Chamber Voter's Guide

The general election will be held on Tuesday, April 17th.  If you need information about voter registration, absentee ballots, early voting, polling locations, etc., call the Tazewell County Voter Registration department at 477-2267.

The Business Environment Division, a committee of the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce, believes it is important that Chamber members exercise their right to vote.  The committee also believes it is important that Chamber members be informed voters, particularly when it comes to issues that can affect the local business environment.  With that in mind, the Business Environment Division sent a questionnaire to candidates in the following local races:  

(click on their names to read their responses)

CITY OF PEKIN - MAYOR (vote for 1)
     R. David Tebben
     William Toel

CITY OF PEKIN - COUNCILPERSON (vote for 4)
     John Abel
     Chad E. Schmidgall
     James E. "Jim" Jones
     Barbara A. Strand
     Rusty Dunn
     William A. R. Maddox
     Jason Juchems
     Harvey F. Richmond

PEKIN PARK DISTRICT - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (vote for 4)
     Marv Brown
     Greg "Shark" Maloney
     Ron Maquet
     Barbara A. Owens
     Lloyd Orrick

PEKIN SCHOOL DISTRICT 108 - SCHOOL BOARD
FOUR YEAR TERMS (vote for 3)
     Richard W. Root
     Chris Zimmerman
     Karen Frazier
     Donald K. Schorr
     Ronald W. Smith

PEKIN SCHOOL DISTRICT 108 - SCHOOL BOARD
TWO-YEAR TERMS (vote for 2)
     Ron Knautz
     Christopher J. Spanos
     Joseph D. Menne (did not return questionnaire)

PEKIN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 303 - SCHOOL BOARD
(vote for 3)
     Larry G. Howard
     Edward E. Harr (did not return questionnaire)
     Paul O'Neal