Endorsements: A summary of the Daily Herald's recommendations in the April 6 election
Early voting is under way in the April 6 election for school board and local municipal offices. Here is a list of Daily Herald endorsements in races of local interest. For the text of our published endorsement editorials, go to www.dailyherald.com.
Municipal races
Addison village president: Richard H. 'Rich' Veenstra
Antioch village board: Jerry Johnson, Scott Pierce, Brent Bluthardt
Antioch village president: Larry Hanson
Arlington Heights library board: Carole Medal, Sarah Galla, Amy Somary
Arlington Heights village board: Rich Baldino, Jim Bertucci, Nicolle Grasse, Jim Tinaglia.
Aurora alderman: William Donnell, Scheketa Hart-Burns, Shweta Baid, Raymond Hull
Aurora mayor: Richard Irvin
Barrington Hills village board: Robert M. Zuba, Paula Jacobsen, Brent Joseph Burval
Barrington Hills village president: Brian Cecola
Barrington library: Denise Tenyer, Jennifer Lucas
Bartlett library: Monica Boyer, Lynn DeSmidt
Bartlett village board: Stephanie Gandsey, Daniel Gunsteen,, Aaron Reinke
Batavia city council: Nicholas Cerone, Robin Barraza
Buffalo Grove village board: Joanne Johnson, Lester A. Ottenheimer III, Andrew Stein
Carol Stream village board: Rick Gieser, Matt McCarthy,, Erik Crawford
Des Plaines alderman: Sean Oskerka, Gloria Ludwig, Carla Brookman, Patricia "Patsy" Smith
Des Plaines city clerk: Jessica Mastalski
Des Plaines mayor: Andrew Goczkowski
Des Plaines park board: Erin Doerr
Downers Grove village council: Greg Hose, Chris Gilmartin, Andrew Pelloso
East Dundee village president: Lael Miller
Elgin Area Unit Dist. 46: Veronica Noland, Melissa Owens, LeJewel Crigler
Elgin city council: Dustin Good, Corey Dixon, Carol Rauschenberger, Anthony Ortiz
Elmhurst mayor: Scott Levin
Gail Borden library: John Kokoris, Joy Symonds, Amy Prochot
Geneva mayor: Kevin Burns
Glen Ellyn village board: Gary Fasules, Kelley Kalinich, Anne Gould
Glen Ellyn village president: Peter Ladesic
Glendale Heights village board, Dist: 2: Mohammad Asim Siddiqi
Glendale Heights village president: Linda Jackson
Glenview village board: Gina Deboni, Tim Doron, Adam Sidoti
Gurnee village president: Tom Hood
Hampshire village president: Mike Reid Jr.
Hanover Park village board: Yasmeen Bankole, Bob Prigge, Sharmin Shahjahan
Harper College board: Diane G. Hill, William F. Kelley, Nancy N. Robb
Hoffman Estates park board: Rajkumari Chhatwani, Keith J. Evans, Patrick J. McGinn, Linda Dressler
Hoffman Estates village board: Karen Mills, Michael Gaeta, Karen Arnet
Hoffman Estates village president: Bill McLeod
Huntley village board: Ronda Goldman, John Piwko, JR Westberg
Huntley village president: Tim Hoeft
Itasca mayor: Jeff J. Pruyn
Itasca village board: Jeffrey T. Aiani, Frank Madaras, Patrick Powers
Lake In The Hills village board: Bill Dustin, Steven Harlfinger and Bob Huckins
Lake Villa village president: James McDonald
Lake Zurich village board: Mary Beth Euker, Greg Weider, Dan Bobrowsk
Lake Zurich village president: Tom Poynton
Lisle village board: Marie Hasse, Mary Jo Mullen, William Trussell
Lisle village president: Christopher R. Pecak
Lombard village board, Dist. 1: Brian LaVaque
Lombard village president: Reid Foltyniewicz
Long Grove village board: Anne Kritzmire, Rita O'Connor, Bobbie O'Reilly
Mount Prospect library: Marie Bass, Rosemary Groenwald
Mount Prospect village board: Agosto Filippone, Terri Gens, Peggy Pissarreck
Mount Prospect village president: Paul Wm. Hoefert
Mundelein village board: Sol Cabcheula, Jenny Ross, Angela Trillhaase
Mundelein mayor: Steve Lentz
Naperville city council: John Krummen, Dr. Benny White, Vasavi Chakka, Lucy Chang Evans
Naperville park board: Mike King, Nag Jaiswal, Leslie Ruffing, Alison Thompson
Northbrook village president: Kathryn Ciesla
Northbrook Village Board: Muriel Collison, Joy Ebhomielen, Dan Pepoon
Oak Brook Terrace mayor: Arnulfo Rufo A. Noble Jr.
Palatine library: Preet Singh
Park Ridge City Council, Ward 2: Alfred "Fred" Sanchez
Park Ridge park board: Robert Bowe, Melissa Hulting, Brian Matza, John Tunnell
Prospect Heights city council: Danielle Dash
Rolling Meadows alderman: Ward 1: David Whitney; Ward 4: Jenifer Vinezeano
Roselle village board: Thomas Piorkowski, Cheryl Lenisa, Tom Della Penna
Roselle village president: Wayne Domke
Round Lake Beach village board: Sherry Perkowitz
Round Lake Beach village president: Nitai Pandya
Round Lake Park village board: Robert Cerretti, Paul Zillmann, Karen Eggert
Round Lake Park village president: Linda Lucassen
Schaumburg library: Erin Flannigan-Davies, Anita Forte-Scott, David Jonen, Carol Pye,
Schaumburg park board: David Johnson, Bernie Mayle Jr.
