Lemont Library: Skibinski, Camalliere, Pravdik Projected Winners

LEMONT, IL — Two incumbents and one newcomer candidate are the projected winners of the Lemont Library trustee race, according to Tuesday's unofficial results. Incumbents Michaeline Skibinski and Patricia Camalliere, as well as Renee Miller Pravdik are the projected winners.

Four candidates ran for three open positions for the library board election.

You can find the unofficial results below:

Tuesday's election results are unofficial until certified at a later date by the county, and late vote by mail ballots and provisional ballots cast on Election Day must still be counted.

14 out of 14 Cook County precincts reporting, 100 percent of DuPage County precincts reporting:

• Michaeline Skibinski - 1,933
• Patricia Camalliere - 2,174
• Renee Miller Pravdik - 2,113
• Christine Hogan - 1,728

Skibinski, Camalliere and Hogan are all current board members, while Miller Pravdik is a newcomer.

According to Skibinski's Patch candidate questionnaire, she is retired, although she previously worked for the federal government for 37 years. She has a Master's degree in public administration.

Skibinski is currently the board's treasurer, and was first elected in April 2013, and then re-elected in 2017.

Camelliere is also retired, although previously worked in medical administration, she shared in her Patch candidate questionnaire. She is also a writer, and has written three historical mystery novels set in Lemont. Camalliere is a longtime library board member, and has also served on the Lemont Area Historical Society board. She was first elected to the library board in 2001. She currently serves as the vice president of the board.

Miller Pravdik has over 20 years of management experience, and currently works for the Lemont Park District, she wrote in her Patch candidate questionnaire.

She noted that improving the library's website, possibly getting a mobile app, and expanding children's programs are among some concerns of hers.

Hogan was first appointed to the library board in 2011, before she was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017, the library's website states. She is the vice president for TJ Hogan & Associates in Lemont.

She is currently the chair of the technology committee for the board.

Lemont Elections

Other contested elections in Lemont are:

• Lemont Township Trustees, Highway Commissioner
• District 113A Referendum

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