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Quinn Adamowski
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Quinn Adamowski was an at-large member of the West Side seat on the Joliet Public Schools District 86 Board of School Inspectors in Illinois. He was first elected to the board in the general election on April 7, 2015.[1]
Adamowski unsuccessfully ran for the West Side seat on the board in April 2011.[2]
Biography
A lifelong resident of Joliet, Adamowski works as an associate principal at Lincoln School. He has previously worked as a teacher and curriculum coordinator. He is involved in a number of community organizations, including the Cathedral Area Preservation Association, the Joliet Historic Preservation Commission, the Community Services Council of Will County and Joliet Alliance for Youth. Adamowski earned his associate degree from Joliet Junior College and his bachelor's degree from Knox College. He also earned two master's degrees in education, one from the University of St. Francis and another from Olivet Nazarene University.[3]
Elections
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Joliet Public Schools District 86 Board of School Inspectors were up for general election on April 7, 2015. The four seats included two East Side seats, one West Side seat and one at-large seat.
The seats of incumbents Deborah K. Ziech, Lorraine E. Guerrero, Tonya M. Roberts and Christine Kim were on the ballot. Roberts and Kim successfully retained their two East Side seats after defeating one challenger, Sammie Valadez. Guerrero did not file to run for re-election, leaving two challengers, Quinn Adamowski and Frank Cabreda, to run for the open West Side seat. Adamowski won the seat. Only Ziech filed to run for the at-large seat, leaving her to run unopposed and win re-election.
Results
| Joliet Public Schools District 86, West Side General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Quinn Adamowski |
62.3% | 3,573 | |
| Nonpartisan | Frank Cabreda | 37.7% | 2,160 | |
| Total Votes | 5,733 | |||
| Source: Will County Clerk, "April 7 Consolidated Election," accessed April 22, 2015 | ||||
Funding
School board candidates in Illinois are only required to file campaign finance reports if they accept contributions or make expenditures in excess of $5,000 in a 12-month period.[4]
Adamowski reported no contributions or expenditures to the Illinois State Board of Elections in this election.[5]
Endorsements
Adamowski did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
2011
| Joliet Public Schools District 86, West Side General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lorraine Guerrero |
50.8% | 3,335 | |
| Nonpartisan | Quinn Adamowski | 49.2% | 3,229 | |
| Total Votes | 6,564 | |||
| Source: Will County Clerk, "Election Results Archive," accessed March 13, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Adamowski highlighted the following priorities on his campaign website:
| “ | Quinn seeks to bring his unique perspective to the Joliet District 86 School Board to ensure:
Shared Academic Accountability Community Engagement within Schools Fiscal Responsibility Appropriate Behavioral Standards[6] |
” |
| —Quinn Adamowski's campaign website (2015)[3] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Joliet Public Schools District 86, Illinois
- Joliet Public Schools District 86 elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Will County Clerk, "April 7 Consolidated Election: Unofficial Results," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Will County Clerk, "Election Results Archive," accessed March 13, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Quinn Adamowski for Joliet District 86 School Board Facebook, "About," accessed March 25, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "A Guide to Campaign Disclosure," accessed March 31, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Disclosure Search," accessed April 3, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2015 Joliet Public Schools District 86 Elections | |
| Will County, Illinois | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | East Side: • Incumbent, Christine Kim • Incumbent, Tonya M. Roberts • Sammie Valadez West Side: • Quinn Adamowski • Frank Cabreda At-large: • Incumbent, Deborah K. Ziech |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