South Elgin village board: Jennifer Barconi, Greg Lieser, John Sweet
St. Charles council: Ron Silkaitis, Ryan Bongard, Paul Lencioni, John Hoscheit, Kim Malay
St. Charles mayor: Lora Vitek
Sugar Grove village president: Sean Michels
Vernon Hills village board: Thom Koch, Michael Schenk, Craig Takaoka
Vernon Hills village president: Roger Byrne
Villa Park village board: Deepasriya Kumar, Jack Kozar, Cheryl Tucker
Villa Park village president: Bob Wagner
Warrenville mayor: David Brummel
Wauconda village president: Jeff Sode
West Chicago council: Ward 1: Lori Chassee; Ward 3: Christine Dettmann
West Dundee village board: Dan Wilbrandt, Cheryl Anderley, Cheryl Alopogianis
West Dundee village president: Chris Nelson
Wheaton city council, South Dist.: Scott Weller
Wheeling village board: James Ruffatto, Mary M. Papantos, Mary C. Krueger
Wheeling village president: Patrick Horcher
Winfield village board: Dan Janowick, Don Longacre, Debora Piscola
School board races
Dist. 10: Casey Amayun, Marty Lundeen, Tina O'Neill, Jessica Shannon
Dist. 12: Kim Duris, Chris Humbert, James McGowan, Steve Zurek
Dist. 15: Karen Camporese, Rebecca Giannelli, Jean Randazzo, Marcia Reiken
Dist. 25: Anisha Patel, Rich Olejniczak, Greg Scapillato, Gina Faso
Dist. 34: Jim Baumstark, Katie Jones, Diane Stefani
Dist. 33: Felicia Gills, Chad McLean, Christian Rivera, Morgan Banasiak
Dist. 34: Lynn Kammes, Manuel Figueroa, Alisa Wolife
Dist. 38: Kevin Lyons, Gary Louis Dollinger, Ashley Bennett
Dist. 41: Robert Bruno, Jason Loebach, Chris Martelli, Tayyaba Syed
Dist. 44: Courtney Simek, James Robinette, Sarah Novey, Cary Weisgram
Dist. 45: West Conway Marinier, Emily Shultz, Kathryn Padberg, Kelli P. May
Dist. 46: Jim Weidman, Jason Lacroix, Stephen Mack, Andrew Schmidt
Dist. 57: Vicki Chung, Eileen Kowalczyk, Jennifer Ciok, Kevin Bull
Dist. 59: Janice Krinsky, Robert Mancilla, Daisy Espino, Joe Sagerer
Dist. 68: Cathie DeMoon, Krysia Ressler, Emily Weisman Savino, Henry Liu
Dist. 70: Wendy Schilling, Angela Balanag, Travis McGhee, Jennifer Khan, Brian Lawton
Dist. 73: Wesley Ann Polen, Karl Borchers, Michael Engle
Dist. 87: Judith Weinstock, Bob Friend, Mireya Vera, Jennifer Jendras
Dist. 88: Andrew Edmier, Al Manzo, Jean Taylor
Dist. 89: James Lerch, Haydee Nunez, Lavanya Sridhar, Steven Neurauter
Dist. 94: Gary Saake, Richard Nagel, Katherine Doremus, Dean Klapatch
Dist. 95: Peter Etienne, Eileen Maloney, Scott McConnell, Lisa Warren
Dist. 103: Anne Van Gerven, Kate Harper, Cahterine O'Keefe, Michael Weaver
Dist. 108: Thomas Hollatz, Cara Steetz, Beata Swacha, Herlberto "Herbie" Torres
Dist. 121: Paul Schulz, John R. Anderson, Natalia Alvarez Martinez, Blake Thomas
Dist. 125: Steve Frost, Gary Gorson, Fei Shang
Dist. 128: Don Carmichael, Kara Drumke, Kevin Huber, Sonal Kulkarni
Dist. 129: Richard Kerns, Valerie Brown-Dykstra, Julie Stone
Dist. 158: Anthony Quagliano, Paul Troy, Lesli Melendy, Sean Cratty
Dist. 200: Anjali Bharadwa, Rob Hanlon, Brad Paulsen, Mary Yeboah
Dist. 202: Pamela Ahlmann, Eunice McConville, Randee Sims, Steve Lesniak
Dist. 203: Andrew Binkowski, Kristin Fitzgerald, Amanda McMillen, Donna Wandke
Dist. 204: Laurie Donahue, Susan Taylor-Demming, Allison Fosdick, Supna C. Jain
Dist. 207: Aurora Austriaco, Linda Coyle, Jin Lee, Carla R. Owen
Dist. 211: Curtis Bradley, Jessica Hinkle, Anna Klimkowicz
Dist. 214: Leonard "Lenny" Walker, Mildred "Millie" Palmer, Mark Hineman, Andrea L. Rauch
Dist. 220: Sandra Ficke Bradford, Erin Chan Ding, Michael Shackleton, Robert Windon
Dist. 225: Bruce Doughty, Peter Glowacki, Sonia Kim, Michelle Seguin
Dist. 300: David Scarpino, Emmanuel Thomas, Christine Birkett
Dist. 303: Heidi Fairgrieve, Edward McNally, Carolyn Waibel, Katharine Bell
Community colleges
College of DuPage board: Daniel Malloy, Nick Howard, Andrew Manno
College of Lake County board: Vaseem Iftekhar