Local Politics
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Stroger to run for county boardNov 14, 2013 8:00 pm - Former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger told a classroom of political science students that he will run for the county commissioner seat formerly held by William...
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Two seek GOP nod for another Kane County circuit judge seatNov 05, 2013 1:23 pm - A longtime Kane County associate judge and an Aurora attorney have declared their candidacies for the Kane County Circuit Judge seat formerly held by Timothy Sheldon, wh...
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Prospect Hts. hosts property tax seminarNov 04, 2013 3:50 pm - Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Dan Patlak will host a seminar on appealing property tax assessments at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at St. Alphonsus Liguori Cath...
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Democrat Kilkelly running for Lake County clerkNov 04, 2013 10:48 am - Democrat Janet Kilkelly, president of the Waukegan Park District board, has announced she’ll run for Lake County clerk in 2014. Kilkelly is the first candidate to step ...
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Clerk candidate surfacesOct 28, 2013 2:19 pm - A Lake Forest attorney has announced her candidacy for Lake County clerk. Carla N. Wyckoff, an assistant state’s attorney in Lake County, is running for the Republican P...
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Wehrli joins DuPage Forest Preserve president raceOct 24, 2013 6:06 pm - For the first time in 20 years, an incumbent DuPage County Forest Preserve president is not seeking re-election and the vacancy is drawing interest from at least half of...
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Geneva attorney announces bid for Kane County judge seatOct 22, 2013 4:50 am - Another candidate has announced a run at the Kane County Circuit judge seat that will be vacated by Karen Simpson in October 2014. Geneva attorney D.J. Tegeler will run ...
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Number of DuPage polling places reducedOct 18, 2013 4:26 pm - As part of an ongoing effort to cut costs, the DuPage Election Commission has approved plans to eliminate 71 polling places countywide. By scaling back the total number ...
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Kane judge to retire in 2014; first candidate announcesOct 16, 2013 9:16 am - Kane County Court Circuit Judge Karen Simpson has announced she will retire, which means her successor will emerge from March primary and the general election in Novembe...
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Cook County Clerk David Orr running for 7th termOct 08, 2013 11:45 am - Cook County Clerk David Orr announced Tuesday he will run for a seventh term as County Clerk in November 2014. “I am proud of my accomplishments as County Clerk,” Orr sa...