Tazewell County primary election results

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By WMBD-TV

TAZEWELL COUNTY – Results are in for the primary elections in Tazewell County.

Tazewell County picks Bill Atkins, Tammy Stimson, Eric Schmidgall as Republican Candidates for District 3 Board Member race

Tazewell County has voted for Bill Atkins, Tammy Stimson, and Eric Schmidgall to be the Republican Candidates for the District 3 Board member election.

The vote was 1957 for Bill Atkins, 1733 for Tammy Stimson, 1732 for Michael Harris, and 2285 for Eric Schmidgall.

Tazewell County picks William C. Funkhouser for Republican Auditor Candidate

Tazewell County has voted for William Funkhouser to be the Republican Candidate for Tazewell Auditor.

The vote was 5486 for Funkhouser and 2709 votes for his opponent Kaden Nelms.

Tazewell County approves Monument Proposition

Tazewell County has voted to approve a new Monument Proposition in honor of soldiers and sailors.

The total was 10870 votes yes and 1924 for no.

Tazewell County picks Eric Stahl, Jon Hopkins, and Catheryn Stump as Republican Candidates for District 2 Board Member race

Tazewell County has voted for Eric Stahl, Jon Hopkins, and Catheryn Stump to be the Republican Candidates for the District 2 Board members election.

The total was 2534 votes for Stahl, 2287 votes for Jon Hopkins, 2063 for Catheryn Stump, and 1972 votes for Karl Lutz.

March 19 Illinois Primary Tazewell County Races

INCUMBENT

Candidate
NO NO
YES YES
0% reporting
CandidateVotesPercent
WILLIAM FUNKHOUSERRepublicanRACE NOT CALLED5,48666.94%
KADEN NELMSRepublican2,70933.06%
Updated: 9 hours ago100% reporting
CandidateVotesPercent
ERIC STAHLRepublicanRACE NOT CALLED2,53428.61%
JONATHAN HOPKINSRepublicanRACE NOT CALLED2,28725.82%
CATHRYN STUMPRepublicanRACE NOT CALLED2,06323.29%
KARL LUTZRepublican1,97222.27%
Updated: 10 hours ago100% reporting
CandidateVotesPercent
ERIC SCHMIDGALLRepublicanRACE NOT CALLED2,28529.65%
BILL ATKINSRepublicanRACE NOT CALLED1,95725.39%
TAMMY RICH STIMSONRepublicanRACE NOT CALLED1,73322.49%
MICHAEL HARRISRepublican1,73222.47%
Updated: 9 hours ago100% reporting

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