Citizens For Glenview Slate Wins Glenview Village Board Elections

GLENVIEW, IL — Voters in Glenview elected two new village board members Tuesday and returned the one incumbent seeking re-election. Four candidates competed for three open seats on the board — three running as a caucus-endorsed slate and a lone independent.

Independent candidate Benjamin Polony challenged the Citizens for Glenview Party slate of Trustee Michael Jenny, Mary Cooper and Chuck Gitles. Gitles and Jenny are banking executives, Cooper is a retail marketing consultant and Polony is a former intern with the village governments of Schaumburg and Northbrook.

After 14 years on the board, Trustee Philip White did not run again. A vacancy created by former Trustee Scott Britton's election to the Cook County Board of Commissioners had temporarily been filled by former Village President and Trustee Kerry Cummings.

APRIL 2, 2019 GLENVIEW VILLAGE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS:

With more than 92 percent of precincts reporting, the caucus-slated candidates led their independent challenged by more than 1,000 votes.

In December, it appeared the village was headed for its first fully contested election in 18 years when a slate of three candidates filed paperwork to run as the Better Government in Glenview Party. Polony entered the race on the final day to submit signatures, leading to seven people initially running for three seats.

But just ahead of the Jan. 24 deadline for municipalities to submit final versions of ballots for the April 2 election, all three candidates from the newly formed Better Government in Glenview Party withdrew from the race. That left the caucus-slated trio and Polony, whose candidacy had been challenged by an affiliate of the party.

The Citizens for Glenview slate appeared at a League of Women Voters forum Saturday, March 16, at the Glenview Public Library. Polony did not attend, saying it was "slanted" in favor of his opponents and "extremely unfair and inappropriate" by giving equal time to each members of the slate.

Jenny, Gitles and Polony posted statements to Glenview Patch on behalf of their candidacy ahead of the vote. The races for Glenview Library Trustee and Glenbrook High School District 225 were not contested.

Earlier:

• Remaining 'Better Government In Glenview' Candidates Drop Out
• Candidate Withdraws From Race For Glenview Village Trustee
• Teen Candidate Cleared To Appear On Ballot As Challenge Withdrawn
• 19-Year-Old Glenview Trustee Candidate's Signatures Challenged
• 7 Candidates Running For 3 Seats On Glenview Village Board