Peggy Babcock

Peggy Babcock is the former at-large representative on the Community Consolidated School District 15 school board in Illinois. First elected in 2009, Babcock lost a re-election campaign in the at-large general election on April 4, 2017.

Elections

See also: Community Consolidated School District 15 elections (2017)

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]

Community Consolidated School District 15, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017
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

See also: List of school board campaign finance deadlines in 2017

School board candidates in Illinois were required to file campaign finance reports if they did one or both of the following:^[4]

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.^[5]

Babcock reported no contributions or expenditures to the Illinois State Board of Elections in the election.^[6]

Babcock was endorsed by the organization Progress for D15 and D211, the local teachers' union, and the Journal and Topics Newspapers.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Community Consolidated School District 15, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Peggy Babcock Incumbent	14.9%	3,629
	Nonpartisan	David W. Seiffert	14.6%	3,571
	Nonpartisan	James Ekeberg	13.7%	3,330
	Nonpartisan	Richard L. Bokor Incumbent	13.1%	3,195
	Nonpartisan	Matthew Lyons	12.4%	3,036
	Nonpartisan	Donna Johnson	12.3%	3,012
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer Zold	12.3%	2,991
	Nonpartisan	Ramnath Cidambi	3.9%	960
	Nonpartisan	Abdul Javid	2.7%	670
Total Votes				24,394
Source: Cook County Clerk, "Suburban Cook County Election Results: April 09, 2013 Consolidated General Election," accessed March 11, 2015

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Community Consolidated School District 15 elections in 2017
Cook County, Illinois
Election date:	April 4, 2017
Candidates:	At-large (Four-year term): • Incumbent, Peggy Babcock • Incumbent, Gerald Chapman • Incumbent, James Ekeberg • Asad "Sid" Aman • Frank Annerino • Adam Bauske • Michael Smolka • Lisa Beth Szczupaj • Anthony Wang At-large (Two-year term): • David Border • Barbara Kain
Important information:	What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines

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