An election year dominated by pricey Illinois statehouse races, a high-stakes U.S. Senate contest and a record number of early voters is drawing to a close.

The State Board of Elections released totals Monday showing the number of voters who cast in-person ballots through Sunday was approaching 1.3 million. That surpasses the roughly 1 million who did so in 2008 and the nearly 1.2 million in 2012.

The figure is even higher when all ballots, including those by mail, are counted. The total number of Illinois residents who’ve already voted is more than 1.6 million.