Seven out of eleven (64%) of Illinois Green Party 2017 endorsed candidates across the state from McHenry County to Carbondale won their April 4, 2017 races! Three of the winning candidates finished first and two finished second. The Illinois Green Party continues our trend of winning the majority of our campaigns for local offices.
Congratulations to all of the candidates and their volunteers for a tremendous effort and these inspiring results!
Here are the per race details:
- Jessica Bradshaw for Carbondale City Councilperson – Incumbent – ELECTED – 1,037 votes (24.39%) – finished 2nd in a 4 person race for 3 seats
- Don Crawford for St. Elmo Library Board Trustee – Incumbent – ELECTED – 494 votes (70%) – finished 1st in a 3 person race for 2 seats
- Steve De La Rosa for Villa Park Library District Trustee – ELECTED – 2,026 votes (24.65%) – finished 3rd in a 4 person race for 4 seats – only 3 votes short of 2nd place
- Michael Drennan for Ridgeville Park Board Commissioner – Incumbent – Defeated – 902 votes (25.03%) – finished 2nd in a 3 person race for 1 seat
- Charlie Howe for Carbondale Township Trustee – Defeated – 887 votes (16.74%) – finished 5th in a 5 person race for 4 seats
- Russ Kramer for Carbondale Township Highway Commissioner – Defeated – 681 votes (35.84%) – finished 2nd in a 2 person race for 1 seat
- Bruce Samuels for Oak Park Library Trustee – Incumbent – Defeated – 2,390 votes (7.63%) – finished 6th in a 10 person race for 4 seats
- Holly Scholz for Fox Valley Park District Commissioner, District 3 – ELECTED – 2,874 votes (35.67%) – finished 1st in a 4 person race for 2 seats
- Gary Shepherd for Carbondale Elementary School Board Member, District 95 – ELECTED – 700 votes (12.33%) – finished 4th in a 8 person race for 4 seats
- Scott Summers for McHenry County Regional Board of School Trustees – ELECTED – 15,807 votes (49.03%) – finished 2nd in a 2 person race for 2 seats
- Kyle Taylor for Kane County Regional Board of School Trustees, St. Charles Township – ELECTED – 24,506 votes (65.37%) – finished 1st in a 1 person race for 1 seat