75 votes separate Howard from Potoczny in race for final College of DuPage seat Top from left, Florence Appel, Heidi Holan, Nick Howard, Daniel Malloy, and bottom from left, Andrew Manno, Don Potoczny, Deborah Sajdak and Sheng Texa Sun were College of DuPage board candidates in the April 6 election. Nick Howard
Updated 4/12/2021 6:19 PM
The race to decide who fills the last open seat on the College of DuPage board has turned into a nail-biter after the latest vote counts give candidate Nick Howard a razor-thin edge over his running mate.
Howard is clinging to a lead of just 75 votes over Don Potoczny out of 226,818 cast in Cook, DuPage and Will counties.
School board incumbents fare well in DuPage County in pandemic election Upper from left, Robert Bruno, Adam Collins, Jodee Dunham, Abigail Emerson and lower from left, Jason Loebach, Chris Martelli, Millie Sessions and Tayyaba Syed ran for Glen Ellyn District 41 school board seats in Tuesday s election.
Updated 4/7/2021 8:47 AM
Numerous incumbents in DuPage County s most contentious school board races appeared to hold onto their seats Tuesday, fending off a flood of opposition candidates in an election largely seen as a referendum on COVID-19 restrictions and the pace of reopening classrooms.
Unofficial results indicated voters seemed to favor experience over new blood as many districts shifted to return to in-person learning after spring break while navigating a possible pandemic resurgence in DuPage.
Incumbent Holan still leading in College of DuPage, Appel and Howard next Heidi Holan, COD candidate (2021) Florence Appel, 2021 COD candidate Nick Howard, COD candidate (2021) Daniel Malloy, COD candidate (2021) Andrew Manno, COD candidate (2021) Don Potoczny, COD candidate (2021) Deborah Sajdak, COD candidate (2021) Sheng Texa Sun2021 COD Candidate Upper from left, Florence Appel, Heidi Holan, Nick Howard, Daniel Malloy and lower from left, Andrew Manno, Don Potoczny, Deborah Sajdak and Sheng Texa Sun are College of DuPage board candidates in the April 6, 2021 election.
Updated 4/6/2021 10:07 PM
With over 60% of preliminary results counted Tuesday in the College of DuPage board election, incumbent Heidi Holan led a pack of newcomers.
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If some of the candidates in the College of DuPage trustee race get their way, the Glen Ellyn school will work toward a truce in a costly and lengthy legal fight with former COD President Robert Breuder.