9:57pm: Please join us in our new thread.
9:54pm: The Dem gov race is also tightening - Quinn is now up just 3.2% with 58% in.
9:53pm: Alexi's lead is back down to 3.5% with 59% of the vote in - but is there any way for Hoffman to catch up?
9:50pm: IL-10 just got a lot tighter - Seals' lead has shrunk to 48.1-46.5. But only 12% of precincts are left to count.
9:45pm: The GOP gov race is really, really tight. Andy McKenna is at 21.5, Kirk Dillard at 19.2, Jim Ryan at 17.2 and Bill Brady, also at 17.2 Adam Andrzejewski, the favorite of teabaggers and Lech Walesa, is all the way back in fifth place. My advice to him: Run as an independent this fall.
9:42pm: In non-Illinois news, Democrats have actually picked up an open seat in the Kentucky state House tonight, winning the seat that Republican Jimmy Higdon left behind after winning a special election to the state Senate. Nice score!
9:37pm: Quinn now leads by 4.6%, and Alexi by 4.3%.
9:35pm: Check out IL-14, where Randy Hultgren is ahead of Ethan Hastert by 51-49 with 9% in.
9:34pm: In IL-10, Seals now leads Hamos by 4.1% with 66% in. Bob Dold! leads by 9.
9:32pm: It looks like Alderman Toni Preckwinkle has won the Cook County Board Presidency.
9:31pm: Alexi is up by just 3.8% now, with 43% in. Quinn is up 5.
9:28pm: In the open-seat SoS Dem primary, it's a dogfight between Miller and Krishnamoorthi - Miller is up 47-46.
9:25pm: In IL-10, Seals now leads Hamos by 5.3%, while Bob Dold! is cruising by over 8% with 54% in.
9:23pm: Quinn now leads by 5.6%, and Alexi is up by 4.2%. For the GOP, McKenna and Dillard are now both ahead of ex-AG Jim Ryan.
9:17pm: In IL-14, Ethan Hastert has a mere 51-49 lead over Randy Hultgren, with just 3% reporting. Brothers and sisters, let us all pray for a protracted, nasty recount.
9:15pm: In IL-11, Adam Kinzinger is cruising with 62% of the vote. Is that low? Is that high? You tell me.
9:13pm: In IL-08, Some Dude Joe Walsh leads the pack with 34% with about 42% of votes counted. The winner here gets the privilege of taking on Melissa Bean.
9:11pm: In IL-07, Danny Davis, who had vacillated between running for re-election and seeking the Cook County Board Presidency, is taking about two thirds of the vote. Not terrific for an incumbent, but the remainder is split between several candidates.
9:05pm: As for the gube race, Quinn leads Hynes by 6.8 points on the nose, while Alexi leads Hoffman by 4.5%. Hoffman has widened his lead in Lake County, but that's more than offset by Giannoulias' strong performance downstate. With almost 39% reporting in IL-10, Seals leads Hamos by 51.5-43.1. For the Republicans, Bob Dold! leads Coulson by about 10 points.
8:55pm: The thing is, it seems like most of the big names on tonight's ballot call Chicago home... so it's hard to say who, if anyone, ought to be cleaning up in the Windy City.
8:52pm: Dave Wasserman tweets that Hoffman is only up narrowly in Lake County, a place where he should have expected to do well, and suggests it's a good sign for Alexi.
8:49pm: In IL-10, Dan Seals is up 51-44 over Julie Hamos with about 8% reporting. Bob Dold leads Elizabeth Coulson for the GOP nod, 38-30.
8:47pm: To no one's surprise, Mark Kirk is running away with the GOP nomination. My advice to Patrick Hughes: Run as an independent this fall.
8:45pm: So with 16% of the vote in on the Dem side, Quinn has a narrow 53-47 lead. For the GOPers, Andy McKenna leads with 27%, while Ryan, Dillard and Andrzejewski are at 20, 19, and 17 respectively.
8:42pm: Politico has much quicker results. In the Senate race, it's 37A-30H-26C, while Quinn is up 54-46 in the gov contest.
8:39pm: I don't know why the AP is being so slow - Lake County has already counted a bunch of votes. FWIW, they have Hoffman and Hynes up.
8:27pm: Congrats to the folks in DeKalb County, who clock in with the first precinct (out of 11,215) of the night.
8:24pm: Pass the dutchie 'pon the left hand side....
Polls are now closed in Illinois, where we've got hot Democratic and Republican primaries up and down the ticket. (For a full review of the biggest races to watch, check out DavidNYC's preview.) We'll be using this thread to track the results as they come in.
