* Starting off with the Illinois General Assembly…

* Sun-Times | Party-backed newcomer Crawford defeats longtime Democratic state Rep. Flowers in primary: “I did not lose. Our democracy lost, when you take into consideration all they had to do to destroy me,” Flowers said after the election was called for her opponent. Referring to the large amount of money put into the race, she added: “Can you imagine all we could have done in the Auburn Gresham area with that money?”

* SJ-R | Uncontested in the primary, local state legislature candidates advance to November: Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, won by a significant margin over challenger Wesley Kash in the 58th Senate District. With no Democrats in the race, Tuesday’s result in all practical matters decided who will represent the district. Bryant has served in the General Assembly since 2015 and in the Senate since 2021.

* Effingham Daily News | Halbrook, Wilhour win GOP primaries for General Assembly: “The far-left teachers’ unions put hundreds of thousands of dollars up against me to try to silence and intimidate me,” Wilhour said in a statement Tuesday night. “Well, there was a message sent and it was not exactly the one my opponents wanted. Voters put the influence peddlers and political insiders on notice that the money they put behind their hand-picked candidates is toxic. I won by a landslide. Now I am sending a message to the far-left activists who tried to defeat me – I will not be silenced, and I will continue to fight for the values of my district.”

* PJ Star | Former Dixon mayor wins Republican primary for Illinois Senate 37th District: With 82% of precincts reporting around 10 p.m., the race was called for Arellano Jr. He garnered about 52% of the vote. Tim Yager of Geneseo trailed him with 31% of the votes, and Chris Bishop of Dixon was in third with 17% of votes.

* Herald-Whig | Moore coasts to win for Illinois House seat nomination: Former Quincy Mayor Kyle Moore defeated Cass County Board Member Eric Snellgrove to secure the Republican nomination for the seat in the Illinois House of Representatives’ 99th District. “I appreciate all the voters in the five counties of the 99th District who came out to support us,” Moore said Tuesday. “There’s still the general election to get through. But we’ve been overwhelmed by the support, not just here in Adams County but throughout the whole district.”

* Daily Herald | Hanson cruises to victory in Democratic primary for 83rd state House seat: As of 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, Hanson had captured 3,847 votes, according to unofficial tallies from Kane and Kendall counties. His primary opponent, Arad Boxenbaum, had 1,838 votes. The Associated Press projected Hanson as the winner less than two hours after the polls closed.

* WICS | Regan Deering elected as State Representative for District 88: In a statement, Deering says, I’m really grateful for a win in the primary here tonight, I’m really humbled by the trust placed in me by the 1000s of voters that I have met and talked with throughout the 88th district… I give them my commitment to working hard for conservative values, and being a change agent in Springfield We have high taxes, inflation, and, border policy that’s affecting Illinois and we’ve had lots of conversations about great education here in Decatur. So there’s work to be done, and I’m really excited to look forward to, you know, solution-oriented problem-solving when I get to Springfield.

* WAND | Lawmakers react to Primary Results: Brad Halbrook released the following statement after winning his reelection campaign for State Representative in the 107th District. “I am deeply honored by the voters’ trust in me,” said Halbrook. “This resounding victory belongs to all who believe in safeguarding our freedoms and ensuring a prosperous future for Illinois.

* WGEM | Moore wins Republican primary for 99th House District state rep: Moore is vying for Representative Randy Frese’s spot, who announced in September that he won’t be running for reelection. There is no Democratic candidate for state representative in the 99th House district.

* Supreme Court…

* Sun-Times | Joy Virginia Cunningham declares victory in Illinois Supreme Court primary: “I am truly humbled, honored and prepared to do my best to serve you as your Supreme Court justice,” Cunningham told a crush of supporters at Holiday Club in Uptown Tuesday night amid spinning disco balls. “This victory is not just mine, it’s our victory. Every single person in this room played a role.”

* Tribune | Justice Joy Cunningham expected to stay on Illinois Supreme Court, according to unofficial results: With 80% of the votes counted, unofficial results showed she had won the Democratic nomination. No Republicans have filed for the Nov. 5 race, which means Tuesday’s winner will likely win the seat. The court’s 5-2 Democratic majority is not expected to change.

