And The Winners Are

For more than a month we had to suffer through all of the bashing commercials and signs planted all over the region, but we’ve finally gotten past the mid-term elections and the local results for contested races – which were predominately in Stephenson County - are:

Stephenson County

State Senate

Andrew Chesney (R) 10,864

Gerald Podraza (D) 5,653

County Clerk

Jazmine Wingert (R) 8,994

Chandra Morris (D) 7,552

Circuit Court Judge

Peter McClanathan (R) 9,953

Karla Niemann (D) 6,455

County Board – District C (Vote for 2)

Casey Jacobs Anthony (D) 629

Lou Ann Hayes (R) 619

Debra Devine (D) 563

Rebe...