Illinois
Western Illinois election results for April 1, 2025
Voters on Tuesday decided elections for city government, school board, and other local positions. There were also referenda on ballots around the region.
The unofficial outcomes of contested elections are listed below, starting with municipal governments listed in alphabetical order. Those are followed by school boards and then referenda.
Results from Hancock County were not available Tuesday night.
Abingdon Mayor
Jason Johnson 412
Stewart Powell 346
Abingdon City Council – Ward 3
Two-year unexpired term
Doug Thomas 113
Michael DeJaynes 75
Raymond Hutson 38
Abingdon City Council – Ward 4
Heather Thompson 67
Tim Presley 26
Alexis Village President
Moses Anderson 55
Rick Benson 39
Alexis Village Trustee
Vote for three
Paula Olson 66
Pat Brenner 50
Tony Cornell 49
Hope Fontenoy 45
Astoria Library District Trustee
Vote for three
Shaina Thiner 18
Kathryn Bridges 13
Addie Kimbro 9
Anna Pilger 5
Basco Village President
James Damron
Michelle Noble
Browning Village President
Cody Smith 31
Burl Boyd 22
Canton Mayor
Kent McDowell 1,480
Ben Hendricks 763
Canton City Council – Ward 1
David Pickel 321
Angelia Lingenfelter 263
Colchester Mayor
Mark Clark (Rep) 173
Eric Haines (Dem) 93
Colchester City Council – Ward 2
Martha Clark (Rep) 88
Mary Garlick (Dem) 37
Cuba City Council – Ward 2
Rodney Lynch 38
Brian Anderson 14
Cuba City Council – Ward 3
Douglas Falk 77
Karena Cozad 28
Ferris Village Trustee
Vote for three
Terence Vass
David Mott
Steven Brown
Tim Martin
Galesburg Mayor
Peter Schwartzman 2,831
John Pritchard 2,455
Galesburg City Council – Ward 2
Wendel Hunigan 308
Wayne Dennis 201
Galesburg City Council – Ward 4
Dwight White 165
Corine Andersen 106
Galesburg City Council – Ward 6
Greg Saul 504
Tianna Cervantez 342
Demarkius Medley, Sr 88
Galesburg Township Supervisor
Kimberly Thierry 2,983
Jennifer Fredrick 2,146
Lewistown Mayor
Cynthia Goddard 242
Roger Clark 153
Lomax Village President
Brian Grisham 74
Phillip Butler 52
Macomb City Council – At-Large
Jennifer Hemingway 577
Tammie Leigh Brown-Edwards 522
Monmouth Mayor
Rod Davies 874
Sean Cavanaugh 727
Nauvoo City Council – Ward 1
Rita Souther
Barbara Schafer
Oquawka Village Trustee
Vote for three
Brenda Tee 149
Nancy Bundy 128
James Miller 84
Tammy Bundy 84
Plymouth Village Trustee
Vote for three
Andrea Cox
Shelly Conover
Cody Smith
Kyle Thompson
Pontoosuc Village President
Floyd Maynard
Bryan Long
Pontoosuc Village Trustee
Vote for four
James Olson
Carol Ried
Thomas Burch
Alice Vantiger
Brent Akers
Paige Akers
Raritan Village Trustee
Vote for three
Rhonda Blender 29
Nicholas White 17
Timothy Douglas Boyd 16
Toni Hendrickson 12
Krystal Reighard 11
St. Augustine Village President
David Schisler 22
Ricky Aldridge 11
Vermont Village Clerk
Cary Little 82
Sarah Hamm 12
Warsaw Mayor
Jeff Brookhart
Richard Hauk
Glenn McLaughlin
Wataga Village Trustee
Vote for three
Kevin Stone 88
Thomas Lytle 80
Caleb Bean 64
Rochelle Olson 62
School Districts
Abingdon-Avon School District 276
Vote for four
Sarah Batson 988
Chancey Weidenhamer 963
David Lee Serven 879
Richard Quinn 859
Michael Kyle Thurman 820
Zachary Grace 587
Astoria School District 1
Vote for four
Austin Cameron 158
Derek Prather 144
Jill Easley 129
Peter Egleton 119
Patrick Skiles 64
Carina Kapraun 32
Canton School District 66
Vote for two
Brian Spiva 1,141
Caitlin Mason 1,057
Jane Lewis 928
Christopher Piper 831
Amber Schappaugh 830
Carl Sandburg Community College District 518
Vote for two
Jeffrey Wittsitt 42%
Angel Peterson 40%
DeVone Eurales 19%
Carthage Elementary School District 317
Vote for four
Gary Jackson
Linda Brooks Housewright
Stephanie Kristine Fitch
Christine White
Jacob Murphy
Fulton County School District 3
Vote for four
Valerie Wilson 399
Sue McCance 375
Lindsey Heitz Lindsey 374
Debora Deakin 302
James Richardson 296
Galesburg School District 205 – Galesburg Township
Vote for two
Luan Statham 2,998
Rod Scherpe 1,986
Robert “Bo” Irons 1,698
Jaclyn Smith-Esters 1,477
Pamella Bess-Tabb 1,328
Galesburg School District 205 – Remaining Congressional Townships
Vote for two
Maurice Lyon 2,519
Jamie Harter 2,426
Terra Boettcher 2,109
Benjamin Yeutson 1,717
Knoxville School District 202 – Knox Township
Vote for two
Charles Hillery 344
Darcy Young 202
Phillip Parks, Jr. 190
LaHarpe Elementary School District 347
Vote for four
Joshua Gebhardt
Chad Burt
Josh Walker
William Collins
Joni Dowell
Lewistown School District 97
Vote for four
Dale Schaeffer 576
Elaine Stone 541
Scott Schaeffer 536
Joshua Jay Miller 459
Brett Belless 378
Macomb School District 185
Vote for four
Kishor Kapale 1,089
Justice Keene 1,003
