 Schultz was approved in his re @-@ election bids . In 1995 , he earned 67 percent of the vote in the primary election and 68 percent in the general election . He was unopposed in 1999 . In 2003 , he became the first four @-@ term mayor for Joliet , which was incorporated in 1852 , by taking 83 % of the vote in a four @-@ way contest . In 2007 , he earned 73 % of the vote in a three @-@ way contest . He did not run in the 2011 election , and was succeeded by Thomas <unk> . 
