Click here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods. Thanks for subscribing to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods.Ĭlick here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. White is retiring and not seeking reelection. The two are set to replace White, who has been the secretary of state since 1999. Giannoulias has vowed to protect people’s voting rights, modernize the Secretary of State’s Office, strengthen the agency’s business services to empower minority entrepreneurs and strengthen the state’s ethics laws for lawmakers and lobbyists, among other issues.īrady has said he’ll focus on increasing the number of Illinoisans signed up as organ donors and modernize the agency to reduce wait times.

The two faced attacks during their campaigns, with Giannoulias questioned about his family’s failed bank while Valencia’s opponents highlighted how she hadn’t adequately disclosed her husband’s lobbying work. Giannoulias was expected to face a tough battle against Valencia, who had been endorsed by White. Valencia, the next-closest Democratic candidate, conceded.ĭan Brady, the Republican’s deputy minority leader in the state House of Representatives, beat John Milhiser, racking up more than 77 percent of the vote. David Moore (17th), City Clerk Anna Valencia and Sidney Moore in the Democratic primary, winning nearly 53 percent of the vote in preliminary results. Giannoulias, who has previously served as Illinois’ treasurer and as a state senator, beat out Ald. CHICAGO - Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Dan Brady will face each other in the race to replace Jesse White as Illinois’ secretary of state.

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