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Wednesday, Nov. 6 |
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Election results
[NOV. 6, 2002]
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* denotes winner
U.S. senator
Total:
(99% reporting) |
*Richard Durbin (D) |
2,075,476 |
60% |
Jim Durkin (R) |
1,317,196 |
38% |
Steven Burgauer (L) |
56,824 |
2% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Richard Durbin (D) |
5,978 |
55% |
Jim Durkin (R) |
4,813 |
44% |
Steven Burgauer (L) |
160 |
1% |
U.S. representative
18th Congressional District
Total:
(0% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*Ray LaHood (R) |
N/A |
100% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
Ray LaHood (R) |
9,505 |
100% |
Governor / lieutenant
governor
Total:
(99% reporting) |
*Rod Blagojevich (D) /
Pat Quinn |
1,820,059 |
52% |
Jim Ryan (R) /
Carl Hawkinson |
1,584,684 |
45% |
Cal Skinner (L) /
James Tobin |
73,287 |
2% |
Marsellis Brown (I) /
No Candidate |
22,731 |
1% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Rod Blagojevich (D) /
Pat Quinn |
4,440 |
40% |
Jim Ryan (R) /
Carl Hawkinson |
6,350 |
58% |
Cal Skinner (L) /
James Tobin |
188 |
2% |
Marsellis Brown (I) /
No Candidate |
48 |
0% |
[Photos by Jan Youngquist]Attorney general
Total:
(98% reporting) |
*Lisa Madigan (D) |
1,710,766 |
N/A |
Joe Birkett (R) |
1,600,688 |
N/A |
Gary Shilts (L) |
N/A |
N/A |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Lisa Madigan (D) |
4,034 |
37% |
Joe Birkett (R) |
6,631 |
61% |
Gary Shilts (L) |
228 |
2% |
Secretary of state
Total:
(91% reporting) |
Jesse White (D) |
2,143,553 |
69% |
Kris O'Rourke Cohn (R) |
912,600 |
29% |
Matt Beauchamp (L) |
N/A |
2% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Jesse White (D) |
7,251 |
66% |
Kris O'Rourke Cohn (R) |
3,574 |
32% |
Matt Beauchamp (L) |
202 |
2% |
Comptroller
Total:
(91% reporting) |
Daniel Hynes (D) |
1,933,066 |
64% |
Thomas Jefferson
Ramsdell (R) |
960,225 |
32% |
Julie Fox (L) |
N/A |
4% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Daniel Hynes (D) |
5,463 |
52% |
Thomas Jefferson
Ramsdell (R) |
4,643 |
44% |
Julie Fox (L) |
372 |
4% |
Treasurer
Total:
(91% reporting) |
Thomas Dart (D) |
1,354,505 |
44% |
Judy Baar Topinka (R) |
1,658,027 |
54% |
Rhys Read (L) |
N/A |
2% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Thomas Dart (D) |
3,209 |
30% |
Judy Baar Topinka (R) |
7,414 |
69% |
Rhys Read (L) |
155 |
1% |
State
senator
44th Legislative District
Total:
(69% reporting) |
Gerald Bradley (D) |
14,921 |
38% |
Bill Brady (R) |
24,845 |
62% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Gerald Bradley (D) |
1,601 |
34% |
Bill Brady (R) |
3,074 |
66% |
State
senator
50th Legislative District
Total:
(0% reporting) |
Don Tracy (D) |
N/A |
N/A |
Larry Bomke (R) |
N/A |
N/A |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Don Tracy (D) |
1,236 |
20% |
Larry Bomke (R) |
4,950 |
80% |
State representative
87th Representative District
Total:
(0% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
Bill Mitchell (R) |
N/A |
100% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
Bill Mitchell (R) |
3,934 |
100% |
State representative
100th Representative District
Total:
(0% reporting) |
Carl Oblinger (D) |
N/A |
N/A |
Rich Brauer (R) |
N/A |
N/A |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Carl Oblinger (D) |
2,382 |
39 |
Rich Brauer (R) |
3,700 |
61 |
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this section] |
County clerk and recorder
Total:
(100% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*Sally Litterly (R) |
9,869 |
100% |
County treasurer
Total:
(100% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*Mary Bruns (R) |
9,667 |
100% |
Sheriff
Total:
(100% reporting) |
Anthony "Tony" Soloman (D) |
4,675 |
42% |
*Steven Nichols (R) |
6,369 |
58% |
Regional
superintendent of schools
Logan, Mason and Menard
counties
Total:
(0% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*Jean Anderson (R) |
N/A |
100% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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No candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
