The March Primary Election is over and it was a good turnout in Washington County, according to County Clerk & Recorder Tom Ganz. He said for primary elections it is good to get 16 percent. Yesterday, nearly 33 percent of the county got out and voted, which is closer to the general election. Here is how the county voted on the state races. For U.S. Senate on the Republican ballot, James Oberweis beat Douglas Truax 76 percent to 23. Oberweis was the winner overall in the state also. For Governor – Lt. Governor, on the Democratic ballot, Hardiman – Donald beat Quinn – Vallas, 307 votes to 186. In the statewide results, Quinn – Vallas won. On the Republican ticket, Brady – Rodriguez had 831 votes, while Dillard – Tracy had 760 votes and Rauner – Sanguinetti had 632. Rutherford – Kim received only 244 votes in the county. Rauneer – Sanquinetti were the overall winners in the state. For State Treasurer, on the Republican ticket, it was Tom Cross with almost 60 percent of the vote over Bob Grogan. He also won in the entire state. For the 115th District State Representative, it was Tony Mayville beating William Kilquist 70 percent to 30 percent on the Democratic ballot. It was not the case throughout the district, as Kilquist won that race. On the Republican ticket, it was Robert White with 298 votes to Terri Bryant’s 214. Again, this was not the case in the entire district, as Bryant won. In the Washington County races, for Treasurer on the Republican ballot, Kelly Cameron won with nearly 63 percent of the votes over Andrea Renken. For Sheriff on the Republican ballot, Danny Bradac beat Michael Renth 1,471 votes to 1,045. For Assessor on the Republican ballot, Sharon Harre Mewes won with 57 percent of the votes over Sharon Kolweier. In the race for Regional Superintendent of Schools, on the Republican ballot, Ron Daniels had 66 percent of the vote over Jacob Purcell. Overall from the 4 counties, Daniels won with 67 percent of the vote. In the County Board races, for District 1 on the Republican ballot, Gary Suedemeyer had 424 votes and Jeffrey Evans had 385 votes as it was vote for no more than 2. In District 2 on the Democratic ticket, it was Theresa Kurwicki with 123 votes and Willy Spenner with 104 votes, as it was vote for no more than 3. In District 3 on the Republican ballot, David Meyer had 639 votes and Douglas Bening had 566 in a vote for not more than 2. In the Ashley Fire Increase Extension vote, it failed 222 votes to 178. Including Jefferson County, it failed 257 to 199. Electric aggregation did not pass in all areas. It passed in Addieville, 52 votes to 8, while in Irvington it passed 44 votes to 40. It passed in Richview 24 to 15, as well as passing in Venedy 19 to 7. It failed in DuBois though, as 29 voted against it and 23 voted for it. In Wamac, there were 61 that could vote one way or another there, but only 3 voted for it and 3 voted against it. It did pass with votes from other counties with 30 in favor and 18 against. Results are not final for at least another 14 days, says Ganz, as they wait for all ballots to come through the mail and for any contested results. All results, even from those uncontested elections, are on illinois.platinumelectionresults.com. After opening that, look for whatever county is available, including Washington and Clinton Counties.