Posted by
Defend America on Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:03:32 PM
8:02:32 PM The polls have now closed in Illinois.
Update: (8:34:14 PM) For all the results, you can go here:
http://www.suntimes.com/index.html
Update 2: (10:19:58 PM) Rep. Mark Kirk has won the GOP Senate Primary. I said I would remind all my readers every time Mr. Kirk is in the headlines and I will continue to do that because of a key vote that he too last year. So, a reminder, Mr. Kirk was one of 8 House Republicans who voted for the greatest tax increase in American history, AKA cap-and-tax, which passed the House back in June of last year by a vote of 219-212.
Kirk coasts to win in GOP Senate race
BY
DAVE NEWBART AND
STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporters
U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, whom former Gov. Jim Edgar called “the
best-qualified candidate we’ve had in my lifetime,’’ easily coasted to
victory in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Kirk had 56 percent of the
vote. His closest of five challengers, Hinsdale developer Patrick
Hughes, had 19 percent.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2025826,senate-race-gop-020210.article
Update 3: (5:22:25 AM)
Giannoulias, Kirk to fight each other for Obama's old Senate seat
By Aaron Blake
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02/02/10 10:59 PM ET
Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias withstood some late drama
and held on to win the Democratic primary for President Barack Obama’s
old Senate seat on Tuesday.
The 33-year old former Obama
basketball buddy led former Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman
39-34 with 86 percent of precincts reporting. Chicago Urban League
President Cheryle Robinson Jackson was third with 20 percent.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/79435-giannoulias-kirk-to-fight-each-other-for-obamas-old-senate-seat
Update 4: (5:23:56 AM)
Quinn declares victory, though Hynes refuses to concede
Quinn declares victory, Hynes to keep fighting
BY
DAVE McKINNEY AND
MARY WISNIEWSKI Staff Reporters
Gov. Quinn declared victory early today in the Democratic gubernatorial
primary, but Comptroller Dan Hynes vowed to fight on and added another
layer of uncertainty to one of the most dramatic political nail-biters
in recent Illinois history.
"The time for fighting is over. The people have won, and we have won
this election," a smiling Quinn told cheering supporters at the Hotel
Allegro at 12:14 a.m. with his beaming, 92-year-old mother Eileen at
his side.
Quinn was introduced by Secretary of State Jesse White, one of his
earliest supporters, who compared the months-long primary battle and
its sizzling conclusion to "a Chicago street fight."
Just minutes earlier at Carpenters Hall, where Hynes' post-election
party was at, the three-term comptroller was still swinging. His tone
was anything but conciliatory, and he refused to concede to Quinn,
despite trailing the governor by 5,382 votes with all but 2 percent of
the precincts counted statewide.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2026722,CST-NWS-govdem03.article