Longtime Lake County recorder launches campaign for new office
Mary Ellen Vanderventer
Updated 5/3/2021 7:16 PM
The election isn't until November 2022, but one candidate officially launched her campaign Monday for what will be a new office in Lake County.
Longtime Recorder of Deeds Mary Ellen Vanderventer, who in November was elected to a seventh term, announced she'll be running for the newly combined office of recorder and county clerk.
Voters in November overwhelmingly approved a measure to eliminate the elected position of recorder of deeds and merge the office under the county clerk effective late next year.
"I am extremely proud of all that my staff and I have achieved these last 26 years in the recorder's office," she said in a news release.