Activist Toolkit has collaborated with community partners to build a comprehensive voter guide for the Tuesday, April 1, 2025 elections in Oak Park. Each candidate will be given the opportunity to complete a questionnaire developed by members of the Oak Park community.
Early Voting begins on Monday, March 17, 2025 at Village Hall. On Election Day, your polling location can be found here.
This guide will be updated with additional content as it appears. Please email us with questions or concerns.
[Updated 3/5/25]
ABOUT OAK PARK
Oak Park, incorporated in 1902, is a home rule community; six at-large trustees and the village president are elected. This Village Board supervises a professional Village Manager, who oversees the day-to-day administration of government services.
Population: 53,315 (2023)
2024 annual budget, general fund: $82 million
Median household income: $108,026
Per capita income: $69,420
Poverty rate: 6.7%
Oak Park Village PRESIDENT (1 open seat)
Oak Park Village Trustee (3 open seats)
Chibuike Enyia | Jenna Leving Jacobson | Lucia Robinson James Taglia | Joshua VanderBerg
PARK DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (2 open seats)
Oak Park Demographics (2023)
Adekunle"Ade”Onayemi | Sandra Lentz
LIBRARY board (4 open seats)
Colin Bird-Martinez | Bruce C. Brigell | Megan Butman Matthew Fruth | Maya L. Ganguly | Daniel C. Suber Annie K. Wilkinson | Mika Selena Yamamoto
District 97 school board (3 open seats)
Venus Hurd Johnson | Nancy Ross Dribin | Becky Perez Ashley Lenz |Vincent Gay
District 200 school board (4 open seats)
Frederick D Arkin | Audrey Williams-Lee | Kathleen Odell Joshua Gertz | Nathan R. Mellman | David Schaafsma (write in)
Park Elementary School District 97:
Grades PK–8: 5540 students
Total operational spending per pupil: $19,484
Low-income students: 19%
Oak Park-River Forest High School District 200:
Grades 9–12: 3,226 students
Total operational spending per pupil: $25,390
Low income students: 20%
Other Oak Park taxing bodies include Oak Park Park District, Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park Township, and Triton College.
Oak Park is home to many organizations that work in partnership or collaboration with local taxing bodies, including Oak Park Residence Corporation, Oak Park Regional Housing Center, Community Mental Health Board, Thrive Counseling Center, OPRF Community Foundation, League of Women Voters of OPRF, and the Collaboration for Early Childhood.
OAK PARK TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR (1 open seats)
OAK PARK TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE (4 open seats)
DaToya Burtin-Cox | Eric Davis | Juan Munoz | Margaret Trybus
OAK PARK TOWNSHIP assessor (1 open seat)
Carolyn Newberry Schwartz, Cori McMillan, and Bob Tucker contributed to the candidate questionnaires for Oak Park. Additional technical support and assistance were provided by Carollina Song and Paul Goyette.