Updated Seventh Ward Alderman Elizabeth Tisdahl will be the next mayor of Evanston. Unofficial totals from the office of Cook County Clerk David Orr show that she received 6,400 votes – about 62 percent of the some 10,000 votes cast in yesterday’s election.
Three other candidates were in the mayoral race: Stuart Opdycke, Barnaby Dinges and Jeanne Kamps Lindwall. Unofficial totals from the Country Clerk’s office showed Mr. Opdycke with 1,803 votes, Mr. Dingers with 1,284 votes and Ms. Lindwall with 820 votes.
The unofficial results from the County Clerks offices also show the following results in other Evanston election contests:
In the First Ward, challenger Judy Fiske defeated incumbent Cheryl Wollin.
In the Fourth Ward, where Alderman Steve Bernstein is retiring, Donald Wilson appears to have won out over Howard Hartenstein and Elliot Dudnik.
In the Fifth Ward, incumbent Alderman Delores Holmes retained her seat against challenger Adrian Dortch.
In the Sixth Ward, where Alderman Edmund Moran is retiring, Mark Tendam is the winner over Mark Sloane and Christopher Hart.
In the Seventh Ward Jane Grover will replace retiring alderman and newly elected mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, having defeated John Zbesko and Kevin O’Connor.
In the Ninth Ward, where Alderman Anjana Hansen is retiring, Coleen Burrus is the winner over Michael Drennan and Mimi Peterson.
Township Assessor Sharon Eckersall appears lost to challenger Bonnie Wilson.
At School District 65, the results are very close, with incumbents Jerome Summers and Andrew Pigozzi looking like they will retain their seats, to be joined by Tracy Quattrocki and Kim Weaver.
Official results will not be available for a few weeks, after absentee ballots are counted and the canvassing board has met to validate totals.
Below are the results obtained from the Cook County Clerk’s website, voterinfonet.com:
(I) denotes incumbent
Mayor (Replacing Mayor Lorraine Morton, retiring)
70 of 70 precincts
Elizabeth Tisdahl 6,400 62.09%
Jeanne Kamps Lindwall 820 7.95%
Barnaby Dinges 1,284 12.44%
Stuart Opdycke 1,803 17.17%
Write-ins 12 .12 percent
Total 10,319
City Clerk: Rodney Green (I), no contest
First Ward Alderman
(6 of 6 precincts)
Cheryl Wollin (I) 388 37.27%
Judy Fiske 649 62.34%
Write-ins 4 .38 percent
Total 1,041
Second Ward
No contest, Alderman Lionel Jean-Baptiste
Third Ward
No contest, Alderman Melissa Wynne
Fourth Ward Alderman (Replacing Steve Bernstein, retiring)
(7 of 7 precincts)
Donald N. Wilson 560 51.38%
Howard Hartenstein 245 22.48%
Elliott Dudnik 283 25.96%
Write-ins 2 .18%
Total 1,090
Fifth Ward Alderman
(7 of 7 precincts)
Delores Holmes (I) 473 75.32%
Adrian Dortch 154 24.52%
Write-in 1 .16%
Total 627
Sixth Ward Alderman, (Replacing Edmund Moran, Jr., retiring)
(10 of 10 precincts)
Christopher Hart 493 23.33%
Mark Sloane 759 35.92%
Mark Tendam 861 40.75%
Total 2,113
Seventh Ward Alderman (Replacing Elizabeth Tisdahl, mayoral candidate)
(9 of 9 precincts)
Jane Grover 918 59.19%
John Zbesko 499 32.17%
Kevin O’Connor 132 8.51%
Write-ins 2 .13%
Total 1,551
Eighth Ward Alderman
No contest: Alderman Ann Rainey
Ninth Ward Alderman (Replacing Anjana Hansen, retiring)
(7 of 7 precincts)
Coleen Burrus 713 59.27%
Mimi Peterson 334 27.76%
Michael Drennan 154 12.80%
Write-ins 2 .17%
Total 1,201
Township Supervisor: Patricia Vance (I), no contest
Township Assessor
70 of 70 precincts
Sharon Strobeck Eckersall 2,442 28.15%
Bonnie Wilson 6,222 71.73%
Write-ins 10 .12%
Total 8,674
School District 65
81 of 81 precincts
Andrew Pigozzi (incumbent) 4,861 18.63%
Tracy Quattrocki 6,719 25.75%
Jerome R. Summers (incumbent) 4,893 18.75%
Christopher Hawker 4,631 17.75%
Kim Weaver 4,929 18.89%
School District 202
No Contest: Martha Burns, Deborah Graham, Rachel Haymen, and Gretchen Livingston.