Updated 12/22/2020 8:26 AM
Editor s note: Dawn Abernathy is running with a full slate composed of trustee candidates Willie Davismckennie, Ray Mullen and Angela Trillhaase, and clerk hopeful Heather Mullen-Gaschler. Mayoral candidates Robin Meier and Steve Lentz each are running solo. Also running independently are trustee candidates Sol Cabachuela, Edith Reese, Tim Wilson and Jenny Ross, as are clerk hopefuls Karen Walsh and Lisa Willems.
Four-way mayoral races have materialized up in both Mundelein and Antioch for the April 6, 2021, election.
Other contested mayoral races are in Gurnee and Lake Zurich.
The filing deadline for Lake County residents hoping to gain or retain elected municipal, school, park, library, township and fire district office passed at 5 p.m. Monday.
No shortage of school board candidates in some Lake County districts
School board candidates wait to file for the 2021 spring election Monday at the Lake County Clerk s office in Waukegan. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
School board candidates file for the 2021 spring election Monday at the Lake County Clerk s office in Waukegan. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Updated 12/15/2020 7:40 PM
Eleven candidates jumped into the race for the Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128 board on the first two days of filing, the most of any school district in the county so far.
The pool of candidates in that race vying over four available seats and a number of others could easily grow before filing closes on Dec. 21. Candidates often like to file at the beginning of the filing period to get their names at the top of the ballot.