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* 7:55pm

The first set of numbers should begin rolling in soon. They’ll be up as fast as we can get ‘em.

* 7:58pm

Ward 2
66.7% of precincts reporting
Bob Fioretti 3,855 65.0%
Madeline Haithcock 2,076 35.0%

Ward 3
59.3% of precincts reporting
Pat Dowell 2,598 52.1%
Dorothy Tillman 2,387 47.9%

Ward 15
57.7% of precincts reporting
Toni Foulkes 1,627 60.8%
Felicia Simmons-Stovall 1,049 39.2%

Ward 16
52.2% of precincts reporting
Joann Thompson 1,571 55.8%
Shirley Coleman 1,242 44.2%

Ward 18
59.7% of precincts reporting
Lona Lane 3,400 66.7%
Paul Stewart 1,701 33.3%

Ward 21
60.8% of precincts reporting
Howard Brookins 3,815 59.8%
Leroy Jones 2,560 40.2%

Ward 24
64.4% of precincts reporting
Sharon Dixon 2,169 52.3%
Michael Chandler 1,982 47.7%

Ward 32
69.2% of precincts reporting
Scott Waguespack 2,967 50.8%
Ted Matlak 2,871 49.2%

Ward 35
63.9% of precincts reporting
Rey Colon 2,550 60.2%
Vilma Colom 1,687 39.8%

Ward 43
71.2% of precincts reporting
Vi Daley 3,242 53.2%
Michele Smith 2,854 46.8%

Ward 49
52.4% of precincts reporting
Don Gordon 1,928 51.2%
Joe Moore 1,841 48.8%

Ward 50
62.2% of precincts reporting
Bernard Stone 3,677 52.2%
Naisy Dolar 3,368 47.8%

* 8:10pm

So it looks like the Waugespack/Matlak race in 32rd is shaping up to be the tightest. Stone and Daley are looking like they will hold on. Fioretti is rolling along in the 2nd. Dowell/Tillman is still a toss up, but Dowell must like the numbers.

* 8:31pm

Updated numbers…

Ward 3
70.4% of precincts reporting
Pat Dowell 3,237 54.0%
Dorothy Tillman 2,762 46.0%

Ward 32
86.5% of precincts reporting
Scott Waguespack 3,626 50.6%
Ted Matlak 3,546 49.4%

Ward 43
74.6% of precincts reporting
Vi Daley 3,361 53.1%
Michele Smith 2,966 46.9%

Ward 49
64.3% of precincts reporting
Don Gordon 2,457 51.4%
Joe Moore 2,321 48.6%

Ward 50
73.3% of precincts reporting
Bernard Stone 4,360 52.9%
Naisy Dolar 3,880 47.1%

* 8:32pm

Word is that Dowell will soon be officially declared the winner in the 3rd

* 8:34pm

Carbondale Mayoral Race
77.8% reporting
Brad Cole 1272 55.52%
Sheila Simon 1017 44.31%

Rich says that word from the Cole camp is that their strong precincts may not even be in yet.

* 8:51pm

Tight, Tight, Tight…

Ward 32
94.2% of precincts reporting
Scott Waguespack 3,882 50.6%
Ted Matlak 3,784 49.4%

It’s over…

Carbondale Mayor

Precincts Reporting 26 96.3 %
Sheila Simon 1478 45.55%
Brad Cole 1757 54.14%

* 9:25pm

A few city of Springfield numbers…

60% Reporting

Mayor

TIMOTHY J. DAVLIN 7,875 60.39
BRUCE STROM 4,873 37.37

Ward 5
SAM CAHNMAN 515 53.20
BOB BARTNICK 446 46.07

Ward 8
GEORGE R. PETRILLI 588 49.04
KRISTOFER “KRIS” THEILEN 608 50.71

Ward 9
THOMAS M. SELINGER 467 39.18
STEVEN DOVE 725 60.82

Ward 10
BARRY McANARNEY 576 45.68
TIM GRIFFIN 683 54.16

* 10:08pm

A few final tallies…

Ward 15 .
100.0% of precincts reporting
Toni Foulkes 2,790 60.2%
Felicia Simmons-Stovall 1,842 39.8%

