Election Results: Wilmette Glencoe, Winnetka

Wilmette, Glencoe and Winnetka faced contested elections as residents cast their votes for fellow residents running for various official positions on Election Day April 4. Even New Trier Township faced an unprecedented contested election for its Board of Trustees, with seven residents running for four open seats.

The following are the unofficial results of several contested elections in these communities, according to the Cook County Clerk’s Office as of 10:22 p.m. April 4. Of 1,534,858 registered voters, 17% voted.

Wilmette

Board of Commissioners, Wilmette Park District (three open seats):

1. Christopher Lewis, 11.06%, 1,426 votes
2. Amy Wolfe, 31.46%, 4,056 votes
3. Ian Gordon Anderson, 28.69%, 3,698 votes
4. Bryan Campbell Abbott, 28.79%, 3,711 votes

Village Board of Trustees (three open seats):

1. Kathy Dodd, 31.7%, 3,852 votes
2. Joel Kurzman, 21.39%, 2,599 votes
3. Stephen Leonard, 25.96%, 3,155 votes
4. Reinhard Schneider, 20.95%, 2,546 votes

D39 Board of Education (four open seats):

1. Lisa Schneider-Fabes, 23.6%, 4,011 votes
2. Jonathan Cesaretti, 23.19%, 3,942 votes
3. Ellen Sternweiler, 22.9%, 3,892 votes
4. Mark Steen, 23.11%, 3,929 votes
5. Gail Szulc, 7%, 1,225 votes

Winnetka

D36 Board of Education (three open seats):

1. John Griffin, 19.97%, 673 votes
2. Nathaniel Roberts, 29.08%, 980 votes
3. Steven Cirulis, 28.46%, 959 votes
4. Scott Conine, 22.49%, 758 votes

Avoca SD 37 Board of Education (4 open seats):

1. Gil Gibori 21.68%, 506 votes
2. Rick Zelinsky 22.84%, 533 votes
3. Jamie Taylor 19.49%, 455 votes
4. Dan E. Garbis 19.49%, 455 votes
5. Jun E. Yoshitani 16.50%, 385 votes

Glencoe

President (this race had only one candidate on the ballot, Laurie Morse ran as an independent write-in candidate):

• Lawrence Levin, 100%, 1,118 votes

New Trier Township Board of Trustees (four open seats):

1. Kevin Boyd, 20.25%, 6,470 votes
2. Gail Schnitzer, 20.35%, 6,500 votes
3. Elliot Robbins, 19.45%, 6,212 votes
4. John Thomas, 19.38%, 6,190 votes
5. Kathy Myalls, 6.97%, 2,227 votes
6. Bob Costello, 6.79%, 2,168 votes
7. Stacey Woehrle, 6.82%, 2,178 votes