Good news from Illinois?

[marmar]

Governor
36% of precincts reporting
Votes
Quinn (D) 674,204 54.8%
Brady (R) 468,602 38.1%
Cohen (I) 45,554 3.7%
Whitney (G) 32,305 2.6%
Green (L) 10,341 0.8%

U.S. Senate
36% of precincts reporting
Votes
Giannoulias (D) 667,481 54.0%
Kirk (R) 511,152 41.3%
Jones (G) 34,582 2.8%
Labno (L) 23,379 1.9%


http://www.chicagotribune.com/

[LSK]

1. local news said Alexi is running 2 points higher in Chicago

than they need to win.

Cross your fingers!

[Catshrink]

2. Fingers crossed.

[Drale]

3. OMG I REALLY HOPE SO!

Brady scares me to no end, but I think the second he said he wanted to lower minimum wage he lost.

[nickinSTL]

8. sure hope you're right

The state government is a complete mess, and while I'm not impressed with Quinn's handling of it, I hate to think what a disaster will occur if Brady wins.

Doesn't help that the organization I work for is funded by the state, and I can't imagine Brady doing much to help it out - I'm sure libraries are way low on his list of priorities (unless they're on his list to eliminate, of course).

[jillan]

4. My family must be sitting on pins and needles right now.

[fishwax]

5. I'm sure it will get tighter as the downstate votes come in, but I'm optimistic

:bounce:

[jillan]

6. I hope Jan Schakowsky gets re-elected. I really like her, and I hear her opponent is a total ass.

[LSK]

9. shes already projected to win

Her seat is safe.

[jillan]

14. Thank you for that great news!

[Luciferous]

7. I really hope we at least keep Quinn, but it's looking good for Giannoulias as well!

I have to say I'm not that crazy about Giannoulias, but he's better than Kirk!

[terrya]

10. I'm really surprised about how well Quinn is doing.

Let's hope it holds up when the downstate returns come in.

[rpannier]

11. I checked the congressional voting and one possible piece of good news as the night rolls on is from

my district

Right now Hare (D) is getting pummeled and we're a rather strong Democratic area.
I would expect that race to tighten and Hare to eventually win.
The vast majority of those votes would swing for the Democrats in all races -- we're very union

[kevinbgoode]

12. I hope these are not all Chicago city returns. . .

we need a decent showing downstate for both candidates!

[madrchsod]

13. if quinn and giannoulias win

you can`t imagine how fucking happy my wife and i will be....it`s a long story but i sure hope to hell it happens.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. SWEET! I voted for them both! IF

they save the best for last, CHICAGO, it's in the bag. :evilgrin: Vote early, vote often.

[kevinbgoode]

16. Ugh...with 70% counted, Alexi is still up by about 45k. . .

and Quinn is up by 99k with 69 percent of the vote counted.