Ward 18 .
100.0% of precincts reporting
Lona Lane 6,050 67.5%
Paul Stewart 2,917 32.5%

Ward 21
100.0% of precincts reporting
Howard Brookins 6,418 60.8%
Leroy Jones 4,137 39.2%

Ward 32
100.0% of precincts reporting
Scott Waguespack 4,177 50.7%
Ted Matlak 4,055 49.3%

Ward 35
100.0% of precincts reporting
Rey Colon 4,073 62.3%
Vilma Colom 2,464 37.7%

Just about finished…

Ward 3
72.2% of precincts reporting
Pat Dowell 3,326 54.1%
Dorothy Tillman 2,825 45.9%

97.8% of precincts reporting
Joann Thompson 2,895 56.8%
Shirley Coleman 2,206 43.2%

Ward 24
91.5% of precincts reporting
Sharon Dixon 3,035 51.9%
Michael Chandler 2,818 48.1%

78.0% of precincts reporting
Vi Daley 3,452 53.0%
Michele Smith 3,059 47.0%

Ward 50
80.0% of precincts reporting
Bernard Stone 4,602 51.8%
Naisy Dolar 4,281 48.2%

Not done yet…..

Ward 49
69.0% of precincts reporting
Don Gordon 2,713 51.6%
Joe Moore 2,540 48.4%

posted by Paul Richardson
Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 7:49 pm

Comments

And tonight’s losers are:

1. Richard Mell. The Colon/Colom race is a blowout. If you back a challlenger, you need to win. Or at least come close. This one isn’t close.

2. Mayor Daley. For a popular guy, he has zero coattails. I can’t point to a single race where it looks like he made any difference at all.

3. The 2nd Ward voters. Enjoy Fioretti. Nice voting. This is good for the rest of us, since the City Counsel needs at least one buffoon. Fioretti will entertain the most of the city, while making people from the second ward “forget” when asked what ward they live in. Not to digress, but Stone would come close to the buffoon label, but he is more a strange and bitter man than a real buffoon. If Moore somehow pulls it out, Moore will merely be an annoying liberal menace, and not an actual buffoon. Fioretti is the real deal — an actual buffoon.

Comment by Skeeter Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 8:30 pm
Looks like big losses for Boss Daley, although a Joe Moore defeat would lessen the sting. If Moore loses, though, it’s because he lost sight of his ward while he was crusading on “national” issues.

Comment by Southern Man Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 8:36 pm
Meanwhile — way down south — it’s time to say “Sheila later”:

CARBONDALE MAYOR Total Number of Precincts 27 Precincts Reporting 25 92.6 % Total Votes 3113 Sheila Simon 1434 46.06% Brad Cole 1670 53.65% Write-in Votes 9 0.29%

Comment by Dooley Dudright Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 8:51 pm
Congrats to Brad Cole..I had my doubts but he pulled through

Comment by Scoot Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 8:57 pm
Good for Brad Cole, I didn’t think he would win against with some with her family ties.

Comment by RMW Stanford Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 9:19 pm
I’m quite happy that Ald. Brookins is running away with his election. All the predictions suggested he was gonna lose. Let him continue the work of building Chicago’s 21st ward.

So how many more Aldermen have lost their jobs 2 or 3? Man this is great.

Comment by Levois Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 9:21 pm
The race between Cole-Simon shows me that name recognition means little and having ads with Dick Durbin and Barack Obama arent going to help you as much as one would think. I think they forgot that this is a city race and not a congressional race where Dick Durbin and Obama may come in handy. Brad Cole did run some negative ads as well which undoubtedly contribute to his victory.

I hope this smashes any hopes of Sheila Simon going anywhere outside of Carbondale. If she cant win a city like Carbondale, I dont see her winning any major race outside of Carbondale alone.

Comment by Jeff Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 9:23 pm
Oh my it’s as many as five alderman. And that includes the tight 32nd ward race.

Comment by Levois Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 9:50 pm
Is Barry McAnarney and/or Thomas Selinger related to Comptroller Hyne’s cabinet members’ Judy McAnarney and Larry Selinger? Just curious…

Comment by anon Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 9:51 pm
I would say that Cong. Jesse Jackson was a winner in this cycle, He got to retire “Aunt Hattie” and his guy Howard Brooking’s won. His Wife will be Alderman in the 7th ward and he thinks his year will be 2011.

