Sangamon Sun

Preliminary results are in for the primary races held in Sangamon 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 Kathy Salvi won her U.S. Senator primary in the county. She earned 32.2 percent of the vote, amassing 5,064 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. She also 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 Steve Kim won his Attorney General primary in the county. He earned 42.7 percent of the vote, amassing 6,937 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. Thomas G. Devore 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 John C. Milhiser won his Secretary of State primary in the county. He earned 63.4 percent of the vote, amassing 11,002 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. Dan Brady 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	Vote Percentage
Kathy Salvi	Republican	U.S. Senator	32.2%
Peggy Hubbard	Republican	U.S. Senator	24.2%
Robert "Bobby" Piton	Republican	U.S. Senator	9.7%
Matthew "Matt" Dubiel	Republican	U.S. Senator	9.6%
Casey Chlebek	Republican	U.S. Senator	9.4%
Anthony W. Williams	Republican	U.S. Senator	9%
Jimmy Lee Tillman II	Republican	U.S. Senator	5.9%
Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	U.S. Senator	100%
Steve Kim	Republican	Attorney General	42.7%
Thomas G. Devore	Republican	Attorney General	42%
David Shestokas	Republican	Attorney General	15.3%
Kwame Raoul	Democrat	Attorney General	100%
Shannon L. Teresi	Republican	Comptroller	100%
Susana A. Mendoza	Democrat	Comptroller	100%
Daren Bailey / Stephanie Trussell	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	44.5%
Jesse Sullivan / Kathleen Murphy	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	25.6%
Richard C. Irvin / Avery Boune	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	22.9%
Gary Rabine / Aaron Del Mar	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	3.8%
Paul Schimpf / Carolyn Schofield	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	2.3%
Max Solomon / Latasha H. Fields	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	0.8%
JB Pritzker / Juliana Stratton	Democrat	Governor/Lt. Governor	94.2%
Beverly Miles / Karla Shaw	Democrat	Governor/Lt. Governor	5.8%
John C. Milhiser	Republican	Secretary of State	63.4%
Dan Brady	Republican	Secretary of State	36.6%
Alexi Giannoulias	Democrat	Secretary of State	57.4%
Anna M. Valencia	Democrat	Secretary of State	33.5%
David H. Moore	Democrat	Secretary of State	5.5%
Sidney Moore	Democrat	Secretary of State	3.5%
Tom Demmer	Republican	Treasurer	100%
Michael W. Frerichs	Democrat	Treasurer	100%