Dale D. Downs helps a voter get their ballot and prepare to cast their vote on Tuesday evening at the Catholic Newman Center. Downs taught in the Elementary Education Department at Eastern for 31 years. (Jordan Boner

Illinois State Senator Dale Righter and State Representative Chapin Rose were re-elected during the 2010 Midterm Elections on Tuesday. Righter has been an Illinois state senator since 2003 and won against Josh Weger, the Democratic candidate for state senator.

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