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One last note: With just over 60% of the results in, great to see that Debra Shore is the top vote getter right now for Water District Commissioner. Fingers crossed for the rest of the results…

I’m crashing, been up since 4am (to catch that oh-dark-hundred flight to NYC) and am finally spent. Some quick observations on a few big winners tonight: Barack Obama. He backed Alexi Giannoulias over Speaker Madigan (whose candidate was Paul Mangieri). Alexi, armed with a TV ad featuring Senator Obama, won handily. That’s more than a…

I’m blogging all of this from a hotel room in NYC (business travel!), but just heard from Brian Sebby, who’s at Cegelis’s party. She just addressed supporters, said that things are too close and it’ll be a long night. With only 3 DuPage precincts left (and 40% Cook precincts left), my calculations have Tammy up…

Congrats to Joe Shannon, who the Tribune is declaring a victor in the 13th Congressional primary.

With 95% reporting in DuPage, there’s no question but that the 204 Referendum has passed. 2800 vote margin in Will County, and a 1300 vote margin (and counting) in DuPage. (Why I supported the referendum.) OUTSTANDING. Update: 100% of DuPage is in, 7170 yes, 6042 no. Which brings the final tally to: Yes: 14,223 (58.1%)No:…

With 66% 70% of the precincts in, the referendum just picked up another 500 800 votes. Current tally: Yes: 10,708 (59.3%)No: 7,357 (40.7%) And Cegelis and Duckworth were neck and neck for a bit, now Tammy has a 100+ vote lead in DuPage and a 300+ vote lead in Cook. Not a done deal by…

Will County’s results are in. 7,053 in favor of the referendum, 4,212 opposed. That’s a 2800 vote margin. In DuPage, 49% of the precincts are in, and it’s a dead heat: 2689 in favor, 2694 opposed. Without knowing which DuPage precincts are left, this is still very much in the air. But I prefer a…

Wow. Just 20 votes out of 12,000 separate Christine and Tammy in DuPage (with 48% reporting), and Tammy has just a 300 vote lead in Cook county with 43% reporting. Don’t know how the other precincts match up, but I think this is much, much closer than anyone predicted.

More info coming in: 30% of 204 precincts reporting: 550 vote margin, 58% to 42% Yes. Cegelis/Duckworth is a horse race: With 44% of the 6th District precincts reporting, Tammy’s at 4550 and Christine’s at 4440. 110 vote margin out of 11,000 cast. Wow. Much closer than I thought it would be. Shannon has an…

No more info from DuPage, but Will is now showing a 2500 vote margin in favor of the 3rd high school referendum in School District 204. Other Will results: Joe Shannon has a sizable lead over Bill Reedy, 58% to 42%. Nick Palmer’s effort at becoming the next state central committeeman for the 13th is…