Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are on the presidential ballot. The last Republican presidential candidate to win in Illinois was George H.W. Bush in 1988.
While hotly contested races that take hours or days to count may attract the most attention, the AP for decades has called landslide or uncontested races at poll closing time.
Jim Justice flipped a U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia to the Republican Party on Tuesday.
Republican Jim Banks has won Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat and political newcomer Valerie McCray.
Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun won election as governor in Indiana on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Jennifer McCormick and extending the GOP’s 20-year hold on the office.
Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun is giving up his seat as he campaigns for governor of Indiana. Spending by Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jennifer McCormick has made the race more competitive than expected. Another interesting twist is the presence of a third-party candidate with strong support: Libertarian Donald Rainwater, who captured 11% of the vote in 2020.
Republican Donald Trump won the presidential election in Indiana on Tuesday.
Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun is giving up his seat as he campaigns for governor. Three are running for the open seat: Republican Jim Banks, Libertarian Andrew Horning and Democrat Valerie McCray.
Ballots will begin to be counted after the final polls close at 7 p.m. Eastern. Follow live results here.
The race for president tops the list of federal, state and local contests in Illinois, where voters have supported the Democratic presidential nominee for decades but lower-ballot contests are more competitive.