Democrats & Republican select April 1st candidates in Maine Township

In the upcoming April 1st election, the Republican and Democratic parties in Maine Township put together lists of candidates to contest for township positions. Tuesday night December 2nd, 2024, Maine Township Republicans and Democrats selected slates of candidates to run in the election scheduled for April 1, 2025. The Democrats fielded a candidate for the top position of supervisor, while the Republicans did not.

Kim Jones, a longtime township trustee and resident of Park Ridge, was chosen to take Supervisor Karen Diamond's spot on the ticket. There was no explanation for Diamond's exclusion.
Democratic incumbents the candidates were Ed Beauvais of Des Plaines for highway commissioner, Susan Moylan Krey of Des Plaines for assessor, and Pete Gialamas of Des Plaines for another four-year term as township clerk.

Current board members Kelly Horvath of Des Plaines, Asif Malik of Des Plaines, James Maher of Niles, and Elizabeth Lynch of Niles, who recently joined the board, have been selected as Democratic trustee candidates.
Asif Malik, a trustee from Des Plaines, stated in an interview that "we have the best team this term." Our chances of winning the election again are higher.

Des Plaines resident Ed Beauvais "I am running again for another term," declared the current highway commissioner. We accomplished a lot of town development last term. We have a lot of work ahead of us in our community.
Park Ridge native Bodo Jokic was expected to be the Republican nominee for highways commissioner. Frank Roberto, a sales manager from Park Ridge, Altaf Bukhari, a real estate salesman from Des Plaines, and David Butterfield, a media salesman from Park Ridge, have been chosen to run for three of the four trustee positions.

Maine Township Republican Committeeman Jim Stinson’s christening as the local political party’s leader from a Maine township, stated on Wednesday that the process went extremely well. "We have a unique opportunity to make positive change."

"I feel honored to have been nominated and appointed," Jones commented. "With the new slate, I'm looking forward to doing a lot of things."

After four years of conflict on the township board, Jones, Gialamas, and Moylan-Krey—all previous Republicans—left the GOP four years ago to join the Democrats.