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Elections Overview
The Wednesday Journal sent questionnaires to each person running for public office in 2025. Candidates who submitted responses are listed below with links to their responses. Those candidates who are not linked did not send in responses. Candidates’ replies are as shown as they were received by the Journal.
| Oak Park Village President (1 seat open) |
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| Ravi Parakkat |
| Vicki Scaman |
| Oak Park Village Board of Trustees (3 seats open) |
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| Chibuike Enyia |
| Jenna Leving Jacobson |
| Lucia Robinson |
| James “Jim” Taglia |
| Joshua Vanderberg |
| Oak Park Village Clerk (1 seat open) |
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| Christina Waters |
| D200 Board of Education (4 seats open) |
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| Frederick Arkin |
| Joshua Gertz |
| Nathan Mellman |
| Kathleen Odell |
| David Schaafsma |
| Audrey Williams-Lee |
| D97 Board of Education (3 seats open) |
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| Venus Hurd Johnson |
| Ashley Lenz |
| Becky Perez |
| Nancy Ross Dribin |
| Vincent Gay |
| D90 Board of Education (4 seats open) |
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| Kathleen Avalos |
| Katherine Bevan |
| Joshua Ehart |
| Beth Vlerick |
| Oak Park Library Board of Trustees (4 seats open) |
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| Colin Bird-Martinez |
| Bruce Brigell |
| Megan Butman |
| Matthew Fruth |
| Maya Ganguly |
| Mika Selena Yamamoto |
| Daniel Suber |
| Annie Wilkinson |
| Park District of Oak Park Board of Commissioners |
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| Sandra Lentz |
| Adekunle “Ade” Onayemi |