A wave of color sweeps into local offices Top, left to right, Tim McGowan, Yasmeen Bankole, Curtis Bradley, Tayyaba Syed, Steve Wang, Erin Chan Ding. Bottom, left to right, Dan Choi, Syed Hussaini, Sol Cabechuela, Paul Leong, Shweta Baid, Ian Holzhauer. These are just some of the minority candidates who ran successfully for municipal and school board offices in the April 6 election.
Updated 4/24/2021 4:53 PM
A wave of minority candidates from diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds swept over the suburbs during the spring elections, as dozens of contenders stepped up to seek positions on municipal, school, township, library and park boards.
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Hanover Park trustee candidates voice their priorities Top row from left, Yasmeen Bankole, Tonya Frosheiser and Syed Hussaini and, bottom row from left, Bob Prigge and Sharmin Shahjahan are running for 4-year trustee seats in Hanover Park.
Updated 2/19/2021 8:18 PM
The five candidates seeking the three available 4-year trustee seats on the Hanover Park village board shared their top priorities for the job during a recent Zoom interview with the Daily Herald.
Running in the April 6 election are incumbents Bob Prigge and Sharmin Shahjahan, both seeking their second terms, as well as Yasmeen Bankole, Tonya Frosheiser and Syed Hussaini.
Frosheiser, Hussaini and Prigge are running on a slate with three uncontested candidates incumbent Liza Gutierrez seeking reelection to a 2-year term, newcomer Kristy Merrill for village clerk, and incumbent Rodney Craig seeking reelection as village president.
Hanover Park Trustee Shahjahan to run again, declines spot on mayor s slate Hanover Park Trustee Sharmin Shahjahan
Updated 12/9/2020 3:10 PM
Hanover Park Village Trustee Sharmin Shahjahan will run for reelection on the April 6 ballot, but not as part of the Hanover Park Strong slate organized by Mayor Rod Craig. I ve done a lot of good work in my first four years as trustee and would like to continue to serve the community, Shahjahan said. Mayor Craig asked me to run on his slate, but with (Trustee) Rick (Roberts) and (Village Clerk) Eira (Corral Sepulveda) leaving the board, I did not know all the candidates on the slate and I felt more comfortable running independently, as I did last time. This gives voters an opportunity to assess each candidate.