Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Incumbents Judy Brodhead, Doug Krause and Paul Hinterlong will join newcomer Dave Wentz this weekend for the inauguration ceremony.
Incumbents Judy Brodhead, Doug Krause and Paul Hinterlong will join newcomer Dave Wentz this weekend for the inauguration ceremony of the recently elected Naperville City Council members. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. The inauguration will take place Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. in the City Council chambers of the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend, according to the city. Wentz, Brodhead, Hinterlong and Krause, will be sworn in during the ceremony. The four newly elected members won seats on the City Council after facing off against seven other candidates during April's election. Brodhead and Hinterlong have served on the …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Patch has complete results from the April 9 Naperville election.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
County officials said that the amount of traffic caught them by surprise and hampered the ability of the public to access election results.
Officials for DuPage County are saying that the influx of traffic to their election results website, which crashed the page between 8 and 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, has been a wake-up call to necessary improvements, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the paper, the problem was caused when the available bandwidth was exceeded; page views peaked at 15,000 within a few minutes, 5,000 more than the peak in the 2012 elections. "If you asked me 72 hours ago if the site would peak out 50 percent higher than a presidential election, I would've laughed," Robert Saar, the election commission's executive director, told the paper. "Everybody here had their eyes opened. We're disappointed that it happened, but I'm extremely confident that going …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Patch has complete results from the April 9 Naperville election.
The numbers are in for Naperville's 2013 Election. Below you can find all of the results for local races as well as the at-large referendum question, which was on this year's ballot. 2013 Election Results: Find All Your Local Winners Now that the polls have closed, follow our site for live results to learn who won and by how much in all your Naperville races. Incumbents Return, Joined by New Face on Naperville City Council A total of 11 candidates faced off for four open seats on the Naperville City Council during Tuesday's election. Naperville Votes in Favor of At-Large Election System No changes will be made to the way Naperville elects its City Council members after residents voted in favor of keeping an at-large system Tuesday. Two …
Two incumbents and three newcomers won the five open seats on the Indian Prairie School District 204 board.
Two incumbents and three newcomers won the five open seats on the Indian Prairie School District 204 board Tuesday night, according to unofficial tallies. Get full Naperville Election 2013 results here. Cathy Piehl and Benjamin White won re-election while Michael Raczak and Maria Curry will join the school board for the first time in the spring to serve 4-year terms. In the fifth seat, Justin Karubas will serve a 2-year term. A total of nine candidates ran for District 204 school board. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook.
Susan Crotty and Jackie Romberg won re-election, while Kristin Fitzgerald and Donna Wandke will join the board.
Two familiar faces will join two new faces on the Naperville District 203 school board in the fall. Get full Naperville Election 2013 results here. Facing off against seven other candidates vying for four open board seats, newcomers Donna Wandke and Kristin Fitzgerald came out on top along with incumbents Susan Crotty and Jackie Romberg Tuesday. Since 2008, Wandke has worked as a youth ministry leader at Good Shepherd Church and was also a math teacher at Naperville North High School for eight years. In a Patch questionnaire, Wandke said her top focus will be on the implementation of Common Core Standards. "As a person who has experience with curriculum adoption, district level curriculum committees and extensive curriculum research, I …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
A total of 11 candidates faced off for four open seats on the Naperville City Council during Tuesday's election.
Eleven candidates faced off for four open seats on the Naperville City Council during Tuesday's election. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. Incumbents Judy Brodhead, Doug Krause and Paul Hinterlong will return to the City Council, while newcomer Dave Wentz won the remaining seat, according to unofficial tallies. Just 129 votes separated Wentz from other newcomer Kevin Coyne, who trailed slightly behind with 4,346 votes to Wentz's 4,475. Wentz, a local attorney, has served as a Naperville Township trustee as well as a Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee Chairman. Coyne, who is also an attorney, serves on the Naperville Planning and Zoning Commission. In a …
No changes will be made to the way Naperville elects its City Council members after residents voted in favor of keeping an at-large system Tuesday, according to unofficial tallies.
No changes will be made to the way Naperville elects its City Council members after residents voted in favor of keeping an at-large system Tuesday, according to unofficial tallies. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. Voters approved a referendum question on the ballot asking whether to keep the city's current at-large election system, which was placed on the ballot by the citizens group Yes At Large. If the referendum was not approved, the city would have adopted a hybrid system that included mixed district representation as well as an at-large system for some areas of the city. Under the rejected system, five City Council members would have each represented a separate district and …
Now that the polls have closed, follow our site for live results to learn who won and by how much in all your Naperville races. We'll be updating this post throughout the night as votes are tallied.
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Tuesday, April 9
The results are in. The above list gives you the numbers and results for all your local races. For more results and information: Naperville City Council Incumbents Return, Joined by New Face on Naperville City Council Naperville School District 203 Two Incumbents, Two New Faces Take Naperville D203 School Board Seats At-Large Referendum Naperville Votes in Favor of At-Large Election System Indian Prairie School District 204 Five Seats Filled on Indian Prairie School District 204 Board Two incumbents and three newcomers won the five open seats on the Indian Prairie School District 204 board.
A roundup of who's running for Naperville City Council, District 203 and District 204 school board, township offices, Napeville Park District board and the College of DuPage board.
Naperville John
3:03 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013
Great to see Krause still there. Lots of other watchdogs in this town support your diligence and thank you for being one of the only Council Members to actually try and stop run away spending. You Rock. more ›