Ill. GOP guv race: AP reports 100 percent of vote counted, Brady leads by 406 votes

Although the Republican candidate I backed did not win, I view this as good news. Conservative state Senator Bill Brady leads fellow chamber member Kirk Dillard by 406 votes.

Not surprisingly, Dillard has different numbers; the man who appeared in a Barack Obama TV ad says his tally shows only a 115 vote discrepancy.

There are still some absentee ballots that have yet to be counted, plus a few provisionals (probably not that many, after all, turnout was only 26 percent), so Brady shouldn't pop open the champagne just yet.

But it's okay to put a bottle in the refrigerator.

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