March primary ballot set for county races

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Angelo Kyle

Updated: January 30, 2012 11:28AM

The ballot has been set for the March 20 primary election and one surprise is longtime Lake County Board member Angelo Kyle chose not to run.

Kyle, the County Board member from District 12 elected in 1990, was put between a rock and a hard place when the new district maps were drawn and he was put in the same district as fellow Democrat Audrey Nixon of North Chicago.

“I certainly would never run against her. I could never fathom running against her because she was my mentor when I first got on the board. She groomed me,” he said.

“I have some other things going, some other opportunities,” said Kyle, adding that his consulting firm TempTech Professional Services will be working with Integrys, a utility holding company.

“Life is good and things happen for a reason. Sometimes God has a plan you don’t realize because you got too complacent,” he said.

Cynthia Pruim Haran of Round Lake filed as a Democrat for the Lake County Circuit Court Clerk position and she will face the winner of the Republican primary between Gerald Dietz of Round Lake and Keith Brin of Highland Park. Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Sally Coffelt is retiring.

For coroner, there are two Democrats — Thomas Rudd of Lake Forest and incumbent Artis Yancey of Waukegan — and two Republican candidates. Steve Newton will now be challenged by Howard Cooper of Gurnee in the Republican primary.

Incumbent Lake County Recorder Mary Ellen Vanderventer is unchallenged in her primary, and there are two Republicans — Marty Blumenthal of Highland Park and Bob Bednar of Mundelein — vying to challenge her in the general election next year.

In the state’s attorney’s race, on the Republican ballot are Mike Nerheim, Louise Hayes and Bryan Winter, and the Democrats have Karen Boyd Williams, Reginald Mathews and Chris Kennedy. Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Waller is retiring.

The breakdown for the Lake County Board and North Shore Sanitary District contests are:

County Board District 1 will have Democrat Peter Grant of Antioch facing incumbent Republican Linda Pedersen of Antioch next fall.

County Board District 2 will have Democrats Mark Stricklin of Beach Park, incumbent Diane Hewitt of Waukegan and Beverly Stackhouse-Mull of Zion. Republican Dave Pfeifer of Lindenhurst will face the winner of the primary.

County Board District 3 will have Republicans incumbent Jim Newton of Lindenhurst, Tom Weber of Lake Villa and James Creighton Mitchell Jr., of Lindenhurst. Democrat Dale Kehr of Lindenhurst will face the winner of that primary.

County Board District 4 has two primaries with Democrats Glenn Ryback (Wadsworth’s mayor) and Ted Ramai of Wadsworth; and Republicans incumbent Brent Paxton of Zion and Sharon Carmody of Waukegan.

County Board District 5 has no primary race with Democrat Patricia Ferruzza of Fox Lake and Republican incumbent Bonnie Thomson Carter of Ingleside set to face off in the general election.

County Board District 6 will have Democrats incumbent Pat Carey of Grayslake and Eric Daniel Lake of Grayslake. Republican Jeff Werfel, a Grayslake village trustee, will face the winner in the general election.

County Board District 7 has Republican incumbent Steve Carlson unopposed, as well as District 8 with Democrat incumbent Bill Durkin.

County Board District 9 has Democrats incumbent Mary Ross Cunningham of Waukegan, Ann Kindle of Waukegan and Germain Castellanos of Waukegan. Republican Joe Schmitt of Waukegan will face the winner in the general election.

County Board District 10 has Republican incumbent Diana O’Kelly unopposed, as well as in District 11 with Democrat Steven Warren Mandel of Highland Park unopposed.

County Board District 12 has Republicans Scott Helton of Lake Forest and Mike Rummel of Lake Forest. There are no Democrat candidates.

County Board District 13 has Democrats Robert Glueckert of Grayslake, Sandra Hart of Lake Bluff and Anthony Soler of Waukegan, and Republicans Jay Krasne of Gurnee, Rick Lesser of Lake Bluff and David Barkhausen of Lake Bluff. Incumbent Susan Loving Gravenhorst is retiring.

County Board District 14 has Democrat incumbent Audrey Nixon running unopposed with no Republican candidates.

County Board District 15 has Democrat Del Parra of Libertyville and Republicans incumbent Carol Calabresa and Dan Donahue of Libertyville.

County Board District 16 has Democrat incumbent Terry Wilke of Round Lake Beach and Republicans Michael Carbone of Round Lake and Rene Hernandez Jr., of Round Lake.

County Board District 17 has Republicans Nick Sauer of Fox River Grove, Dan Quick of Wauconda and Mary Schorr of Wauconda. Incumbent Stevenson Mountsier is retiring.

County Board District 18 has Republican incumbent Aaron Lawler of Vernon Hills unopposed.

County Board District 19 has Democrat Deborah Barry of Deer Park and Republican incumbent Craig Taylor of Lake Zurich.

County Board District 20 Republican David Stolman of Buffalo Grove, the board’s chairman, is unopposed.

County Board District 21 has Democrat Arlene Hickory of Lake Bluff and Republicans incumbent Ann Maine of Lincolnshire, Robert Haraden of Libertyville and Douglas Bennett of Deerfield.

North Shore Sanitary District Ward 1 has Republican incumbent John Paxton of Winthrop Harbor and Democrats Preston Carter of Beach Park and Clyde McLemore of Zion.

Ward 2 has Democrat incumbent Steve Drew of Waukegan with no opposition.

Ward 3 has Democrats Beverly Sugar Young, Jose Guzman, Jerry Archibald, Sr., Gerald Jones and Tommy Rhyan, all of Waukegan. Incumbent Effie Wroten died unexpectedly in October.

Ward 4 has Republican incumbent Thomas Swarthout of Lake Forest with no opposition and Ward 5 Democrat incumbent Daniel Pierce of Highland Park with no opposition.