Southern Illinois News

Preliminary results are in for the primary races held in Union County on June 28.

Candidates who win at the county level are not guaranteed to win the primary for their respective district. Primaries decide who will represent each party in federal and state elections for each position and the areas they represent.

Republican candidate Peggy Hubbard won her U.S. Senator primary in the county. She amassed 900 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. Kathy Salvi won the state primary, earning 30.3 percent of the votes across the state.

Incumbent Democrat Tammy Duckworth won the U.S. Senator Democratic primary in the county and state.

Republican candidate Thomas G. Devore won his Attorney General primary in the county. He amassed 1,062 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. He also won the Attorney General state primary, earning 44.4 percent of the votes across the state.

Incumbent Democrat Kwame Raoul won the Attorney General Democratic primary in the county and state.

Republican candidate Dan Brady won his Secretary of State primary in the county. He amassed 1,986 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. He also won the state primary, earning 76.3 percent of the vote.

Democrat Alexi Giannoulias won the Secretary of State Democratic primary in the county. He also won the state primary, earning 53 percent of the vote.

Illinois primaries are considered open, meaning voters can vote for parties they are not affiliated with. For example, a Republican can vote in the Democrat primary, but must state their affiliation on their voter card.

Not all voting precincts report final numbers on the day of the primary. Given the number of votes being tallied, and the opportunity for candidates to ask for recounts, results can change in the days after the primary.

Primary races typically draw a far lower turnout than the actual election where winning candidates will face off.

These preliminary results are not to be considered the final results.

Candidate	Political Party	Primary Race	Number of Votes
Peggy Hubbard	Republican	U.S. Senator	900
Anthony W. Williams	Republican	U.S. Senator	340
Matthew "Matt" Dubiel	Republican	U.S. Senator	313
Kathy Salvi	Republican	U.S. Senator	307
Robert "Bobby" Piton	Republican	U.S. Senator	296
Casey Chlebek	Republican	U.S. Senator	281
Jimmy Lee Tillman II	Republican	U.S. Senator	179
Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	U.S. Senator	735
Thomas G. Devore	Republican	Attorney General	1,062
Steve Kim	Republican	Attorney General	1,053
David Shestokas	Republican	Attorney General	505
Kwame Raoul	Democrat	Attorney General	681
Shannon L. Teresi	Republican	Comptroller	2,565
Susana A. Mendoza	Democrat	Comptroller	712
Daren Bailey / Stephanie Trussell	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	2,024
Paul Schimpf / Carolyn Schofield	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	429
Richard C. Irvin / Avery Boune	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	353
Jesse Sullivan / Kathleen Murphy	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	213
Gary Rabine / Aaron Del Mar	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	32
Max Solomon / Latasha H. Fields	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	30
JB Pritzker / Juliana Stratton	Democrat	Governor/Lt. Governor	583
Beverly Miles / Karla Shaw	Democrat	Governor/Lt. Governor	153
Dan Brady	Republican	Secretary of State	1,986
John C. Milhiser	Republican	Secretary of State	629
Alexi Giannoulias	Democrat	Secretary of State	383
Anna M. Valencia	Democrat	Secretary of State	178
David H. Moore	Democrat	Secretary of State	103
Sidney Moore	Democrat	Secretary of State	48
Tom Demmer	Republican	Treasurer	2,569
Michael W. Frerichs	Democrat	Treasurer	696