Wednesday, November 7, 2012
How Will County voted for county board seats, county positions and state and national races.
Circuit Clerk: Incumbent and Democrat Pam McGuire was re-elected, taking in 139,036 votes. Her opponent, Republican Marlene Carlson received 101,947 votes. Recorder of Deeds: It was a close race all night for this county position. Republican challenger Laurie McPhillips held the position before current Recorder Karen A. Stukel. Stukel, a Democrat, was re-elected with 125,140 votes. McPhillips earned 114,912 votes. Auditor: This one was also close. Incumbent and Democrat Duffy Blackburn was narrowly re-elected over Republican challenger Mark Batinick. Blackburn had 120,684 votes; Batinick received 113,414 votes. Coroner: In one of the most commanding leads of a county seat, incumbent and Democrat Patrick K. O'Neil led Republican …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The results are in. Find out who won the races for county, state and congressional seats and other elections in Frankfort, Mokena and New Lenox.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
When the votes are tallied tonight, check back to Patch for all of the results impacting your neighborhood. Throughout the night, we'll be posting updates on the vote counts and talking about the presidential election and more in our live blog. Chat with Patch editors here: Frankfort live blog / Mokena live blog / New Lenox live blog Read the Lincoln-Way election guide for information about local races and candidates. Want to keep talking about the election? Like us on Facebook and get the latest local news sent free to your email: Check out our complete coverage of election night:
Will County Board member Cory Singer had hoped to oust Larry Walsh, who's held the job for eight years, but lost by nearly 7 percent.
Will County Executive Larry Walsh was victorious in his bid for a third term, defeating county board member Cory Singer by more than 17,200 votes. Although there were points in the evening in which it appeared the end result might be tighter, Democrat Walsh ultimately secured 53.6 percent of the vote to Republican Singer's 46.3, with all 303 precincts counted by 10:10 p.m. And it was a double victory for the Walsh family. Walsh's son, Larry Walsh Jr., handily won his first term representing District 86 in the Illinois House. Walsh Jr. had been appointed to the seat earlier in the year, and faced Republican Ryan Martin Alm in his bid to keep the job. Walsh could not be reached for comment, but earlier in the evening he was swarmed by …
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.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Check back here starting after polls close for the results of all the races that affect Mokena.
Here are the results for the March 2012 primary election for the races and referenda that affect Mokena and Mokena-area residents. We will be updating throughout the night as results come in. You may also check all voting results within Will County on the Will County Clerk's website. Clicking on a race name below will take you to the Mokena Patch Election Central page for that race. Clicking on a candidate's name will take you to that candidate's Patch questionnaire answers, if available. Vote totals are sums of the results from Will County, Cook County and Chicago election authorities. Results will not be official until those election authorities certify their canvasses. 1st Congressional District ALL PRECINCTS REPORTED Read about the …
Judith M Baker
11:24 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
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