* I was gonna do a big piece on local elections, but I just don’t have the energy. So, here’s a roundup…
* Kankakee Township shifts toward Dems
* Tax Hikers Have Hard Time
* Voters Reject Tax Hike in Five of Six School Districts
* When voters say ‘no’, it’s time to listen
* Chicago suburban elections: A very bad year for incumbents
* A rare defeat
* Peoria City Council Candidate May Seek Recount
* Election all over but the recounting
* Election recap: Independents, close votes tell the story
* Turnout low, but voters’ voices encouraging
* A reality show of politics, Rita-style
* If only voters got hot dogs and beer: In Cook, turnout was 21 percent, down from 27 percent in the April 2005 election. In Will, turnout was 18 percent, down from 25 percent. In both counties, the number of ballots cast fell by about a fifth. As many people were on hand for Tuesday’s White Sox season-opener at U.S. Cellular Field as voted in Worth and Orland townships combined.
* Proud Lake County mom has two mayors in family
* Suburban Mayoral Results Please Immigrants
* Waukegan mayor’s race proves to Latino voters they can make difference
* Johnson vows to continue airport fight without Geils
* Geils’ hard-charging style may have led to his loss
* O’Grady plans to publicize building budget, trim administrative costs
* Now in firm control of Matteson, Ashmore setting his priorities
* New Oak Forest mayor says he will have ‘heart’
* Please Mayor Kuspa, bring Tin Man back to Oak Forest
* New Flossmoor mayor has changes in mind
* Jim Schwantz, Palatine mayor-elect
* Schwantz thanks Palatine voters, takes spotlight
* Michael E. Kelly, Bartlett village president elect
* Robert Nunamaker, Fox River Grove President elect
* Linda Soto, Hainesville mayor elect
* Dave Anderson, Elburn village president elect
* Judy Abruscato, Wheeling village president elect
* Rick Zirk, Gilberts village president-elect
* Gilberts village president has been there done that, in different town
* Dolores “Dolly” Vole, Prospect Heights
* Ryan “Todd” Weihofen, Lakemoor
* Jeff Pruyn, Itasca
* Frank Soto, Bensenville
* Tony Ragucci, Oakbrook Terrace
* Ed Bender, Fox Lake
* Deborah Birutis, Winfield
* New Winfield president must unite warring factions
* Jerald Bartels, East Dundee
* Ed Ritter, Carpentersville
* Mark Knigge, Wauconda
* Mark Pfefferman, Glen Ellyn
* Victory in Worth took a little bit of sole
* Future may do little to change result of Bloomington mayoral race
* Changes may have allowed a split conservative vote in Bloomington
* McHenry Co Republicans Survive Dem Onslaught
* Coin toss could decide suburban mayoral race
- anon - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:05 am:
Very happy to see that Jerry Hurckes got beat in Oak Lawn. I’m sure if I said what I really thought of Hurckes, I’d get banned.
- Been There - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:11 am:
I was suppose to be helping out on election day in the southwest suburbs dragging voters out of their homes to the polls. But opening day got switched and I opted for the game. My guess is there were quite of few who skipped their public service responsibilities because of the game change.
- KPK - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:16 am:
Lockport’s mayoral race stands at a 5 vote difference with absentee and provisional balots remaining.
Voters that went to the polls in many towns seem to have said they were fed up with the way their town, school board, etc. were being run.
- wordslinger - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:19 am:
Incumbents swept easily in Oak Park. Very sleepy.
- Team America - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:34 am:
A possible coin-toss for mayor in Mettawa situation landed us on the front page of the Herald today– rather funny, since most of the people who moved to Mettawa liked the fact that no one had ever heard of it.
- Pat collins - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:40 am:
Turnout in the CL area was about 15% No real surprises, aside from a local developer losing a chance to pack a school oversight board.
Waukegan mayor’s race proves to Latino voters they can make difference
And will they also mention their big loss in Palatine and Carpentersville? C-ville especially, lost a mayor and a board member.
- Six Degrees of Separation - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:44 am:
A possible coin-toss for mayor in Mettawa
I didn’t see anything on google map between I-94 and Milwaukee Ave. except 2 golf courses. Will they hold the coin flip on the 18th hole?
- Six Degrees of Separation - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:47 am:
Sorry, wrong side of I-94. You are correct, blink a few times and you’d miss it.
- Nort'sider - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:51 am:
I wonder what Elk Grove Village’s Craig Johnson is thinking today, as he digests the demise of John Geils.
