Unofficial Elgin-area election results for council, village board and other races
These are the unofficial results for the contested elections held Tuesday in the Elgin area.
Results will not be official until mail-in ballots postmarked for Election Day or earlier are counted, provisional ballots are checked and votes are canvassed.
Because the city of Elgin and other boundaries/districts are located in more than one county, some vote counts have been tallied together to determine the leading vote-getters/presumed winners, which are denoted with a checkmark.
ELGIN CITY COUNCIL (4 seats open)
√ Diana Alfaro: 5,162 votes.
√ Corey D. Dixon (i): 4,909 votes.
√ Dustin Good (i): 4,435 votes.
√ Steven Thoren (i): 3,990 votes.
Maggie Beyer: 3,738 votes.
Erik Bosque Pena: 3,086 votes.
Mark W. Smith: 2,967 votes.
Cecilia Ivana Brooks: 2,567 votes.
(Incumbents are identified by the 'i' next to their names.)
CARPENTERSVILLE VILLAGE PRESIDENT (1 seat open)
√ John M. Skillman (i): 1,593 votes.
Brenda Sandoval: 442 votes.
CARPENTERSVILLE VILLAGE BOARD TRUSTEE (3 seats open)
√ Jim Malone (i): 1,425 votes.
√ Josephine Maniscalco: 1,088 votes.
√ Sameer Gupta: 979 votes.
Dennis C. Ernest: 870 votes.
Bill Dean Saylor: 581 votes.
EAST DUNDEE VILLAGE PRESIDENT (1 seat open)
√ Daniel J. Pearson: 382 votes.
Sarah Brittin: 319 votes.
SOUTH ELGIN VILLAGE CLERK (1 seat open)
√ Pamela Blair: 973 votes.
Margo Gray (i): 927 votes.
DUNDEE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR (1 seat open)
√ Shafali Shah: 3,080 votes.
Arin Thrower (i): 2,992 votes.
DUNDEE TOWNSHP CLERK (1 seat open)
√ Elizabeth Clark: 3,384 votes.
Deborah Brennan: 2,708 votes.
DUNDEE TOWNSHIP BOARD TRUSTEE (4 seats open)
√ Susan F. Harney: 3,359 votes.
√ Melissa Day: 3,205 votes.
√ Henry Fixemor: 3,022 votes.
√ Charity L. Drake: 2,980 votes.
Susan Romano: 2,635 votes.
Kenneth J. Schaffer: 2,625 votes.
Richard Ahrens: 2,606 votes.
Autumn L. Sheppard: 2,485 votes.
ELGIN TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR (1 seat open)
√ Verner (Vern) Tepe: 4,944 votes.
Kenneth C. Brunderle (i): 4,560 votes.
ELGIN TOWNSHIP CLERK (1 seat open)
√ Lois Swatscheno: 5,073 votes.
Karen Dowling (i): 4,373 votes.
ELGIN TOWNSHIP BOARD TRUSTEE (4 seats open)
√ Janice Bennett: 4,971 votes.
√ Juan Silva: 4,882 votes.
√ Ed Hanson: 4,837 votes.
√ Carl Strathman: 4,767 votes.
Michael J. Kenyon Sr.: 4,173 votes.
Mark Bialek (i): 4,100 votes.
Janet Rogalla (i): 4,027 votes.
Daniel Cabon: 3,761 votes.
GAIL BORDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEE (3 seats open)
√ Elisa Lara (i): 7,043 votes.
√ Amy Prochot (i): 6,697 votes.
√ Joy Symonds (i): 6,547 votes.
Randy Hopp: 3,537 votes.
Hidayat Khan: 2,953 votes.
KANE COUNTY REFERENDUM TO INCREASE LOCAL SALES TAX BY 0.75%
Yes: 16,757
√ No: 50,959
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