Politics & Government

Incumbents Return, Joined by Two New Faces on Plainfield School Board

Rod Westfall and Michelle Smith won re-election, while William Slabich Jr. and William Dargan will join the board.

Five candidates faced off for four open seats on the Plainfield School District Board of Education.

In the end, unofficial vote totals show that incumbents Rod Westfall and Michelle Smith will return to the board, while newcomers William Slabich Jr. and Bill Dargan won the two remaining spots.

Just more than 100 votes separated Dargan from P. Anne Walchshauser, who did not win a seat on the board.

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Dargan, a sales manager for Hostess Brands, first ran for the board in 2011.

Meanwhile, Slabich, a 12-year resident of Plainfield, made his first run for office.

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Election results are unofficial until canvassing of votes is completed and absentee, provisional and grace-period ballots are counted later this month.

Unofficial Plainfield-area vote tallies from Will and Kendall counties.


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