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* 8:39 pm - OK, let’s cut through some of the clutter and look at a few interesting races.

In the 10th CD GOP race, Bob Dold has a huge lead over state Rep. Beth Coulson, 38-29, with 66 percent of the vote counted. And third-time Democratic candidate Dan Seals is leading state Rep. Julie Hamos 49-45.

Toni Preckwinkle has the Cook County Board President’s race wrapped up. She’s got 48 percent of the vote with 70 percent counted.

Dan Hynes better hope he has a ton of support downstate and in the suburbs because the Chicago and Cook County results really hurt him. With 41 percent of the vote counted, Gov. Quinn leads Hynes 53-27 (about 23,000 votes).

Andy McKenna is leading on the GOP side with 40 percent counted…

McKenna , Andy GOP 48,941 24%
Dillard , Kirk GOP 39,877 19%
Ryan , Jim GOP 37,641 18%
Andrzejewski , Adam GOP 30,430 15%
Brady , Bill GOP 27,770 14%

As Downstate votes are being counted, Scott Lee Cohen has moved up in the Democratic lt. guv race. This is with 36 percent counted…

Turner , Arthur L. Dem 89,812 25%
Cohen , Scott Dem 89,207 25%

Sen. Matt Murphy has a 12-point lead over Jason Plummer, but Plummer has been closing a bit. Democrat David Miller leads Raja Krishnamoorthi in the comptroller’s race, but only by a bit…

Miller , David Dem 171,364 47%
Krishnamoorthi , Raja Dem 168,153 46%

Robin Kelly has a big 58-42 lead on Justin Oberman in the Democratic treasurer’s race.

What else are you seeing?

…Adding… Former Senate Democratic staffer Elgie Sims is losing badly to incumbent Cook County Commissioner Bill Beavers. Beavers leads with 20,234 votes to Sims’ 16,354 with about 80 percent of the vote counted. I can’t see how he makes up those votes.

*** 8:54 pm *** Hamos is closing fast…

U.S. House - District 10 - Dem Primary
Illinois - 447 of 511 Precincts Reporting - 87%
Seals , Daniel 19,490 48%
Hamos , Julie 18,854 47%

Dillard is also closing…

McKenna , Andy 79,503 22%
Dillard , Kirk 70,316 20%
Ryan , Jim 62,371 17%
Brady , Bill 59,788 17%

* 9:04 pm - Rep. John Fritchey won by a huge margin in the 12th county board district…

John A. Fritchey 17,418 75.52%
Ted Matlak 5,645 24.48%

* 9:06 pm - Hynes is closing a bit with 64 percent counted…

Quinn , Pat 324,542 51%
Hynes , Daniel 306,741 49%

So is Dillard…

McKenna , Andy 92,141 21%
Dillard , Kirk 85,304 20%

As Downstate votes come in, Scott Lee Cohen is pulling away. He’s ahead of Rep. Art Turner 26-23. David Miller and Raja Krishnamoorthi are just 5400 votes apart (Raja leads).

* 9:18 pm - Close, but McKenna is still holding on…

McKenna , Andy 96,190 21%
Dillard , Kirk 91,546 20%
Brady , Bill 90,785 19%

* Plummer is closing fast…

Lieutenant Governor - GOP Primary
Illinois - 7958 of 11215 Precincts Reporting - 71%
Murphy , Matt GOP 148,855 34%
Plummer , Jason GOP 144,772 33%

* My interns are in Chicago. Barton is with the Quinn campaign and filed this little crowd-shot video…

Dan is at the Hynes campaign party…

* Dillard is pulling closer to McKenna. He’s now just 2700 votes behind with 77 percent counted. Percentage-wise, they’re tied at 20. Also, Bill Brady is just a few hundred votes behind Dillard. He’s also at 20 percent.

Sen. Matt Murphy’s lead is now just 5,000 votes, with 77 percent counted.

* Rep. Beth Coulson has conceded in the 10th GOP CD race.

* 9:34 pm - Rep. David Miller has moved ahead of Raja Krishnamoorthi in the comptroller’s race with 80 percent counted…

Miller , David 315,102 47%
Krishnamoorthi , Raja 311,536 46%

With 80 percent of the vote counted, Hynes has not budged the margin…

Quinn , Pat 373,194 51%
Hynes , Daniel 362,810 49%

Alexi Giannoulias is maintaining a 5-point lead over David Hoffman (39-34).

