The District 6 Patriots United panel. Incumbent Daniel Ryan, sitting second from the right of the photo is the only candidate who did not filed the ALAW conflict of interest form.

Incumbent McHenry County Board member Dan Ryan is going down to defeat, while, Mary McCann, the other incumbent up for election is running second with 13 of 31 precincts reporting.

Leading the pack is newcomer Dianne Evertsen from Hartland Township. She was encouraged to run by opponents to the county board’s Alden Road widening project.

Ryan is running third, 195 votes behind McCann.

Newcomer Vic Narusis is coming in fourth with a little under one-third of the precincts counted.

Last is Wonder Lake resident Richard Draper.

Here are the results at 9 PM:

This is a wildly diverse district, which includes the McHenry County portion of Sun City, where Ryan lives.

Before calling anyone a victor, people should wait for the electronic, early and absentee votes to be counted.

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Now (9:20) two-thirds of the votes have been counted.

The second placed woman is now 500 votes ahead. Maybe the crystal ball is becoming clearer.