July 16, 2025
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Election results in for Grundy County offices

GRUNDY COUNTY
The following offices were on the April 7 ballot in Grundy County. Results are from unofficial returns from the county clerk's offices in which each race is located in.

MUNICIPAL OFFICES

Morris City Clerk (vote for 1; 12/12 reporting)
• Carol A. Adair – 1,077

Morris Ward 1 Alderman (vote for 1; 5/5 reporting)
• Randy A. Larson – 264

Morris Ward 2 Alderman (vote for 1; 5/5 reporting)
• Doug Hayse – 291

Morris Ward 3 Alderman (vote for 1; 4/4 reporting)
• Zora Baron – 88
• Jeffrey Wachowski – 149
• Robert K. Strandell – 91

Morris Ward 4 Alderman (vote for 1; 4/4 reporting)
• Duane B. Wolfe – 169

Braidwood Mayor (vote for 1; 4/4 reporting)
• William Rulien – 546
• James A. Vehrs – 715

Braidwood Commissioner of Accounts and Finance (vote for 1; 4/4 reporting)
• Elena M. Hibler – 1,095

Braidwood Commissioner of Public Health and Safety (vote for 1; 4;4 reporting)
• Jamie Blackwell – 557
• Eric L. Tessler – 685

Braidwood Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements (vote for 1; 4/4 reporting)
• Daniel K. Graf – 588
• Fay Smith – 641

Braidwood Commissioner of Public Property (vote for 1; 4/4 reporting)
• Timothy Duran – 509
• James Hutton – 724

Braceville Mayor (vote for 1; 1/1 reporting)
• James R. Homa – 162
• Paul Passafiume – 34

Braceville Commissioner (vote for 4; 1/1 reporting)
• Charles Williams – 133
• Kylie Gallup – 85
• Michael Brassard – 136
• Erik CT Brock – 55
• Donald L. Schuck, Jr. – 72
• David M. Wright – 157

Carbon Hill Village Trustee (vote for 3; 1/1 reporting)
• Rich Jurzak – 28
• Eddie V. Lancaster – 22
• Mary Jo Shain – 21

Channahon President (vote for 1; 13/13 reporting)
• Missey Moorman Schumacher – 623

Channahon Clerk (with 13 of 13 reporting)
• Patricia Perinar – 597

Channahon Trustee (vote for 3; 13/13 reporting)
• Debbie Militello – 502
• Scott McMillin – 509
• Scott Slocum – 517

Coal City President (vote for 1; 8/8 reporting)
• Thomas J. McKinney – 227
• Terry Halliday – 432

Coal City Clerk (vote for 1; 8/8 reporting)
• Pamela Noffsinger – 536

Coal City Trustee (vote for 3; 8/8 reporting)
• Daniel J. Greggain – 473
• Georgette Vota – 294
• Neal E. Nelson – 302
• Ross Bradley – 351
• Caleb Counterman – 222

Diamond Commissioner Unexpired Term (vote for 1; 5/5 reporting)
• Carolyn R. Wilson – 42

Dwight Trustee (vote for 3; 5/5 reporting)
• James L. Mixen – 21
• Marla Kinkade – 233
• John T. Dougherty – 217

East Brooklyn Trustee (vote for 3; 1/1 reporting)
• William H. Sorensen – 13
• Diane E. Yatuni – 13
• Larry D. Elliott – 13

Gardner Mayor (vote for 1; 2/2 reporting)
• Gary A. Cox – 133
• Donald E. Reed – 36
• Michael Serena – 311

Gardner Commissioners (vote for 4; 2/2 reporting)
• Robert Wolf – 295
• Gerald Vonqualen – 184
• James K. Riley – 302
• Dick Hileman – 262
• Terry L. Jensen – 266
• Patricia Ann Parks – 151
• Edward R. Fellows – 174

Godley President (vote for 1; 2/2 reporting)
• Donald Warriner – 12
• Monica Mack – 29
• Robert L. Tovey – 57

Godley Trustee (vote for 3; 1/1 reporting)
• Jenny Uehling – 63
• Daniel Butler – 56
• James Peters – 58

