Official Results for JJC Trustee Election

As of April 23, the results are official for the Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees election. These top three vote-getters have won seats on the board:

  • Nancy Garcia: 20147 votes - 17.74%
  • John (Jake) Mahalik: 18774 votes - 16.53%
  • Mike O’Connell: 18039 votes - 15.88%

Each took their oaths of office during a special meeting of the Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Garcia, of Romeoville, is new to the board and begins her first term. Mahalik, from Joliet, has been on the board since 2017. O’Connell, of Shorewood, joined the board in 2010.

BOT oaths of office
From left: Chairman Bob Wunderlich administering
the oath of office for John (Jake) Mahalik,
Mike O'Connell, Shalma Marin, and Nancy Garcia.

Each elected member will serve on the JJC Board of Trustees for six years. Results became official after April 23, the last day for county clerks or board of election commissioners to canvass their election results.

The board also Wednesday recognized outgoing Trustee Patty Deiters and outgoing Student Trustee Alonso Rodriguez. Deiters was appointed to the board in December 2017 to fill the remaining term of a previous trustee. She did not seek election to a full term. The student representative, appointed annually, is a non-voting member of the seven-member board. Rodriguez was replaced by Shalma Marin.

The JJC Board of Trustees includes Bob Wunderlich, chairman; Maureen Broderick, vice chairwoman; John (Jake) Mahalik, secretary; Mike O’Connell; Alicia Morales; Dan O’Connell; Nancy Garcia, and Shalma Marin, student trustee.

The chart below shows the combined election results on April 2 from JJC’s seven-county district, and lists candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot. 

Candidate Will Grundy Kendall LaSalle Kankakee Livingston Cook Total Percent
John (Jake) Mahalik 15896 1432 355 11 0 193 887 18774 16.53%
Dan McDonnell 10428 1173 334 6 0 244 651 12836 11.30%
James A. Budzinski 12756 1217 317 5 0 183 901 15379 13.54%
Christopher J. Rademacher 7344 758 159 5 0 135 399 8800 7.75%
Thomas Scott Mccullagh 8480 790 182 3 0 194 475 10124 8.91%
Isiah "IKE" Williams Jr. 8369 584 141 5 0 109 284 9492 8.36%
Mike O'Connell 15268 1351 393 11 0 294 722 18039 15.88%
Nancy Garcia 17429 1315 399 8 0 270 726 20147 17.74%
 
  Total votes counted 113591  

More information about the JJC Board of Trustees, including scheduled meeting dates and agendas, is available on the BOT web page.