Election Night results in Winnebago and Boone counties
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ROCKFORD — A sales tax to support mental health initiatives is positioned to pass, Congressman Eric Sorensen declared victory for reelection and incumbent state lawmakers are set to retain three seats.
Those are some the unofficial results from Election Night tallies in Winnebago and Boone counties.
Here are results in Winnebago and Boone counties as of 1 a.m. Wednesday.
All election results are unofficial.
The official results are not certified by election officials for at least 14 days after Election Day. That is done to allow for verification of provisional ballots and to record any vote-by-mail ballots that are postmarked on or before Nov. 5.
Mental health sales tax
Should Winnebago County extend the half-cent sales tax dedicated to mental health initiatives through 2031?
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Yes | 55% | 66,313 |
| No | 45% | 49,965 |
17th Congressional District
80% reported
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Eric Sorensen, Democrat | 54% | 149,252 |
| Joe McGraw, Republican | 47% | 129,265 |
11th Congressional District
95% reported
(The Associated Press has called this race for Bill Foster)
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Jerry Evans, Republican | 44% | 153,977 |
| Bill Foster, Democrat | 56% | 190,760 |
34th District state Senate
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Steve Stadelman, Democrat | 62% | 48,018 |
| Crystal Villarreal Soltow, Republican | 38% | 29,746 |
67th District state House
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Maurice West, Democrat | 59% | 20,486 |
| Glen Oland, Republican | 41% | 14,229 |
69th District state House
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Peter Janko, Democrat | 34% | 5,595 |
| Joe Sosnowski, Republican | 66% | 10,988 |
Winnebago County Board District 16
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Christina Valdez, Democrat | 49.7% | 3,681 |
| Frank Pobjecky, Republican | 50.3% | 3,731 |
17th Judicial Circuit Judge
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Nicholas O. Meyer, Democrat | 55.5 | 35,246 |
| Erik Karl Jacobs, Republican | 44.5 | 28,207 |
Forest Preserves of Winnebago County
(Vote for two)
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Emily Porter | 43% | 56,117 |
| Michael P. ‘Mike’ Eichman | 33% | 43,928 |
| Ray A. Ferguson | 24% | 31,939 |
Judges retention
| Yes | No | |
| Brendan Maher | 89,596(81%) | 21,455 (19%) |
| Joseph Bruscato | 88,927 (81%) | 21,143 (19%) |
| John Lowry | 88,346 (82%) | 19,796 (18%) |
Boone County Board
District One
(Vote for two)
100% of precincts reporting
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Brian Schneider, Republican | 36% | 4,126 |
| Josh Shumaker, Republican | 35% | 4,048 |
| Michael Yates, Democrat | 28% | 3,241 |
District Two
(Vote for two)
100% of precincts reporting
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Tom Walberg, Republican | 33% | 5,175 |
| Ryan H. Curry, Republican | 31% | 4,947 |
| Tracy Rangel, Democrat | 20% | 3,139 |
| Daniel Dupree, Democrat | 16% | 2,601 |
District Three
(Vote for two)
100% of precincts reporting
| Percentage | Total votes | |
| Marion L. Thornberry, Republican | 27% | 2,908 |
| Matthew Ragano, Republican | 27% | 2,884 |
| Michael Carlyle, Democrat | 23% | 2,485 |
| Michael D. Hart, Democrat | 23% | 2,508 |
Sources: Winnebago County Clerk, Boone County Clerk, Rockford Board of Elections, Associated Press, New York Times
People wait in line to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, outside the Rockford Board of Elections Office on Sixth Street. (Photo by Kevin Haas/Rock River Current)
