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Election Results

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Sente Beats Mathias in 59th House District

Unofficial results show Rep. Carol Sente edged out Rep. Sid Mathias.

Updated 11:50 p.m. The vote tallies now include early votes and mail-in votes in Lake County. The updated vote counts are in the chart below. Updated 11 p.m. With all Election Day votes tallied in Cook and Lake counties, State Rep. Carol Sente celebrated an apparent victory Tuesday night with a crowd of well-wishers. Unofficial results from the two counties show Sente leading with 55 percent of the vote. She received a total of 14,887 votes to State Rep. Sid Mathias’ 11,940. The results do not include early votes, mail-in votes or provisional votes from Lake County, but Sente said tonight she felt secure enough to declare victory.  “I expected a very close race,” she said. “I wasn’t sure I was going to win.” “I’m a little shell-shocked …

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Election 2012: Sid Mathias, Election 2012: Carol Sente, and 2012 Illinois Election Results

RELENTLESSCRITIC

9:52 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

Yawn. Total waste of time. No one cares about your worthless coalition, and your shameless self-promotion and hucksterism are really lame. Shouldn't your friends at Kurth Lampe be doing a better job helping you promote yourself? Or are you getting what you pay for with their services?   more ›

Nerheim Defeats Kennedy in Lake County State's Attorney Race

Republican Mike Nerheim narrowly defeated Democrat Chris Kennedy in the race for Lake County State's Attorney.

Republican Mike Nerheim defeated Democrat Chris Kennedy in the narrow race for Lake County State's Attorney by a margin of 51.03% to 48.97%. With 415 out of 415 precincts reported, including absentee and early voting ballots, Nerheim won. Nerheim watched the results come in while surrounded by family, friends and supporters in Gurnee. "This was tough, it was the hardest thing I've ever done," Nerheim said of the campaign. On election day, Nerheim drove a borrowed 1953 fire truck across Lake County. "I wanted to keep talking to people," he said. "This position is so important. It is one position where you can actually make a difference in people's lives." Charles August of Wauconda was an enthusiastic Nerheim supporter. "Mike deserves to …

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Election 2012: Mike Nerheim and Election 2012: Chris Kennedy

Bonita

2:03 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012

I'm elated that Mike Nerheim will be our State's Attorney! He is accomplished, intelligent, energetic, fair, sincere and independent. In a political climate of mean back-stabbing and dubious accusations, he remained dignified and never stooped to "bad-mouth" his opponent! Lake County is in very good hands with Mike Nerheim!   more ›

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