Jean Anderson (R) |
8,296 |
100% |
County board
member
District 1
Total:
(100% reporting) |
No candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*Lloyd Hellman (R) |
1,387 |
56% |
*Charles Ruben (R) |
1,099 |
44% |
County board
member
District 2
Total:
(100% reporting) |
No candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*Robert Farmer (R) |
1,283 |
51% |
*Richard "Dick" Logan (R) |
1,216 |
49% |
County board
member
District 3
Total:
(100% reporting) |
Harold Dingman (D) |
809 |
26% |
*Gloria Luster (R) |
1,248 |
40% |
*John Stewart (R) |
1,093 |
35% |
County board
member
District 4
Total:
(100% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*David Helper (R) |
1,051 |
54% |
*Terry "TW" Werth (R) |
909 |
46% |
County board
member
District 5
Total:
(100% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*Dale Voyles (R) |
1,015 |
47% |
*Patrick O'Neill (R) |
1,125 |
53% |
County board
member
District 6
Total:
(100% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
*Paul Gleason (R) |
1,289 |
53% |
*William "Mitch" Brown (R) |
1,121 |
47% |
Judge of the Supreme Court
4th Judicial District
Total:
(81% reporting) |
Sue Myercough (D) |
140,411 |
47% |
Rita Garman (R) |
160,218 |
53% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Sue Myercough (D) |
4,251 |
40% |
Rita Garman (R) |
6,437 |
60% |
Judge of the Appellate Court
4th Judicial District
Total:
(0% reporting) |
Bill Trapp (D) |
N/A |
N/A |
John Turner (R) |
N/A |
N/A |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Bill Trapp (D) |
3,008 |
28% |
John Turner (R) |
7,896 |
72% |
Judge of the Circuit Court
11th Judicial Circuit
Total:
(0% reporting) |
No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
Charles Reynard (R) |
N/A |
100% |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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No Candidate (D) |
0 |
0% |
Charles Reynard (R) |
8,477 |
100% |
Judge of the Circuit Court
11th Judicial Circuit
"Shall Don Bernardi be
retained in office?"
Total:
(0% reporting) |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Yes |
6,837 |
81% |
No |
1,571 |
19% |
Judge of the Circuit Court
11th Judicial Circuit
"Shall G. Michael Prall be
retained in office?"
Total:
(0% reporting) |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
Logan County:
(100% reporting) |
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Yes |
6,541 |
80% |
No |
1,651 |
20% |
Atlanta Public
Library District - In
Total:
(100% reporting) |
*Yes |
671 |
84% |
No |
124 |
16% |
Atlanta Public
Library District - Out
Total:
(100% reporting) |
Yes |
76 |
41% |
*No |
111 |
59% |
City of Lincoln
Retailers occupation tax increase
Total:
(100% reporting) |
Yes |
1,881 |
39% |
*No |
2,980 |
61% |
Chester-East
Lincoln School District 61
proposal to increase Education Fund tax rate Total:
(100% reporting) |
Yes |
687 |
49% |
*No |
702 |
51% |
[LDN compilation] |
Election coverage elsewhere
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Logan County voters say ‘no’ to
tax hikes, ‘yes’ to new sheriff
[NOV. 6, 2002]
In a larger-than-expected
turnout, Logan County voters said "no" to two proposed tax
increases, approved making a change in the sheriff’s office, and
defeated a Democratic challenger’s bid for a seat on the Logan
County Board.
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Incumbent Sheriff Anthony "Tony"
Soloman, one of the county’s few Democratic officeholders, was
defeated by Republican challenger Steven G. Nichols, who garnered
6,369 votes to Soloman’s 4,675.
The referendum for the city of
Lincoln’s sales tax increase failed decisively, with 2,980 no votes
and only 1,891 yes votes.
The Chester-East Lincoln Education Fund
tax increase also failed, but by a narrow 15-vote margin, 702-687.
Earlier in the evening the referendum was ahead by 20 votes, but
later returns wiped out that gain.
Voters in Logan County Board District
3, the only district with a race for a seat, turned down the bid of
Democrat Harold Dingman of Latham, returned Republican incumbent
Gloria Luster of Mount Pulaski and elected newcomer John Stewart,
also of Mount Pulaski and also a Republican.
Sheriff will name new chief deputy
Challenger Steve Nichols defeated three
other contenders in the March primary to run against incumbent
Soloman for sheriff. Soloman was elected four years ago, defeating
four-term incumbent Bob Patterson.
[Photo by Jan Younquist]
[Jim Ash (right) interviews sheriff-elect
Steve Nichols and daughter]
Nichols said one change he will make is
to name Detective Rick Bacon as his chief deputy; then he will talk
with deputies and employees to see what other changes need to be
made.
"I thank the voters of Logan County for
giving me this opportunity," he said. "I want to get in and get my
administration set and start doing the job."
Nichols, 46, of Elkhart, has been in
law enforcement 20 years, nine years as a state trooper in Illinois
and South Dakota and 11 years as a child abuse and neglect
investigator for the Department of Children and Family Services.
County Deputy Henry Bartmann, one of
Nichols’ challengers in the primary, said Tuesday night that he
hoped Nichols would "correct some of the errors we see in the
department, such as providing more training for young officers."
Other than that, Bartmann said, "I’m
like everybody else, I’ve got to wait and see what he does."
Bartmann has been with the Sheriff’s Department for 27 years and at
one time served under Steve Nichols’ father, Glenn Nichols, who was
sheriff from 1966 to 1970.
City
official disappointed with tax vote
The defeat of the city’s proposed tax
increase of one-half of one percent on retail sales means Lincoln
won’t have money to improve streets and alleys, city officials said
Tuesday night. The economic turndown and the low interest rates have
left Lincoln, like most other municipalities, with a reduced cash
flow that has meant drastic cuts in the budget. The tax increase was
projected to bring about $550,000-a-year more to the city and was
earmarked for work on its infrastructure.
Alderman Steve Fuhrer, former finance
chairman, was one of those disappointed that the referendum didn’t
pass.
"It sure would have been nice to see
that $550,000 coming in next year to fix our streets and roads," he
said.
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Fuhrer said he thought voters didn’t
realize that one-third to one-half of the new tax money would
probably have come from out-of-town shoppers, especially those who
pull off Interstate 55 and stop at businesses on the west side.
"We could have capitalized on
out-of-town people to help pay this tax, just like we help pay other
towns’ sales taxes when we shop in Springfield and Bloomington," he
said. "To me this — not the property tax — is the fairest tax. You
spend money and you help pay."
Fuhrer, who said he went out and walked
his ward and got a good response, said he didn’t think the city
council started quickly enough to get the word out about the tax,
and hopes to try for an increase next year.
The city will continue to need more
income, he said. "The economic situation is definitely not going to
be any better next year."
C-EL vote was so close
The C-EL referendum failed by less than
1 percent. New C-EL Superintendent Robert Bagby was disappointed but
is taking the attitude that it has been "a real learning
experience." He said, "I feel sorry for our kids because of programs
that have been lost, and more will be lost." The school has already
cut music, a reading program and an administrator, amongst other
overall general cutbacks.
Bagby said, "We can debate school
funding all we want; we all know there’s a problem." Blaming some of
the problem on poor state support, he added, "Illinois is 47th in
the nation in funding education at the state level."
Other
local results
Other Logan County races were
uncontested. Sally J. Litterly, incumbent county clerk and recorder,
got 9,869 votes, and Mary E. Bruns, incumbent county treasurer, got
9,667. Both are Republicans.
Most Logan County Board seats in
heavily Republican Logan County were decided in the March primary,
the first time in many years that voters chose board members from
districts instead of at large. All newly elected county board
members this year are Republicans.
In District 1, incumbent Lloyd Hellman
received 1,387 votes and newcomer Charles E. Ruben 1,099. In
District 2, incumbent Richard E. "Dick" Logan got 1,216 votes and
newcomer Robert D. Farmer got 1,283. Both are from Lincoln.
In District 4, David R. Hepler received
909 votes and Terry "TW" Werth 1,960. Both are incumbents. In
District 5, newcomer Patrick L. O’Neill got 1,125 votes and
incumbent Dale A. Voyles 1,015. Both are from Lincoln.
In District 6, newcomer William (Mitch)
Brown got 1,121 votes and incumbent Paul E. Gleason 1,289. Both are
from Lincoln.
Tuesday’s election turnout was
surprisingly high for a gubernatorial election —59.95 percent,
according to County Clerk Litterly. Generally she sees a turnout of
about 50 percent for these races.
