Oak Forest School Board Election Results: Districts 146, 145, 228

OAK FOREST, IL — Incumbents and newcomers all scored spots in school board and city council races here in Oak Forest. Here is a break-down of the results.

Community Consolidated School District 146 results include:

D146 had seven candidates vying for votes to win over the four open seats this election. Jill Dunlap, Rick Lloyd, Patty Chlada and Julie Berry all ran on the slate titled 146 Forward. The slate is projected to win the D146 race as of Tuesday evening. Here are the results so far:

Jill Dunlap: 19.25%
Rick Lloyd: 13.93%
Patty Chlada: 16.89%
Julie Berry: 20.08%
Shane Wilson: 8.22%
Julie Jackson: 9.88%
Vincent J. Aiello: 11.74%

Bremen High School District 228 results:

Three seats were open for Bremen High School District 228's school board. Six candidates were vying for votes, including incumbents Larry F. Canning and Deborah Stearns. Stearns has been re-elected but Canning did not receive enough votes to do the same. Candidates Mary List and Evelyn M. Gleason claimed the other two slots.

Larry F. Canning: 16.84%
Mary List: 17.22%
Otilla Kelly-Stokes: 12.4%
Evelyn M. Gleason: 18.84%
Marcus Douglas: 14.1%
Deborah Stearns: 20.59%

Arbor Park School District 145 results as of 12:29 a.m:

Four seats were up for grabs in the D145 race. Incumbents Maryann Ing, Tina Moslander, David Rana and Wendy Lux were all re-elected, leaving challenger Candace Smith behind. Here are the results:

Maryann Ing: 19.91%

Tina Moslander: 19.46%

David Rana: 20.45%

Wendy Lux: 21.35%

Candace Smith: 18.83%

After months of preparation and campaigning, candidates and residents are discovering who the people of Oak Forest have elected for various races around town. The polls in Suburban Cook County opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday and remained so until 7 p.m.

4th Ward Ald. Race

With unofficial vote totals in, it looks as if 4th Ward Ald. incumbent Paul Selman been re-elected in Oak Forest.

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For 4th Ward Alderman, here are the votes as of 12:30 a.m:

• Paul Selman — 59.49 percent
• John Harris — 40.51 percent

Background

Current City Treasurer JoAnn Kelly did not run for re-election. Kelly has served the city for the last 25 years as the City of Oak Forest's 6th Ward Ald., city treasurer and mayor. She was elected as treasurer in 2013.

This year in Oak Forest, even numbered aldermen are being challenged. Every two years, the election switches from odd and even numbered aldermen that must seek re-election, if they wish to stay in the position. Out of the seven wards, aldermen positions from wards two, four and six are up for grabs.

Library Board

Two incumbents sought re-election on Election Day. Bradley Duff-Hudkins and Mary Walter ran uncontested.

Hudkins is the current Treasurer of the library and Walter is the current Secretary. The Board of Trustees meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. The meetings are public and all are welcome to attend.

The board is tasked with establishing library policies and plans, alongside hiring the library director and other delegates to ensure responsibility for managing the library daily.

Park Board

The Oak Forest Park District has two Board of Commissioners positions up for grabs. This year, incumbents James "Jim" Katula and Charles Wolf were the only two who filed to run. Both unopposed, Wolf, vice president and Katula, secretary, are slated to remain part of the five-member board after the election.

Park boards are responsible for creating and enabling park district policies. Commissioners are responsible for passing ordinances and resolutions, similar to village and city board members. The board also is responsible for adopting budgets, appointing committees and more.

Bremen Township

The Bremen Township races are all uncontested this year. The names that appeared on the ballot include:

• Kathryn Straniero for Supervisor
• John D. Lord for Clerk
• Willie A. Jones for Assessor
• John P. Flaherty for Highway Commissioner
• Carolyn R. Carter for Trustee
• Mary Catuara for Trustee
• Edward P. Maggio for Trustee
• John M. (Mike) Tatro for Trustee