J.B. Pritzker wins Illinois governor race -- defeats Bruce Rauner

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Live updates: Pritzker wins Illinois governor race; Harold concedes to Raoul in attorney general contest

By Chicago Tribune staffContact Reporter

With most polls closed in Illinois, voters now know who their next governor is and are waiting to learn the results of other statewide races. Nationally, every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and a third of U.S. Senate seats were on the ballot. The Tribune is live-blogging Election results in Illinois, below, continuing until well after polls close.

Read more about the vote in Illinois on the Tribune election page.

View our updating photo gallery of Chicago-area voters explaining why they’re casting their ballots today. The Tribune’s live coverage of elections outside of Illinois is here.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-election-day-live-updates-20181106-story.html

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1. Great for some good new

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2. One more for the blue column!! 💙

Yaa!

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3. an upset!

...way to go Illinois!

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4. Fucking finally.

Aa an ex resident...it does me heart good! Fuck that asshole! Besides Walker and that moron in Kansas, worse governor evah!

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5. Plus, we've flipped 3 House seats

D Sean Casten beating R incumbent Peter Roskam
D Dirksen Londrigan beating R incumbent Davis
D Underwood beating R incumbent Hultgren

Plus D Kwame Raoul beat R Erica Harold for IL AG

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7. Plus, first ever African American Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton

JB’s running mate

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6. YAY, Great Aunt!!

Happy for you and Illinois and the Planet!