- KN - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:56 am:
“As many people were on hand for Tuesday’s White Sox season-opener at U.S. Cellular Field as voted in Worth and Orland townships combined.”
I voted in Oak Lawn (Worth Township), and went to opening day. I guess I cancelled myself out.
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 12:17 pm:
I am hard on Russ Stewart because of his uncanny gift of getting election predictions wrong. Once again, he wrote to large articles predicting a win for Frimark in Park Ridge.
Anyone who did any observation of this race knew the incumbent was history. Either by viewing the tons of lawn signs for his opponent or by talking to any residents-they were fed up with their Mayor.
I respect his willingness to state his case but I really wonder where he gets his info.
- Levois - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 12:33 pm:
Go Mayor Ronnie Lewis!
- clearly - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 12:37 pm:
That union gorilla Marty Moylan won in Des Plaines. Was very disappointing
- BehindTheScenes - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 12:54 pm:
I think there were apparently no elections south of I-80 (save for Bloomington)…
- Phineas J. Whoopee - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 1:08 pm:
Word on the street is that it was actually Daley who won in Des Plaines and will control el casino.
- Quinn T. Sential - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 1:11 pm:
The Hurkes defeat was not a cliff-hanger, but a virtual 2-1 mandate for both he and his entire slate.
Maybe playing football is what toughened him up as a kid, but I am sure he never anticipated running for Mayor when he was younger, otherwise I would have to believe that Mr. Schwantz would have given some more thought to changing his name. I have to believe that the current and future election sloganry for (and against) this guy could go down in the Comedy Central Hall of Fame.
- Phil Burrey - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 1:25 pm:
Riverside. The non-incumbent party ran a big-boy campaign and swept the elections.
- Anonymous45 - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 1:53 pm:
Berwyn!
Mayor O’Connor is out after many terms. Looks like the changing demographics and not assisting Obama caught up with him.
Kudos true Berwyn Dems!
- ConservativeVeteran - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 2:07 pm:
BehindtheScenes, you’re incorrect. All 1,034 Illinois townships held elections, this week.
- Oak Lawn Resident - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 2:32 pm:
Oak Lawn just gained 4 more years of wasteful spending and pay to play village contracts. Congrats Oak Lawn you really know how to pick em’!
- Wumpus - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 3:04 pm:
Pleased with Scahumburg Results. Got rid of the fluke dem
- NW Noah - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 3:18 pm:
Congrats to Elgin Comm College on winning by a landslide (29 votes!) They won in a very tough environment for a large referendum.
- Fan of the Game - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 3:19 pm:
The 1% sales tax for school facilities failed in our county, even though the proceeds would have abated property taxes while spreading the burden to visitors who don’t live here. I wonder sometimes about the intelligence of the electorate.
- Louis G. Atsaves - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 3:41 pm:
Little Highwood, IL in Lake County just elected it’s first Latino Alderman, my buddy and fellow GOP precinct committeeman, Quintin Sepulveda. The entire old guard running the town got swept out of office after some huge tax increases.
See http://www.pioneerlocal.com/highlandpark/news/1516982,Hp-highwood-040809-s1.article for all the details.
- anon - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 4:27 pm:
has Jesse Martinez put his house up for sale and moved back to Stone Park yet?
- robbi - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 4:42 pm:
Hopefully, State of Illinois employee Jesse Martinez returns back to work.
- Highway Man - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 5:31 pm:
Speaking of I-80, the City of Peru will have a new mayor for the first time in FORTY FOUR years. Mayor Baker was voted out mostly because of a local blog ‘Change for Peru’. A lot of effort from the blogger with many comments made a difference.
- cermak_rd - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 5:56 pm:
Anonymous45,
Not that I mind the loss of O’Connor, but I feel compelled to remind you that Mr. O’Connor served only 1 term. He beat Shaugnessy who was mayor for many terms last election.
- Honest Abe - Thursday, Apr 9, 09 @ 11:49 pm:
Nick Blaise may be gone, but his machine lives on in Niles. The party faithful elected a former felon as trustee despite the fact that he is ineligible to hold office unless he receives a pardon.
- Blue Girl - Friday, Apr 10, 09 @ 8:05 am:
Aurora Township- Supervisor-elect was taken to hearings 3 times, taken to court 3 times, eventually kicked off the ballot, re-slated by a group of committeemen when the group was stacked against her by an opponants relatives, and in 3 weeks was able to win!