Plenty to watch with Fox Valley mayoral elections From left, Richard Irvin, John Laesch and Judd Lofchie are candidates for Aurora mayor in Tuesday s election. Kevin Burns, left, and Tom Simonian, right, are candidates for Geneva mayor in Tuesday s election. Jeff Lynam, left, and Lael Miller, right, are candidates for East Dundee village president in Tuesday s election. Timothy Hoeft, left, and Charles Sass, right, are candidates for Huntley mayor in Tuesday s election. Maureen Lewis, left, and Lora Vitek, right, are candidates for St. Charles mayor in Tuesday s election. Joseph Connell, left, and Christopher Nelson, right, are candidates for West Dundee village president in Tuesday s election.
Sadly, St. Patrick’s Day 2021 is going to look a lot like 2020′s version. There will be few parades, bar crawls and concerts with kilts and bagpipes. But we’ve had a year to adjust and figure some things out. Look for more virtual and socially-distanced events to celebrate the Irish this year.
Updated 12/21/2020 8:11 PM
The final day of candidate filing added four more contested village president and mayoral races in the Fox Valley to what was already shaping up to be a spring election with possible sweeping changes in local government.
Geneva, East Dundee, Hampshire and West Dundee will all have contested races for the top spot in local government.
Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns has been part of the city government since 1997. To keep that streak alive, he ll face a rematch of the 2017 election. Resident Tom Simonian will take another shot at unseating Burns.
Simonian has remained highly critical of the way things are done in Geneva over the last four years. He lost to Burns by about 1,500 votes in their first contest.