Cronin Eases Into Second Term As DuPage Board Chair, County Race Wrap

Dan Cronin buried his Democratic opponent in a landslide, easing into a second term as DuPage County Board Chairman.

The unofficial tally with all county precincts counted showed Cronin winning handily by 166,855 votes to Robert Peickert’s 90,324.

Peikert, who chairs the Democratic the Dupage County Party, was a latecomer to the race after Cronin ran unopposed in the GOP primary, the Daily Herald reported.

With his first term focusing on transparency and reform, Cronin faces a possible utility tax to help fix DuPage’s flooding problem. Property owners with more storm water runoff leaving their land would pay a higher fee than those with less,the paper said.

Cronin hasn’t committed to a possible utility as a possibly solution for fixing the flooding, but said it was up for discussion. He would also continue his work on reform and consolidating county government.

DuPage County Unofficial Race Results:

Regional Board Superintendent

Darlene J Ruscitti (R) 192,551

Sheriff

John E. Zaruba (D) 158,983

Mike Quiroz (R) 95,639

Clerk

Paul Hinds (R) 151,627

Jean Kaczmarek (D) 101348

Treasurer

Gwen Henry (R) 208,359

County Board - Dist. 1

Paul Fichtner (R) 22,554

Roland Waller (D) 13,252

County Board - Dist. 2

Peter Di Cianni (R) 38,104

County Board - Dist. 3

John Curran (R) 28,917

Pamela Miles (D) 17,209

County Board - Dist. 4

Grant Eckhoff (R) 26,958

Jeremy R. Custer (D) 16,234

County Board - Dist. 5

Tonia Jane Khouri (R) 25,581

R. Drucilla Brent (D) 16,376

County Board - Dist. 6

Kevin R. Wiley (R) 21,199

Lauren Nowak (D) 17,162

For more county race results, visit the DuPage Election Commission

Visit the Chicago Tribune for statewide race results.