Will County incumbents Blackburn, Stukel lead races for auditor, recorder

Unofficial vote totals show that Democratic incumbent Kevin “Duffy” Blackburn is leading in the race for Will County auditor over Republican challenger James Robert Buiter.

With 100% of precincts reporting, Blackburn is leading Buiter, 50% to 49%, or 155,358 votes to 149,895.

Blackburn, of Joliet, has served as county auditor since 2008, while Buiter currently serves as the Crete Township clerk.

In the race for Will County recorder of deeds, incumbent Democrat Karen Stukel leads with 52% of the votes compared with 47% for Republican Raquel Mitchell of Bolingbrook.

Stukel, of Channahon, garnered 161,461 of the votes, compared with Mitchell’s 145,750.