* NBC Chicago | Cunningham defeats Reyes in race for full-term on Illinois Supreme Court: Justice Lisa Holder White is running for a full term in the 4th district, and ran unopposed in the primary. She is also expected to earn a 10-year term on the court in the November election.

* Congress…

* Sun-Times | Trump nod helps Republican Bost beat Bailey downstate, Democrats Foster, Casten win in suburbs: Five-term incumbent Rep. Mike Bost fended off a challenge from ultra-right farmer turned politician Darren Bailey in a turf war over the state’s most conservative congressional district. With 81% of votes counted, Bost led Bailey 53% to 47% in the downstate 12th Congressional District, according to AP estimates.

* Sun-Times | U.S. Rep “Chuy” García retains 4th district seat after election day drama: With 55% of votes counted in the 4th Congressional District, which stretches from the Southwest Side to Oak Brook and other west suburbs, U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García had 69% of the vote over 31% for Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th).

* Sun-Times | U.S. Rep. Danny Davis cruises to reelection: ‘Don’t ever write off the senior citizens’: With 71% of votes counted in the 7th Congressional District, Davis had 53% of the vote compared to 22% for Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin and 18% for progressive activist Kina Collins, according to Associated Press estimates.

* STLPR | Bost defeats Bailey in Illinois’ 12th District GOP primary, Loyd leads in the 13th: “We’ve been doing this for quite a few years and most times, it’s in a general election,” Bailey said during his victory party at Brews Brothers Taproom in Murphysboro. “And when you do it in a primary, unfortunately, it’s friends on friends.” While Bailey won big in the eastern part of the 12th Congressional District, Bost won by huge margins in the Metro East — including landslide wins in Monroe and St. Clair counties. He also pummeled Bailey in Jackson County, which includes Carbondale.

* WGLT | McGraw tops Crowl in 17th Congressional District GOP primary: The 17th Congressional District runs west from Bloomington-Normal to Peoria and stretches north to Rockford and the Quad Cities. The seat is now held by first-term Democrat and former TV meteorologist Eric Sorensen, who won the seat when incumbent Democrat Cheri Bustos chose to step down two years ago.

* Daily Herald | Casten projected as winner in Democratic primary for 6th U.S. House seat: With about 75% of ballots in the race counted, Casten, who’s seeking a fourth term, led with 53,504 votes, unofficial results showed. Rookie candidate and health care advocate Mahnoor Ahmad of Oakbrook Terrace was running second with 9,710 votes, while Chicagoan Charles Hughes was third with 6,171 votes.

* QC Times | Joe McGraw wins Republican nomination for Illinois’ 17th Congressional District: Preliminary numbers from Tuesday’s primary indicate Joe McGraw will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Eric Sorensen in the general election contest for the Illinois’ 17th Congressional District.

* Chicago and Cook County…

* Sun-Times | Bring Chicago Home: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s homelessness plan apparently defeated: “This is not the result we wanted. We’re gonna have to take a real hard look at what happened and figure out how to move forward from here,” said Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, who was instrumental in getting the binding referendum through the City Council and onto the ballot.

* Tribune | Johnson’s Bring Chicago Home referendum in serious trouble: According to unofficial results from the Chicago Board of Elections, with 96% of precincts reporting, 53.9% of votes were against the referendum, to 46.1% in favor.

* Sun-Times | O’Neill Burke maintains close lead in heated race for Cook County state’s attorney: Eileen O’Neill Burke, who stepped down from a seat on the appellate court to run for state’s attorney, took an early lead against her opponent Clayton Harris III. As of 9:35, with 83% of the estimated votes counted, Burke was leading with 51.3% to Harris’s 48.7%, according to the Associated Press.

* Daily Herald | Cook County state’s attorney race too close to call: Speaking to her supporters around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Burke said she was “cautiously optimistic” about the outcome. “We have been leading all night with a current lead of just under 12,000 votes,” she said, adding “while we may have had our differences, we all share a love for this city and this county.”

