Cappel maintains lead in Illinois Senate District 49 race

Unofficial vote totals show State Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel has a substantial lead over Will County Board member Katie Deane-Schlottman for Illinois Senate District 49 race.

Cappel has 48,838 votes and Deane-Schlottman has 38,048 votes, according to Will and Kendall county election data.

Cappel is seeking to increase financial support for educators, push for a fiscally responsible state government and protect a “women’s right to privacy in making her own healthcare decisions no matter what happens at the national level,” according to her campaign’s website.

Deane-Schlottman was first elected to the Will County Board in 2021. She said wants to “overturn the tax-and-spend policies” in state government and put an end Gov. JB Pritzker’s “invited migrant crisis and rising crime,” according to her campaign’s website.