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Democrats sweep North Shore races amid ‘blue wave’
Staff Report
With the highest turnout
for a gubernatorial election
in nearly three decades on
Nov. 6, suburban Cook
County voters rode a national
“blue wave” to push
Democrats to a sweep in
North Shore races.
According to Cook
County Clerk David Orr,
and with 1,479 of 1,599
precincts reporting, voters
cast 778,409 votes as of 11
p.m. that evening.
In Lake County, with
415 of 415 precincts reporting,
448,295 votes had
been cast. In the last gubernatorial
race in 2014,
Lake County voters cast
202,532 votes.
The results of the following
races are not official.
Rep. Fine gains seat in
District 9 Illinois Senate
Rep. Laura Fine, D-
Glenview, was voted in as
the new state senator representing
District 9, a seat
vacated by Sen. Daniel
Biss, D-Evanston.
After leading with 71.72
percent of the votes against
Joan McCarthy Lasonde,
of Wilmette, Fine thanked
her voters and family at
a watch party at Wildfire
restaurant in Glenview.
“People were asleep at
the wheel years ago and
we woke up the sleeping
giant,” said Fine, 51, of
Glenview. “We have been
tremendous.”
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called, Fine told 22nd
Century Media if she won,
it would show how people
“really appreciate what
I’ve been able to accomplish
in the House.”
Fine, a state representative
since 2013, is an advocate
for public education,
healthcare reform and preserving
programs for children,
seniors, and people
living with disabilities.
Lasonde, a former marketing
executive, previously
told 22nd Century
Media that her legislative
agenda would include balancing
the state budget,
reducing taxes and ending
political corruption. She
did not respond to questions
from 22nd Century
Media on Election Night
nor before press time
Monday, Nov. 12.
Reporting by Megan Bernard,
Contributing Editor.
Incumbent Schneider retains
10th District seat
In one of the state’s most
competitive districts in recent
memory, incumbent
Brad Schneider, D-Deerfield,
comfortably retained
his seat in Congress over
challenger Douglas Bennett,
R-Deerfield.
Schneider won 66.6 percent
of the vote in the 10th
Congressional District to
Bennett’s 33.4 percent, the
largest margin of victory in
terms of percentage since
the district was redrawn in
2011.
“This was a campaign
powered by people ... and
we saw it with the result tonight,”
Schneider said Nov.
6 in his victory speech to
a packed room of supporters
at the Highland Park
Country Club.
Just two years prior,
Schneider reclaimed the
district for democrats by
Incumbent Brad Schneider, D-Deerfield, retained his 10th District seat on Nov. 6. Martin Carlino/22nd Century Media
defeating former state Rep.
Bob Dold, R-Kenilworth,
with 52 percent of the vote,
compared to Dold’s 48 percent.
The race was decided
by a difference of approximately
14,000 votes.
The 2016 matchup
marked the third time
Schneider and Dold vied
for the seat, with Schneider
winning in 2012 and
2016, and Dold winning in
2014. But in 2018, Schneider
delivered an impressive
showing of support to ensure
the district would stay
blue.
“We don’t know what’s
going to happen across
the rest of the country, but
here’s what I know for certain
— in our district, in
our communities, the message
we sent two years, we
amplified tonight,” Schneider
said. “We said we are
on the right path of unity,
of opportunity, of the belief
in people, in the belief
of this country and the understanding
of that we will
create our future by lifting
people up, rather than
speaking to people down.
That’s who we are, and I
am proud of our district.”
Bennett, a business
consultant, gathered with
his supporters at Austin’s
Saloon in Libertyville.
Despite notable endorsements,
Bennett, a first-time
candidate, was not able to
flip the district this cycle.
Bennett did not immediately
respond to questions
from 22nd Century Media.
This election cycle saw
less spending than 2016,
with Schneider raising far
more than his challenger.
According to campaign
finance records, Schneider
received $4.2 million in
contributions from Jan. 1
through Oct. 17 and spent
$2.3 million on operating
expenditures.
Bennett received
$144,750 in contributions
in the same period and
spent $235,242 on operating
expenditures.
In a statement sent out
after his speech, Schneider
outlined his goals for his
impending term.
“Over the next two
years, I will continue to be
always there, working hard
to build an economy that
works for all of us instead
of just those at the top, improve
our health care, and
make progress on the important
issues, including
college affordability, gun
safety and immigration reform,”
Schneider says in
the release.
Reporting by Martin Carlino,
Contributing Editor.
Gabel retains 18th District
Representative seat
State Rep. Robyn Gabel,
D-Evanston, celebrated
a victory Tuesday night
in the race for the 18th
District seat in Illinois
House of Representatives.
She defeated Republican
challenger Julie Cho, of
Wilmette.
With all 80 precincts reported,
results show Gabel
was up 72 percent (37,448)
to 28 percent (14,581) for
Cho.
For Gabel, the victory
marks her fifth term in
the seat. Cho was running
for her first political
campaign.
“This next term I plan
to work on stabilizing Illinois’
fiscal condition, combatting
climate change by
moving our transportation
sector to electric and our
power sector to 100 percent
renewable, and increasing
access to mental health services
and other social services,”
Gabel said.
The 18th district includes
parts of Winnetka,
Northfield, Wilmette,
Kenilworth, Northbrook,
Glenview, Glencoe and
Evanston.
Reporting by Eric De-
Grechie, Managing Editor.