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Democrats Nominate Trustees, But Don't Say Who They Are

Wed, May 04, 2011

The village Democrats caucused tonight and nominated candidates for two trustee positions ... but have not announced who those people are. They did not nominate anyone for mayor.

Members of the village Democratic Party held their caucus tonight and nominated two people to run for trustees, but are not yet announcing who those candidates are. They did not nominate anyone to run for mayor.

Village party Chair Carolyn Todd confirmed that two people have been nominated to run for the two open trustee seats, but said she was not ready to say who they were when contacted at about 10 tonight after the caucus.

"This is sort of a waiting period for them," said Todd. "This is an entirely new environment with this new party forming."

Todd was referring to the creation of the Bullthistle Party created when Debbie Kliman (a Democrat) joined with Ann Clauss and incumbent Margaret Miller (both Republicans) to create a new, third party not aligned with either established party. Kliman and Clauss are seeking trustee seats and Miller is running for mayor.

She said she was not sure when an announcement of the two trustee candidates would be made.

The election is June 21. Incumbent democatic trustees Suzanne Collins and Jim Bona are not seekign reelection and longtime Democratic Mayor Sue McVaugh is not running again.

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