TAMMY DUCKWORTH PROJECTED WINNER FOR U.S. SENATE SEAT

NAIL BITING NIGHT FOR PRESIDENCY
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth

In Senate results, 51 of 100 seats were needed for a majority where Democrats held 40 seats to 46 held by Republicans by Citizen’s press time.

Tammy Duckworth, candidate for the U.S Senate was the projected winner at press time with 55% of the vote while her Republican opponent

fell behind at 39.0%.

Duckworth unseated Republican incumbent

Mark Kirk with 293,175 votes by press time

while Kirk received 17.98% of the vote, giving

him 68,219 of the totaled votes repor ted.

The Illinois sena te race proved to be a r ace

peppered with racial overtones. During the

campaign, Kirk made dispar aging comments

about Duckworth’s multi-ethnic family, who

served in the U.S. military for many years.

Duckworth lost her legs when her Black

Hawk helicopter was shot down during the war

in Iraq.

After Kirk conceded, 5 th Congressional

District Mike Quigley congratulated the

new senator elect, expressing satisfaction

over Duckworth’s win. Quigle y stated that

Duckworth is a true American hero.

In her vic tory speech, Duckworth pledged

that she would continue to f ight for all

Illinoisans and for those who are ve terans with

disabilities. “We need jobs and economic jus tice

in all of our communities,” Duckworth said.

U.S. Representative (1st)

Candidate for U.S. Representative Bobby

Rush (1st) was the projec ted winner with

178,706 votes with a total of 7 4% of the vote

with 504 precinc ts reporting of 609. H is

opponent, republican candidate August Deuser

had 63,500 votes with 25.6% of the vote by

press time, according to P olitico.com.

U.S. Representative (2nd)

Candidate for U.S. Representative Robin

Kelly (2nd) was also the projec ted winner

against her republican opponent a t press time

with 196,722 votes and 78.6% of the vote.

Her opponent John Morrow, a republican had

53,623 votes with a total of 21. 4%, with 462 of

527 precincts reporting by press time, according

to Politico.com.

Kelly supported H.R.224, a bill tha t

recognizes gun violence as a P ublic Health

Emergency Act. In her pursuit to mak e America

healthier, she continues to work to shape

policies that close the na tional health equity

gap.

US Representative (7th)

Candidate for U.S. Representative Danny K.

Davis (7 th) was the projec ted winner at press

time with 198,477 votes with 83. 9% of the vote

with his republican opponent totaling 38,000

votes with 16.1% and 489 out of 59 7 precincts

reporting by press time. Af ter thirty years of

political service to the citizens of Illinois and

to the residents for the cit y of C hicago, 7th

District Congressman Danny Davis retained his

Congressional seat over Jeffrey A. Leef. Davis’

district includes downtown C hicago, the Near

North Side, and par ts of the South and W est

sides.

Cook County State’s Attorneys O–ce

Kim Foxx, candidate for Sta te’s Attorney

held a he fty lead over her republican opponent

by press time with 1,198, 855 votes with a total of

71.2% of the vote with 3,122 of 3,66 8 precincts

reporting. Foxx took advantage of Cook Count y’s

50% voter turn-out, making a clear vic tory over

her opponent, C hristopher Pfannkuche, a former

attorney for the Cook Count y State’s Attorneys

office. Republican C hristopher Pfannkuche

received 484,346 votes with 28.8% votes by

press time. Foxx, a former chie f of s taff for Toni

Preckwinkle, pledged that she would s trive

to bring accountability to how COPA handles

police misconducts. Preckwinkle said “I am ver y

encouraged by the vic tory of Tammy Duckworth

and Kim Foxx and I hope Susanna M endoza

as well, so tha t’s really good news. Clearly the

national election is a nail biter .”

Fox stated in her vic tory speech a need to

change a broken judicial sys tem. She said, “We

all have to work tog ether to fix a system that’s

not working.”

Water Reclamation District

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District,

Democrat Barbara McGowan is re-elec ted for

another 6-year term, receiving 28.60% (807 ,514)

of the vote, making her the clear front runner

winner with Maryann Spyropoulos (670,562)

coming in close second with the majorit y of the

precincts reporting at Chicago Citizen press

time.

The presidential elec tion: Too close to call

Clinton hopes to win in spite of her email

controversy that at times over shadowed her

presidential campaign. At Citizen ’s press time,

Clinton was s till hopeful that she could gain

momentum as a front runner over her opponent,

Donald Trump. Clinton also continued to

pick up the majorit y of votes in the s tates of

Colorado, New Mexico, District of Columbia, and

Connecticut. Trump was the projec ted winner

in Florida, which was one of the mos t important

battleground states for this elec tion, giving him

a small marginal lead. Should C linton win, she

will become the f irst American woman president

taking seat as the 45 th President of the U nited

States.

On election night during an ABC W orld News

report, Clinton expressed regrets for the of ten

angry and bitter words passed be tween the two

presidential hopefuls. Clinton said, “We have to

bridge the divide in our countr y. I regret how

deeply and how angr y the tone of the campaign

became.”

Former Presidential Candidate, Donald

Trump launched his campaign with promises to

bring jobs back to the American people. T he real

issues of jobs g ot buried under Trump’s verbal

attacks hurled at against Clinton, ethnic groups,

the disabled, women. Towards the end of the

campaign, Trump trailed Clinton by a narrow 3-6

point lead. In the final hours of Citizen ’s press

time, the presidential race winner was undecided,

leaning toward either candidate.

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