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Oglesby mayor leaning against reelection bid · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Oglesby Mayor leaning against re-election bid. Written by Tom Collins This
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  Everlet. Oglesby voters may be asked to select a new mayor in
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  spring twenty twenty seven. Incumbent Jason Curran
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  said, Monday he's leaning against a re-election bid. At the meeting of
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  the Oglesby City Council, Curren
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  acknowledged he's been frequently asked whether he'll seek another four-year term. Short
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  story, I have not made a final decision, Curran said, but if
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  I
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  had to decide today, I would probably be leaning to not seeking
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  another term. Kern said his wife pointed out he'd spent thirty years
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  in public service, twenty years active duty with the U. S. Navy,
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  two years with Oglesby Schools, and eight on the city council. I
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  had not really stopped to add it up, he said. Thirty years
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  is a long time. Curran won the mayor's seat in 2023 with
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  more than 50 of the vote, emerging from a three-way contest with
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  past Mayor Don Finley and then Commissioner Jim Kulinan.