Jim Zay, DuPage County Board District 6
Re-elect

Jim Zay

County Board · District 6
The longest-serving member of the DuPage County Board. A lifelong DuPage resident holding the line on taxes and getting the infrastructure built.
The record

Results, not promises

Twenty-seven years on the County Board, measured in what actually got built and what taxpayers did not have to pay.
1999
On the DuPage County Board since
10 yrs
No increase in the County portion of your property taxes
$50M+
Invested in stormwater projects across the district
7
Units of government abolished through consolidation

Why Jim is running

Portrait of Jim Zay

Meet Jim

As a lifelong DuPage resident, Jim has been a pillar of this community, through his work on the County Board and coaching his sons in Carol Stream baseball.

Jim has represented District 6 since 1999, and chairs both the Stormwater Committee and the DuPage Water Commission. As Water Commission chairman he took an agency that had borrowed $80 million and left it debt-free with reserves, then negotiated the agreement bringing Lake Michigan water to the Village of Bartlett.

He is Vice-President of Service Stampings Illinois, a graduate of Elmhurst College, and has lived in DuPage County since 1971. He and his wife Katie have two sons, Jimmy and Tyler.

Meet Jim
Jim Zay with his wife Katie and their sons, Jimmy and Tyler

Priorities for DuPage

Law enforcement

Jim has always been among the strongest supporters of our law enforcement, working closely with them to make sure they have the resources they need as crime from Chicago reaches DuPage.

Taxes & consolidation

The County portion of your property taxes has held steady, and DuPage has become the state model for consolidating government. Seven units abolished so far, with more to find.

Stormwater & roads

Over $50 million in stormwater work at Beaver Pond in Bartlett, Armstrong Park in Carol Stream and the West Branch in Warrenville, plus the Warrenville Bridge replacement and the Gary Avenue rebuild.

Mental health & opioids

Earlier detection in our schools, training for law enforcement to recognize the signs, and public-private partnerships with hospitals to fund treatment before it becomes a crisis.

Endorsements

Endorsed by

These organizations have endorsed Jim Zay for DuPage County Board, District 6.
Operating Engineers Local 399 proudly endorses Jim Zay for DuPage County Board, District 6
Operating Engineers Local 399
The DuPage Building Trades Council proudly endorses Jim Zay for DuPage County Board, District 6
DuPage Building Trades Council
ABATE of Illinois PAC proudly endorses Jim Zay for DuPage County Board, District 6
ABATE of Illinois PAC
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 701, DuPage County
IBEW Local 701
LiUNA! Laborers Local 68 proudly endorse Jim Zay for DuPage County Board, District 6
Laborers Local 68
IUOE Local 150 is proud to endorse Jim Zay for DuPage County Board, District 6
Operating Engineers Local 150
Media

In the news

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: A suburban challenge to Chicago’s monopoly on Lake Michigan water makes major waves

August 27, 2026
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Chicago Tribune

Suburbs would control Lake Michigan water supply under $6B plan

August 25, 2026
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Daily Herald

The $6 billion plan that would give the suburbs control over supplying Lake Michigan water

August 24, 2026
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Chicago Tribune

DuPage board rejects referendum on eliminating elected coroner position

August 13, 2026
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John McGivern's Main Streets

Elmhurst, Illinois: how the quarry redirects storm water

Video
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From the campaign trail

Events, endorsements and day-to-day updates from around District 6, posted as they happen.