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City of Effingham Proposes Balanced for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Published on March 27 2014 10:21 am

EIU President Bill Perry Leaving in 2015

Published on March 27 2014 10:02 am

Effingham Doctor Taken into Custody, Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for Health Care Fraud and Drug Charges

Published on March 26 2014 9:20 pm

Effingham Woman Found Dead Tuesday Afternoon

Published on March 26 2014 6:54 am

Governor Quinn Wants Income Tax Increase to be Permanent, Offers Property Tax Relief in Exchange

Published on March 26 2014 3:02 pm

2014 Primary Election Returns

Published on March 12 2014 3:51 pm

Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 March Primary Election. We'll be live at the Effingham County Clerk's Office on election night. Greg Sapp will have live election returns on 979 XFM, and we'll be updating them live here as well. Returns below appear as published in the 2014 Primary Specimen Ballot.

Precincts reporting: 37/37 with 37.11% total voter turnout

PUBLIC QUESTION

EFFINGHAM COUNTY QUESTION: Shall a retailers’ occupation tax and a service occupation tax (commonly referred to as a “sales tax”) be imposed in The County of Effingham, Illinois, at a rate of 1% to be used exclusively for school facility purposes?

YES	2195
NO	5876

Republican Returns

FEDERAL

FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
JAMES D. "JIM" OBERWEIS	3883
DOUGLAS LEE TRUAX	1914

STATE

FOR GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
BILL BRADY, MARIA RODRIGUEZ	1759
DAN RUTHERFORD, STEVE KIM	768
KIRK W. DILLARD, JIL TRACY	1949
BRUCE RAUNER, EVELYN SANGUINETTI	2263

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
PAUL M. SCHIMPF	5058

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
MICHAEL WEBSTER	5278

FOR COMPTROLLER
JUDY BAAR TOPINKA	5289

FOR TREASURER
TOM CROSS	2776
BOB GROGAN	2701

CONGRESSIONAL

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS

FIFTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

JOHN M. SHIMKUS

5829

LEGISLATIVE

FOR STATE SENATOR

FIFTY-FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

KYLE McCARTER

4219

REPRESENTATIVE

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

JOHN CAVALETTO

4134

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

DAVID B. REIS

1432

COUNTY

FOR COUNTY CLERK
KERRY J. HIRTZEL	6037

FOR COUNTY TREASURER
NO CANDIDATE

FOR COUNTY SHERIFF
DARREN L. FELDKAMP	2332
JOHN A. GARDNER	797
DAVE MAHON	2968
MIKE SCHUTZBACH	1067

FOR SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMENTS
PAMELA BRAUN	5407

REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

BOND, CHRISTIAN, EFFINGHAM, FAYETTE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES

NO CANDIDATE

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

CLARK, COLES, CUMBERLAND, DOUGLAS, EDGAR, MOULTRIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES

BOBBI MATTINGLY

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

CLAY, CRAWFORD, JASPER, LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND COUNTIES

NO CANDIDATE

COUNTY BOARD

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER, DISTRICT B
JAMES NIEMANN	591

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER, DISTRICT C
NO CANDIDATE	0

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER, DISTRICT D
DAVID CAMPBELL	603

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER, DISTRICT G
ED HOOPINGARNER	663

JUDICIAL

FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (To fill the vacancy of the Hon. Sherri L. E. Tungate)
MARTIN W. SIEMER	4684
DEBORAH McLOCHLIN RILEY	1534

PRECINCT

FOR REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN
WEST, ALAN SHUMAKER	115
MOUND # 1, CHARLES L. SCHOLES	209
MOUND #2, JEFFREY L. SIMPSON	201
LIBERTY, STEVEN R. DONALDSON	91
JACKSON, ED HOOPINGARNER	234
SUMMIT #1, JANE WILLENBORG	213
SUMMIT #2, ROBERT T. HEATH	159
SUMMIT #3, JOHN PERRY	186
SUMMIT #4, SHIRLEY J. MOORE	171
WATSON #2, ROB ARNOLD	200
WATSON #3, BILLY G. GENAUST	169
DOUGLAS #3, C. WAYNE RUSSELL	129
DOUGLAS #4, BRYAN M. KIBLER	117
DOUGLAS #6, PHILLIP TOOPS	211
DOUGLAS #7, ROBERT L. BEHRMAN	167
DOUGLAS # 12, MIKE VARADY	143
DOUGLAS # 13, DAVID CAMPBELL	127
TEUTOPOLIS #1, DOUGLAS L. SLATER	149
BISHOP, JOHN P. NIEMERG	259
ST. FRANCIS, THOMAS A. VAHLING	193

Democratic Returns

FEDERAL

FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
RICHARD J. DURBIN	665

STATE

*FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR*
TIO HARDIMAN, BRUNELL DONALD	320
PAT QUINN, PAUL VALLAS	364

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
LISA MADIGAN	676

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
JESSE WHITE	700

FOR COMPTROLLER
SHEILA SIMON	663

FOR TREASURER
MICHAEL W. FRERICHS	631

CONGRESSIONAL

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS

FIFTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

ERIC THORSLAND

605

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE

FOR STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEWOMAN

FIFTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

LYNN FOSTER

603

FOR STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEMAN

FIFTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

BRANDON PHELPS

616

LEGISLATIVE

FOR STATE SENATOR

FIFTY-FOURTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

NO CANDIDATE

REPRESENTATIVE

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

JOSH BERGER

451

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

NO CANDIDATE

COUNTY

FOR COUNTY CLERK
NO CANDIDATE	0

FOR COUNTY TREASURER
STEVEN W. DASENBROCK	714

FOR COUNTY SHERIFF
NO CANDIDATE	0

FOR SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMENTS
NO CANDIDATE	0

REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

BOND, CHRISTIAN, EFFINGHAM, FAYETTE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES

JULIE WOLLERMAN

636

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

CLARK, COLES, CUMBERLAND, DOUGLAS, EDGAR, MOULTRIE AND SHELBY COUNTIES

NO CANDIDATE

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

CLAY, CRAWFORD, JASPER, LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND COUNTIES

MONTE A. NEWLIN

COUNTY BOARD

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER, DISTRICT C
KAREN A. LUCHTEFELD	46

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER, DISTRICT G
DOUGLAS R. McCAIN	113

JUDICIAL

FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

To fill the vacancy of the Hon. Sherri L. E. Tungate

ERICKA SANDERS

627

PRECINCT

FOR DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN
MOUND #1 RAYMOND ROGERS	17
LIBERTY GLEN DONALDSON	19
SUMMIT #1 SHIRLEY M. McEVERS	16
SUMMIT #4 ALLEN WENTE	27
WATSON #1 JEREMY PATNAUDE	22
WATSON #3 LINDA C. REPKING	22
DOUGLAS #1 DANIEL NIEBRUGGE	34
DOUGLAS #7 ERIC W. ALTHOFF	31
DOUGLAS #8 KAREN A. LUCHTEFELD	16
DOUGLAS #12 GENE R. JACKSON	13
BISHOP AUDREY GRIFFITH	36