We now have 46 percent of the expected vote reporting in the Democratic primary for Illinois’s 6th District, and Casten still leads Newman by a lot. He has 58 percent of the vote, while Newman has 37 percent. That’s closer than it had been, but still not very close.
Latest count in Illinois’s 6th District Democratic primary
Results of the Democratic primary for Illinois’s 6th Congressional District, as of 9:26 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Casten* | 21,377 | 58.4% |
| Marie Newman* | 13,702 | 37.4 |
| Charles M. Hughes | 1,518 | 4.1 |