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The Republican primary race for Illinois Supreme Court District 2 has come down to a contest between two prominent Lake County leaders separated by around 1.5% of the vote.
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Incumbent Lake County Sheriff John D. Idleburg fended off a Democratic challenger Tuesday and will face Republican primary winner Mark A. Vice II in November's general election, unofficial vote totals show.
The race in the fall could overturn Democrats’ dominance of the state’s highest court.
Suburban Chicago voters appeared to choose Lake County Associate Judge Elizabeth Rochford on Tuesday as their Democratic candidate heading into November for a wide-open seat in the Illinois Supreme Court bench, but the district's Republican race remained too close to call early Wednesday morning.