A summary of Daily Herald endorsements in April 1 elections
Expanded early voting began Monday in polling places across the suburbs for the April 1 Consolidated Elections. Here are Daily Herald recommendations for selected school and municipal openings throughout our circulation area. For detailed descriptions of the Editorial Board’s decisions, go online to https://www.dailyherald.com/election/endorsements/.
MUNICIPALITIES
Arlington Heights village board: Jim Bertucci, Colin Gilbert, Anargyros Karafotias, Carina Santa Maria
Arlington Heights village president: Jim Tinaglia
Aurora mayor: Richard Irvin
Barrington village board: Todd Sholeen, Jennifer Wondrasek, Jesse Rojo
Batavia alderperson, Ward 4: Dustin Pieper
Batavia alderperson, Ward 5: James Fahrenbach
Batavia alderperson, Ward 6: Kate Cuneo
Batavia mayor: Jeffery Schielke
Buffalo Grove village board: Lester A. Ottenheimer, Joanne R. Johnson, Denise Bocek
Des Plaines City Council, Ward 1: Jessica Mastalski
Des Plaines City Council, Ward 3: Sean Oskerka
Des Plaines City Council, Ward 5: Thomas Merlin
Des Plaines City Council, Ward 7: Patricia (Patsy) Smith
East Dundee village president: Sarah Brittin
Elgin City Council: Diana Alfaro, Corey Dixon, Dustin Good, Steve Thoren
Geneva alderperson, Ward 3: Larry Furnish
Geneva alderperson, Ward 4: Amy Mayer
Geneva alderperson, Ward 5: Jeff Palmquist
Geneva mayor: Kevin Burns
Glen Ellyn village president: Gary Fasules
Glendale Heights village president: Michael J. Light
Grayslake village president: Elizabeth Davies
Gurnee village president: Tom Hood
Hanover Park village president: Rodney S. Craig
Huntley village president: Timothy Hoeft
Inverness village president: John “Jack” Tatooles
Libertyville village board: Matt Krummick, Katherine “Casey” Rooney, Andrew Herrmann
Libertyville village president: Donna Johnson
Lisle village president: Chris Pecak
Lombard village board Dist. 6: Bob Bachner
Long Grove village board: Rita O’Connor, Adam Harris
Mount Prospect village board: John Matuszak, Terri Gens, Jack Brogan
Mount Prospect village president: Paul Hoefert
Mundelein village president: Robin Meier
Naperville City Council: Jennifer Bruzan Taylor, Ian Holzhauer, Benny White, Derek McDaniel
Sleepy Hollow village president: Courtney Boe
South Barrington village board: Malik Khan, Kanu Panchal, Daniel Zierk
St. Charles alderperson, Ward 1: Ronald Silkaitis
St. Charles alderperson, Ward 2: Ryan Bongard
St. Charles alderperson, Ward 3: Paul Lencioni
St. Charles alderperson, Ward 5: Steve Weber
St. Charles mayor: Lora Vitek
Streamwood village president: Billie Roth
Vernon Hills village board: Roger Byrne, Michael Schenk, Craig Takaoka
West Chicago mayor: Ruben Pineda
Wheaton City Council North District: Scott A. Brown
SCHOOL BOARD
Central Unit School Dist. 301: Micheline Welch, Andrew Dogan, PK Parekh, Grace Martinez
Community Unit Dist. 300: Christine Birkett, Emmanuel Thomas, Aaron Kelly
Elgin Community College Dist. 509: Shane Nowak, James George Allen Jr.
Harper College Dist. 512: Herb Johnson, Eric W. Knox
Indian Prairie Unit Dist. 204: Laurie Donahue, Allison Fosdick, Susan Taylor-Demming, Supna Jain
Lake Zurich Community Unit Dist. 95: Peter Etienne, Frederic Hutchinson, Eileen Maloney, Lisa Warren
Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School Dist. 128: Wes Polen, Marnie Navarro, Mithilesh Kotwal, Rahul Deshmukh
Maine Township High School Dist. 207: Jim Lee, Kelly Foersterling, Maureen Hartwig, Rebecca Heneghan
Naperville Dist. 203: Charles Cush, Amanda McMillen, Holly Joy Blastic, Jillian Langer
Palatine Township Dist. 15: Lisa Beth Szczupaj, James J. Taylor, Frank J. Annerino, Anthony Wang
Palatine Village Council Dist. 1: Tim Millar
Schaumburg Township Elementary Dist. 54: Bob Kaplan, James Pye, Debbie Schmidt, Nicholas Scipione
St. Charles Unit Dist. 303: Kate Bell, Heidi Fairgrieve, Thomas Lentz, Kimberly Rich
Wheaton Warrenville Unit Dist. 200: Angela L. Blatner, Rob Hanlon, Katy Ebbesen, Sara Paver
Wheeling Township Elementary Dist. 21: Arlen Gould, Bill Harrison, Debra L. McAtee, Phil Pritzker