Three file as party for three Bloomingdale trustee seats

So far, the race for the three open seats on the Bloomingdale board of trustees is uncontested.

When the filing period opened Monday morning, three candidates filed petitions to run as the 2011 Unity Party.

Incumbents Robert Czernek and James King will run with attorney Michael Hovde.

Hovde is a political newcomer and currently serves as chairman of the Bloomingdale School District 13 Education Foundation, and as vice president and secretary of the board of Clare Oaks, a continuing-care retirement community in Bartlett.

He hopes to fill the seat of incumbent Jeffery Dolce, who did not file his candidacy early Monday. Village officials did say, however, that Dolce pulled a nominating petition that can be filed by Friday.

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