The good news:
Republican Joe Walsh has defeated incumbent Democrat Melissa Bean for Congress in Illinois’ 8th District with all absentee and provisional votes now counted.
County clerks in McHenry, Cook and Lake counties tallied up the remaining provisional and late-arriving absentee ballots today. Unofficial results indicate Walsh won by 290 votes out of more than 200,000 cast…
Makes for a total of 84 new Republicans and a net gain of 62. Still a couple more outstanding races which we have a chance of winning.