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Oswego village president faces opponent in reelection bid · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Oswego Village President will face challenge from former trustee in re-election bid.
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  Written by Eric Shelkopf. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlet. Oswego village president Ryan Kaufman so
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  far is facing at least one opponent in his bid for re-election
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  in April. Former Oswego Village Trustee Brian Thomas, a Republican, has filed
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  to run for village president in
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  the April consolidated election. Kaufman, a Democrat, was elected village president in
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  April 2023 after serving on the village Board from 2015 to 2019.
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  Oswego municipal elections are partisan, meaning candidates run as Democrats, Republicans, or
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  other party affiliations. In February 2023, Thomas lost in the Republican
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  primary for Oswego village president.
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  To Troy Parlier, who was Oswego Village President at the time. Parlier
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  in turn lost to Kaufman in the April 2023 election. Petitions for
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  candidates to run as a Republican, or Democrat, needed to be filed
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  at the village between October 19 and 26 for the possibility of
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  a February 23 primary reelection. There was only one Republican and one
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  Democratic candidate who filed to run for village president. Therefore, there is
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  no need for a party primary election for village president. Independent and
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  New Party candidates running for the April 6 consolidated election can file
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  petitions during the November 16-23 period. Along with Kaufman, incumbent
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  village trustees Karen McCarthyLange and Andrew Torres, both Democrats, filed petitions, as
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  did outgoing State Representative Stephanie Kifowit Dio Swego. Kifowit, who lost
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  in the Democratic primary for Illinois Controller in March, is not running
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  for re-election. There are three four-year village trustee positions open on the
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  village board.