Mary Kathleen McHugh leading in race for Karnezis vacancy

Mary Kathleen McHugh has a significant lead at this moment in the race for the countywide Karnezis vacancy, leading Judge Devlin Schoop by almost 40,000 votes in the City of Chicago. With nearly 62% of City precincts reporting, McHugh has 139,659 votes, Schoop 99,884.

Suburban votes are being tallied quickly now. With nearly 54% of the votes counted, McHugh is leading in the suburbs as well: