In an interview with the News-Sun, Lake County Board District 1 candidate Brian Hayden said his recovery from addiction and run-ins with the law are a “success story” he hopes can inspire some of the “millions and millions of Americans going through the same thing that I went through.”
The two Republican candidates incumbent Linda Pedersen and challenger James Creighton Mitchell Jr. running to represent Lake County Board District 1 in the June 28 primary each have public office experience, albeit in different venues and times.
A political newcomer and a school board member are squaring off in the Democratic primary for Lake County Board District 2, which covers all or parts of Hawthorn Woods, Mundelein, Round Lake, Round Lake Park and Wauconda.