Candidates announced for Kane County February Primary Election
By The CHRONICLE
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editorial@kcchronicle.com
GENEVA – There were few candidate additions as the one-week filing period for the February Primary Election came to a close Monday.
The Feb. 2, 2010, primary has some key races, including the Republican race for Sheriff – the winner would take on incumbent Sheriff Pat Perez, who is running again as a Democrat. Perez announced his intentions to seek re-election more than a week ago.
Lt. Donald Kramer, who already works within the Kane County Sheriff's Office, is up against L. Robert Russell, who now works in the DuPage County Sheriff's Office.
Geneva resident Mike Donahue will challenge Kane County Board incumbent Rob McConnaughay for the District 11 seat.
Donahue recently announced his candidacy. He said he's served in local government for the past 20 years, including six years as planning director for the City of Geneva
Donahue said some of his key issues in the campaign will be the redevelopment of the old county jail site on Fabyan Parkway, reuse of the former Settler's Hill landfill property and future uses for the Sixth Street School property.
Incumbent Barbara Wojnicki of Campton Township has two Republican challengers for her seat for the County Board's 15th District. They are Susan Secondi – an opponent to the incorporation of Campton Hills and Albert J. Lenkaitis Jr., a Campton Hills trustee. Kay Catlin, development director for the Fox River Chapter of the American Red Cross, is running on the Democratic ticket for the seat.
Other contested County Board races include, District three in Aurora, District five in the Aurora/Sugar Grove area, District seven in Aurora, District nine in North Aurora, districts 17 and 19 in Elgin, District 21 in the Dundee area, District 23 in the northern part of the county, and District 25 in the far western portion of Kane County.
Candidates filing as independents have until June to submit their paperwork, according to County Clerk John Cunningham.
List of filed candidates, as of 4:30 p.m. Monday
• Clerk — John A. "Jack" Cunningham (R)
• Treasurer – David J. Rickert (R)
• Sheriff — Donald E. Kramer (R), L. Robert Russell (R); Incumbent Pat Perez (D)
• ESR Superintendent — Douglas E. Johnson (R)
• County Board 1: Myrna Molina (D-Aurora)
• County Board 3 — Dennis Burgin (R-Aurora); Jennifer Laesch (D-Aurora), Juan Reyna (D-Aurora)
• County Board 5 — Bill Wyatt (R-Aurora), Melisa Taylor (R-Sugar Grove)
• County Board 7 — Lorena Cundari (D-Aurora), Gerald A. Jones (D-Aurora)
• County Board 9 — James C. Mitchell Jr. (R-North Aurora), Christopher Faber (D-North Aurora)
• County Board 11 – Robert J. McConnaughay (R-Geneva), Michael J. Donahue (R-Geneva)
• County Board 13 — Philip H. Lewis (R-St. Charles)
• County Board 15 — Barbara Wojnicki (R-Campton Township), Susan Secondi (R-St. Charles), Albert J. Lenkaitis Jr. (R-Campton Hills), Kay Catlin (D-St. Charles)
• County Board 17 — Deborah Allan (D-Elgin), Benjamin Bernal (D-Elgin)
• County Board 19 — Stan Hickrod (R-Sleepy Hollow), Nathan Akemann (R-Elgin), Catherine Schick Hurlbut (R-Elgin)
• County Board 21 — Lee Barrett (R-Dundee), John P. Fahy (R-West Dundee); Joseph R. Haimann (D-Carpentersville)
• County Board 23 — Margaret "Maggie" Auger (R-Algonquin), Donald J. Moore (R-Carpentersville); Linda M. Nuneman (D-Sleepy Hollow)
• County Board 25 — Thomas Smith (R-Maple Park), Bob Kudlicki (R-Hampshire)
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