Plummer pulls ahead with 81 percent counted…

Plummer , Jason 174,356 34%
Murphy , Matt 173,569 34%

* Huge upset in the making in the 14th Congressional District primary…

U.S. House - District 14 - GOP Primary
Illinois - 431 of 578 Precincts Reporting - 75%
Hultgren , Randy GOP 26,256 54%
Hastert , Ethan GOP 22,739 46%

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:39 pm

Comments

My mailbox was filled with Cohen fliers the last few weeks. Perhaps that money was well spent.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:43 pm
I’m just surprised at GOP voters in the Guv race. What are they thinking??

Comment by scoot Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:43 pm
Results are barely in, but Quinn is losing more than 2-1 in the county. Brady is the vote total leader, McKenna isn’t in the top three. Turnout was okay. The results from downstate won’t necessarily go along with those already in.

Comment by Effingham County Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:43 pm
everybody loves robin. and what’s not to love? experience, intelligence and integrity. congratulations to our next state treasurer…

Comment by bored now Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:43 pm
Dan Burke only up 10 votes on Lozano. Madigan St. Rep. cand. in Ev. Park NOT in the lead.

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:44 pm
Too bad for Elgie if that holds. He would have been a pleasnat change from Hog N***.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:48 pm
Any location info on the reported/counted precincts vs the unreported/uncounted ones?

Comment by Congress Works For Us Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:51 pm
Quinn may be in serious trouble in the Metro St. Louis area. Madison County was not polling well for him there and St. Clair about the same.

Comment by Anon Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:52 pm
now are we concerned about these Lt. Gov. results on the Dem side? partying like it’s 1986, god help us.

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:52 pm
republicans need to have a better turn out in the general to overcome dems.

Comment by foster brooks Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:52 pm
If your an election lawyer out of work you might want to call Mr. Haster or Hultgren. Wow, that’s close.

Comment by Pre Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:54 pm
Check out the tribs web coverage of the 9th state rep district. They don’t even know which Art Turner is running.

Comment by the217 Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:58 pm
Hynes is gaining. 51-49 Quinn with 60% in.

Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:58 pm
need to have a better turn out in the general

At 32% for the Governor’s race, hard to dispute that.

House 54, 86% in, Bassi is losing by 10%.

House 50, 42% in, Hatcher only leads by 140.

Looks like a looooongggg night for Personal Pac, esp with Coulson going down.

Comment by Pat Collins Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 8:59 pm
Does anybody have a site with the entire state map so we can see where outstanding votes are?

Comment by Pre Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:01 pm
Hynes has good margins in Sangamon, Logan, Montgomery, Christian-60/40 or better. Unfortunately, not a lot of votes behind those stats. He’s probably up only about 3000 votes in those counties.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:02 pm
Look at the Julie Hamos race. She’s 600 back with 19 precincts out.

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:05 pm
Preckwinkle is delivering her victory speech. Says the other candidates have telephoned their concessions.

Comment by Boone Logan Square Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:05 pm
@bored now - I couldn’t agree more.

Comment by Apple Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:05 pm
Burke / Lozano is close, and what the heck is up with the 3-way tie in Evanston for Julie H’s seat.

Comment by lurker Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:07 pm
what the heck is going on in the Cook County Suburbs, no GOP results yet?

Comment by GOP4EVER Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:08 pm
not 1 tax increase has passed in northwest il

Comment by foster brooks Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:09 pm
foster brooks, when people start seeing the $20 increase in voter registration and other fee hikes, people will vote for the GOP. I can’t beleive Blowhard and McKenna are winning. How can Hynes not be winning by 15%? He is in a tight race to Blago’s running mate who is planning to increase taxes!

Comment by Wumpus Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:10 pm
Williamson County is finished counting. Republicans had 52 percent of the ballots versus 46 percent for the Dems, which is better than normal.

Brady carried the Republican field with 45 percent of the vote followed by Dillard and Adam A. McKenna came in sixth (I guess voter still remember his remarks about our state financed baseball stadium a few years ago). GOP voters also picked its neighboring U.S. Senate candidate, giving Don Lowery 52 percent of the vote.

