Politics & Government
Ron Hain Secures Second Term As Kane County Sheriff: Reports
Unofficial vote totals show Hain, a Democrat, led Republic challenger Jeffrey Bodin by more than 21,000 votes.
KANE COUNTY, IL — Democrat incumbent Ron Hain successfully secured a second term as Kane County sheriff, the Daily Herald reported Tuesday night. The New York Times also called the race in Hain's favor.
With all 292 Kane County precincts having reported, unofficial vote totals put Hain, an Elburn resident, ahead of Republican challenger Jeffrey Bodin by more than 21,000 votes. As of 10:50 p.m., Hain received 86,901 votes, or 58 percent, over Bodin's 65,508 votes, or 43 percent, according to the Kane County Clerk's Office.
Polls closed at 7 p.m. in Illinois.
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"A quick thank you to Kane County for selecting me as the highest countywide mid-term vote-getter for a second time," Hain said in a Facebook post just after midnight Wednesday. "It's good to see the majority paid attention to what we've accomplished and the merits of our mission."
Republican Jeffrey Bodin fought to unseat Hain, who was elected to the position in 2018 after spending 28 years working in law enforcement. The candidates are both employed at the Kane County Sheriff's Office, where Bodin has served as a deputy since April 2007.
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In his reelection campaign, Hain said he planned to "keep the mission going to keep driving down recidivism, crime, and saving our taxpayers millions of dollars through innovative programs."
Some high-priority items he outlined include maintaining a fiscally responsible budget, finalizing the Kane County Sheriff's Office's addiction treatment center and continuing to drive down crime rates.
A resident of Sugar Grove, Bodin hoped to implement a #KeepOurKaneKidsSafe initiative that would have put trained auxiliary deputies and retired police officers in schools throughout Kane County as a way to keep children safe, according to his campaign website. He also planned to reorganize public safety staff to put more patrol deputies on the street — 75 percent of the patrol division versus the current 60 percent — while cutting down a "massive" overtime budget.
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