* CBS | Mariyana Spyropoulos tops incumbent Iris Martinez in primary for Cook County Circuit Court clerk: Spyropoulos, who was elected to the MWRD Board in 2010 and served as its president from 2015 until 2019, mounted a campaign for Circuit Court Clerk focused on fighting corruption and misconduct, digitizing systems and cutting, costs, and bringing court sin into communities. In her victory speech, Spyropoulos said the office in the past has not taken seriously enough even by those who have held it – and it is time for that to change.

* AP | Challenger ousts incumbent Cook County circuit court clerk: The Associated Press declared Spyropoulos the winner at 8:19 p.m., with an estimated 69% of votes counted. Later on, with 81% of the vote counted at 10:30 p.m., Spyropoulos had 293,358 votes — about 65% of the total — to Martinez’s 158,325.

* Sun-Times | Veteran Cook County tax appeals board commissioner Rogers holds off challenger: Personal-injury lawyer Larry Rogers Jr. — who has represented much of the South Side and the south suburbs for 20 years — sought the party nomination for a sixth term as one of three commissioners on the county’s Board of Review. With 92% of the precincts counted Rogers had 62% of the vote to 38% for challenger Larecia Tucker.

* WBEZ | Donald Trump and Joe Biden win Illinois primaries as they gear up for a rematch: With 75% of votes counted, Biden carried 91% of the vote, according to AP estimates, easily eclipsing the combined low single-digit totals amassed by other Democrats on the primary ballot, U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, Marianne Williamson and Frank Lozada.

* Other local elections…

* The Telegraph | Slusser defeats incumbent Prenzler for board chair nomination: Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser easily defeated incumbent Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Unofficial results show Slusser winning by more than 4,000 votes, 11,704 to 7,156.

* Daily Herald | Villegas leading in the Democratic primary race for Kane County recorder: As of 9:45 p.m., Villegas had 9,848 votes to Rodgers’ 9,426, according to unofficial results. The winner will face Republican Sandy Wegman of Elgin in the November general election.

* Daily Herald | Chaplin wins Democratic nod in three-way race for DuPage County recorder: With 98.1% of Election Day votes tallied, unofficial counts showed Chaplin in the lead with 30,446 votes as of 10:30 p.m. Incumbent Kathleen Carrier and former county board member Pete DiCianni trailed with 18,113 and 11,603 votes, respectively.

* Daily Southtown | Thornton Township votes down mental health, Homer Glen voters support dissolving Homer Township: Lemont Park District residents appeared to approve a $17 million referendum to improve the Centennial Community Center, The Core Fitness and Aquatic Complex, and Derby Farm Park, as well as building pickleball and tennis courts. The referendum would keep taxes at the present rate, said executive director Louise Egofske, because it would replace funding of a 2007 referendum, which was for $16 million to build the fitness and aquatics center.

* Daily Southtown | Lockport District 205 Central Campus referendum too close to call: The referendum received 6,676 votes against the measure and 5,720 votes in favor, according to unofficial results from the Will County clerk’s office with 309 out of 310 precincts reporting. Some absentee votes may still be counted before the vote is official.

* Lake County News-Sun | Round Lake Library Board heading back to drawing board after apparent $36.4M referendum rejection; 3 other Lake County ballot questions approved: Voters in the Round Lake Library District rejected the referendum with 53.73% saying no and 46.27% voting yes out of 1,513 votes cast, according to unofficial results posted on the Lake County Clerk’s Office’s website. “We’re going to try again for a referendum,” Ann Richmond, the president of the Round Library Board of Trustees, said. “I don’t know if it will be in the fall, or we’ll wait until next spring. It does show a lot of people like the library.”

* Pantagraph | Olympia claims victory on tax questions: With voter approval, the district is authorized to change the operations and maintenance fund tax rate from 50 cents to 75 cents for every $100 of equalized assessed value, and the education fund from $2.90 to $3.40 per $100 of equalized assessed value

* PJ Star | Metamora school referendum passes; Voters also say yes to Tremont, West Peoria referendums: A proposal in Tremont to increase the limiting tax rate to help fund schools passed Tuesday night by a margin of 766 votes to 400 with 100% of precincts reporting.