West Cook News

Broadview trustee Sherman Jones’ attempt at landing his old job was roundly rejected by voters Tuesday night when he registered just 29% of the vote in his run for mayor.

Jones, who previously served two terms in that capacity, fell to current incumbent Katrina Thompson of the Broadview People's Party after the Illinois Supreme Court paved the way for him to remain on the ballot after declining to hear a case on the constitutionality of his candidacy.

The dispute revolved around an objection about his candidacy raised by Yara Buchanan who argued that Jones’ candidacy was invalid due to a 2016 referendum that voters passed prohibiting mayors in Broadview from serving for three consecutive terms. Buchanan’s challenge also included all four of Jones’ running-mates on the Broadview First Party.

Before he was prohibited from seeking another term, Jones is thought by some to have had a good chance of winning another stint in office based on his record of having taken Broadview from a $4 million deficit to a projected $5 million surplus; the upgrading of the village’s bond rating from Triple B-minus to A-plus; to at least 120 new businesses being brought into the village and the opening of a state-of-the art computerized pump station that receives Lake Michigan water from the city of Chicago.

“There were some things that were left undone that I wanted to complete,” Jones added. “My comprehensive plan for what I wanted to do was actually going to take three terms so there were some things left undone. My plan was to run for this one term and in mid-term tell everybody I’m not planning on running again and go on because I would have accomplished everything that I originally committed to in 2009.”