IL Primary: Giannoulias Wins Democratic Senate Nod
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David Hoffman has conceded the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Illinois to state Treas. Alexi Giannoulias. Giannoulias will now face Rep. Mark Kirk (R) this November. Hoffman, speaking moments ago at his election night headquarters, says Giannoulias has his full support.
Giannoulias leads by just under 5 points, pointing to his vulnerability as the Democratic nominee looking to hold President Obama's former Senate seat. You can take a look at some of the pre-primary Kirk-Giannoulias polling here.
Both primaries for governor are too close to call, with three different candidates now trading leads on the Republican side, and Gov. Pat Quinn narrowly holding off Compt. Dan Hynes.
Results as of 10:55 pm ET:
IL SEN (D): Giannoulias 38.9% -- Hoffman 34.0% -- Jackson 19.6%
IL SEN (R): Kirk 56.4 -- Hughes 19.2
IL GOV (D): Quinn 50.4% -- Hynes 49.6%
IL GOV (R): Brady 20.4% -- Dillard 19.9% -- McKenna 19.4% -- Ryan 16.7% -- Andrzejewski 14.8%
IL 10 (R): Dold 38.6% -- Coulson 30.3%
IL 10 (D): Seals 48% -- Hamos 46.5%
IL 14 (R): Hultgren 54.2% -- Hastert 45.8%
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