Politics & Government

Skokie Election Roundup: Caucus Party Remains Undefeated

The Caucus Party won all six trustee seats on election night.

At roughly 9:40 p.m., it was all celebrations at a small vacant storefront the Caucus Party rented out months ago. All 44 precincts have reported and the party has swept the race and won out all six trustee seats in Skokie.

Independents Lisa Lipin, Brian Novak and Vincent Romano were the first candidates to run against the Caucus Party since 2001. Lipin had the most votes of the independents with 2,434 votes, but placed seventh in the race behind Caucus Party candidate Ilonka Ulrich who had 2,856 votes.

All in all, there are more than 38,000 registered voters in Skokie. Of those, 5,055 voted for their next trustees.

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New to the board are Ulrich, Karen Gray-Keeler and Ralph Klein. Incumbents Randy Roberts, Edie Sue Sutker and Michele Bromberg handily held their positions as village trustees.

Just past midnight, the following numbers came out of Skokie’s 44 precincts:

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  • Edie Sue Sutker, 3,366
  • Karen Gray-Keeler, 3,232
  • Randy Roberts, 3,178
  • Michele Bromberg, 3,149
  • Ralph Klein, 3,149
  • Ilonka Ulrich, 2,856
  • Lisa Lipin, 2,434
  • Brian Novak, 2,183
  • Vincent Romano, 1,080

Meanwhile, Mayor George Van Dusen ran unopposed as did Pramod Shah, who also ran unopposed as village clerk.

School board –

Of Skokie’s seven school districts, two had contested races: School District 72 and 73.5.

The newly-elected board members at District 73.5 are Charlene Abraham, Mark Goldberg, Gary Dolinko and Sally A. Graham.

Meanwhile, Fairview District 72 had three seats open, the following are now school board members:

  • Vicki Goldberg, 267
  • Jeff Brill, 224
  • John Del Genio, 194

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