Leader not ready to claim victory in tight 3-way Republican race in 10th Congressional District
The contenders are
Late Tuesday, Bennett was leading with 35.5 percent, Wynes with 34.6 percent and Shah with 30 percent, with about 94 percent of precincts reporting unofficial vote totals. Early voting tallies and mail-in ballots were not yet counted in
Bennett was not ready to claim victory with the slim margin.
"We are still cautiously optimistic, but we are going to hold off and wait for the early voting results to come in," said Bennett, who was far enough ahead in
"It is very close and we will find out very soon," Bennett said, who also was deferring comment out of respect for his opponents.
The district has flipped between a Democrat and a Republican since boundaries were redrawn following the last census. The district runs along the
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Before becoming a full-time candidate, Wynes, 38, served as Midwest coordinator for the
Shah, 37, who is running as
Bennett is currently vice chairman of the
A social conservative, Bennett is the only one of the three candidates to oppose abortion rights and same-sex marriage. He ran unsuccessfully for the
Former
After a remapping gave
Schneider reclaimed the seat from Dold in 2016 with less than 53 percent of the vote in a year when
After his latest defeat, Dold announced he would not be running in 2018.
Schneider, who has no Democratic challenger in the Tuesday primary, will be heading into the fall campaign with a financial advantage. As of
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