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The composition of our local school boards, City Council, and park district will be decided in the Consolidated election to be held on April 4, 2023.
The candidates are listed below, with links to their campaign websites. Please visit IllinoisVoterGuide.org for your sample ballot. You can view candidates' complete responses to the LWV Questionnaire at the following links:
Note: City Council seats will only contested races for residents in Wards 5 and 7. Unsure of which ward you reside in? Check out the ward map!
All seats in D64 race will be contested. Candidates who filed for the 2 year seat are Bryan Mercado and Denise Pearl. Candidates who have filed for the 3 openings for 4-year terms are: Francine D'Amico, Matthew Doubleday, Rachel Georgakis, Monica Milligan, Monika Rossi, and Carolina Sales.
Candidates' answers to issue questions available HERE.
A candidate forum for the 4-year positions was held on March 15th. The recording is available for viewing HERE
This candidate responded to the League's inquiry but did not share a photo or website information.
Cindy Grau
Jennifer LaDuke
Brian Matza
Teri Collins
Edward Eicker
Dean Patras
Sheila Yousuf-Abramson
1st Ward: John Moran
3rd Ward:
Maureen Kelly Gannon Lawrence
The League of Women Voters of Park Ridge has a long, proud history of sponsoring election forums in our community. Our very first forum was held in April of 1955 at Lincoln Middle School. As a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization, we neither endorse nor oppose candidates for public office. We hold election forums to encourage the informed and active participation of citizens in government.
We will hold one forum and one meet-and-greet this election cycle. The forum for D64 candidates running for the three 4-year seats will be Wed., March 15th at 7 p.m. at Park Ridge Community Church. We hoped to also hold a second forum for the two candidates running for the 2-year term, but candidate Mercado was unable to attend the suggested dates. Our Meet-and-Greet for all offices will be on Saturday, March 18th at Park Ridge Library. Drop in between 10 a.m. and noon.
Past forums include:
* Senator Laura Murphy and Representative Martin Moylan accepted the forum invitation from LWVPR, but Senate candidate Sal Raspanti (R) and House candidate Michael Lupo (R) declined (citing conflicts with the initial proposed date and failing to respond to a request to propose alternatives). League of Women Voters guidelines preclude us from conducting a forum for any race when only one candidate running for an office will be present.
Candidate forum for Park Ridge's 5th Ward in 2019