What Went Down During The June 28 Primary Elections

We have 61 percent of the expected vote reporting in the Republican primary for Illinois’s 6th District, and Pekau is still leading Grasso, although things are a smidge tighter than they were when I last checked in on this race. That being said, Pekau has 41 percent of the vote, and Grasso has 26 percent, so it’s not that close.

ABC News reports that Esther Joy King is projected to win the Republican primary in Illinois’s 17th District. She has 68.7 percent of the vote at 34 percent reporting.

The Associated Press has just called the Democratic primary in Illinois’s 8th District for incumbent Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi. He currently leads his opponent, Junaid Ahmed, 72 percent to 28 percent. It’s unclear which Republican Krishnamoorthi will face this fall: Chris Dargis, Peter Kopsaftis, Karen Kolodziej, Chad Koppie and Phillip Wood are vying for the GOP slot in November, but this is a pretty solidly Democratic district so I would bet that the race is very much Krishnamoorthi’s to lose.