Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Find coverage of the various congressional matchups throughout the Patch network.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
While many of northern Illinois' congressional races left little in the way of doubt, a few provided down-to-the-wire drama and competitiveness. Judy Biggert and Bill Foster were in a dead heat as Election Day approached, with Foster emerging victorious, according to unofficial totals. And Joe Walsh and Tammy Duckworth engaged in a bitter mudfest, with Walsh being tossed out by voters. Jesse Jackson Jr. didn't campaign at all, citing health issues, yet won-reelection, and Adam Kinzinger, Dan Lipinski, Danny Davis and Peter Roskam didn't feel they had to. Coverage of the various congressional races can be viewed throughout the Patch network.
It's election night. Stay up to date on the latest results on Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Patch.
Like" Algonquin-LITH Patch on Facebook | Get election night "breaking news alerts" with our newsletter Above, you will find the unofficial election results from Kane County, which are pulled from the results page on the Kane County Clerk's election website.The Kane County results do not factor in the city of Aurora results, which are calculated separated and can be found here. We have included local races below in McHenry County as well as other races of interest. The election results are preliminary. For results from congressional, state house and state senate races, visit here. Check back to algonquin.patch.com throughout the night for our latest in election coverage. The results in this article are county-specific. Just because a …
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Unofficial election results in McHenry and Kane counties show the three had the top votes.
A political newcomer, Nick Hanson, will join incumbents, Harry Leopold and Niko Kanakaris, on the village board, according to preliminary election results. In McHenry County, Hanson had strong numbers and landed in the number one spot in the village’s oldest precinct, Grafton Township Precinct 1. Supporters gathered at the American Legion in downtown Huntley Tuesday evening to monitor the results. “I feel great right now,” Hanson said Tuesday night after the results were reported. “I am anxious to start as a new Huntley trustee. It’s fantastic, as a non-incumbent, to be voted in." A portion of Huntley, primarily Sun City Huntley, falls within Kane County. Preliminary election results from the Kane County Clerk’s office showed that with …
Joel Craig
12:30 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
One has to remember that the districts were all redrawn to (heavily) favor the Dems, so really no surprise on the congressional races. One has to shake their head, however when one who was booted out by his peers was voted back in, and another who has been absent for months was also re-elected. Put a corpse on the ballot with a -D next to his name and some will automatically vote for the corpse. more ›