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Madison County voters reverse fortunes
Kay Voters in Madison County favored the GOP in a big way this election, reversing a pattern that has existed at least throughout the last decade.
Matoesian earns 70 percent to be retained; Unopposed Mudge to fill Stack vacancy
Mudge Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian received 70 percent of the total vote to be retained to a sixth six-year term.
Clinton County elects Middendorff circuit judge
Middendorff Despite a strong GOP showing in Clinton County, atttorney Doug Gruenke, a Republican from New Baden, was defeated by Associate Judge Dennis Middendorff, a Democrat from Carlyle, to fill a vacancy in the 4th Judicial Circuit.
St. Clair County circuit judges retained
LeChien Three St. Clair County circuit judges in the 20th Judicial Circuit were easily retained to six-year terms.
Kilbride prevails in costly retention election
Kilbride Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride has been retained to a second 10-year term.
Kay defeats Hoffman in 112th House District
Kay Republican Dwight Kay of Glen Carbon has defeated incumbent Democrat Jay Hoffman of Collinsville in the 112th House District, 19,473 to 18,102.
Republicans take seats in Madison County
Prenzler Republican Kurt Prenzler defeated sitting Madison County Treasurer Frank Miles by 4,418 votes.
Dwight Kay leading Jay Hoffman
Kay Republican Dwight Kay of Glen Carbon appears to have upset incumbent Democrat Jay Hoffman of Collinsville.
Matoesian retained
Matoesian Madison County Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian appears to have been retained to a sixth six-year term.
Callis takes issue with critical asbestos report, 'Litigating in the Field of Dreams'
Callis Chief Judge Ann Callis defended the Madison County court system following a critical report of the court's growing asbestos docket.
Costly judicial retention race winds down
Kilbride As one of the most expensive single candidate campaigns winds down in Illinois, Justice Thomas Kilbride's chief detractor defends his group's anti-retention effort.
Prenzler presses Miles to return tax buyer contributions
Prenzler holds a press conference outside the Madison County Administration building. Republican candidate for Madison County Treasurer Kurt Prenzler called on sitting Treasurer Frank Miles to return campaign donations received from tax buyers.
Woman, son injured in rear-end crash
A woman and her passenger son were injured in a rear-end collision in Pontoon Beach.
Gunshot injuries at Alton bar lead to suit
A woman is seeking damages for gunshot injuries she sustained while visiting an Alton bar.
Man injured in rear-end collision seeks $50K
A man is seeking damage after being injured in a rear-end collision in Granite City.
Woman seeks damages from Aer Lingus over O'Hare boarding ramp mishap
A woman says she was injured in a fall caused by improper maintenance of an airline boarding ramp.
E-filing launched in St. Clair County Circuit Clerk's office
Staff members working on an e-filing conversion project in St. Clair County's Circuit Clerk office celebrated the first success today with sparkling cider.
Fund-raising in Hoffman-Kay race is ramping up
Kay Fund-raising in the competitive 112th House District race, by no surprise, is tipping in favor of incumbent State Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Collinsville).
Metro-East plaintiff lawyers making sizable donations to Dem candidates
Simmons Metro-East plaintiff lawyers are making a big difference in a couple of competitive state races—including the contest for Illinois governor and House District 112.
Candidates in 112th House race take in nearly $400k since July
Kay Dwight Kay of Glen Carbon, a Republican campaigning to unseat incumbent State Rep. Jay Hoffman, a Democrat from Collinsville, received a total of $150,217.88 between July 1 and Oct. 3, according to a pre-election report filed on Monday.