Frank Avila

This page is about a member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. For Avila's son and the 2018 write-in candidate to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, please see Frank Avila Jr.

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Frank Avila

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Democratic Party

Prior offices

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Successor: Eira Corral Sepulveda

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Elections and appointments

Last election

June 28, 2022

Frank Avila (Democratic Party) was a member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in Illinois. Avila assumed office in 2002. Avila left office on December 8, 2020.

Avila (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in Illinois. Avila lost in the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2022)

General election

General election for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)

Incumbent Mariyana Spyropoulos, Patricia Theresa Flynn, and Yumeka Brown defeated R. Cary Capparelli and Mark Buettner in the general election for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mariyana Spyropoulos (D)	29.6	865,103
✔	Submit photo	Patricia Theresa Flynn (D)	26.2	766,291
✔		Yumeka Brown (D)	24.3	710,037
		R. Cary Capparelli (R)	12.5	365,671
		Mark Buettner (G)	7.5	219,711

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,926,813
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mariyana Spyropoulos	22.2	257,580
✔	Submit photo	Patricia Theresa Flynn	17.4	201,003
✔		Yumeka Brown	16.0	185,222
		Sharon Waller	12.9	149,165
		Precious Brady-Davis	10.9	126,672
	Submit photo	Frank Avila	8.6	99,815
	Submit photo	Rick Garcia	6.6	76,019
	Submit photo	Cristina Nonato	5.4	62,738
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	5

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 1,158,219
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)

R. Cary Capparelli advanced from the Republican primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		R. Cary Capparelli	100.0	100,427

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,427
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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2020)

General election

General election for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly du Buclet (D)	28.9	1,288,586
✔		Cam Davis (D)	25.6	1,141,803
✔	Submit photo	Eira Corral Sepulveda (D)	23.0	1,028,057
		Troy Hernandez (G)	7.6	339,633
		Rachel Wales (G)	7.6	337,272
	Submit photo	Tammie Vinson (G)	7.3	324,905

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,460,256
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly du Buclet	18.0	346,370
✔		Cam Davis	15.0	288,471
✔	Submit photo	Eira Corral Sepulveda	12.6	242,055
	Submit photo	Patricia Theresa Flynn	11.6	222,191
	Submit photo	Heather Boyle	11.3	216,447
	Submit photo	Frank Avila	11.2	215,741
	Submit photo	Michael Grace	8.2	157,088
		Mike Cashman	5.2	99,319
	Submit photo	Shundar Lin	3.4	65,757
	Submit photo	Deyon Dean	3.2	61,102
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	7,627

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,922,168
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Todd Stroger (D)
• Kim Dulaney (D)
• Eddie Ngozi Nwosu (D)
• Kisha McCaskill (D)

Green primary election

The Green primary election was canceled. Troy Hernandez, Tammie Vinson, and Rachel Wales advanced from the Green primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Frank Avila did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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