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Naperville elects Steve Chirico as next mayor

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Simply put, Councilman Steve Chirico was elected on April 7 to serve as the next Naperville Mayor.  After 20 years, Mayor George Pradel chose this election to step aside for new leadership to begin.

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Surrounded by Mayor George Pradel, family, friends and well-wishers, Councilman Steve Chirico accepts being elected as Naperville’s next mayor during an election night party. 

Chirico is pronounced “Chair-ih-co.” The accent is on the first syllable.

With all precincts reporting, unofficially, the following candidates won 4-year terms: Paul Hinterlong, Patty Gustin, Rebecca Boyd-Obarski and Becky Anderson.

Again, “unofficially,” the following candidates won 2-year terms: Judy Brodhead, Kevin Coyne, John Krummen and Kevin Gallaher.

Candidates for City Council will be sworn in during a ceremony that begins at 1:30PM on Sunday, May 3, in City Council Chambers at the Naperville Municipal Center.

The new City Council, comprised of four women and four men, will take their seats at the first City Council meeting on the first Tuesday in May.  That’s May 5.

The next City Council meeting, delayed a day because of the Consolidated Election Day, is today at 7PM Wed., April 8.

Editor’s Note: Though low voter turnout was disappointing for a community as active and highly-involved as Naperville, your Positively Naperville editors appreciate all informed voters and especially the dedicated, qualified candidates for participating in this historic election. Our aim will be to continue keeping our readers informed about upcoming elections as well as the candidates who commit their time, talents and resources to run.

We hope candidates who might have come up short this time will stay involved.  The next City Council election is in the spring of 2017 when four 4-year-term seats will be up for vote.  The next mayoral election is in 2019. Thanks for reading.

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