There was a lot of coverage of election results, including the County's unofficial results here. The News-Gazette had their visual results here. WILL had text results here. Incumbents generally held on during some historically low turnout, even for a municipal election. From the News-Gazette Wednesday:
New Champaign County clerk's only problem in first election: Too few votersMore on election day hiccups and logistical issues dealt with by the County clerk at that full article here. WCIA had some turnout comparisons with area counties here. This election process began within weeks of the massive turnout of the 2018 midterm, with candidates having to file shortly afterward for this election. In political cycles there are often ebbs and flows of enthusiasm. I'll leave it to the reader to stare at midterm versus municipal turnout fluctuations over the years to see if they can unlock the secret. The News-Gazette also had stories on individual races:
Preliminary results indicate turnout was down Tuesday in Champaign County compared with similar local consolidated elections.
Just over 17,000 ballots were cast Tuesday, or 13.27 percent of the 128,000 registered voters in the county.
Four years ago, 21,839 ballots were cast, or about 19 percent, and eight years ago, 20,890 ballots were cast, or about 17 percent.
In 2007, 18,897 people voted, or about 16 percent.
- Champaign City Council and Mayor
- Champaign School Board
- Champaign Park Board
- Urbana School Board
- Urbana Park Board
- Parkland Trustees
The paper also had coverage of election day with the Mayor and the crazy schedule running for a local office can entail here.
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