Ciambrone Wins Chicago Heights Mayor Seat By One Vote
Incumbent Angelo Sam Ciambrone edged challenger Thomas TJ Somer by a single vote in Chicago Heights with 4 360 to 4 359 after 8 719 ballots were counted. Officials anticipate possible challenges or a recount as precinct totals fluctuated late on election night. Somer credited minority candidates for support while Ciambrone thanked voters and reflected on a tense campaign.
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Chicago Heights
Angelo “Sam” Ciambrone
Douglas Troiani
Troiani
Thomas
Somer
Gary Rycyzyn
Cook County Clerk’s Office
Ciambrone
Bloom Township
Dan Lanaghan
Kreskin
Board of Education
Lawrence Stringfellow
Patricia Rush-Martin
Gavin School
Rush Martin
Warren Skalski
T.J. Somers
John Disimone
Angelo Ciambrone
Library and park board races reflect varied local support
In Cook County area contests, Gail Graham 2 258 and 2 605 for library and park district races highlighted split outcomes. Incumbents held seats in Olympia Fields Park District and Crete Library while newcomers joined Matteson and Richton Park boards. notable candidates include Alice Racher with deep Park Forest roots and Patricia Messersmith focusing on library technology.
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Library
Park District
Crete
Keith A. Osbourne
Kimberly G. Jones
David Nagel
Richton Park
Barbara Lang
Elizabeth Jean Johnson
University Park Library Board
June Lynette Cole
Sandra Warren
Sheryl Jones-Harper
Olympia Fields Park
Amy Hemingway
Timothy Bradford
Hemingway
Bradford
Park Forest Library Board
Library Board
Ann Gilchrist
Alice Racher
Patricia Messersmith
Gail Graham
Park Forest
Friends of the Park Forest Library
Racher
Olympia Fields
Park Forest Hall of Fame
Tall Grass Arts Association
Rachel
Matteson
Versatile Computer Services Inc
Graham
Park Forest League of Women Voters
Juvenile Justice Board
Illinois Center For Violence Prevention
Illinois Voices For Children
Park Forest Police Department
Ceda Head Start
Dystrup-May sweep Joliet Junior College election
Joliet Junior College District 525 voters elected Richard C. Dystrup and Jeffrey May to the board in a crowded race, with Dystrup at 22 717 and May at 16 627 votes. Incumbent Dr John Hertko trailed as the two winners join a board dogged by accusations of micro-management and factionalism amid past campus turmoil.
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Joliet Junior College
Lockport
Richard C. Dystrup
Jeffrey May
Minooka
John Hertko
Joliet
Joyce Heap
Dystrup
May
Will
Cook
JJC
Grundy
Raceen
Dolly” Pierce
Wilmington
Hertko
Richard L. Benson
Peotone
Richard A. Oesterreich
Herthe
Heap
Florida
Friends of Toliet Junior
Northern Illinois University
Kilne-Milne Grove
Lockport Area Development Commission
I-355 Southern Extension Organization
Lockport Community Education Foundation
Grundy County
Will County
Cook, Grundy
Livingston
LaSalle
Kendall
Kankakee
Three PSC seats go to Monteleone Fazzini Maun in election
Incumbents Monteleone and Fazzini along with newcomer Maun won the Prairie State College Board of Education seats. They garnered 8,787 8,467 and 8,174 votes respectively, defeating Gardiner Stark and Ransford who trailed with 4,390 5,278 and 5,867 votes.
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Michael Monteleone
Mark Fazzini
Patricia Maun
Prairie State College Board of Education
Edward Gardiner
PSC Foundation
Arthur Stark
Donald Ransford
Ransford
Fac
Jennifer Artis
St. James Hospital
Janice Pearson
University Park
PSC
Monteleone
Jo Pielet
E. Timothy Lightfield
Candi
Fazzini
Mann
Olympia Fields
Homewood
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Fundi Patricia Messersmith
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Trinity Lutheran Church
Crete Park District
Linda M. Johnson
Terry Lorenz
Crete Township
Dick W. Fortner
Donald Muehring
Maun
Olympia Fields Village
Gardiner
Vi Roofing, Inc
Eda
Holbrook RD
Glenwood
Kers
USDA
Governors Hwy. Richton Park
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