Michele Van Stavern has been re-elected to serve four more years as Kendall County’s Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, a post she has held since 2021.
Van Stavern, 49, a Republican, easily outdistanced Democratic foe Adriann Wolfe, in Early Voting, drawing 71.5% of the 4,165 early votes cast in the race — a 3,299-to-1,316 vote advantage from the 12 days of early voting.
In Election Day voting, Van Stavern has received 796 votes for a total of 4,095, and Wolfe has drawn 244 Election Day tallies, bringing her total to 1,560 — 72.4% to 27.6% difference.
Van Stavern, who holds a master peace officer license and a bachelor’s degree in judicial administration, was appointed to the JP1 post in 2021 and ran unopposed in 2022.
