Winnebago County?
ArchPundit
Winnebago isn’t reporting, but could the land of Syverson and Manzullo pull in good numbers for Oberweis?
County isn’t in, in the City of Rockford, Oberweis up 6.
Shore Up
About 10% counted and she’s the leader of all of the candidates. Depends on where it is from, but a good start.
As I Just Said
Southern Illinois is going to go Oberweis so this will probably be a late night–not a terribly vote rich area, but Brady isn’t huge there and neither is she. She needs some numbers up in DuPage.
Bloomington
Over at Capitol Fax, Bloomington’s numbers (separate from the McLean numbers)
Oberweis up 5 points over Judy in the city, while Brady still has nearly 60%
Very Early DuPage
Not sure of the geography, Judy 50%, Oberweis 25%.
Cegelis-Duckworth even
I’m betting these are early votes actually.
Two Pretty Clear Trends
Mangieri is probably toast unless Madigan delivers huge numbers. Second, Birkett seems likely to win the Lt. Gov race unless things change.
OTH, Judy and Oberweis may be a real nailbiter. Looking at the downstate numbers where I’d expect Judy to put some numbers over him, there’s not a big lead–this could change if she can carry DuPage strongly.
First bits of 6 In
Very early, but they are coming.
DuPage About to Come On Line
The numbers for Judy and Oberweis out of there should tell us a lot about the rest of the night–down in comments at IlliniPundit–McLean is going about 60% Brady, only 20% Topinka (a surprise to me) and 15% Oberweis, the importance if this holds up is that you’d expect Judy to put some numbers up on Oberweis in a lot of these areas. Confusing the situation worse is that turnout is funky in Central Illinois.
I Don’t Buy The Late Nite Bit
Everyone is claiming it’ll be a late night, but frankly, the only hard part is getting the voters to use the new equipment–counting is far easier when you don’t have to send the damn votamatics through a machine that jams and doesn’t work well and is built for the 1960s. I’d expect it to be not so bad in terms of lateness.