South Central Reporter

Preliminary results are in for the primary races held in Fayette 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 Peggy Hubbard won her U.S. Senator primary in the county. She amassed 1,336 votes in the county, according to preliminary results. Kathy Salvi 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 2,191 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 2,413 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
Peggy Hubbard	Republican	U.S. Senator	1,336
Kathy Salvi	Republican	U.S. Senator	424
Matthew "Matt" Dubiel	Republican	U.S. Senator	393
Anthony W. Williams	Republican	U.S. Senator	310
Casey Chlebek	Republican	U.S. Senator	271
Robert "Bobby" Piton	Republican	U.S. Senator	255
Jimmy Lee Tillman II	Republican	U.S. Senator	169
Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	U.S. Senator	330
Thomas G. Devore	Republican	Attorney General	2,191
Steve Kim	Republican	Attorney General	837
David Shestokas	Republican	Attorney General	333
Kwame Raoul	Democrat	Attorney General	313
Shannon L. Teresi	Republican	Comptroller	3,137
Susana A. Mendoza	Democrat	Comptroller	328
Daren Bailey / Stephanie Trussell	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	3,272
Richard C. Irvin / Avery Boune	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	257
Jesse Sullivan / Kathleen Murphy	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	151
Paul Schimpf / Carolyn Schofield	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	45
Gary Rabine / Aaron Del Mar	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	37
Max Solomon / Latasha H. Fields	Republican	Governor/Lt. Governor	16
JB Pritzker / Juliana Stratton	Democrat	Governor/Lt. Governor	268
Beverly Miles / Karla Shaw	Democrat	Governor/Lt. Governor	70
Dan Brady	Republican	Secretary of State	2,413
John C. Milhiser	Republican	Secretary of State	820
Alexi Giannoulias	Democrat	Secretary of State	169
Anna M. Valencia	Democrat	Secretary of State	69
David H. Moore	Democrat	Secretary of State	62
Sidney Moore	Democrat	Secretary of State	30
Tom Demmer	Republican	Treasurer	3,126
Michael W. Frerichs	Democrat	Treasurer	329