40.7 % of Dewitt County turned out for the 2012 Primary Elections with several important and contested races represented.

In District A, Sherri Brown(436), the incumbent, along with Larry Schumm (414) and Dan Ballenger (373) moves onto the general election in November for the County Board.

District B saw Mark Gardener (664), Terry Fergueson (524) and Ed Young (523) gain enough support to move onto the general election. Incumbent, Laura Enger(487) was defeated.

Terry Hoffman (526), Ron Savage Jr. (500) and David Newberg (449) earned more votes than incumbent Leon Owen (412) in District C.

District D was uncontested as incumbents Jay Wickenhauser, Pete Daugherty, and Melonie Tillie, all of Clinton, move on to the November elections.

The Circuit Clerk race saw Pam Barnes defeating incumbent Lori Berger by a vote of 2,023 to 1,664.

The Clinton Schools Bond Proposal Referendum passed with 71% (2231) voting in favor to 29% (921) voting no.

The Blue Ridge School referendum issue on building bonds was approved with 51% saying yes with 855 votes. There were 838 "no" votes representing 49%.

The Ambulance Service referendum succeeded with 2,513 in favor and 969 opposed.

Uncontested races on Tuesday included Randy Rice for Clinton Coroner as well as Karle Koritz of Bloomington running as State's Attorney.

The Democratic side of the ballot was uncontested. The races included:

Callille Redman of Wapella for District A, Dana Evans of Farmer City in District B.

Russell Davenport, Michael Bray and Scott Nimmo of Clinton in District C and Rita Sue May of Clinton in District D.

Another race of interest included Tom Pliura conceeding to Chapin Rose in the contest for the 51st Senate District.

Here is the rundown for the Presedential race in Dewitt County as well.

Mitt Romney 1,421  39%
Rick Santorum 1,259  35%
Ron Paul 520  14%
Newt Gingrich 350 10%