UPDATED: Incumbents Cruise to Reelection in Huntley D158

Tony Quagliano
Sean Cratty
Paul Troy
Lesli Melendy

After McHenry County Clerk applies corrections, no changes to school board composition from April 6 election after 5 challengers run unsuccessfully

In Huntley School District #158 based in Algonquin, incumbents including Board President Tony Quagliano, Board Secretary Paul Troy, former Chief of Staff to state Senator Don DeWitte Lesli Melendy, and Sean Cratty easily won reelection facing 5 challengers.

Latest returns from both McHenry and Kane Counties:

 D158 School Board (4)  McHenry  Kane  Total 
 Kate Policheri                  769                  263                 1,032
x Sean Cratty (i)              1,253                  265                 1,518
 Susan Hochmuth                  807                  284                 1,091
 Laura Murray                  766                  270                 1,036
x Lesli Melendy (i)              1,167                  234                 1,401
x Paul Troy (i)              1,110                  290                 1,400
 Dana Dalton-Wiley                  699                  232                     931
x Tony Quagliano (i)              1,051                  289                 1,340
 Tara Masino                  546                  159                     705

With 4 winning reelection, Quagliano finished 4th with a 249 votes lead ahead of challenger Susan Hochmuth.

Lead change with outstanding vote-by-mail ballots is not anticipated in the D158 school board race.

Note from John Lopez: It was pointed out, School Board Member Lesli Melendy no longer works for state Senator DeWitte. The “former” has been added and the information on Ms. Melendy’s LinkedIn page indicated she still currently worked for Senator DeWitte, in addition to a different job.

Original D158 Election Night tallies:

 D158 School Board (4)  McHenry  Kane  Total 
 Kate Policheri              1,027                  249                 1,276
 Sean Cratty              1,033                  253                 1,286
 Susan Hochmuth                  771                  268                 1,039
 Laura Murray                  987                  257                 1,244
 Lesli Melendy              1,116                  224                 1,340
 Paul Troy                  946                  273                 1,219
 Dana Dalton-Wiley                  881                  218                 1,099
 Tony Quagliano                  773                  269                 1,042
 Tara Masino                  314                  147                     461

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