Unofficial local election results

Voters in Livingston County had races on the ballot for State’s Attorney and District 1 of the county board which includes Pontiac.

For State’s Attorney, Republican Mary Lawson had 10,603 votes with all 46 precincts reporting at the end of the evening Tuesday out of 12,529 ballots cast. Numbers were unavailable for write-in candidate Anthony Tomkiewicz as the final votes still need to be canvassed and certified.

In the District 1 Livingston County Board race, the winners were John (Jack) L. Vietti with 2,459 votes, Jeffrey G. Hamilton with 2,166 votes and William Mays with 1,957 votes – all Republicans who defeated Democratic candidate Mary E. Comens who had 1,405 votes.  

The county results are all unofficial at this point.

Meanwhile, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker was elected to a third term as governor by defeating the Republican candidate, Darren Bailey. Jim Thompson was the last governor to win a third term in 1982. Juliana Stratton defeated Don Tracy to win the U.S. Senate race in Illinois. The Illinois lieutenant governor replaces U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.

Alexi Giannoulias won a second term as Illinois Secretary of State, defeating Diane Harris. Kwame Raoul won a third term as Illinois Attorney General by defeating a former Chicago alderman.