Democrats came close to electing the GOP nominee

by:  Diane Benjamin The official 2014 Primary elections results aren’t yet available, but the vote totals that are available show a clear difference between the Primary for Governor in 2010 and yesterday’s election.  Here are the official results from 2010: Leaving the Green party candidate out, a total of 1,683.211 votes were cast. 46% of […]

Election thoughts – Update

UPDATE I talked to the Bloomington Election Commission about the Precinct 10 tied race.  They have no outstanding absentee ballots for that precinct.  The Illinois Election Commission will select a random recount of some precincts, they don’t know if 10 will be included.  After that, the winner will probably be determined by a coin toss. […]