Politics & Government
Oak Lawn Village Clerk Race: By the Numbers
A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of votes cast in Oak Lawn's 2013 election for village clerk.
Testament to her popularity, Jane Quinlan cruised easily into her third term as village clerk of Oak Lawn.
Quinlan captured all 41 of the village’s precincts, trouncing the mayor’s slated-candidate and running mate in the clerk race, Melissa Moran.
As clerk, Quinlan is a non-voting member on the village board and the village's only full-time elected official. Voters’ village-wide cast ballots for the village clerk as they do the mayor.
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Quinlan captured 67 percent of the vote to Moran’s 33 percent, or 7,011 to 3,455. Moran fared no better than the rest of her slate mates in the Mayor’s Independence Party. Only two of Mayor Dave Heilmann’s slated trustee candidates won two split precincts across four trustee races.
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The mayor lost his own bid for a third term, winning 11 of 41 precincts.
In 2005 and 2009, Heilmann made better showings with Quinlan as his running mate. Heilmann split with her and his other Unity Party running mates in 2009, leading to four years of legal investigations, two federal criminal probes and argumentative village board meetings.
Quinlan’s first go-round with Heilmann in 2005, when they ran together as the Unity Party, she beat out three other candidates in a four-way clerk race, garnering 47 percent of the vote.
In 2009, Quinlan had her best showing, winning 66 percent or 8,020 votes—51 more votes than Heilmann won in his second term for mayor that same election.
Leading up to the April 9, 2013 election, Quinlan’s announcement party and fundraisers were packed. Separating herself from the strife of her fellow village board members, Quinlan struck out on her own and ran as an independent for her third term as village clerk.
In the final days of the 2013 campaign, giving Bury the bounce she needed to become Oak Lawn's first woman mayor.
Here’s how the April 9, 2013 village clerk’s race unfolded:
Clerk, Village of Oak Lawn% Votes Melissa ''Missy'' Moran (Mayor's Independence Party) 33.01% 3,455 Jane M. Quinlan (Independent) 66.99% 7,011 Precinct
Dist.
Registered VotersBallots CastMelissa ''Missy'' MoranJane M. QuinlanTotal Votes Worth 1
1 602 133 36 95 131 Worth 2 2 1,135 327 101 224 325 Worth 3 3 881 343 126 214 340 Worth 4 5 1,387 78 31 45 76 Worth 5 6 951 399 136 259 395 Worth 11 5 908 312 112 195 307 Worth 21 1 1,489 219 67 147 214 Worth 25 2 1,084 388 99 279 378 Worth 26 1 848 162 46 111 157 Worth 27 3 778 249 75 172 247 Worth 28 5 670 93 29 60 89 Worth 30 1 1,059 303 92 205 297 Worth 33 3 962 210 60 145 205 Worth 35 3/5 1,033 345 105 237 342 Worth 36 4 992 280 112 166 278 Worth 40 2/4 1,028 233 81 146 227 Worth 41 6 496 205 44 159 203 Worth 44 1 726 173 53 119 172 Worth 46 3 1,071 370 108 258 366 Worth 48 4 637 215 78 132 210 Worth 49 6 569 191 45 144 189 Worth 56 5 949 416 198 210 408 Worth 58 2 1,025 332 98 229 327 Worth 60 3 552 240 85 152 237 Worth 62 6 517 239 59 175 234 Worth 63 4 939 260 103 152 255 Worth 66 1 798 190 59 126 185 Worth 74 1 563 149 45 99 144 Worth 75 6 1,107 337 105 227 332 Worth 76 1 527 82 22 52 74 Worth 77 6 940 330 78 248 326 Worth 84 6 969 365 52 311 363 Worth 85 3/5 870 307 123 180 303 Worth 91 5 509 172 68 101 169 Worth 92 4 957 392 146 237 383 Worth 93 4 526 163 77 82 159 Worth 94 2 1,132 356 81 270 351 Worth 96 4 1,042 217 81 133 214 Worth 98 5 1,069 343 155 188 343 Worth 99 2 663 195 48 144 192 Worth 100 5/6 940 326 136 183 319 Worth Township Results 35,900 10,639 3,455 7,011 10,466
Source: Cook County Clerk April 9, 2013 election results.
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