Republicans will hold every seat on the Grundy County Board once the panel's December reorganizational meeting convenes, erasing the last Democratic presence on the 18-member body. The sweep follows the county's November general election, in which turnout came in well below recent midterm and presidential cycles.
According to WSPY News, the board will seat 18 Republicans and no Democrats after December, a shift driven in part by changes in District 1 and District 3. Outgoing Republican District 1 member Christina Jenkins will leave the board after losing the 2026 primary election, while Democrat Ann Gill, who represented District 3, did not seek reelection and will also depart in December.
A Four-Way Race in District 1
In District 1, four candidates ran for three seats. A pre-election report from wcsjnews.com identified incumbents Drew Muffler and Doug Ferro running alongside challengers Keith Christenson and Jason Easton, the lone Democrat in the field.
Per WSPY News, Muffler, who serves as Grundy County Board chairman, led the district with 3,803 votes. Christenson followed with 3,650 votes, and Ferro, the incumbent, secured a seat with 3,228 votes. Easton, running as a Democrat, finished with 2,681 votes and did not win a spot on the board.
Districts 2 and 3 Go Uncontested
Voters in Grundy County Board District 2 faced no contest at all, with all three candidates running unopposed. Joshua Harris, Jeffrey Wynn and Laura Schiavone, all Republicans, were elected to the three District 2 seats.
District 3 followed the same pattern, with all three candidates running unopposed. Republican incumbents Joseph Plese, Douglas Boresi and Georgette Vota each won seats, while fellow Republican Carly Koehn ran unopposed for an unexpired two-year term.
Turnout Fell Well Below Recent Elections
Beyond the county board races, a separate WSPY News report on the sheriff, treasurer and county clerk contests noted that Grundy County had 36,127 registered voters, with 18,638 casting ballots in the general election, a turnout of 51.9 percent. That same report put turnout at 57 percent in 2022 and 59 percent in 2018, meaning participation this cycle trailed both of the county's two prior general elections by a wide margin.
WSPY News reported election results. Separately, shawlocal.com published its own November 2026 Grundy County results, explicitly labeling them unofficial and noting that tallies would be updated as county clerks updated their websites. In 2024, Shaw Local's county election coverage was later followed by certification from the Illinois State Board of Elections, which that year confirmed results on a Monday after the vote.
