Articles filed under Municipal Elections
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Bensenville mayor faces challenge from former allyOct 23, 2012 2:00 pm - Bensenville Village President Frank Soto will face a re-election challenge in April from his former political ally, Trustee Oronzo Peconio. Peconio has assembled a new ...
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Wauconda mayor to run againOct 21, 2012 2:50 pm - Wauconda Mayor Mark Knigge will seek re-election as part of a slate of candidates, he has announced. Knigge will run with clerk Ginger Irwin, trustees Lincoln Knight and...
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Roselle’s Smolinski to seek sixth mayoral termOct 15, 2012 11:00 pm - Village President Gayle Smolinski will seek a sixth term this April, saying she wants to finish crafting a long-term plan for Roselle’s fiscal stability. Smolinski ran a...
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Former Phoenix-area mayor wants to lead Arlington HeightsOct 15, 2012 10:06 am - Ron Drake, an Arlington Heights resident who formerly led a Phoenix suburb as its mayor, hopes to do the same in his current hometown. Drake, 54, said Monday he will be ...
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Cary trustee, incumbent running for village presidentOct 15, 2012 9:00 am - A Cary trustee who ran on a platform of bringing transparency to the village board has set his sights on the highest office in town. Trustee Bruce Kaplan has announced ...
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Pineda wants to keep top job in West ChicagoOct 12, 2012 12:01 pm - When Ruben Pineda was appointed acting mayor of West Chicago in May, it was under the most unfortunate circumstances: the death of friend and political ally Mike Kwasman...
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Plaza won’t run again in Lake in the HillsOct 12, 2012 10:00 am - After serving for three terms years as village president in Lake in the Hills, Ed Plaza announced that he will not seek re-election, and one trustee is already gathering...
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Addison Mayor Hartwig won’t seek re-electionOct 11, 2012 3:03 pm - Longtime Addison Village President Larry Hartwig says he thought “long and hard” before deciding not to seek a fifth term in April. “(My wife and I) still intend to sta...
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Del Mar won’t return to Palatine council; Schwantz running againOct 09, 2012 12:05 pm - The next installment of Palatine’s village council will be without its youngest and most outspoken member. Councilman Aaron Del Mar, in a surprise to many, says he won’t...
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Miller says he’s runing for village presidentOct 06, 2012 11:00 am - Lael Miller, a first-term trustee in East Dundee, has confirmed his intention to run for village president against incumbent Jerald Bartels, who says he’ll seek a second...