Patricia Nordman
Republican · IL · Ogle County Board Member, District 2
Patricia Nordman is a Republican Ogle County Board member from Oregon and the board's vice chairman, reelected to that post in 2020 and 2024. She is vice chairman of the board's finance and executive committees.
Where Patricia Nordman stands, based on their records
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 oppose
Voted against a county tobacco license ordinance. It required stores that sell tobacco to buy a yearly license and allowed health department checks. It failed 8-12.
August 18, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health
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Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted against salary plans that gave the circuit clerk, county clerk and treasurer no raise for two years, calling a zero raise punitive. The circuit clerk plan passed 16-7; the other two failed.
April 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against the plan setting pay for county elected officials for 2025 through 2028. The board approved it 14-8.
May 21, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Voted against pay raises for four county elected officials, including the sheriff, calling the increases too large for the county's tax base. The board approved the raises 20-3.
May 20, 2014Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — General
General · 15 records
Gave the county board an update on data centers. She reported the county's 2025 zoning review allowed them only on industrial land with a special permit, and that no applications had been filed.
July 21, 2026
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Moved to adopt county rules for siting and running large battery storage systems. The board passed the rules 15-7.
December 16, 2025
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Moved to deny a community solar farm permit in Marion Township, saying it did not fit county or township plans. The board denied the permit.
October 21, 2025
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Moved to approve a community solar farm on 25 acres in Leaf River Township and voted for it. The board approved it 11-10.
October 21, 2025
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Moved to rezone 185 acres owned by Constellation Energy in Marion Township from farmland to industrial use. The board approved it 16-5.
August 19, 2025
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Voted against a permit for a small community solar farm on Haldane Road in Mount Morris Township, after presenting it to the board. The permit failed 4-17.
June 17, 2025
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Moved to raise the county's application fee for wind farms and for solar farms from $25,000 to $100,000. Both fee increases passed.
January 21, 2025
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Was re-elected vice chairman of the Ogle County Board by a 20-0 vote.
December 2, 2024
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Voted against denying a permit for a gravel quarry on 89 acres in Buffalo Township. The board denied the permit 12-9.
July 19, 2022
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Voted against a rewrite of county zoning rules that included a new farm district allowing more uses. The rewrite failed 6-17.
February 15, 2022
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Was elected vice chairman of the Ogle County Board after the death of Chairman Kim Gouker.
September 17, 2019
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Voted against an ordinance setting up a county tax on cannabis sales. The board passed it 17-5.
September 17, 2019
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Voted against a permit for a solar farm on 118 acres of farmland in Scott Township. The board approved it 14-7.
June 19, 2018
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Voted against a permit for the Elkhorn Solar farm on about 360 acres of farmland in Lincoln Township. The board approved it 18-3.
March 21, 2018
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Voted against allowing video gambling machines at businesses in unincorporated parts of Ogle County. The board rejected the measure 9-15.
August 20, 2013
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Past race Patricia Nordman ran in:
- Ogle County Board Member - District 2 (2-Year Term) · November 3, 2026 · Ogle County, Illinois · incumbent