Rochford to face Curran for Supreme Court seat?

CapitolFax.com is linking to the Tribune tonight for election returns. And here's a screen grab from the Tribune showing Judge Elizabeth Rochford ahead, as I believe was expected, in her bid for the Democratic nomination for the new Second Judicial District seat on the Illinois Supreme Court. Over 80% of those votes are counted.

More surprising, perhaps, is that former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran is leading, albeit narrowly, in his bid for the Republican nomination for that seat. Note, however, that only 61% of these votes are shown:

DuPage County was always the 'big dog' in the old 2nd Judicial District; Lake County was always the scrappy little brother. Now Lake County is probably the biggest county in the new judicial district (Kane must come close but I haven't looked it up). So maybe it's not that big a surprise that both candidates for the Supreme Court would come from Lake County. We'll see how it shakes out... tomorrow.