52 percent of the registered voters went to the polls in Tuesday’s general election.
That’s what County Clerk Steve Fox was anticipating.
“I think we really had a good election in whole. Again, the new equipment really performed well. I had one machine that gave little issues, which we had to remove but otherwise, everything else was going good. I had a good turnout, I think, right on track with what I thought we would see. Very much in line with the 2018 Gubernatorial election. I think the Governor’s race more or less drove the vote in Marion County. We didn’t have a lot of contested local races, just a few on the county board.”
Fox says there were just a few minor issues in getting the votes counted. He says the reduced number of precincts approved after the 2020 US Census has allowed him to fill all the election judge positions with quality candidates.
Marion County voters voted strongly Republican for every open office.
While Democrats swept the statewide offices, Marion County went overwhelmingly for their Republican challengers. Darren Bailey topped JB Pritzker in the Governor’s race by 9,801 votes to 2,805 votes. In the Attorney General race, Republican challenger Thomas DeVore received 9,743 votes compared to Incumbent Democrat Kwame Raoul with 2,782 votes. In the Secretary of State Race, Alexi Giannoulias was defeated in Marion County by Republican Dan Brady, 2,834 votes to 9,667. In the Comptrollers race, Republican Shannon Teresi received 9,206 votes to Incumbent Democrat Susana Mendoza with 3,365 votes. For State Treasurer, Republican challenger Tom Demmer beat Incumbent Democrat Michael Frerichs 9,562 to 2,915 votes.
In the US Senate race, Incumbent Democrat Tammy Duckworth was an easy winner statewide but lost to Republican Kathy Salvi in Marion County by 3,344 to 9,218.
Marion County voted with the winner in the 12th Congressional District, giving Incumbent Republican Mike Bost 9,881 votes to Democrat Homer ‘Chip’ Markel’s 2,885 votes.
Marion County strongly supported Republican Mike McHaney 9,986 votes to 2,756 votes for Democrat Brian Roberts in the race to fill an open Appellate Court seat. McHaney had a large lead late Tuesday night across all counties in the Appellate Court’s district.
Marion County voters rejected a proposed change in the Illinois Constitution to guarantee all workers union bargaining rights.
