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E L E C T I O N
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C O V E R A G E
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DeKALB CITY COUNCIL
KEY RESULTS
Close races for council
CITY OF DEKALB CITY COUNCIL WARD 3
Steve Kapitan Michael Marquardt 3 CITY COUNCIL WARD 5
Michael Haji-Sheikh Cameron Zelaya Kate Noreiko 3 CITY COUNCIL WARD 7
Craig Roman Monica O’Leary
TOWN OF CORTLAND TOWN TRUSTEE
Charmaine Fioretto Bradley Stone 3
VILLAGE OF HINCKLEY VILLAGE TRUSTEE
Jeffrey Nier 3 Joseph Diedrich 3 Nancy Nelson 3 Christine Clark
VILLAGE OF KIRKLAND VILLAGE TRUSTEE
David McMurray 3 John Pierce Emily Harvel 3 Harry Newberry Mary Carrigan-Micele 3
VILLAGE OF MALTA VILLAGE TRUSTEE Danielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com
Kate Noreiko, DeKalb 5th Ward unofficial winner according to DeKalb County results, reacts to the final numbers after the last precincts were counted in the county surrounded by friends and neighbors Tuesday in her DeKalb home.
Noreiko, Marquardt elected; 7th Ward too tight to tell Inside
By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Likely winners in the race for DeKalb City Council were thinking about ways to boost economic development in the city of DeKalb moments after learning they’d won. Political newcomers Kate Noreiko and Michael Marquardt were elected Tuesday to four-year terms on the city council, according to preliminary vote totals from the DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder’s office. Preliminary totals showed Ward 7 Incumbent Monica O’Leary ahead by a single vote, although not all absentee ballots have been counted. The eventual winners will join a council that is responsible for a budget of $79.4 million and provides services for 44,000 people. “I’m really thinking about the economic development issues,” Noreiko said while surrounded by friends and family at her DeKalb home. “That’s so critical. I want to meet with the city manger, [Community Development Director] Ellen Divita to find out, OK, what can I do? I’m one alderman, but what can I do?”
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Michael Haji-Sheikh, DeKalb Ward 5 candidate, looks at numbers coming in Tuesday while at Twins Tavern in DeKalb with wife, Misty Haji-Sheikh, and supporters. Noreiko, a retired human resources director, captured the seat with 247 votes – 43 percent – unofficial vote totals show. Associate Northern Illinois University electrical engineering Professor Michael Haji-Sheikh received 220 votes, nearly 39 percent, and in-person counselor for the DeKalb County
Health Department Cameron Zelaya trailed behind with 107 votes, accounting for almost 18 percent. The winners will join David Jacobson, the incumbent in DeKalb’s First Ward, who did not face any competition. Sitting Third Ward Ald. Kristen Lash and 5th Ward Ald. Ron Naylor did
VILLAGE OF SHABBONA VILLAGE TRUSTEE
Joseph Perkins John Rood 3 Daniel Nolan 3 Marcus Cinnamon 3
VILLAGE OF WATERMAN
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Richard Sweeney Robert Iversen 3 Steve Meisch 3 Dennis Heins 3
not seek re-election. In Ward 7, O’Leary led, although DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder Doug Johnson would not comment on the race because he said there are absentee votes that have yet to be counted. O’Leary, who is wrapping up her first term as alderman, had 46 votes, while challenger and insurance company sales director Craig Roman received 45. Roman said he planned to contact the Johnson’s office about recount procedures. If the vote holds, O’Leary, an auto-mechanic, said her first priority
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VILLAGE TRUSTEE
Roger Bosworth 3 Michael Heiderscheidt Christy Andrews 3 Slade Browder 3
SCHOOL DISTRICT 428 BOARD OF EDUCATION
Howard Solomon 3 Kerry Mellot 3
SCHOOL DISTRICT 429 BOARD OF EDUCATION
William Dunteman 3 Timothy Badal 3 Joan Umano 3 Eric Wackerlin
REFERENDUM HINCKLEY SALES TAX INCREASE
CHICAGO MAYOR
Emanuel wins 2nd term in runoff victory By SOPHIA TAREEN and SARA BURNETT The Associated Press CHICAGO – Rahm Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as voters in Chicago’s first mayoral runoff decided that, despite his brusque management style, the former White House chief of staff was best equipped to deal with the many dire challenges facing the nation’s third-largest city. Emanuel was forced to campaign furiously across
the city to beat Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia after failing to capture a majority against four other candidates in a February election. The mayoral runoff was the first since the city changed the way it conducts elections in 1990s. “To all the voters I want to thank you for putting me through my paces,” Emanuel told supporters Tuesday night. “I will be a better mayor because of that. I will carry your voices, your concerns
into ... the mayor’s office.” With nearly all voting precincts reporting results, Emanuel had about 56 percent of the vote compared to around 44 percent for Garcia. “We didn’t lose today, we Rahm tried,” Garcia Emanuel told supporters gathered at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “We fought hard for what we believed in.
You don’t succeed at this or anything else unless you try.” The incumbent highlighted tough decisions he’s made since succeeding former Mayor Richard M. Daley in 2011, but admitted that his management approach too often rubbed city residents the wrong way. He portrayed Garcia as too inexperienced to handle the city’s financial crunch. Many of those heading to the polls Tuesday said the election should be a signal.
“Hopefully he (Emanuel) takes heed of the runoff when he should have been a shoo-in,” said Richard Rowe, a 50-year-old, who planned to vote for the incumbent. Jesus Fernandez, a 44-yearold window washer who voted for Garcia, had the same view. “If he (Garcia) gets close, we might push Rahm to do something,” Fernandez said. “At least we push him a little bit.”
Yes No 3 MALTA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AMBULANCE TAX
Yes 3 No
DEKALB COUNTY MONEY/ POLITICS
Yes 3 No
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Obituaries .........................A4 Opinion...............................A9 Puzzles ............................... B5 Sports..............................B1-4 State ...................................A5 Weather ........................... A10
*Unofficial results with all precincts reporting