Comment by Len O'Connor Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 9:52 pm
The Simon loss may have more to do with the Chicago democrats showing up to support her. They are not popular down south these days.

Comment by leigh Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 10:38 pm
Th Simon camp just had too many missteps after the primary. She used a lot of big names from Chicago and across the State, but she didn’t use the two that would have really helped her “Paul & Jean Simon.” Who cares if Obama and Madigan are for you. Plus, Cole spent a truck load of money on mail pieces and negative ads, and she didn’t respond. So, there are many of us sad in Carbondale that King Brad is back and that a person who would have been great mayor is not.

Comment by Sad in Carbondale Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 11:02 pm
leigh: I don’t think so. The Simon loss has a lot to do with her shift in campaign tactics late.

For example, Simon trotted out a whole bunch of allegations about Cole’s travel expenses as the Mayor — except every one of the expenses, she moved or seconded to accept or reimburse as a councilwoman.

She tried to bring scandal to the race, but the problem was, there wasn’t really anything there.

Simon never came up with a concrete plan, either, for what she would do if she became Carbondale’s Mayor.

IN MY OPINION…she had campaign workers who undermined her squeaky clean image (which is richly deserved, she really is a good, kind person). Spray-painting X’s on Cole signs, for example, or spreading rumors about his ‘lies’ which really weren’t founded, or sending out allegations late that he was buying votes…I don’t think Simon actually authorized any of these things, but people working for her sure pushed them. So far, I’ve seen no proof of the latter two and no excuse for the first of the examples I just pointed out.

Plus, every major media endorsement went Cole’s way (even though, frankly, he’s been a jerk to many of the media members in this town lately). The Southern Illinoisan, Daily Egyptian, and Murphysboro American all went for Cole, with the DE switching from a primary endorsement of Simon. Carbondale Nightlife, an alternative paper authored by a Democratic Carbondale Council member, published an editorial by that council member strongly suggesting that nothing Simon said in the campaign was remotely close to accurate.

She got really bad advice. If she’d just kept up her strategy of, “I’m a nice person, I’m Paul Simon’s Daughter, We can make Carbondale great” she would have won by 10 points. Instead her workers turned into attack dogs and Carbondale voters did not buy it.

Comment by So Ill Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 11:07 pm
On the minor race side, I want to give a congratulations to Art Moore. He is a former Model Illinois Governor www.modelillinoisgovernment.org and it looks like he has taken the step to real government. We are always proud to see an alum shine.

Comment by Scott Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 11:17 pm
I just realized that I did say what Art won. He won election to the Springfield School Board Sub District 3.

Comment by Scott Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 11:19 pm
Looks like Davlin won’t be able to count to 5.

Check that. Minus Cahnman he won’t even be able to get to three.

Check that. I think Mahoney may be an interesting vote the next three years.

Comment by Timmy Who? Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 11:23 pm
I’m not all that shocked except for Joe Moore —I thought he would pull that out. Matlak should never have lost that race — but his constituent service was so AWFUL, and he refused to recognize the changes in the district.

On that same note… I wish, I hoped that this would be a wake-up call for the women that represented the near south side for many years, but it’s been too little, too late. The winners have worked their ******** off, and us transplanted Lincoln Park / Lakeview types will expect the same for the next 4 years.

Be careful what you ask for, you might get it!

Comment by 312 Tuesday, Apr 17, 07 @ 11:59 pm
Once again the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners is having computer problems in counting the damn votes. How many time do we have to put up with this nonsense?

Comment by Randall Sherman Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 12:00 am
Congrats to Bob Fioretti! Time to get to work.

Comment by 2nd Ward Friend Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 12:38 am
The Carbondale race was bought & paid for by the GOP’s flood of money. Before that, the landlords funded his campaign. Cole’s no one’s mayor. He’s a puppet of business & Texas. Those who really know him aren’t impressed with a pretend full-time mayor that circumvents the democratic process every chance he gets. They don’t trust a trustfund baby from George Ryan’s former staff — especially one that sends him money for Christmas.

