Democrat J.B. Pritzker won Illinois Governor Tuesday night after Republican Bruce Rauner conceded.

Incumbent Republican John Shimkus was reelected to the 15th Congressional House District, Republican Chris Miller was elected to the Illinois House 110th District and James “Jimmy” Rankin was reelected as Coles County Sheriff.

According to the Coles County poll results, there were 30,551 registered voters in Coles County and of that 17,350 votes were casted.

Voter turnout for Coles County was 56.8 percent compared to the 2014 midterms, which was 49.72 percent.

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