Joe Biden, Donald Trump cruise in Illinois, while Bost declares victory in downstate congressional race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : With 65% of the vote counted, Trump had 80% support.
58% : Biden won within the district's boundaries by 7.8% over Trump in 2020.
56% : AP named Trump the winner shortly after the polls closed.
55% : With Illinois a safely blue state in presidential elections, it is likely it will continue to be a flyover state for Trump, while Biden will be in Chicago to accept his renomination for president at the United Center in late summer.
54% : In the 12th, Bost and Bailey are running as teammates as Trump delegates -- an indication of the powerful hold the former president has over Republicans in rural Illinois.
44% : The win assured Trump of the state's 13 at-large nominating delegates, and at least another 27 of the 51 total delegates elected in each of the state's 17 congressional districts to go to the GOP national convention in Milwaukee from July 15-18.
31% : Spurned by Trump, Bailey continued to run as a loyalist to the former president in taking on Bost from the right and criticizing the incumbent as part of the Washington establishment "swamp.
24% : Last month, Cook County Judge Tracie Porter ruled Trump off the ballot, saying he had engaged in insurrection for his role in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that was aimed at preventing the Electoral College vote count that made Biden president.

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