With all DuPage and Will County precincts reporting, incumbent Judy Brodhead, incumbent Kevin Coyne, challenger Benny White and incumbent John Krummen appear to have garnered the most votes in the race for four seats on the Naperville City Council, according to unofficial returns.
White is a current Indian Prairie District 204 board member and retired Army officer/senior instructor Army JROTC at Joliet West High School. He has lived in Naperville for 11 years
According to the unofficial results, incumbent Kevin Gallaher received the lowest number of votes with all precincts reporting. Gallaher, an attorney, served on the city council from 1995 to 2002, and was elected to the council again in 2015.
The race for the four seats on the city council included four incumbents: Brodhead, Coyne, Gallaher and Krummen. The four challengers were Julie Berkowicz, Mike Isaac, Mike Strick and White.
A 31-year resident of Naperville, Brodhead is an associate professor of English and coordinator of cultural events at North Central College in Naperville, and was first elected to the council in 2009. Coyne is an attorney with Momkus McCluskey Roberts in Lisle and was first elected to the council in 2015.
Krummen was also elected for the first time in 2015, and is the director of program management for VERITAS steel.
Berkowicz, a sales professional at Soft Surroundings, has served as the vice president of Knoch Knolls Homeowners Association Board for 16 years. Isaac is the CEO/CFO of Third Party Pet and is on the city’s financial advisory board. He has lived in Naperville for 13 years.
Strick, CEO of a Naperville Oil Zone, isn’t new to the election scene, as he was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives in 2016.
As the city’s downtown area continues growing, with new restaurants, stores and a boutique hotel coming online, questions are emerging over how the council will lead the charge in terms of redeveloping the 5th Avenue corridor and how Ogden Avenue can be revitalized.
There is also the possibility that a new council could revisit the issue of housing vouchers. Last October, the council in a 5-4 vote approved an ordinance mandating that landlords accept vouchers as a legal source of income, a decision with which some council candidates disagree.
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