Erica Orr leads Judge Litricia Payne in the race for the Hambright Jr. vacancy in the 1st Subcircuit. Orr leads by 1,309 votes in the City, and by 635 votes in Suburban returns.
Tiana Ellis Blakely is comfortably ahead of Judge Fredrick H. Bates in the race for the Lampkin vacancy in the 2nd Subcircuit, leading by 4,155 votes in Suburban returns, and by 5,074 votes in the City.
With just about 74% of the votes counted, Judge Travis Richardson is running 2,483 votes behind Ieshia Gray in the City of Chicago in the race for the Turner Jr. vacancy in the 2nd Subcircuit; with over 80% of the suburban votes counted, Gray leads Richardson there by 474 votes.
Arthur Wesley Willis is ahead of former Judge Devlin Schoop by 1,781 votes in City returns and by 2,219 votes in the suburbs in the race for the Valarie Turner vacancy in the 2nd Subcircuit.
On the other hand, Judges Adrienne E. Davis, Toya T. Harvey, and Debra A. Seaton all appear to be significantly ahead in their bids to hold the seats to which they were appointed (the 2nd Subcircuit Laws, Rhodes, and Willis vacancies).
Harvey’s race is fairly close in the City, with Harvey enjoying only about a thousand vote margin over Tiesha L. Smith, but the margin is closer to 5,000 votes in the suburbs.
Tiana Ellis Blakely is comfortably ahead of Judge Fredrick H. Bates in the race for the Lampkin vacancy in the 2nd Subcircuit, leading by 4,155 votes in Suburban returns, and by 5,074 votes in the City.
With just about 74% of the votes counted, Judge Travis Richardson is running 2,483 votes behind Ieshia Gray in the City of Chicago in the race for the Turner Jr. vacancy in the 2nd Subcircuit; with over 80% of the suburban votes counted, Gray leads Richardson there by 474 votes.
Arthur Wesley Willis is ahead of former Judge Devlin Schoop by 1,781 votes in City returns and by 2,219 votes in the suburbs in the race for the Valarie Turner vacancy in the 2nd Subcircuit.
On the other hand, Judges Adrienne E. Davis, Toya T. Harvey, and Debra A. Seaton all appear to be significantly ahead in their bids to hold the seats to which they were appointed (the 2nd Subcircuit Laws, Rhodes, and Willis vacancies).
Harvey’s race is fairly close in the City, with Harvey enjoying only about a thousand vote margin over Tiesha L. Smith, but the margin is closer to 5,000 votes in the suburbs.