Brady(R) 7849 (13%) Jim Oberweis(R) 19491 (34%) Ron Gidwitz(R) 8031 (14%) Andy Martin(R) 552 (0%) GOVERNOR Precincts Reported: 732 of 11700 Rod Blagojevich(D) 23245 (65%) Edwin Eisendrath(D) 12218 (34%) - Anon - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 9:04 pm: These slow results are driving this political fan bonkers. Maybe we’ve come full circle with technology and now have to go back to reading the newspaper in the morning. The campaign parties may feature people sleeping in their chairs. - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 9:09 pm: Update from McLean County 22 of 66 reporting JUDY BAAR TOPINKA REP 725 18.82% BILL BRADY REP 2329 60.46% JIM OBERWEIS REP 629 16.33% Finally, some Bloomington numbers 7 of 44: ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH DEM 339 60.54% EDWIN EISENDRATH DEM 215 38.39% Write-in Votes 6 1.07% JUDY BAAR TOPINKA 91 16.46 BILL BRADY 310 56.06 JIM OBERWEIS 119 21.52 RON GIDWITZ 30 5.42 ANDY MARTIN 2 .36 WRITE-IN. . 1 .18 RON GIDWITZ REP 159 4.13% ANDY MARTIN REP 9 0.23% Write-in Votes 1 0.03% SANDY WEGMAN REP 472 14.43% JOE BIRKETT REP 1429 43.70% LAWRENCE L. BRUCKNER REP 272 8.32% STEVEN J. RAUSCHENBE REP 1094 33.46% Write-in Votes 3 0.09% ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH DEM 339 60.54% EDWIN EISENDRATH DEM 215 38.39% Write-in Votes 6 1.07% - Indyatheart - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 9:17 pm: Say goodnight, Geo. Sad to see you go… - Inside Dope - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 9:18 pm: Jacobs slowly stretching lead in 36th senate 82.5 % of precincts reporting.. M JACOBS 4774 52.76% P RUMLER 4267 47.16% REP D17 REPRESENTATIVE J MOWEN 2031 52.99% B GILLILAND 262 6.84% A ZINGA REP 1537 40.10% - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 10:05 pm: Here’s the latest from McLean County and Bloomington: 41 of 66 reported: ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH DEM 576 55.87% EDWIN EISENDRATH DEM 449 43.55% Write-in Votes 6 0.58% PAT QUINN DEM 918 99.78% Write-in Votes 2 0.22% JUDY BAAR TOPINKA REP 1297 18.63% BILL BRADY REP 4166 59.83% JIM OBERWEIS REP 1192 17.12% RON GIDWITZ REP 293 4.21% ANDY MARTIN REP 14 0.20% Write-in Votes 1 0.01% SANDY WEGMAN REP 882 14.80% JOE BIRKETT REP 2664 44.71% LAWRENCE L. BRUCKNER REP 498 8.36% STEVEN J. RAUSCHENBE REP 1909 32.04% Write-in Votes 6 0.10% City of Bloomington 14 of 44 reporting: ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH 235 64.03 EDWIN EISENDRATH 127 34.60 WRITE-IN 5 1.36 PAT QUINN . . . 323 98.48 WRITE-IN 5 1.52 JUDY BAAR TOPINKA. 433 18.50 BILLBRADY 1,343 57.37 JIMOBERWEIS . 434 18.54 RONGIDWITZ. . 122 5.21 ANDYMARTIN. 6 .26 WRITE-IN . 3 .13 SANDY WEGMAN . . 320 15.53 JOE BIRKETT . . 859 41.68 LAWRENCE L. BRUCKNER. 109 5.29 STEVEN J. RAUSCHENBERGER 67 37.21 WRITE-IN . . 6 .29 - Anon - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 10:12 pm: anyone watching blago? he’s already going after judy! - NumbersGuy - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 10:30 pm: 10 precincts reporting in Sangamon: Blago 60% EE 40% JBT 58% Brady 25% Obie 12% Gidwitz 5% Alexi 53% Mangieri 47% Can-man 48% Redpath 52% 10pm News best Quote: Mangieri on Channel 20: “I’m here tonight in downstate because I’m the only statewide candidate from downstate.” Went on to predict a big win after explaining that St. Louis TV commercials are more expensive than Springfield. More later if I can stay awake. - Nearly Normal - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 10:39 pm: Here’s the latest from Bloomington with 40 of 44: RODR.BLAGOJEVICH 491 65.47 EDWINEDRATH 251 33.47 WRITE-IN . . 8 1.07 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PATQuinn 681 98.98 WRITE-IN 7 1.02 GOVERNOR JUDY BAAR TOPINKA 997 18.43 BILL BRADY . 3,244 59.96 JIM OBIE 886 16.38 RON G . . 257 4.75 ANDY M . . 21 .39 WRITE-IN. . 5 .09 McLean County 56 of 66: ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH DEM 689 56.02% EDWIN EISENDRATH DEM 533 43.33% Write-in Votes 8 0.65% PAT QUINN DEM 1099 99.82% Write-in Votes 2 0.18% JUDY BAAR TOPINKA REP 1610 18.82% BILL BRADY REP 5088 59.47% JIM OBERWEIS REP 1479 17.29% RON GIDWITZ REP 359 4.20% ANDY MARTIN REP 17 0.20% Write-in Votes 2 0.02% SANDY WEGMAN REP 1056 14.34% JOE BIRKETT REP 3312 44.98% LAWRENCE L. BRUCKNER REP 631 8.57% STEVEN J. RAUSCHENBE REP 2358 32.02% Write-in Votes 7 0.10% Obviously, Bill Brady was the favorite son. - LG - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 11:03 pm: Rich — great spot on Fox just now, but tired at 11 p.m.?? isn’t that about the time you start dancing at the party? love the cap fax. love the blog. congratulations! - steve schnorf - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 11:17 pm: Just sitting at home with 27 websites open and the TV on, calling friends around the state to see what’s going on—very, very relaxed. Looks to me like JBT by about 40,000. Brady did himself proud. - steve schnorf - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 11:34 pm: Maybe closer to 50,000 for Judy - steve schnorf - Tuesday, Mar 21, 06 @ 11:54 pm: It looks like Brady is winning as many counties as Oberweis is - steve schnorf - Wednesday, Mar 22, 06 @ 12:48 am: Am I the only person still up? Something very interesting; in this blue state, at this time there are as many Rs voted in the gubernatorial primary as ther are Ds. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.