Joliet Mayor's Race Results

On April 5, 2011 the citizens of Joliet will elect a new mayor.  There are nine candidates for mayor of Joliet:

Jan Quillman

Kevin Hegarty

Warren Dorris

Andy Mihelich

Diane Harris

Dale Vollmer

Michael Marconi

Dr. Brown

Tom Giarrante

To find out who won the Joliet mayoral race, go to the Will County Clerk's election results page.  Results will be posted as precincts report after the polls close at 7p.m. on April 5th, 2011.

Warren Dorris, Joliet Mayoral Candidate: "We need to make sure the jobs we got here are paying a decent wage, so people can support their families"

At the Informate/Get Informed Candidates Forum hosted by the Unidos Marketing Network--a locally owned business in Joliet--Warren Dorris explained why his experience makes him the leader Joliet needs. Dorris cited his work with the Rev. Isaac Singleton to reduce the gang problem on the East Side of Joliet. Dorris also said he has a vision for Joliet and he has a 100 day plan to work on the issues Joliet faces.


Dorris also said we need justice for the warehouse workers of America, which struck a chord with the Warehouse Workers for Justice--a Will County group that advocates for improved working conditions, pay, and benefits in the many warehouses to have been built in Will County in the last decade.


Watch Joliet Mayoral Candidate Warren Dorris discuss his qualifications and his positions on the city budget and other issues:

Andy Mihelich: "We need to utilize the Latino business owners on Collins Street as an example of good entrepreneurship and use of private capital that creates jobs in the local neighborhood"

Will County News spoke with Joliet Mayoral candidate Andy Mihelich at the recent Informate, Get Informed Candidates forum held at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Banquet Hall in Joliet.

First, in regards to salaries of City of Joliet employees, Mihelich said that City of Joliet "salaries and fringe benefits have to be sustainable, they have to be the right size to meet the needs of the citizens of Joliet without a property tax increase."

Next, Will County News asked Mihelich what he thought of a recent report by the Warehouse Workers for Justice which argued that many jobs in area warehouses are temporary and do not offer benefits.  Mihelich responded: "I don't consider a good job anything less than $10 dollars an hour with benefits.  We should not promote, we should not incentive any project that pays less than $10 an hour."

Mihelich said that if elected, he would implement an aggressive economic development program to include an economic development commission which would promote Joliet as Joliet, not as a suburb.  Mihelich also said he would create partnerships with local business groups and community resources such as JJC.

Mihelich said he would ensure minority contractor participation meets its goals.

Mihelich also said Joliet "needs to utilize the Latino business owners on Collins street as an example of good entrepreneurship and use of private capital that creates jobs in local neighborhoods."