"Local races
brought out people to support local candidates," she said, "and also
the closure of the Lincoln Developmental Center gave people an
awareness of how government can affect their lives and their
livelihood."
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Logan
County stays loyal
to Republican candidates
[NOV. 6, 2002]
In spite of overwhelming
Democratic victories statewide, Logan County voters remained loyal
to their longtime Republican base, giving only three Democratic
candidates for state office more votes than their Republican
opponents. Those three were all incumbents with well-funded
campaigns and well-known names.
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U.S. Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Democratic
incumbent from Springfield, got 5,978 Logan County votes, compared
with Republican challenger Jim Durkin’s 4,813. Durkin, from a
Chicago suburb, had little money to spend on advertising compared
with the incumbent.
Secretary of State Jesse White got
considerably more Logan County votes, 7,251, than his little-known
Republican challenger, Kris O’Rourke Cohn, with 3,574. Democratic
incumbent Daniel W. Hynes also outpolled his Republican opponent,
Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell, for the office of comptroller
5,463-4,643. Both White and Hynes won statewide.
In other races, however, Republicans
here ran stronger than Democrats. If Logan County voters had had
their way, Republican Jim Ryan would be the next governor. He
outpolled Democrat Rod Blagojevich 6,350-4,440, in spite of the
support given by union members to Blagojevich.
Statewide, Blagojevich won easily and
will be the first Democratic governor in a quarter of a century.
Although Illinois voters chose Democrat
Lisa Madigan for attorney general, voters in Logan County preferred
Republican Joe Birkett by a more-than-2,000-vote margin,
6,631-4,034.
State Treasurer Judy Barr Topinka, one
of the few Republican incumbents to keep her office, got a big boost
in Logan County, with 7,414 votes to Democratic challenger Thomas J.
Dart’s 3,209. Ray LaHood, running unopposed for a House seat in the
18th District, garnered 9,505 Logan County votes.
Retiring state Rep. Jonathan Wright,
R-Hartsburg, said Tuesday night that he did not think the Democratic
sweep of state offices would bring any real change to state
government.
"A lot of people think they are voting
for change, and there’s not really going to be a change," he said.
Comparing Blagojevich to the incumbent
governor, George Ryan, whose first and only term has been plagued
with scandal, Wright said there were many similarities.
"Blagojevich is coming out of the same
type of background Ryan did. They both still view government as a
vehicle to placate special interests. I think voters will find there
is no difference between Gov. Ryan and Gov. Blagojevich, except that
different special interests will be placated."
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In regional offices, too, Logan County
voters supported Republicans.
In the 44th District state senate race
between Republican Bill Brady and Democrat Gerald A. Bradley, Brady
topped his opponent 3,074-1,601 in Logan County.
Republican Larry K. Bomke of
Springfield, a strong supporter of the Lincoln Developmental Center
during the battle to keep that facility open, got 4,950 Logan County
votes compared with 1,236 for his Democratic opponent Don Tracy.
Another strong supporter of LDC,
Republican Bill Mitchell, ran unopposed for a House seat in the 87th
District, getting 3,934 Logan County votes. Running for the House
seat in the 100th District, Republican candidate Rich Brauer
outpolled his Democratic opponent, Carl. D. Oblinger, 3,700-2,382 in
Logan County.
In the race for a seat on the Illinois
Supreme Court, Logan County voters favored Republican Rita B. Garman
over Democrat Sue E. Myerscough by 6,437 to 4,251 votes, and for
judge of the 4th District Appellate Court, Republican John Turner of
Atlanta, a former state representative, got 7,896 votes, with
Democrat Bill Trapp polling only 3,008.
In the five regional races for
superintendent of schools, which various Logan County voters saw on
their ballots, only two had Democratic candidates, and only one got
more votes than the Republican candidate. Democrat Karl Jordan,
running in Tazewell County, got 60 votes compared with the 40 cast
for Republican Rob Houchin. In Sangamon County, Republican Helen
Tolan got 12 votes to Democrat Jeff Vose’s 7.
In Logan,
Mason and Menard counties, no candidate filed to oppose Republican
Jean R. Anderson, who got 8,296 votes. In Macon and Piatt counties,
no candidate filed to oppose Republican Charles A. Shonkwiler, who
got 120 Logan County votes, and in DeWitt, Livingston and McLean
counties, no candidate filed to oppose Republican Larry Daghe, who
got 650 votes here.
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