Community Consolidated School District 15 elections (2017)
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Five seats on the Community Consolidated School District 15 school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. Four seats were up for regular election and came with a four-year term. One seat was up for a special election and had a two-year term. Incumbents Peggy Babcock, Gerald Chapman, and James Ekeberg ran for re-election against challengers Lisa Beth Szczupaj, Anthony Wang, Michael Smolka, Adam Bauske, Asad "Sid" Aman, and Frank Annerino. Barbara Kain and David Border ran in the special election for the seat with the two-year term.[1] Annerino, Kain, Smolka, Szczupaj, and Wang ran together as the Engage D15 slate.[2] All five members of the slate won election to the board.[3]
The candidates in this race participated in a candidate forum on March 18, 2017. Click here to watch a video of the forum.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Community Consolidated School District 15 Board of Education consists of seven members elected at large to four-year terms on a staggered basis every odd-numbered year. A general election was held on April 4, 2017. There were five seats up for election.[4]
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file a notarized statement of candidacy and notarized nominating petitions with the Cook County Clerk's Office during the filing period. The filing period began December 12, 2016, and ended December 19, 2016. Candidates could also file an optional loyalty oath at that time. A statement of economic interests also had to be filed by December 19, 2016. The nominating petitions had to include the signatures of 50 voters residing in the school district and could not be circulated until September 20, 2016.[5]
Candidates and results
At-large (Four-year term)
Results
| Community Consolidated School District 15, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Michael Smolka |
15.40% | 6,361 |
| Lisa Beth Szczupaj |
14.01% | 5,788 |
| Anthony Wang |
13.27% | 5,480 |
| Frank Annerino |
13.23% | 5,466 |
| Gerald Chapman Incumbent | 10.07% | 4,158 |
| Peggy Babcock Incumbent | 9.34% | 3,858 |
| Adam Bauske | 9.11% | 3,763 |
| James Ekeberg Incumbent | 8.17% | 3,375 |
| Asad Aman | 7.25% | 2,993 |
| Write-in votes | 0.15% | 62 |
| Total Votes | 41,304 | |
| Source: Cook County Clerk, "Consolidated Election April 4, 2017 Summary Report," accessed April 19, 2017 | ||
Candidates
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| Asad "Sid" Aman | Frank Annerino 
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Lisa Beth Szczupaj
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At-large (Two-year term)
Results
| Community Consolidated School District 15, At-Large General Election, 2-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Barbara Kain |
58.81% | 6,030 |
| David Border | 41.02% | 4,206 |
| Write-in votes | 0.18% | 18 |
| Total Votes | 10,254 | |
| Source: Cook County Clerk, "Consolidated Election April 4, 2017 Summary Report," accessed April 19, 2017 | ||
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| David Border | Barbara Kain
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Illinois elections, 2017
The Community Consolidated School District 15 Board of Education election was the only election on the ballot for voters that reside in the school district boundaries.[6]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Illinois school board elections in 2017:[7]
| Deadline | Event |
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| December 19, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| February 27, 2017 | Initial campaign finance deadline |
| March 7, 2017 | Last day to register to vote by paper application |
| March 19, 2017 | Last day to register to vote by online application |
| April 3, 2017 | Final election campaign finance deadline |
| April 4, 2017 | Election Day |
Endorsements
The Daily Herald endorsed incumbent Gerald Chapman and challengers Asad "Sid" Aman, Adam Bauske, and Michael Smolka for the four-year term seats and David Border for the two-year term seat.[8] The organization 4RD15Kids endorsed Smolka and the other members of the Engage D15 slate: Barbara Kain, Lisa Beth Szczupaj, Anthony Wang, and Frank Annerino.[9]
The organization Progress for D15 and D211 and the local teachers' union endorsed Chapman, Bauske, and Border as well as incumbents Peggy Babcock and James Ekeberg.[10][11]
The Journal and Topics Newspapers endorsed incumbents Babcock and Chapman and challengers Szczupaj and Annerino for the four-year term seats and Kain for the two-year term seat.[12]
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Campaign finance
School board candidates in Illinois were required to file campaign finance reports if they did one or both of the following:[13]
- Accepted contributions or made disbursements in an aggregate amount of more than $5,000 during the calendar year
- Accepted contributions or made disbursements in an aggregate amount of more than $5,000 during the calendar year for communication via television, radio, or internet in support of or in opposition to a candidate, political party, or public policy
The first campaign finance deadline was February 27, 2017, and the second campaign finance deadline was April 3, 2017.[14]
Reports
No contributions or expenditures were reported in the election, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.[15]
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What was at stake?
2017
Issues in the election
Candidate forum
Candidates in this race participated in a candidate forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Palatine Area on March 18, 2017. A video of the forum can be found below.
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About the district
Community Consolidated School District 15 is located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois. The county seat is Chicago. Cook County was home to 5,238,216 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[16] The district was the 19th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 12,745 students.[17]
Demographics
Cook County outperformed the rest of Illinois in terms of higher education achievement in the years 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 35.8 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 32.3 percent of all state residents. The median household income for Cook County was $55,251, while it was $57,574 for the entire state. The poverty rate was 16.2 percent, compared to 13.6 percent statewide.[16]
| Racial Demographics, 2015[16] | |||
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| Race | Cook County (%) | Illinois (%) | |
| White | 65.7 | 77.3 | |
| Black or African American | 24.2 | 14.7 | |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8 | 0.6 | |
| Asian | 7.4 | 5.5 | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Two or more races | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25.2 | 16.9 | |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Recent news
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See also
| Community Consolidated School District 15 | Illinois | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook County Clerk, "Candidate filing for April 4, 2017 consolidated election," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ Palatine Patch, "Are Political Party Endorsements A Bad Idea For D15 School Board Candidates?" February 10, 2017
- ↑ Cook County Clerk, "April 04, 2017 Consolidated General Election Search for Results," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ Community Consolidated School District 15, "Board of Education," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ Cook County Clerk, "Candidates' Guide," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ Cook County Clerk, "Candidate Filing for April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election" accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ Daily Herald, "Endorsement: Let District 15 begin again with a fresh non-slate," March 5, 2017
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "From the community: 4RD15Kids Endorses Engage D15 Candidates for District 15 School Board," March 21, 2017
- ↑ Progress for D15 D211, "Progress for D15 D211 Sample Ballot," accessed March 24, 2017
- ↑ Northwest Suburban Education Coalition, "School Board Candidate Endorsements," accessed March 29, 2017
- ↑ Journal Online, "Our Choices For Districts 15, 211," accessed June 15, 2017
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "A Guide to Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar 2017," accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Disclosure Search," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 United States Census Bureau, "Cook County, Illinois," accessed December 29, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
