Absentee ballots yet to be counted
By Patricia Bogumil
Editor
A mere two-vote difference in preliminary results gave newcomer Adam Graf (330 votes) a thin lead over incumbent Ron Bogard (228 votes) for the Trustee No. 3 position on the Union Grove Village Board.
Absentee ballots will decide that race which, at press time, was too close to call.
Tuesday night, Graf attributed his strong showing to his face-to-face, doorbell-ringing initiative to meet village voters and hear their concerns.
• Voters returned Dover Town Chairman Tom Lembcke (345 votes, 40.59 percent) back to the board. He withstood a challenge from Mario Lena (206 votes, 24.24 percent) on the ballot.
The total of write-in votes (228) cast for Mario Denoto was actually higher than Lena’s 206 vote total. Denoto had waged a last-minute grassroots write-in campaign for the town chairman position.
He explained Wednesday morning that, if elected, he hoped to ensure that budget issues are more carefully attended to, and that meetings conducted in a more professional manner.
Following are preliminary election results from local contested municipal and school board races as of press time Wednesday.
• TOWN OF DOVER Supervisor No. 1
421 (49.53%) – Mike Shenkenbert (I)
338 (39.76%) – Deborah Krogh
• TOWN OF DOVER Supervisor No. 2
490 (57.65%) – Sam Stratton
276 (32.47%) – Larry Neau
The two-year position pays $4,825 annually.
• TOWN OF RAYMOND Supervisor No. 2
526 (63.3%) – David C. Lecus
215 (25.87%) – Stan Bugnacki (I)
The two-year position pays $3,800.
• UNION GROVE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (two seats)
1,006 (21.99%) – Dawn Van Ess (I)
1,000 (21.86%) – Steve McClelland (I)
913 – Randall Henderson
The three-year positions pay $2,500 for board members and $3,000 for board president, positions determined by board vote after the election.
• YORKVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT (two seats)
316 (32.71%) – David Moyer (I)
237 (24.53%) – Rory Esch
122 (12.63%) – Marty Winter
The three-year positions pay $1,600 for board members and $1,700 for board clerk, positions determined by board vote after the election.
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