Local Politics
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Tight Mundelein mayor's race could be decided TuesdayApr 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Today could be the day Holly Kim and Steve Lentz learn which of them won Mundelein's tightly contested mayoral race in the April 4 election. Starting at noon, employees ...
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Fox Lake's Schmit wins second term as mayorApr 16, 2017 1:00 am - Donny Schmit has won a second term as Fox Lake mayor over write-in challenger James Polanis, the Lake County clerk's office announced on its website. Unofficial totals s...
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Barely 18 and elected to a Lake County school boardApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - Jake Leahy will return to a Lake County school district as one of the employees' bosses just four years after graduating from eighth grade. Leahy, 18, was elected as a B...
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Don Wilson odd incumbent out in Gurnee trustee raceApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - Gurnee Trustee Don Wilson fell short in what was a battle of the village board incumbents. Jeanne Balmes, Thomas Hood and Karen Thorstenson won the three 4-year trustee ...
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Wauconda's mayor-elect proud of team's campaignApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - Wauconda Mayor-elect Lincoln Knight said he's pleased - but not surprised - by his overwhelming win in Tuesday's election. Knight and his Wauconda Forward slate focused ...
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Voters deny conservatives a place on U-46 school boardApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - Does the removal of a conservative voice from the Elgin Area School District U-46 school board mean voters prefer a more moderate approach to decision making? Voters cho...
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Winning candidate lives in Dist. 25, school officials agreeApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 officials on Friday accepted a determination from their attorneys and the Cook County clerk's office that school board candidate...
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Voter turnout varied widely among Des Plaines wardsApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - A lot of factors play into voter turnout - the quality of candidates, demographics of the electorate and even the weather on Election Day. Several suburban candidates s...
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Aurora mayor-elect ready to set new course for cityApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - Aurora Alderman at Large Richard C. Irvin had been planning for this moment nearly all his adult life, and it came true Tuesday when he was elected mayor of the state's ...
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Geneva's Tom Simonian reflects on loss, staying involvedApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - Tom Simonian says he has no regrets about running to become mayor of Geneva, even though he lost with 37 percent of the vote. When he started thinking about the campaign...