No primary in Hoffman Estates

Six candidates have filed to run for Hoffman Estates trustee, with the close of filing Monday afternoon. Three seats will be elected.

The next election in Hoffman Estates will be the April 5 consolidated election, since there aren't enough candidates to trigger a February primary.

Hoffman is one of three Northwest suburbs that has a primary system and neither Schaumburg or Palatine have enough candidates to force a primary either.

Robert B. Weitzel filed for trustee at around 3 p.m. on Monday, joining five other candidates: incumbent trustees Anna Newell and Gary Pilafas; Gary Stanton, chairman of the Hoffman Estates plan commission; Craig Bernacki, a park district commissioner; and Alison Hertz, a west side resident for six years.

Besides Newell and Pilafas, the third seat open belonged to Cary Collins, who stepped down from the board on Monday night, about five months before his term expired. He is not running for re-election.

Pilafas, Newell and Stanton will form a slate with Mayor William McLeod's support. McLeod himself is not up election until 2013.