John “Larry” Adams 938
Nate McGraw 925
Lorette Oden 903
Monmouth-Roseville School District 238
Vote for four
Amy Rogers 1,417
Kira Schumm 1,116
Phillip Brooks 1,097
Amy Gaule 1,075
Yulissa Sparks 640
United School District 304
Vote for four
Henry Shimmin 734
Joshua Oaks 716
Jill Marie Jenks 575
Holly Tharp 514
Danny Toops 454
Katrina Kessler 378
Chris Menge 197
VIT School District 2
Vote for three
Joshua Miller 200
Larry Payne 185
Darryl Holmes 151
Zachary Parker 94
Referenda
Abingdon-Avon School District 276 Referendum
Shall the board issue $6 million in bonds to build and equip an addition to the middle school building and repair existing facilities?
Yes 362
No 989
Hancock County Schools Referendum
Shall the county impose a one-percent sales tax to pay for school facilities, school resource officers, and mental health professionals?
Yes
No
LaHarpe School District 347 Referendum
Shall the board issue $3.9 million in school building bonds to build and equip an addition to the LaHarpe Elementary/Junior High School building?
Yes
No
Roseville Village Referendum
Shall the village allow residents to keep female poultry?
Yes 149
No 77
Schuyler County Road Tax Referendum
Shall a special tax be levied for repairing all county roads?
Yes 539
No 512
Warren County School Facility Tax Referendum
Should the county’s school district be allowed to use revenues from the school facility tax to also pay for school resource officers and mental health professionals?
Yes 2,333
No 887
(WIFR) – Municipal leaders prepare for a taxation juggling act.
Starting January 1, 2026, Illinois will eliminate the 1% grocery sales tax. For DeKalb City Manager Bill Nicklas, that begins the juggle. He claims around $800,000 in annual revenue would disappear with the change.
“Is $800,000 noticeable? Well, it is for us,” asserts Nicklas. In Fiscal Year 2025, the city expects $51 million to arrive from general fund revenues. Within that, the city manager says the grocery tax supports general operations, “That pays for our personnel, fire, police, public works, administrators like myself.”
In February, Gov. JB Pritzker emphasized the need to eliminate the tax. “This year, we are going to need to do even more to address high prices and counteract Trump’s tariffs that will raise taxes on working families.”
While the tax will disappear statewide next year, the law allows municipalities to keep it in place – if they so choose. Some communities, such as Rochelle, have taken steps to reinstate the tax or return it as a smaller charge.
Preparing his city’s upcoming budget, Nicklas sees two options for DeKalb: keep the tax, or let it discontinue.
“Keeping the same tax is going to be one of the options, and I’m not going to preview what the answer’s going to be,” states the city manager. “If we don’t replace it, what don’t we spend?”
Nicklas says he understands the tax’s elimination may benefit working- and middle-class families, but his budgeting process “isn’t about where our heartstrings are.” One figure from WTTW estimates Illinois cities and towns could close $350 million in funding starting Jan. 1.
Durand Mayor Sheila Hoffman shares a similar predicament. While her village differs in size from DeKalb (1,390 residents v. 40,211), she braces for a sprawling impact from the tax’s elimination.
“This year, with the budget, we‘ve really skimmed back as much as we can,” notes Hoffman. According to estimates from the mayor, Durand could lose $50-70,000 in annual revenue without the grocery charge.
Hoffman also focuses on the benefit those in Durand could see in their wallets once the 1% fee evaporates.
“We all have that same pressure on us to perform to the best of our ability for the taxpayers, but to also have the responsibility of maintaining the books to the best of our ability,” she holds.
The mayor sets a deadline for October to decide what’s next for local taxation (a similar goal for Nicklas’ budget proposal). Yet, she mentions where her final choice may rest.
“We‘re not rushing into that decision. Unless we really need to, we‘ll let that lapse with the state,” concludes Hoffman.
Each leader mentions a possible reinstatement depends on council member choices and public feedback. Nicklas suggests the decision process could use more research/data – especially focusing on household incomes in DeKalb.
“What we like to do in democracy is to have some objective basis on which to make decisions, and we‘re going to be lacking in that,” argues Nicklas. “Nobody’s got a chart.”
On Wednesday night, DeKalb County Board members began considering a county-wide 1% grocery tax.
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