Tiesha L. Smith leads in the race for the countywide Bellows vacancy

There are three candidates in this race. Appointed Judge Kerrie Maloney Laytin was the Cook County Democratic Party's slated candidate.

The three candidates split the votes fairly equally in the suburbs, but in the City, Tiesha L. Smith has a nearly 30,000 vote lead over Cristin Keely McDonald Duffy, 33,000 more than Judge Laytin.

The City is reporting 77.72% of precincts reporting at this point.