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Congressional and Cook County results * Lipinski wins big * Sauerberg, Seals declared winners * Tribune loses * Schock wins huge * Alvarez wins *

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* 8:41 pm - With 36% of the vote counted, Congressman Dan Lipinski has 53 percent, to 24 percent for his closest challenger Mark Pera.

* 8:45 pm - The Republicans were more than a bit worried by the spectacular number of undecideds in their poll of the US Senate primary, but with 13 percent of the vote counted, their anointed candidate Steve Sauerberg has 56 percent of the vote.

*** 9:30 pm *** The AP has called the race for Congressman Dan Lipinski. He’s got 53 percent of the vote with 77 percent counted.

Also, Dan Seals has a gigantic lead over Jay Footllik in the 10th.

And with just 31 percent counted, Rep. Aaron Schock is trouncing his opponents. He has 74 percent. That should more than hold up.

*** 9:34 pm *** With 80 percent of the vote in, Anita Alvarez has a slim one-point lead over Tom Allen in the Cook County State’s Attorney race. Larry Suffredin is further back and Howard Brookins is 9 points behind Alvarez.

Also, slated candidate Gene Moore is whomping on Daley-backed Ed Smith 61-39 with 81 percent counted.

And Justice Alan Greiman lost big.

*** 9:47 pm *** The AP declares Sauerberg the winner. Dan Seals was given the nod by the AP in the 10th Congressional.

* 10:00 pm - With 53 percent of the vote in, Jim Oberweis has a 56-42 lead over Chris Lauzen in the 14th. Bill Foster leads John Laesch by just three points, 44-41, with 54 percent counted.

*** 10:22 pm *** It appears that incumbent Board of Review member and county party chairman Joe Berrios has stomped “reform” candidate Jay Paul Deratany in the city and even carried the county. I guess this means that Cook County wants a tax hike? Well, wasn’t that the Tribune’s take?

Stroger isn’t on Tuesday’s ballot. But some of his friends hope to convince reluctant members of the Cook County Board that they can support Stroger’s massive tax plan and not lose their own re-election bids two years from now. That pro-tax strategy rests on the fate Tuesday of two close Stroger allies. Which makes it imperative that every voter who requests a Democratic ballot dump two loyal members of Team Stroger, county Board of Review Commissioner Joseph Berrios and county Recorder Eugene Moore:

Moore won, too. Big.

* 10:25 pm - I don’t know why the AP hasn’t declared him the victor yet, but Tim Baldermann is so far ahead in the 11th District GOP primary that he’ll never be caught.

*** 10:25 pm *** The Associated Press has declared Rep. Aaron Schock the winner. No surprise there, but he has 72 percent of the vote in a three-way primary. Wow.

* 10:55 pm - With 78 percent of the vote counted, 1,557,497 Illinoisans voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and 653,146 voted Republican.

*** 11:17 pm *** Zorn reports that Tom Allen has conceded the Cook County State’s Attorney race to Anita Alvarez.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 8:41 pm

Comments

All your impartial bloggers are busy in their precincts.

Comment by anonno Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:03 pm
Gong Xi Wo. I am now 1/4 in elections

Comment by Pat Collins Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:13 pm
Lipinski Wins, Constituents Lose

Comment by Joe in the Know Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:34 pm
Andy Martin at 35%! He may actually win one on one of these days!

Comment by Isbell Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:34 pm
So who’s up in IL-14th??? Please, please be Oberweis.

Comment by ZC Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:52 pm
Sorry I jumped the gun, I see the link now. It is!!! Long live the Abominable Milkman.

Comment by ZC Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:54 pm
I’ve just arrived home from my day as a judge. The entire election was a farce. In the middle of the day one of the judges cancelled out all of the paper ballots on the scanner. (Sheer incompetence and stubborness. And yes we rescanned the ballots but who knows what happens while the ballots are roaming around the room during the confusion.)

We also found a ballot that had been partially voted stuck in the middle of a shrink-wrapped batch that came from the Election Board. There could have been more that voters didn’t notice because the races being voted were the ones few people care about.

Plus people were being refused a legit ballot because the stubborn judges don’t understand what they are doing. It is a power trip for them.

Comment by RoseyB Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:55 pm
Ouch to Ed Smith and Alvarez, I didn’t see her coming.

Comment by Levois Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 9:58 pm
Not necessarily good for Obama, from Williamson County with nearly all in:

BARACK OBAMA 4,076 47.93
HILLARY CLINTON 3,928 46.19

Obama isn’t the most popular of guys in the deep south.

Comment by Isbell Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:04 pm
….Alvarez, I didn’t see her coming.

I did.

Looks like Suffredin has lost.

Comment by John Ruberry Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:05 pm
Com. Daley and the 11th ward were pushing Eugene Moore

Comment by thomas paine Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:11 pm
Amazing how Forrest Claypool endorsed so many losing candidates - Jay Deratany, Mark Pera,Dean Maragos, Ed Smith, Eddie Winters in the 10th HD,John Moynihan in the 56th HD, Kenny Johnson in the 26th HD plus at least half of his judicial candidates lost - is Forrest’s endorsement a kiss of death for a candidate?

Comment by A progressive Democrat Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:14 pm
The shocker in the 3rd CD is that Bennett did so poorly - less than 10%. Not as surprised that Lipinski got over 50%… but maybe this will remind many that, like his father, Lipinski knows how to work the halls of Congress to bring home projects for his district. Plus, there are still a lot of pro-life Democratic voters in the 3rd CD.

Comment by Radical Moderate Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:24 pm
maaaaan…what a crappy night.

the bad guys won…the good guys got whomped.

Comment by jerry 101 Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:28 pm
nevermind - just saw the link to the sun times site…

Comment by JohnR Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:36 pm
Not all the good guys lost. Go to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners site, and look at the Ward Committeemen results.

Comment by Oakparker Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:37 pm
Laesch and Foster could split the two elections.

Comment by HappyToaster Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:38 pm
What I find amusing is that all of the candidates the Governor put up against the Madigan incumbents lost. Wow, Blago’s coat tails are really powerful these days.

What’s going on with Eddie Washington’s race? Looks like he’s only up by 100 or so votes.

Comment by NotABlagoFan Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:53 pm
I like Alvarez a lot, and think she will be a force for good change — but some of the TV folks are saying “she had no political background, she had no money” — the first part is true, but her family self-funded $600K, which is why she had the most TV on the air.

Comment by Anon Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 10:59 pm
Giving Milk Dud 2 high profile victories in less than a year, after an entire political career of losing. See, there is always a chance for those who hang around.

Speaking of which- Andy Martin will likely end the night with the endorsement of 200,000 Illinoisans.

Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 11:00 pm
It’s not just Alvarez. If you look through the judicial races on the Chicago elections website, the women candidates tend to be whomping the men. To stand a chance against a female judicial candidate, a man needs a last name like “Burke” or “Byrne.”

Something else that doesn’t get talked about as much with the much-heralded “youth vote” is how girl-heavy it is. I had a pollwatcher friend email me earlier, “Do any men under the age of 25 vote in Chicago anymore? All the younger voters coming into my precinct are women.” Women outvote men in general now, but it’s especially pronounced now in the under-thirties.

Comment by ZC Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 11:03 pm
Add Jan Schakowsky to the list of those whose endorsements are the kiss of death - her candidates for State’s Atty, Water Reclamation, Recorder of Deeds and Board of Review. She couldn’t even carry the 9th CD for her hand-picked candidate for Board of Review.

Comment by A 9th CD Democrat Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 11:06 pm
Oh we all forgot about Jackson vs. Beavers! Wait a minute, it feels like February 2007 all over again!

Comment by Levois Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 11:24 pm
I have the pleasure of knowing Anita Alvarez, and let me tell you one thing…

At least one good guy won tonight.

Comment by thegreatmags Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 11:27 pm
Jimmy Lee got rocked hard, he even came in behind the unemployed airline pilot.

Comment by Centrino Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 11:37 pm
Centrino-

Yeah, I kinda liked the guy. But let’s see how long he sticks around Utica.

Baldermann will have a tough race as Deb Halvorson has built up a good following in the east part of the 11th.

And how about Joe Serra, who didn’t really campaign, edging out Jotham Stein, an attorney who put in a good bit of $, for 3rd place in the 14th D primary?

Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 11:47 pm
You guys know where I can find the Water District results?

Comment by thegreatmags Tuesday, Feb 5, 08 @ 11:50 pm
Wow–pretty good don’t you think? Where are all you naysayers now?

- Darkhorse - Monday, Feb 4, 08 @ 12:47 pm:

State’s Attorney race is wide open. But, Alvarez will get womens vote and appears to have some momentum. With that said, here is my prediction.

Alvarez will pull off a Giant type of upset.

Alvarez- 26%
Allen- 23%
Larry- 22%
Brookins 21%
Milan 6%
Brewer 2%

Comment by Darkhorse Wednesday, Feb 6, 08 @ 12:13 am
thegreatmags –

Go to David Orr’s website at http://www.voterinfonet.com and click on the Election Results link near the bottom.

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The northwest Cook suburbs saw a huge swing toward the Dems in Rep. Krause’s open seat. I posted on it at Illinois Reason.

Comment by Rob_N Wednesday, Feb 6, 08 @ 12:14 am
Appreciate it Rob N

Comment by thegreatmags Wednesday, Feb 6, 08 @ 12:23 am
Wow. 3 of the top 4 spenders for open or vacant Congressional seats in the whole USA were right here in IL, in the 14th CD.

http://cqpolitics.com/wmspage.c
fm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002665611

Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Wednesday, Feb 6, 08 @ 1:17 am
I knew Illinois was considered a “blue” state, but to hear Illinoise (sp on purpose) went about 2.5 to 1 presidential is incredible to me. I really hope it’s not just Chicago — Because I want to believe that he can transcend race, class and, ultimately parry.

I pray, that the awful bigots out there, that when they show their faces, that they show the majority of America, that the color of this country is different shades of gray, not just black & white.

Comment by 312 Wednesday, Feb 6, 08 @ 1:19 am
saw the alvarez coup last week-YES!!

Comment by Anonymous45 Wednesday, Feb 6, 08 @ 10:27 am
I think that Lee will make a good candidate one day - he promised that he will stay in the district.

Comment by MinGOP Wednesday, Feb 6, 08 @ 11:05 am