St. Louis Public Radio News
(2010-02-04)
CHICAGO
(St. Louis Public Radio) -
Illinois comptroller Dan Hynes has conceded his party's primary for governor.It comes more than 36 hours after the polls closed in a tightly-fought contest with Gov. Pat Quinn. At the time, Hynes and Quinn were within 4,000 votes of each other, well inside the margin needed to request a recount.
But as more precincts came in, the gap widened, and Hynes concluded he could not make up enough votes in a recount. Final unofficial totals show the two Democrats about 8,100 votes apart.
The Republican race is still undecided. Those same totals show State Senator Bill Brady holding a 406-vote lead over his colleague Kirk Dillard. That's less than a tenth of a percent of the total vote, and will likely trigger a recount that could delay election certification until the spring. © Copyright 2012, St. Louis Public Radio
