Chirico Projected To Win Mayoral Race: Naperville 2019 Election

NAPERVILLE, IL — With 100 percent of precincts reporting in DuPage and Will Counties, incumbent Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico was projected to defeat Rocky Caylor.

Chirico had 51.7 percent of votes in both Will and DuPage counties.

Here's a quick glance at projected vote tallies.

Results

Mayoral Race

As of 11:30 p.m., Mayor Steve Chirico had nearly 52 percent of votes and Rocky Caylor had 48.30 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting.

Chirico was elected in 2015 to become the city's first new mayor in two decades. He faced challenge from Caylor, a former Marine and local entrepreneur who has lived in the city for nearly 30 years.

Caylor and Chirico recently made headlines after Chirico hired a firm to do a background check on Caylor. Caylor challenged the incumbent for doing the background check and Chirico rebutted by saying he also did a background check on himself and would make both available if Caylor asked.

City Council
Four spots were open for four-year terms on the Naperville City Council and eleven people have thrown their hat into the ring. The city council candidates were:

• Bradford Miller: 3,052 votes
• Theresa Sullivan: 5,062 votes
• Paul Hinterlong: 7,141 votes
• Patrick Kelly 5,069 votes
• Michele Clemen: 1,809 votes
• Bruce Hanson: 4,724 votes
• Patty Gustin: 6,683 votes
• Whitney Robbins: 2,892 votes
• Barbara O'Meara: 3,681 votes
• Nancy Turner: 3,090 votes
• Joe McElroy: 2,052 votes

District 203
Six candidates ran for seats on the District 203 Board of Education, which had three four-year terms available. These candidates include:

• Kristine Gericke: 6,380 votes
• Janet Yang Rohr: 6,680 votes
• Char Lynnette Dalton: 2,400 votes
• Becky Rudolph: 4,001 votes
• Cecilia Fox: 2,751 votes
• Joseph Kozminski: 5,129 votes

District 204
District 204 also had three four-year seats up for election this year on its board of education. Candidates were:

• Gautam "GB" Bhatia: 1,678 votes
• Justin J. Karubas: 2,145 votes
• Mark Rising: 2,872 votes
• Natasha Grover: 2,913 votes
• Carole Jones: 2,186 votes

Park District Board of Commissioners
The Naperville Park District had three candidates seeking to fill three four-year terms. Since the seats are uncontested, barring unforeseen circumstances or a long shot write-in campaign, they will be filled by:

• Rick Janor: 10,866 votes
• Marie Todd: 12,018 votes
• Josh McBroom: 10,450 votes

Visit the City of Naperville website for more information on the 2019 consolidated election and voting hours.