Kinsman Trustee (vote for 3; 1/1 reporting)
• Write-In Candidate – 14

Mazon Trustee (vote for 3; 1/1 reporting)
• James A. Hintze – 56
• James Matteson – 54

Minooka Trustee (vote for 3; 8/ 8 reporting)
• Dennis P. Martin – 321
• Richard L. Parrish – 291
• Barry A. Thompson – 319

Seneca Mayor (vote for 1; 5/5 reporting)
• David Spicer – 421

Seneca Commissioner (vote for 4; 5/5 reporting)
• Kathleen J. Haralson (Angelakos) – 222
• Gary C. Hamilton – 180
• Richard A. Barla – 287
• Randall Gene Timmons – 233
• Jeff Olson – 285
• Richard Applebee – 224
• Jerry D. Sears – 167

South Wilmington President (vote for 1; 1/1 reporting)
• Richard Alderson – 108

South Wilmington Clerk (vote for 1; 1/1 reporting)
• Terry L. Schultz – 114

South Wilmington Trustee (vote for 3; 1/1 reporting)
• Wayne E. Wren – 102
• David W. Simms, Jr. – 91
• William Simms – 87

Verona Mayor (vote for 1; 1/1 reporting)
• Jeffrey Snyder – 21

Verona Clerk (vote for 1; 1/1 reporting)
• Jackie Snyder – 20

Verona Trustee (vote for 3; 1/1 reporting)
• William McCormack – 19
• Dennis Finch – 20
• Larry Turner – 18
• Al Yarmer – 10

PARK DISTRICTS

Braidwood Park Commissioner (vote for 2; 3/3 reporting)
• Christopher J. Earley – 879
• Joshua James Bolatto – 870
• Richard Girot – 344

Channahon Park Commissioner (vote for 2; 11/11 reporting)
• Ronald D. Lehman – 655
• Robert Babich – 590

Godley Park District Commissioner (vote For 1; 2/2 reporting)
• Jerry Krug – 77
• Tim Both – 21

LIBRARY DISTRICTS

Coal City Public Library Trustee (vote for 2; 13/13 reporting)
• Lois Phillips – 608
• Jill Ames – 474

Coal City Public Library Trustee Unexpired Term (vote for 1; 13/13 reporting)
• Renee McLuckie – 741

Fossil Ridge Public Library Trustee Full (vote for 2; 8/ 8 reporting)
• Sandra Bauter – 1,922
• Write-In – 37

Fossil Ridge Public Library Trustee unexpired term (vote for 1; 8/8 reporting)
• Mike McCain – 1,856

Morris Area Public Library Trustee (vote for 2; 18/18 reporting)
• Doug Pryor – 892
• Michelle Pruim – 975

Prairie Creek Public Library Trustee (vote for 2; 6/6 reporting)
• Alan Mortensen – 17
• Barbara Wilkinson – 19

Seneca Public Library Trustee (vote for 4; 11/11 reporting)
• William E. Tracy, Jr. – 221
• Dale Francis Butkovitz – 154
• Mary Grzywa – 261
• Karin Rinaldi – 466
• Billy G. Burden – 120
• Sara Olson – 386

Three Rivers Library Trustee (vote for 3; 18/18 reporting)
• Leonard Hoffman III – 569
• Wendy McSteen – 588
• Carole Fremarek – 385
• Jennifer Doyle – 729
• Peggy Mcevilly-Reed – 771

SCHOOL BOARDS

Coal City District 1 Board (vote for 4; 15/15 reporting)
• Robert J. Bianchetta – 572
• Kenneth P. Miller – 682
• Quintin Harmon – 480
• Chuck Lander – 525

Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School District 2 Board (vote for 3; 6/6 reporting)
• Robert S. Wagner – 97
• Bryan Baker – 151
• Write-In Candidate – 115

Nettle Creek CCSD 24 Board Unexpired Term (vote for 1; 3/3 reporting)
• Write-In Candidate – 8

Nettle Creek CCSD 24 Board (vote for 3; 3/3 reporting)
• Tracy Zabel – 34
• Write-In Candidate – 19

Morris Elementary School District 54 Board (vote for 4; 15/15 reporting)
• Jim Hitchcock – 908
• S. Joannie Johnston – 731
• Sandra J. Marsmaker – 721
• Sheryl Dzuryak – 965
• Lisa Kneller – 431
• Caroline Cummings – 369

Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60 C (vote for 3; 9/9 reporting)
• Scott Thorson – 240
• John Darlington – 229
• Michael J. Wright – 248

Gardner Grade School District 72c (vote for 4; 5/5 reporting)
• Kelly Steichen – 436
• Toni Johnson – 378
• Write-In Candidate – 80

South Wilmington Grade School District 74 Board (vote for 4; 3/3 reporting)
• Terry L. Schultz – 135
• Christopher M. Jett – 137
• Eric Conger – 107

Braceville Elementary School District 75 Board (vote for 3; 2/2 reporting)
• Write-In Candidate – 56

Lisbon CCSD 90 (vote for 3; 3/3 reporting)
• Monica M. Williams – 44
• Scott Wallin – 83
• Thomas Fletcher – 75

Seneca CCSD 170 (vote for 3; 8/8 reporting)
• Glenda Thompson – 349
• Michael Robert Applebee – 394
• Gregory Alan Stahl – 310
• Brent L. Sulzberger – 359

Minooka School District 201 Board Unexpired term (vote for 1; 19/19 reporting)
• Curtis H. Jebens – 1,613

Minooka School District 201 Board (vote for 3; 19/19 reporting)
• Kristan Crouch – 1,066
• Mireya C. Martin – 728
• John S. Clucas – 1,073
• Alan Skwarczynski – 1,072
• Ed Cronin – 1,071

Dwight Common School District 232 Board (vote for 3; 12/12 reporting)
• Marc A. Ellis – 246
• Kim Frauli – 282

Newark High School District 18 Board (vote for 4; 9/9 reporting)
• Steven D. Anderson – 162
• Scott Friestad – 244
• Jean Matlock Fletcher – 168
• Margaret Riehle-Moeller – 109
• Laura M. Clausel – 199
• Philip D. Chapman – 164

Gardner-South Wilmington High School District 73 Board (vote for 3; 6/6 reporting)
• Katy Wepprecht – 577
• Joseph R. Elens – 437
• Pamela J. Brooks – 492
• Bob Swisher, III – 318
• Kori S. Speed – 453

Morris Community High School District 101 Board (vote for 3; 20/20 reporting)
• Scot Hastings – 713
• Kathleen Randall – 486
• Lynn Vermillion – 723
• Judith A. Roth – 893
• Mark A. Olbrot – 376
• Stu Hipes – 460

Minooka Community High School 111 Board unexpired term (vote for 1; 25/25 reporting)
• Wendi Arlis – 2,207

Minooka Community High School 111 Board (Vote For 3; 25/25 reporting)
• Lori Lakota – 1,728
• Lawrence W. Troutman – 1,287
• Trevor Markee – 1,057
• Kristine Shipla – 1,257
• Timothy Crouch – 1,241

Seneca Township High School 160 Board (vote for 3; 15/15 reporting)
• Sara Ellis Olson – 606
• Ronald E. Frye – 647
• Richard H. Hamilton – 599

Dwight Township High School 230 Board (vote for 3; 13/13 reporting)
• Travis Swink – 274
• Paul Ferrari – 185
• Kevin Berta – 274
• Kimberly Rodosky – 250

Joliet Junior College Trustee (vote for 2; 344/344 reporting)
• Susan Marie Klen – 12,010
• Robert Wunderlich – 21,121
• Michael Venegas – 8,300
• Diane M. Harris – 13,078
• Sharon Cemeno-Hicks – 12,911
• Maureen Flanagan Broderick – 13,272

Regional Board of School Trustee (Grundy & Kendall) Full (vote for 2; 123/123 reporting)
• Jeff Hanford – 4,282
• Wayne M. Nemetz – 5,040
• Curt Mitchell – 5,829

FIRE DISTRICTS

Braidwood Fire Trustee (vote for 1; 4/4 reporting)
• Lester Heberer – 1,145

Gardner Fire Protection District Trustee 4-Year-Term (vote for 1; 7/7 reporting)
• John H. Hollmeyer – 462

Gardner Fire Protection District Trustees 6-Year-Term (vote for 1; 7/7 reporting)
• Todd Perkins – 338
• Barbara J. Baker – 153