Republican candidate for the Ninth Circuit Court Judge of Knox County, Ken Hogan defeated Democrat David M. Hansen on election night. Hogan received nearly 65% of the votes in Knox County while Hansen won just over 35%. In the city of Galesburg, Hogan won 41.41% of the votes while Hansen received 58.59%. Hogan won by 539 votes. Hogan won 8,056 of the votes in Galesburg and Knox County while Hansen received 7,517 votes in Galesburg and the county. Hogan became a judicial clerk in the Third District Appellate Court to Justice Kent Slater after receiving his law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. He entered private practice after serving as a legal advisor to the Illinois Secretary of State and working as an attorney in Cook County.
