Kathy Salvi, the Mundelein attorney seen as the establishment candidate in the Republican Senate primary, led the race on Tuesday for her party’s nod to take on first-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth in the fall.
Salvi took a strong, early lead in the seven-candidate race after the polls closed, though her nearest opponent, Peggy Hubbard of Belleville, spent the night trying to close the gap. With 83% of precincts reporting, Salvi had 30.7% of the vote, to Hubbard’s 24.2%.
