Above / Years ago this random “Vote” sign was planted among many campaign signs in the landscape along Naperville-Plainfield Road. Unfortunately, even with new signs and social media efforts, voter turnout was low for the 2019 Consolidated Election when local matters most. (PN File Photo)
Update, April 3, 2019 / Naperville voters returned incumbents Mayor Steve Chirico, Paul Hinterlong and Patty Gustin to City Council. Newcomers Patrick Kelly and Theresa Sullivan were elected to serve four-year seats on City Council.
Voters in School District 203 elected two incumbents Janet Yang Rohr and Kristine Gericke and first-time candidate Joseph Kosminski to serve four-year terms on the Board of Education.
In School District 204, all three incumbents, Natasha Grover, Mark Rising and Justin Karubas, were re-elected to four years.
Annette Corrigan of Wheaton and Maureen Dunn of Naperville were elected to serve on the College of DuPage Board of Trustees.
Voters in Naperville Township voted against a binding referendum to merge road districts in Naperville and Lisle townships.
The opportunity to serve one of three 4-year seats on the Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners was without competition. Incumbents Rich Janor and Marie Todd will be joined by newcomer Josh McBroom.
Note: At this time, all race results are deemed “unofficial” until every vote is tallied, including valid provisional ballots from Election Day and Vote-by-Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day, April 2, 2019. Then 21 calendar days after an Election, the results are canvassed and become official.
Click DuPage County and Will County to find the 2019 Consolidated Election results for Naperville, Illinois.
* Indicates “unofficial” winner as of April 2, 2019.
Original Post, March 31, 2019 / Saved in PN’s photo archive, the picture of the GET OUT THE VOTE! sign sponsored by the Exchange Club of Naperville is a forever reminder that every citizen has a choice and a right to vote. And every vote comes with a cost of being informed. Thanks to everyone in the community for taking time to get to know all 31 candidates running in the 2019 Consolidated Election.
Even though voters in School District 203 and School District 204 will not vote for candidates running to serve in both school districts, knowledge of the candidates in the school district that does not serve your residence is still important.
Here’s hoping by now voters have attended meet & greets, viewed public forums and/or visited the candidates’ websites.
Before Early Voting began, a sample ballot published by the DuPage County Clerk Election Division became available that shows how the candidates will appear at the voting booth. The races that aim to attract Naperville voters are featured below…
Naperville Mayor & City Council
Select Mayor & four City Council members to serve 4-year terms
Mayor: Steve Chirico* and Rocky Caylor.
Naperville City Council: Patty Gustin*, Paul Hinterlong*, Michele Clemen, Nancy Turner, Theresa Sullivan*, Joe McElroy, Whitney Robbins and Patrick Kelly*, Barbara O’Meara, Bradford Miller and Bruce Hanson.
Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners
(No contest. Select 3 to serve 4-year terms)
School Districts 203 & 204
Select three to serve 4-year terms
School District 203 Board of Education: Janet Yang Rohr*, Kristine M. Gericke*, Becky Rudolph, Cecilia Fox, Joseph F. Kozminski*, and Char Lynnette Dalton.
School District 204 Board of Education: Mark Rising*, Justin J. Karubas*, Carole M. Jones and Gautam “GB” Bhatia and Natasha Grover*.
College of DuPage Board of Trustees
Vote for 2 to serve 6-year term
College of DuPage Board of Trustees: Annette Corrigan* of Wheaton, Marc Incrocci of Darien, Dan Bailey of Wheaton and Maureen Dunne* of Naperville.
And the question is… Vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’
Polls open from 6AM to 7PM on Election Day, Tues., April 2, 2019.
Local elections are the most important ones, the ones that elect officials to set public policy and approve local budgets.
Think about it all. Local matters most.
RELATED PN POSTS / Links with photos to 2019 Candidate Forums
Meet & Greet Events from January 2019 through start of Early Voting
Link to Voting Information
Link to Kindness in Naperville and George Washington’s Rules of Civility
Editor’s Note / Candidate websites linked to this page have been requested by the candidate’s campaign committee earlier in this election cycle. PN does not make assumptions candidates desire to be linked here.
