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Lake County’s Democratic and Republican Party leaders have taken steps to fill some empty ballot spots in unchallenged races in the November election in Schererville, Dyer, Winfield, Lowell, Munster and Crown Point. Jim Wieser, chairman of the county’s Democratic Party, slated Ryan Fleming to mount a challenge against longtime incumbent Republican Councilwoman Carol Drasga in the city’s 5th .
A slate of caucuses has been set to fill vacant Republican positions on the November ballot. Randy Niemeyer, first-year chairman of the Lake County Republican Party, set caucuses in Schererville and Dyer to fill to vacant town council spots, and in Winfield to fill a Republican vacancy on a completely open ballot for clerk-treasurer. The Dyer caucus to fill the vacant Ward 3 council spot on .