Some preliminary results are in for that special election in Illnoisโs 5th District. Turnout was astonishingly low, as readersโ anecdotal reports suggested today โ 20,698, or under 7 percent of eligible voters. Unfortunately for those who hoped that it might make for a closer race, Democrat Mike Quigley is ahead, 15,181 to Republican Rosanna Pulidoโs 3,948, a 73 percent to 19 percent split, with the Green candidate collecting the rest.
Preliminary Results in IL-05 Special House Election Are . . . Eh, About What We Expected
by Jim Geraghty
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Jim Geraghty is the senior political correspondent of National Review.
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