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Who Won In Niles and Morton Grove?
One upset occurred in a hot race; a school referendum made an unexpected win.
Election judges at a Niles precinct at Jefferson School wait for more voters during the Nov. 6, 2012 presidential election.
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For the most part, the Niles and Morton Grove area had elections that were safely predicted in advance.
But there were some surprises. Here are the results for the area:
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- 9th Congressional District: Incumbent Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat, beat Republican challenger Tim Wolfe 59.4 percent to 40.6 percent.
- 10th Congressional District: Challenger Brad Schneider, a Democrat, unseated incumbent Republican Congressman Bob Dold in a close, and hard-fought race.
- Illinois Senate 8th District: Ira Silverstein ran unopposed.
- Illinois House 20th District (Niles and Chicago): Incumbent Republican State Rep. Michael McAuliffe bested Democratic challenger Bruce Randazzo.
- Illinois House 15th District (Niles and Chicago): Incumbent Democratic State Rep. John D'Amico ran unopposed.
- Illinois House 16th District (Skokie and Morton Grove): Incumbent Democratic Rep. Lou Lang won after being challenged by Vincent Romano
- Golf School District 67, in Niles and Morton Grove, defeated one of its two referendum questions, but the other passed. Final results did not come in until after midnight.
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Red Sam Rackham
10:07 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I'm happy with the victories of Jan Schakowsky & Michael McAuliffe as I've known both of tham personally and they're both fine people who care about the folks they're elected to serve. ☺☺☺☺☺
CK
10:20 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
there elected to serve Madigan