Although Kane County voters in Tuesday’s general election appear to have favored incumbents for the county board chair and state’s attorney positions, unofficial results show the county may be getting a new coroner. In the Kane County coroner race , Democratic challenger Monica Silva received 50.90% of the vote while Republican incumbent Rob Russell received 49.
10% of the vote, according to unofficial results on Wednesday. Numbers are still expected to change as vote-by-mail and provisional ballots are counted. Silva told The Beacon-News on Wednesday that she was enthusiastic about the results and grateful to Kane County voters.
She also complemented Russell’s campaign, saying both of them were well run, stayed positive, focused on the issues and on what they could each offer the voters. “I very much look forward to working with him in the future, in this transition,” she said of her possible victory. “I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to the coroner because he has done a very good job for us.
” When asked why voters may have chosen her over Russell, who has been coroner for the last 12 years, Silva said she worked hard to connect with voters and get out the message that she is qualified for the position because of her clinical and public health background. In an interview before the election, she said she believes the coroner role is more about public health than it is about law enforcement, in contrast to how Russell said he saw the position. Silva is a ch.