Comment by Alison Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 12:38 am
No question that the biggest win of the night is in 32. They put everything including the kitchen sink into the race for Ted, but couldn’t save a terrible alderman.

It’s the end of a century old dynasty. 32 now officially moves from a northwest side ward to lakefront/independent ward. There’s going to be a whole new face on that ward.

Comment by Keeping it real in 32 Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 12:43 am
guess what… you can go against the mayor and still win. question..did he REALLY support the incumbents or was ther record (or lack there of) too much for him to overcome.

Its a great day for the voters!

Comment by anon Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 12:55 am
Keeping it Real in 32-

Exactly. And more. A less splashy, but more historic victory than even the Natarus loss.

Comment by Bubs Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 2:29 am
Iâ€™m not all that shocked except for Joe Moore â€”I thought he would pull that out.

You’re going to be unshocked in the morning.

Comment by T.J. Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 4:07 am
The low point in the last 48 hours was receiving the robocall from Lisa Madigan asking me to vote for Matlak. I have been a real supporter of the AG and her independence and that disappointed me. The high point was last night playing with my kids out front of my house and seeing how many people were flocking to the polling place at the end of our block–so many more than I have seen in my 15+ years here for a non-presidential election. I am estatic that Matlak is out. I concur with the comment above that constituent service has been so poor.

Comment by 32nd Ward Roscoe Village resident Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 4:39 am
Do you think Little Dick has gotten the message yet?

Comment by Bill Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 4:59 am
SUMMARY REPORT KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Unofficial Results
RUN DATE:04/17/07 CONSOLIDATED ELECTION
RUN TIME:09:34 PM APRIL 17, 2007

MAYOR UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
Vote for 1
VALERIE BURD (IND) . . . . . . . 1,692 58.43
ARTHUR F. PROCHASKA, JR. (IND) . . . 1,195 41.26
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 9 .31

CITY CLERK UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
Vote for 1
KATHERINE SIBENALLER (IND). . . . . 1,283 49.03
JACQUELYN MILSCHEWSKI (IND) . . . . 1,330 50.82
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4 .15

CITY TREASURER UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
Vote for 1
WILLIAM E. POWELL (IND). . . . . . 1,287 50.59
DENNIS BATDORF (IND). . . . . . . 643 25.28
ROBERT J. ALLEN, SR. (IND). . . . . 609 23.94
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 5 .20

ALDERMAN YORKVILLE WARD 1
Vote for 1
WALTER “WALLY” WERDERICH (IND) . . . 508 60.98
PAUL JAMES (IND) . . . . . . . . 101 1
CARLO D. COLOSIMO (IND). . . . . . 224 26.89
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0

ALDERMAN YORKVILLE WARD 2
Vote for 1
ARDEN JOSEPH PLOCHER (IND). . . . . 345 53.49
WILLIAM SKLODOWSKI (IND) . . . . . 61 9.46
JEFFERY L. McELROY (IND) . . . . . 238 36.90
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .16
ALDERMAN YORKVILLE WARD 3
Vote for 1
JAMES L. BOCK (IND) . . . . . . . 225 35.94
ROBYN SUTCLIFF (IND). . . . . . . 399 63.74
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 .32

ALDERMAN YORKVILLE WARD 4
Vote for 1
ROSE ANN SPEARS (IND) . . . . . . 367 53.81
ANTHONY BERRY (IND) . . . . . . . 315 46.19
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0

KENDALL COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT QUESTION
Vote for 1
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,438 68.11
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,015 31.89

Comment by Yorkville, Illinois Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 7:10 am
Bill,

That’s no way to talk about the Governor

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 7:47 am
Agreed about the Lisa Madigan call, very disappointing. There are going to be a lot of people regretting their decision to buckle under to political pressure to support a has-been like Matlak. Madigan and Quigley quickly come to mind.

This was a victory for the people of that ward. History has been made.

Comment by To Roscoe Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 7:51 am
Great! Springtucky gets another 4 years of Davlins secret deals, nepotism, and lawsuits.

Comment by Milorad Wednesday, Apr 18, 07 @ 8:32 am