Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz says her easy victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary shows at least one issue her Republican opponent this fall is pressing doesn't resonate with voters.

In the primary, Urbana attorney Alfred Ivy III criticized Rietz's office for a lack of consistency in the charges it files for various crimes. He said they were overly harsh in many cases, involving both youths and adults, particularly minorities, creating disparities in whom the county prosecutes and how.

Rietz in the fall will face Republican Janie Miller-Jones, an assistant public defender in Champaign County, who wasn't opposed in the GOP primary.

Rietz won four of every five votes cast, taking 15,533 to Ivy's 3,568.

Miller-Jones also brought up charging consistency during an interview Tuesday night. She said she would assign a single assistant, or herself, to handle the charges in a category of cases, such as burglaries or sexual assaults, in an effort to make things more consistent.

But Rietz said her win over Ivy shows most voters are satisfied with the way her office handles cases now.

She said she expects to draw both Democratic and Republican support in the fall as a result.

"I don't look at it as a partisan office," Rietz said. "If I'm doing my job right, it shouldn't matter.

"I am going to continue to run on my record, which I am very proud of," she said. "I think people are pleased with what they've seen coming out of the office."

Miller-Jones also pointed to her trial experience handling felony cases, as a public defender and as a military prosecutor in the Illinois National Guard.

She said she would take on a regular case load as state's attorney, "not just some of the high-profile cases, but some of the normal everyday cases. I think that's important."

Rietz, who easily beat 10-year incumbent Republican John Piland in 2004, emphasized her experience as a prosecutor in the primary campaign, including stints as an assistant state's attorney in Champaign and DuPage counties, and Ivy's lack of it.

She also touted her office's emphasis on prosecuting significant crimes, as opposed to a litany of minor offenses like shoplifting.

Still, Ivy said he felt the reaction to his message about consistency in prosecution was generally positive.

He noted the campaign was his first try at local politics and said he only wished he had started it earlier.

"I don't doubt at all I could have won this thing," he said. "The responses I received were very good. People are definitely talking about making some changes in Champaign County."

Ivy also said he's not through running for office, whether state's attorney or another position.

"You definitely will see me again," he said.