Several tight races still too close to call in DuPage County
Updated 4/14/2021 4:43 PM
More than a week after the April 6 consolidated election, several tight municipal and school board races in DuPage County are coming down to the wire.
The outcomes of various contests deemed too close to call on election night remain unclear as election authorities continue tabulating late-arriving mail-in and provisional ballots. In Roselle Elementary District 12, an incumbent and a newcomer are tied for the fourth spot on the school board, while a thin margin still separates the two candidates battling for the last open seat on the College of DuPage board as of Wednesday.
75 votes separate Howard from Potoczny in race for final College of DuPage seat Top from left, Florence Appel, Heidi Holan, Nick Howard, Daniel Malloy, and bottom from left, Andrew Manno, Don Potoczny, Deborah Sajdak and Sheng Texa Sun were College of DuPage board candidates in the April 6 election. Nick Howard
Updated 4/12/2021 6:19 PM
The race to decide who fills the last open seat on the College of DuPage board has turned into a nail-biter after the latest vote counts give candidate Nick Howard a razor-thin edge over his running mate.
Howard is clinging to a lead of just 75 votes over Don Potoczny out of 226,818 cast in Cook, DuPage and Will counties.
Heidi Holan bagged nearly 18% of the vote to earn a second-term on the College of DuPage Board of Trustees Tuesday night.
With nearly 70% of the vote counted in the battle for three open seats that carry six-year terms, Holan led all eight candidates with 26,545 votes or 17.52 % .
In the days leading up to the vote, Holan vowed to continue upholding the school’s mission of the college which is To be a center for excellence in teaching, learning, and cultural experience by providing accessible, affordable, and comprehensive education.
Throughout the campaign, Holan also made it a point of highlighting all the school’s accomplishments during her time on the board, including balancing the budget while keeping taxes low, no labor strikes, the safe and successful transition to online and hybrid services due to COVID-19 and $9 million of debt service cost savings to taxpayers.
School board incumbents fare well in DuPage County in pandemic election Upper from left, Robert Bruno, Adam Collins, Jodee Dunham, Abigail Emerson and lower from left, Jason Loebach, Chris Martelli, Millie Sessions and Tayyaba Syed ran for Glen Ellyn District 41 school board seats in Tuesday s election.
Updated 4/7/2021 8:47 AM
Numerous incumbents in DuPage County s most contentious school board races appeared to hold onto their seats Tuesday, fending off a flood of opposition candidates in an election largely seen as a referendum on COVID-19 restrictions and the pace of reopening classrooms.
Unofficial results indicated voters seemed to favor experience over new blood as many districts shifted to return to in-person learning after spring break while navigating a possible pandemic resurgence in DuPage.
Incumbent Holan still leading in College of DuPage, Appel and Howard next Heidi Holan, COD candidate (2021) Florence Appel, 2021 COD candidate Nick Howard, COD candidate (2021) Daniel Malloy, COD candidate (2021) Andrew Manno, COD candidate (2021) Don Potoczny, COD candidate (2021) Deborah Sajdak, COD candidate (2021) Sheng Texa Sun2021 COD Candidate Upper from left, Florence Appel, Heidi Holan, Nick Howard, Daniel Malloy and lower from left, Andrew Manno, Don Potoczny, Deborah Sajdak and Sheng Texa Sun are College of DuPage board candidates in the April 6, 2021 election.
Updated 4/6/2021 10:07 PM
With over 60% of preliminary results counted Tuesday in the College of DuPage board election, incumbent Heidi Holan led a pack of newcomers.