Politics & Government
Oak Lawn Trustee Races: By the Numbers
A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of Oak Lawn's Dist. 1, Dist. 2, Dist. 4 and Dist. 6 races, April 9, 2013.
The Mayor's Independence Party candidates won only two precincts across four races for village board trustree in the April 9 election.
Dave Heilmann lost his own bid for third term as Oak Lawn mayor to political novice, Sandra Bury.
Bury is the first woman to be elected to serve as mayor of Oak Lawn.
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Mayor’s Independence Party trustee candidates Julie Misner and Carol Sheahan each picked up split precinct in their respective Dist. 2 and Dist. 6 races.
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Cindy Trautsch’s brief sojourn as the appointed first district trustee ended when she lost her bid for an elected two-year term. The mayor’s slated candidate battled it out with Oak Lawn Independent Tim Desmond in Dist. 1, on the west end of Oak Lawn.
Both Desmond and Bury swept Dist. 1's eight precincts, with Desmond garnering 62 percent of the vote. Desmond won 797 votes to Trautsch’s 481.
Mayor's candidate Julie Misner picked up a precinct in the Dist. 2 race, winning 37 votes in Precinct 40, a split precincet between Dist. 2 and Dist. 4, at PRIDE Alternative School at 4201 W. 93rd St.
Miser lost the district's remaining five precincts to Alex Olejniczak, who cruised his way to a third term as Dist. 2 trustee.
Oleniczak crushed Misner, a former Dist. 123 school board member, with 66 percent of the vote, or 1,092 to 548.
Independent Terry Vorderer emerged victorious in a three-way race for Dist. 4 trustee.
The retired-police division chief beat out Mayor’s Independence Party candidate Tim Reilly and incumbent Tom Duhig, commandeering Dist. 4’s seven precincts.
Vorderer won 47.59 percent, or 791 votes.
Ranking second and third were Reilly, with 460 votes, and Duhig with 411.
Oak Lawn First candidate Mike Carberry dominated the Dist. 6 trustee race, capturing 42 percent or 922 votes.
Carol Sheahan came in second with 665 votes. Sheahan was the mayor’s other slated candidate to pick up a precinct, winning at the Oak View Center’s split 100th precinct in Dist. 5/6, where Heilmann stages his community theater productions.
Independent Joe Sorrentino, president of the Dist. 123 school board, came in third with 622 votes in the race for Dist. 6 trustee. Sorrentino will retain his elected position on the D123 school board.
Here’s how the races fell:
Trustee, Village of Oak Lawn Dist. 1% Votes Cynthia Trautsch (Mayor's Independence Party) 37.64% 481 Tim Desmond (Independent) 62.36% 797 PrecinctRegistered VotersBallots CastCynthia TrautschTim DesmondTotal Votes Worth 1 602 133 40 90 130 Worth 21 1,489 219 101 116 217 Worth 26 848 61 26 34 60 Worth 30 1,059 303 110 187 297 Worth 44 726 173 60 108 168 Worth 66 798 190 64 122 186 Worth 74 563 149 57 89 146 Worth 76 527 82 23 51 74 Worth Township Results 6,612 1,310 481 797 1,278
% Votes Julie Misner (Mayor's Independence Party) 33.41% 548 Alex G. Olejniczak (Independent) 66.59% 1,092 PrecinctRegistered VotersBallots CastJulie MisnerAlex G. OlejniczakTotal Votes Worth 2 1,135 327 128 194 322 Worth 25 1,084 388 121 259 380 Worth 40 1,028 71 37 34 71 Worth 58 1,025 332 118 205 323 Worth 94 1,132 356 88 265 353 Worth 99 663 195 56 135 191 Worth Township Results 6,067 1,669 548 1,092 1,640
Trustee, Village of Oak Lawn, Dist. 4
% Votes Tim Reilly (Mayor's Independence Party) 27.68% 460 Terry Vorderer (Independent) 47.59% 791 Thomas M. Duhig (Independent) 24.73% 411 PrecinctRegistered VotersBallots CastTim ReillyTerry VordererThomas M. DuhigTotal Votes Worth 36 992 280 66 155 56 277 Worth 40 1,028 162 25 61 72 158 Worth 48 637 215 79 97 34 210 Worth 63 939 260 57 131 69 257 Worth 92 957 392 101 201 87 389 Worth 93 526 163 59 62 38 159 Worth 96 1,042 217 73 84 55 212 Worth Township Results 6,121 1,689 460 791 411 1,662
Trustee, Village of Oak Lawn, District 6 % Votes Carol Sheahan (Mayor's Independence Party) 30.1% 665 Joseph Sorrentino (Independent) 28.16% 622 Mike Carberry (Independent) 41.74% 922 PrecinctRegistered VotersBallots CastCarol SheahanJoseph SorrentinoMike CarberryTotal Votes Worth 5 951 399 131 124 135 390 Worth 41 496 205 65 37 100 202 Worth 49 569 191 52 72 60 184 Worth 62 517 239 75 57 106 238 Worth 75 1,107 337 109 81 138 328 Worth 77 940 330 84 80 161 325 Worth 84 969 365 77 103 183 363 Worth 100 940 182 72 68 39 179 Worth Township Results 6,489 2,248 665 622 922 2,209
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