Star Courier
Wethersfield School Board candidate Paul Baker edged ahead of fellow write-in candidate Amber Patch-Troxell in late vote counting Wednesday, but it will be another 14 days before the winner is named.
Henry County Clerk Barbara Link reported that after Wednesday s count, Baker held a slim margin of 191-187.
Link said that a new Illinois law requires election officials to wait for 14 days for ballots postmarked by April 6 and sent by mail.
In the Wethersfield race, she said there are still enough outstanding ballots to turn the tide in the race. She said there are about 20 of the mail ballots requested but not yet returned.
Just one Kewanee race in spring elections will be contested; write-in window still open
Only one race in Kewanee will be contested
Mike Berry
The Star Courier
Though the just-completed national election featured many close contests and intrigue that ran well past the vote-counting, this spring’s local elections won’t bring anywhere near that level of excitement to Kewanee voters.
Kewaneeans this spring will be asked to vote in a city council election, two school board elections and a park district election on April 6 but in only one of those contests will there be an actual contest between multiple candidates.