Illinois county votes for Democratic gubernatorial candidate for first time since 1852 – NBC 5 Chicago

Illinois county votes for Democratic gubernatorial candidate for first time since 1852  NBC 5 Chicago

McHenry County, the reddest of the collar counties surrounding Chicago, is riding the blue wave that swept through the political world this week. McHenry County, the reddest of the collar counties surrounding Chicago, is riding the blue wave that swept through the political world this week, as Rose Schmidt explains. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker became the first Democratic governor to carry the county since 1852, according to election result data. Pritzker lost McHenry County by 12,000 votes in the 2018 election, but he nearly took the county in the 2022 race, falling just 1,700 votes behind former State Sen. Darren Bailey. This time around Pritzker defeated Bailey by more than 12,000 votes according to unofficial election results, and Democrats in the county are jubilant in the progress their party has made.

“As an active Democrat in the county, we've been fighting to get a seat at the table in McHenry County,” said Lori McConville, owner of Marvin’s Toy Store in downtown Crystal Lake. McConville and her daughter, Kate Nuhn, are riding high after Tuesday night's performance by Democrats both in Illinois and around the country. “I'm personally concerned about what's going to affect my daughter as she's in school. I want her to have a public education where she's taught everything: truth, history. I don't want her to not have