Election results from the Cook County Clerk’s office show that more than three-fourths of Evanston voters approved the proposed “fair tax” amendment to the Illinois Constitution, and more than 90% voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for president and vice president.
The proposed amendment was popular in Evanston but failed statewide: 29,636, 0r 77.04%, voted in favor of the proposed amendment; 8,834, or 22.96% voted “no.”
More than 40,000 Evanstonians cast ballots in the presidential race. Of these
· 36, 410, or 90.9%, voted for Vice President Biden and Senator Harris;
· 3,066, or 7.65%, voted for Donald Trump and Michael Pence;
· 268, or 0.67% voted for Libertarian candidates Jo Jorgensen and Jeremy “Spike” Cohen;
· 200, or 0.5%, voted for Green candidates Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker;
· 61, or 0.15%, voted for Gloria La Riva and Leonard Peltier of the Party for Socialism and Liberation; and
· 51, or 0.13% voted for Brian Carroll and Amar Patel of the American Solidarity Party.
In the race for U.S. Senate
· incumbent Democrat Richard Durbin garnered 34,475 votes, 86.61%.
· Republican Mark Curran received 3,522 votes, 8.85%;
· Willie Wilson of the Willie Wilson party received 1,009 votes, 2.53%;
· Green candidate David Black received 488 votes, 1.23%; and
· Libertarian candidate Danny Malouf received 310 votes, 0.78%.
Democrat incumbent Jan Schakowsky retained her seat in the House of Representatives, receiving almost 90% (89.97%) of Evanston votes cast – 35, 507. Republican Sargis Sangari received 3,957 votes, 10.03%.
Democrat State Representative Kelly Cassidy, whose 14th district includes part of south Evanston, ran unopposed and received 1,426 Evanston votes.
In the 17th District, incumbent Democrat Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz retained her seat, receiving 6,724 votes, 83.2%; Republican candidate Yesoe Yoon received 971 votes, 12.1%; and Green candidate Christopher Kruger received 327 votes, 4.08%.
In the 18th District, incumbent Democrat Robyn Gabel received 86.55% of the votes cast – 25,265. Independent Sean Matlis received 13.45% of the votes cast – 3,925.
Evanston votes cast for commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago are listed below:
· Kimberly Neely Dubuclet (Democrat): 27,034 votes, 28.63%
· M. Cameron ”Cam” Davis (Democrat): 26,640 votes, 28.21%
· Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda (Democrat): 23,487 votes, 24.87%
· Rachel Wales (Green): 5, 978 votes, 6.33%
· Tammie Felicia Vinson (Green): 5,686 votes, 6.02%
· Troy Antonio Hernandez (Green): 5,604 votes, 5.93%
For State’s Attorney, 27,743, 72.71%, Evanstonians voted for incumbent Democrat Kim Foxx. Republican Patrick O’Brien received 22.02% of the votes cast in Evanston, 8,401. Libertarian Brian Dennehy received 2,010 votes, 5.27%.
The 38,470 ballots cast in the referendum question represented a 70.63% turnout voter turnout. Ballots cast in many other races reflected a similar turnout.