More Than Half Of DuPage County Voters Cast Ballots In General Election

DUPAGE COUNTY, IL — More than 52 percent of DuPage County's registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday's General Election, according to data from the DuPage County Clerk's Office. The election featured races for county sheriff, county clerk and county board chair.

Of the county's 634,871 voters, 334,647 had cast ballots as of Tuesday night. This included 143,929 voters who came out on Election Day. As of Wednesday afternoon, 123,028 early voting ballots had been tabulated and 96,884 vote-by-mail ballots had been requested.

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On Tuesday night, DuPage County voters elected a new sheriff, following James Mendrick's decision to leave is role as sheriff and pursue an unsuccessful gubernatorial run. Democratic candidate Peter Coolidge was poised to be elected sheriff, per unofficial vote totals as of Wednesday morning, with 100 percent of precincts reporting. Coolidge is the first Democrat to be elected DuPage County Sheriff after a long line of Republicans who held the office.

Tuesday's election also brought a new DuPage County Clerk. Paula Deacon Garcia, who defeated incumbent county clerk Jean Kaczmarek, had more than 62 percent of the vote in her race against Patricia Kladdis-Schiappa, according to unofficial vote totals Wednesday afternoon.

DuPage County Chair Deb Conroy retained her seat after facing a challenge from Republican Gary Grasso. Unofficial vote totals showed that Conroy had more than 62 percent of votes.