Illinois primary candidates

Illinois voters go to the polls Feb. 5 for a primary election to select candidates for offices from the county level to the U.S. House. Alexander and Union counties have especially crowded Democratic primaries, with contests for all but two offices. There are no Republican primaries for county offices. The candidates in contested primaries are:ALEXANDER COUNTY

County clerk

Nancy Kline of Olive Branch (I)

Rodney Lemon Moore of Cairo

Circuit clerk

Sharyl Davis of Tamms

Paul J. Jones of Cairo

Gina Shalom Lyon of Miller City

Coroner

Willie Bingham of Cairo

William B. McHughes of Thebes

Charles Koen of Cairo

County commissioner

Thomas M. Simpson of Cairo

Duane Lyons of Miller City

Rollie Matlock of McClure (I)

Esley D. Cornelius Jr. of Cairo

Danny Brown of Cairo

UNION COUNTY

Circuit clerk

Darlene F. Brown of Jonesboro

Billie Henderson of Cobden

Lorraine Moreland of Cobden (I)

State's attorney

James Larry Karraker of Anna

Tyler R. Edmonds of Oak Lawn

County commissioner, six-year term

Beverly Tweedy of Anna

Bill Jackson of Anna (I)

County commissioner, four-year term

Randy Lambdin of Wolf Lake

Charles Wayne Brown of Dongola

SOURCE: Alexander, Union county clerks