By Jim Hagerty
Contributor

ROCKFORD — Although home rule dominated the headlines this primary election cycle, there were several key state and local elections. Below are results of Tuesday’s contested races.

Local Results

Winnebago County Clerk – Republican
X Lori Gummow 14,649 65%
Magdalena Luke 4,166 18%
Nancy L. Edwardsen 3,861 17%

Winnebago County Sheriff – Republican
X Gary Caruana 15,886 64%
Kurt K. Ditzler 8,777  36%

Winnebago County Board District 2 – Republican
X Jim Webster 1,007 62%
Terry Peterson 610 38%

Winnebago County Board District 4 – Republican
X David D. Boomer 859  52%
Danna Krischke 799  48%

Winnebago County Board District 7 – Republican
X Paul M. Arena 977  81%
Kevork Muradian 234 19%

Winnebago County Board District 8 – Republican
X John Butitta 1,207 53%
Eli Nicolosi 1,053 47%

Winnebago County Board District 20– Republican
X Jas Bilich 622 45%
Daniel T. Gray 513  37%
Douglas R. McPherson 241  18%

Rockford Home Rule Referendum
X No 13,362 54%
Yes 11,543 46%

Winnebago County Clerk/Recorder Merger Referendum
X Yes 33,335 73%
No 12,132 27%

Winnebago School District Building Bonds Referendum
X Yes 1,231 60%
No 816 40%

Village of Roscoe Sales Tax Referendum
X No 959 56%
Yes 740 44%

South Beloit Library Bonds Referendum
X No 525 53%
Yes 473 47%

Boone County Public Safety Sales Tax Referendum
X No 4,093 55%
Yes 3,290 45%

State Results

Illinois Gubernatorial-Republican
X Bruce Rauner 331,237 52%
Jeanne Ives 308,494 48%

Illinois Gubernatorial-Democrat
X JB Pritzker 551,745 45%
Daniel Biss  325,400 27%
Chris Kennedy 290,343 24%
Tio Hardiman  19,888 2%
Bob Daiber 14,378 1%
Robert Marshall 13,814 1%

Attorney General Illinois – Democrat
X Kwame Raoul 357,949 30%
Pat Quinn  331,850 28%
Sharon Fairley 146,913 12%
Nancy Rotering  108,706 9%
Scott Drury 92,191 8%
Jesse Ruiz 70,833 6%
Renato Mariotti 47,048 4%
Aaron Goldstein 36,705 3%

Attorney General Illinois – Republican
X Erika Harold 347,457 60%
Gary Grasso 235,435 40%

Representative, District 67 Illinois House – Democrat
X Maurice West 2,640 40%
Angela Fellars  1,793 27%
Valeri DeCastris  1,434 22%
Gerald Albert  710 11%

Federal

Representative, 16th District United States Congress-Democrat
X Sara Dady 13,089 37%
Neill Mohammad  9,852 28%
Amy Briel 7,131 20%
Beth Vercolio-Osmund 4,999 14%

Representative, 16th District United States Congress-Republican
X Adam Kinzinger Republican 38,484 69%
Jim Marter Republican 17,594 31%