Childs likely winner in Cairo

CAIRO, Ill. -- With all five precincts reporting and no absentee ballots counted yet, Judson Childs appears to have defeated Karl Klein for Cairo Mayor. Childs received 612 votes to 405 for Klein.

"I'll have to take a serious look at what we have. They say don't fix it if it ain't broken, but if it is broken I've got to fix it," he said.

He added he will reach out and look for advice from all quarters of the city. "I am not too proud to receive good information from anybody," he said. "I have no quarrels against that man, he ran a very professional campaign."

Klein was philosophical about his defeat. "If I lose, I win. I don't have to put up with four years of it. I just hope they all work together."

In the councilman at large race, the only other city office elected by all Cairo voters today, Bob Conroy, a former coach at Cairo High School, received 530 to 486 for Linda Jackson.

These totals do not include absentee ballots.

In the other council races all the initial vote counts were close and will be decided when absentee ballots are counted.