Quinn beat Hynes here 51-48.

Comment by Downstate Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:14 pm
No one has commented yet, but Cby about 475 votes for State Central Committeeman. ook County Commissioner Moreno is losing by 2,000 votes to Garcia; and Ricardo Munes is beating Tony Munez
Lozano is down by 60 votes to Burke with 6 city precincts out. Anyone have an explanation about this area?

Comment by Oakparker Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:16 pm
Wumpus: Dems know that Quinn and Blago were not running mates by choice, and Hynes will be raising taxes as well.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:18 pm
Any candidate serious about addressing the budget knows that a tax increase is part of the solution.

Comment by Bill-O' the Clown Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:20 pm
I have not watched Chicago local news in about two years

Watching NBC Chicago right not. Dick Kaye must be so sad–it has devolved to cable access at it worst.

I think Mary Anne Ahern just called talking to a very weird looking Bill Brady on Skype as “soooo cute”.

Comment by IS Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:21 pm
Looks like the GOP Gov polls were pretty accurate. Razor thin margin between McKenna, Dillard, and Brady….Ryan fading to fourth.

Comment by ANON Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:22 pm
hynes closing fast in downstate

Comment by anon Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:22 pm
New Trier Referendum goes down big time.

Hamos leading.

Amazing performance by Hoffman

Comment by way northsider Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:24 pm
Dillard is closing fast as well….

Comment by Pre Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:25 pm
@downstate, better than normal for which party?

Comment by Angry Chicagoan Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:25 pm
According to the Sun-Times, Dillard has a 34-vote lead over McKenna with 76% of precincts reporting.

Comment by Boone Logan Square Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:25 pm
These govs races are gonna be all night

Comment by i'm just saying... Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:25 pm
Brady’s in the hunt now, too, with McKenna and Dillard.

Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:26 pm
My mistake, Dillard still down, but tight.

Comment by Boone Logan Square Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:27 pm
Wow. Brady.

Comment by Peggy SO-IL Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:28 pm
Brady is rolling, but what’s still out?

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:30 pm
Brady running 2nd according to AP

Comment by WOW! Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:30 pm
Justin Oberman called Robin Kelly to concede.

Comment by Apple Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:31 pm
How about Raja

Comment by i'm just saying... Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:32 pm
note to alison rosato on nbc 5, the Strogers have NOT been president of the CCBoard for 40 years. good god, we miss
Dick Kaye.

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:32 pm
Brady up by 1300…

Comment by Bill-O' the Clown Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:34 pm
If a certain GOP candidate wins by 1 vote tonight, he owes me. I was debating with myself who to vote for up until I actually had the ballot in my hands.

Comment by Downstate Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:34 pm
Brady isn’t doing so well in DuPage…

Comment by Pre Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:34 pm
brady just took the lead by 3,000 votes

Comment by The Court Jester Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:36 pm
Question on everyone’s mind: where is that last 20% coming from?

Comment by ANON Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:36 pm
brady made a heck of a comeback

Comment by foster brooks Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:37 pm
Tod Stroger is conceding. And looks like a guy who is glad it’s over.

Comment by And I Approved This Message Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:38 pm
Madison co. 232 out of 233 Hynes 8017 Quinn 4527 Alexi 6213 Hoff 3714

Comment by Fester Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:38 pm
Looks like I dumped my Brady literature wayyyy too early tonight!

How bad is it for Ryan that’s he fighting Adam A for 4th??

Comment by Pat Collins Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:39 pm
I just checked with their web page and 50% of dupage isn’t reporting yet so I don’t know that Brady lead will hold.

Comment by WOW! Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:39 pm
Stroger is conceding.

Amazing thing there is, that Preckwinkle might get 50% of the vote in a 4 way primary! That’s got to be unusual.

Comment by Pat Collins Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:40 pm
Tazewell County just gave Brady a huge boost with 94 of 130 precincts in. Brady 4,731 - Dillard 1,406 - McKenna 880. Brady could pull ahead when the rest of downstate comes in.

Hynes 1,609 - Quinn 1,582.

Comment by TaxMeMore Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:41 pm
If Hamos loses, that’s gotta be a big blow to Schakowsky, no?

Comment by Ravenswood Right Winger Tuesday, Feb 2, 10 @ 9:42 pm