West Central Reporter

Preliminary results are in for the primary races held in Pike 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 amassed 602 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 Thomas G. Devore won his Attorney General primary in the county. He amassed 1,028 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. He also 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 Dan Brady won his Secretary of State primary in the county. He amassed 1,442 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. He also 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	Number of Votes
Kathy Salvi	Republican	U.S. Senator	602
Peggy Hubbard	Republican	U.S. Senator	520
Matthew "Matt" Dubiel	Republican	U.S. Senator	184
Anthony W. Williams	Republican	U.S. Senator	174
Casey Chlebek	Republican	U.S. Senator	163
Robert "Bobby" Piton	Republican	U.S. Senator	142
Jimmy Lee Tillman II	Republican	U.S. Senator	118
Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	U.S. Senator	260
Thomas G. Devore	Republican	Attorney General	1,028
Steve Kim	Republican	Attorney General	646
David Shestokas	Republican	Attorney General	269
Kwame Raoul	Democrat	Attorney General	244
Shannon L. Teresi	Republican	Comptroller	1,839
Susana A. Mendoza	Democrat	Comptroller	261
Daren Bailey / Stephanie Trussell	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	1,728
Richard C. Irvin / Avery Boune	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	232
Jesse Sullivan / Kathleen Murphy	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	176
Paul Schimpf / Carolyn Schofield	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	34
Gary Rabine / Aaron Del Mar	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	33
Max Solomon / Latasha H. Fields	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	7
JB Pritzker / Juliana Stratton	Democrat	Governor/Lt. Governor	185
Beverly Miles / Karla Shaw	Democrat	Governor/Lt. Governor	80
Dan Brady	Republican	Secretary of State	1,442
John C. Milhiser	Republican	Secretary of State	453
Alexi Giannoulias	Democrat	Secretary of State	132
Anna M. Valencia	Democrat	Secretary of State	65
David H. Moore	Democrat	Secretary of State	40
Sidney Moore	Democrat	Secretary of State	26
Tom Demmer	Republican	Treasurer	1,842
Michael W. Frerichs	Democrat	Treasurer	257