Oak Lawn 2017 Mayoral Race By the Numbers

OAK LAWN, IL -- On a night when 20 suburban incumbent mayors lost their seats, Sandra Bury won her second term as Oak Lawn’s village president by a comfortable margin against a tough opponent known for aggressive campaign style. Similar suburban mayors also faced a new era of double-fisted campaigning, which led to their demise.

Overall, voter turnout in suburban Cook County for the 2017 general consolidated election was 17 percent, down two points from 2013. Out of Cook County’s 1,524,858 registered voters, 267,795 cast ballots in Tuesday’s election, according to the Cook County Clerk.

The village’s mayor, clerk and trustee seats in even-numbered districts -- 2, 4 and 6 -- were up for renewal this election cycle. Oak Lawn’s overall turnout dipped from 30 percent in 2013 to 24.07 percent in 2017.

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Compared to Orland Park, which ousted a six-term incumbent Mayor Dan McLaughlin, voter turnout edged ahead of Oak Lawn at 26.45 percent. In Tinley Park, where residents similarly voted down the one-term incumbent Dave Seaman, the voter turnout there was 22. 17 percent.

Bury won 31 out of the village’s 41 precincts in her bid for a second term. Unofficial results gave Bury 5,393 votes to mayoral challenger and Oak Lawn’s longest-serving trustee Bob Streit’s 3,683.

In a district-by-district breakdown, Bury captured seven of Dist. 1’s eight precincts, where Tim Desmond is the current sitting trustee. She lost by two votes to Streit in former trustee Jerry Hurkes’ 21st home precinct.

Bury swept in her home district -- Dist. 2 -- where she resides. Tr. Alex Olejniczak also powered his way to a fourth term. Olejniczak swept the district from challenger Glenn Schussler winning a commanding 71 percent of the vote.

Streit dominated his home turf where he has represented the third district on the village board since 1991. Streit won seven out of eight precincts in Dist. 3.

Bury also swept Dist. 4’s seven precincts, where incumbent trustee Terry Vorderer won his second term on the village board. Vorderer captured all precincts, garnering 65 percent of the vote over challenger John Koss.

In Dist. 5, where Tr. Bud Stalker is the current sitting trustee, Bury won six of the district’s nine precincts. Dist. 5 also has three split precincts -- 85 and 35 that share boundaries with Dist. 3, and 100 that crosses over into Dist. 6

Over in Dist. 6, where Tom Phelan was battling Jozettemarie Palermo for his old seat on the village board, Bury took seven of the district’s eight precincts. Palermo was the only trustee candidate on the Streit ticket to capture a precinct, taking the split 100th precinct (Dist. 5 and Dist. 6) away from Phelan.

Here’s a precinct-by-precinct breakdown of the Oak Lawn mayoral race:

#1 - Dist. 1, Bury 72; Streit 35 (109 ballots cast out of 612 registered voters
#2 - Dist. 2, Bury 170; Streit 107 (283/1,217)
#3 - Dist. 3, Bury 150; Streit 184 (336/919)
#4 - Dist. 5, Bury 39; Streit 20 (60/1,729)
#5 - Dist. 6, Bury 227; Streit 119 (348/1,041)
#11 - Dist. 5, Bury 151; Streit 106 (261/968)
#21 - Dist. 1, Bury 174; Streit 85 (174/1634)
#25 - Dist. 2, Bury 229; Streit 114 (334/1,174)
#26 - Dist. 3, Bury 82; Streit 83 (169/902)
#27 - Dist. 3, Bury 139; Streit 113 (256/819)
#28 - Dist. 5, Bury 50, Streit 35 (86/726)
#30 - Dist. 1, Bury 154, Streit 69 (226/1,126)
#33 - Dist. 3, Bury 89, Streit 124 (250/1,041)
#35 - Dist. 3 and Dist. 5, Bury 145, Streit 165 (319/1,084)
#36 - Dist. 4, Bury 161, Streit 78 (246/1,030)
#40 - Dist. 4, and Dist. 2, Bury 135, Streit 58 (194/1,130)
#41 - Dist. 6, Bury 116; Streit 35 (152/503)
#44 - Dist. 1, Bury 93; Streit 52 (147/533)
#46 - Dist. 3, Bury 133; Streit 255 (394/1,145)
#48 - Dist. 4, Bury 114; Streit 70 (189/696)
#49 - Dist. 6, Bury 91; Streit 45 (136/616)
#56 - Dist. 5, Bury 175; Streit 153 (335/952)
#58 - Dist. 2, Bury 192; Streit 96 (292/1,072)
#60 - Dist. 3, Bury 96, Streit 129 (228/582)
#62 - Dist. 6, Bury 126, Streit 54 (181/537)
#63 - Dist. 4, Bury 135, Streit 82 (220/982)
#66 - Dist. 1, Bury 129, Streit 60 (191/814)
#74 - Dist. 1, Bury 73. Streit 54 (128/583)
#84 - Dist. 6, Bury 225; Streit 73 (301/975)
#85 - Dist. 5, Dist 6, Bury 120, Streit 189 (310/925)
#91 - Dist. 5, Bury 90, Streit 55 (148/521)
#92 - Dist. 4, Bury 193, Streit 106 (302/1,007)
#93 - Dist. 5, Bury 81, Streit 51 (133/535)
#94 - Dist. 2, Bury 202, Streit 67 (274/1,204)
#96 - Dist. 4, Bury 106, Streit 56 (268/1,147)
#99 - Dist. 2, Bury 94, Streit 46 (142/695)
#100 - Dist. 5 and Dist. 6, Bury 150; Streit 158 (313/990)

Source: Unofficial election results for Worth Township, Cook County Clerk.

Cover Photo: Mayor Sandra Bury and Tr. Robert Streit