At present, with all ballots (absentee, military, contested) having been tabulated from Cook County, awaiting only 700-800 still to be counted from Lake and McHenry counties, Joe Walsh has a 335 vote lead over outhousing incumbent Melissa Bean.
Let's call it 750 votes outstanding. Joe will get 80% of those, or 600 - 150. Margin = 450.
Final result, Joe Walsh by 785 over Beano (who really should take her $1.97 million and retire - go do some good in the world; go consult for ACORN).
Just my opinion.
