Eileen O’Neill Burke sustains lead over Clayton Harris for state’s attorney as last remaining votes are running short

Election judges count mail-in ballots by running them through a scanner on March 25, 2024, at the Chicago Board of Elections. With five days to go until vote counting ceases in the Democratic primary race for state’s attorney, the trickle of ballot returns showed retired Appellate Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke sustaining her lead over university lecturer and former prosecutor Clayton Harris III.

On Wednesday, Harris’ campaign said it would wait until next Tuesday — the last day for mail ballots to be counted — to decide its next steps. If Harris continues to lag behind O’Neill Burke, his options would be to concede defeat or ask for a recount to double-check the accuracy of the final results, which is a costly and time-consuming option with uncertain results.

In all, more than 51,000 Democratic votes in the contest have been added to the unofficial count since election night, less than 10% of all the votes cast in the race. That has included outstanding precincts, and mail-in and nursing home votes from both the city and suburbs. Tens of thousands of mail ballots have still not been returned and are not expected to be.

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