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Election Results: Did Plainfield Vote for Obama or Romney?

Local residents voted Tuesday for president, Senate and House candidates.

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Winning 23 out of 36 Will County voting precincts in the village, President Barack Obama was the choice of the majority of Plainfield-area voters in Tuesday's election, according to data released Wednesday from the county clerk's office.

READ: The Race for President—How Illinois Voted

The re-elected president had 14,713 votes compared to Republican challenger Mitt Romney's 12,489, according to the numbers reported by the Will County Clerk's Office. 

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Countywide, Obama garnered more than 9,000 votes more than Romney.

READ: Election 2012 Results for Local and State Races

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The following is a break down of voting by precincts for all the candidates on the 2012 presidential ballot. The 23 precincts that Obama won are bolded in the charts.

Total Precinct Votes

  • Barack Obama and Joe Biden (Democrat): 14,713
  • Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (Republican): 12,489
  • Gary Johnson and James P. Gray (Libertarian): 329
  • Jill Stein & Howie Hawkins (Green Party): 111
Plainfield PrecinctObama-Biden (D)Romney-Ryan (R)Johnson-Gray (L)Stein-Hawkins (G) 1 373 439 8 2 2 359 371 6 2 3 333 430 11 1 4 284 154 6 1 5 475 300 8 2 6 498 268 6 7 7 557 256 5 2 8 438 368 9 3 9 398 513 8 3 10 350 414 14 3 11 246 113 2 3 12 509 222 4 2 13 403 484 14 1 14 357 437 13 2 15 347 463 8 3 16 428 472 14 2 17 462 307 15 1 18 484 312 8 6 19 414 289 5 5 20 428 348 7 7 21 332 465 8 1 22 317 359 5 3 23 404 350 10 3 24 425 419 8 3 25 452 306 17 5 26 435 198 9 7 27 521 334 13 2 28 439 353 12 2 29 381 393 7 4 30 396 405 9 5 31 438 372 11 4 32 416 301 16 5 33 452 382 9 2 34 345 258 9 3 35 447 276 10 2 36 370 358 5 2 TOTALS 14,713 12,489 329 111

SOURCE: Will County Clerk's Office; click to view results from other townships.

Other races

 14th Congressional District Race: Randy Hultgren (R), Dennis Anderson (D)

Precinct Hultgren Anderson 1 440 356 2 374 337 3 451 297 4  143 287 8 369 410 9 519 364 10 221 168 Totals: 2,517 2,219

11th Congressional District Race: Judy Biggert (R), Bill Foster (D)

Precinct Biggert Foster 4 155 276 5  284 481 6 288 474 7 277 520 10 182 174 11 124 236 12 242 479 13 430 329 14 406 376 15 420 362 16 445 448 17 315 449 18 294 502 19 278 402 20 340 418 21 417 367 22 347 318 23 317 425 24 373 449 25 281 481 26 192 441 27 323 525 28 346 429 29 359 401 30 385 411 31 341 458 32 307 412 33 341 480 34 222 362 35 268 452 36 311 392 Totals: 9,610 12,729

49th State Sentate District: Garrett Peck (R), Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D)

Precinct Peck Bertino-Tarrant 1 439 354 2 385 328 3 439 310 4 143 287 5 294 458 6 285 470 7 256 523 8 400 393 9 518 370 10 427 323 11 112 240 12 208 508 13 495 374 14 433 346 15 456 322 16 470 419 17 297 465 18 293 503 19 287 394 20 357 401 21 438 341 22 368 295 23 332 413 24 384 442 25 313 443 26 196 433 27 333 508 28 370 407 29 376 385 30 383 409 31 376 411 32 285 438 33 350 467 34 216 372 35 277 443 36 327 387 Totals: 12,318 14,382

98th State House: Bob Kalnicky (R), Natalie Manley (D)

Precinct Kalnicky Manley 5 280 482 6 268 489 7 252 534 4 143 287 5 294 458 6 285 470 11 109 244 12 224 503 17 301 456 18 295 505 23 322 416 24 370 451 28 326 451 29 356 408 30 368 419 31 345 454 32 310 414 33 341 479 34 231 361 35 251 465 36 309 398 Totals: 5,980 9,144

Click here to view Kendall County results, or visit the Kendall County Clerk's site for full election results.

Check Out Patch's Election 2012 Section for More Stories:

  • Election 2012: Incumbents Hold on to Will County Seats
  • Hultgren Win Brings GOP Dominance Back to Illinois' 14th Congressional District
  • Natalie Manley Defeats Bob Kalnicky for 98th State Representative Seat
  • VIDEO: Obama Supporters Celebrate Win
  • Bertino-Tarrant Takes 49th District
  • Bill Foster Victorious Over Judy Biggert
  • Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow Wins Again
  • Obama Supporters at McCormick: 'We Know He's Going to Win'

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