Primary Primer UPDATE: Countywide and County Board Contested Races

kanecountyconnects / February 8, 2018 / Comments Off / Communities, Education, Elections, Government, Kane County Clerk's Office, State of Illinois, Taxpayers

Editor’s Note: Early voting for the March 20 primary starts Thursday, Feb. 8, in Kane County and the Aurora Election Commission. This article is part of a series pointing out the candidate names and referendums that will appear on the ballot. Kane County Connects encourages citizens to take part in the election process and to seek multiple sources to inform their voting decisions.

Early voting for the March 20 primary election in Kane County starts today (Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018), so it’s time to get familiar with the contested races in which you’ll have to make a decision.

A lot of folks think, “Ho hum, the primary.” But there are a number of important offices on the ballot — including state of Illinois contested races for governor and attorney general, “midterm” elections for U.S. congressional seats — plus at least 14 referendums on Kane County ballots.

The following is a rundown of contested races on the primary ballot. There are three County Board incumbents who are not seeking re-election: Thomas (T.R.) Smith in District 9, Rebecca Gillam in District 21 and Maggie Auger in District 23. Odd-numbered districts have elections coming up in 2018.

Republican Primary Ballot

In the Republican primary, there are two contested races for countywide elected offices and four contested races for County Board seats.

For county clerk, Stanton J. “Stan” Bond challenges incumbent John A. “Jack” Cunningham. For county sheriff, incumbent Donald E. Kramer faces off against Kevin Tindall.

The County Board contested races are in districts 9, 13, 15 and 23.

In District 9, vying for the Republican nomination in the March 20 primary are Tom Koppie and Connie Von Keudell.
In District 13, Steve Weber is challenging incumbent Philip Lewis/
In District 15, incumbent Barbara Wojnicki faces a challenge for the Republican nomination from Austin P. Lawler.
In District 23, the Republican candidates in the primary are Jim Patrician and Jonathan E. Radke.

Democratic Primary Ballot

In the Democratic primary, the only contested countywide office is for Kane County sheriff, where Ron Hain and Willie M. Mayes, Sr. are seeking their party’s nomination.

There are six contested Democratic primary races for positions on the County Board.

In District 1, incumbent Myrna Molina faces Blanca E. Rodriguez.
In District 3, Anita Marie Lewis challenges incumbent Donald Ishmael.
In District 7, Brian Gravenhorst faces off against incumbent Monica Silva.
In District 15, Gerald M. Palmere and Lucas Strom are competing for their party’s nomination.
In District 17, Janice Bennett faces incumbent Deborah Allan.
In District 19, there are three candidates on the Democratic primary ballot: Thomas P. Gibbons, John Jack Shales, Mohammad “Mo” Iqbal

See The Full List of Primary Candidates Online

Here are links to the Kane County Clerk’s Office website, showing a list of candidates that will appear on the March 20 primary ballots:

Read The ‘Primary Primer’ Series

Early Voting Starts Feb. 8 in Kane County

KANE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY CANDIDATES

(Countywide offices and County Board districts)

FOR COUNTY CLERK

Nicolas G. “Nico” Jimenez

FOR COUNTY SHERIFF

Ron Hain
Willie M. Mayes, Sr.

FOR COUNTY TREASURER

No Candidate

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 1

Myrna Molina
Blanca E. Rodriguez

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 3

Anita Marie Lewis
Donald Ishmael

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 5

Sandra A. King

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 7

Brian Gravenhorst
Monica Silva

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 9

No Candidate

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 11

Jody M. Kanikula

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 13

No Candidate

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 15

Gerald M. Palmere
Lucas Strom

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 17

Janice Bennett
Deborah Allan

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 19

Thomas P. Gibbons
John Jack Shales
Mohammad “Mo” Iqbal

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 21

Tara Jacobsen

COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT 23

Christopher W. Kious

KANE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CANDIDATES