Residents voted in a number of races for Kane County offices in the general election on Tuesday.
The Kane County Board chair position appears to have been won by Democratic incumbent Corinne Pierog, who ran against Republican challenger Lance Bell in the Tuesday election.
Unofficial results on Tuesday night showed that 50.27% voted for Pierog while 45.94% voted for Bell, with all precincts reporting.
Pierog has led the Kane County Board as its chair since she was first elected in 2020. Before that, she worked at public schools, colleges, a film company and a chamber of commerce before moving back to Illinois and starting a business to help organizations develop their boards, she said in an interview with The Beacon-News before the election.
Bell is the CEO of ServingIntel and a leader of the nonprofit Christian Leadership Ministries. He told The Beacon-News in an interview before the election that he is a lifelong entrepreneur and has previously founded a number of other businesses.
Democratic challenger Monica Silva was leading Republican incumbent Rob Russell in the race for Kane County coroner, according to the election numbers Tuesday night.
Unofficial results showed that 48.70% voted for Silva while 46.98% voted for Russell, with all precincts reporting.
Russell has been the Kane County coroner for the past 12 years. In an interview before the election, he told The Beacon-News that he views the position as having a law enforcement role, one he is experienced in because of his time as a deputy sheriff at DuPage County and his time as Kane County coroner.
Silva is a chiropractor in Aurora who has been a Kane County Board member since 2010. She believes the coroner role is more about public health than it is about law enforcement and told The Beacon-News in an interview before the election that she is qualified for the position because of her 20 years seeing patients and 20 years being the administrator of her own practice.
The Kane County state’s attorney position appears to have been won by Democratic incumbent Jamie Mosser, who ran against Republican challenger Andrew Sosnowski.
Unofficial results showed that 51.03% voted for Mosser while 44.76% voted for Sosnowski, with all precincts reporting.
Mosser has been the Kane County state’s attorney since she was elected in 2020. She previously worked for the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, where she ran the Domestic Violence Unit before going into private practice, she said in an interview with The Beacon-News before the election.
Sosnowski also previously worked for the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, where he led the Family Justice Division and helped to develop the county’s Child Advocacy Center, he told The Beacon-News in an interview before the election. He also previously worked as the general counsel for the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and he now runs a private practice, he said.
In the race for circuit clerk in Kane County, incumbent Democrat Theresa Barreiro received 51.16% of the vote, according to unofficial results with all precincts reporting on Tuesday night, with Republican Anthony Catella getting 44.67%.
For Kane County auditor, according to unofficial results Tuesday with all precincts reporting, incumbent Democrat Penny Wegman got 50.82% of the vote, to 44.87% for Republican Gretchen Butler.
In the contest for Kane County recorder, incumbent Republican Sandy Wegman received 49.15% of the vote, with Democrat Marisela Villegas getting 46.31%, according to unofficial results Tuesday with all precincts reporting.
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