3 Elmhurst Aldermen May Bow Out, While Ex-Alderman Wants Back In

ELMHURST, IL – Three Elmhurst City Council incumbents appear not to be running again, and a former longtime alderman is seeking to revive his political career.

On Monday morning, Patch visited City Hall to check on the list for those picking up election petition packets.

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The list does not include those who have gone online for their packets. And those picking them up may decide against running.

Each of Elmhurst's seven wards has two aldermen.

Candidates can file their petitions from Nov. 16 to Nov. 23.

Here's a rundown of who is likely running:

WARD 1

Alderwoman Jennifer Veremis, also the president and CEO of the chamber of commerce, has not picked up a packet. Patch left a message with her Wednesday. She joined the council in 2020.

James Considine is the lone person who has put his name on the list.

WARD 2

Karen Sienko, a one-term incumbent, has picked up a packet. Sienko and Ward 2's other alderman, Jacob Hill, are both librarians.

WARD 3

Alderman Michael Bram is seeking re-election. He has served all but two years since 2001. He is known for staying connected with constituents through social media, among other means. Lately, he has taken videos showing new sidewalks in his ward.

Resident Andrea Boeke has picked up a petition packet. During an August council meeting, she noted her opposition to Flock cameras and warned aldermen seeking re-election.

"I will also be a pebble in your shoe, and I will find all the other area moms, and we will unseat people," she said.

WARD 4

Alderwoman Noel Talluto, who joined the council in 2014, ran unopposed four years ago. But she may face a rematch with her 2019 opponent, Mark Anglewicz. In that race, Talluto defeated Anglewicz with 63 percent of the vote.

Just before the pandemic, Anglewicz sought a 49-square-foot expansion of his house that would have allowed a second full bathroom. It resulted in a boisterous debate in which one alderman called the Anglewicz family "duplicitous," and another noted many people in the world have no toilets at all.

Ultimately, the council voted 9-5 for the family's plan. Talluto was in the minority.

WARD 5

Alderman James Nudera, a retired teacher, has not sought a packet at City Hall. He has served one term. Patch left a message with him Wednesday.

Those who have sought packets are Rachel Eckhorn and Dan Liutikas.

On her LinkedIn page, Eckhorn lists herself as a senior treasury analyst and a local group lead for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a group that backs "common-sense" gun regulation.

Liutikas, a lawyer who has lived in the ward since 2006, already has a website for his candidacy. His children have gone to Lincoln Elementary, Bryan Middle School and York High.

WARD 6

Guido Nardini, a one-term alderman, is the only person listed as picking up a packet in his ward.

In March, Nardini lost to Christopher Espinoza in the Democratic primary for a DuPage County Board District 2 seat. Nardini immediately conceded the race and praised his opponent.

WARD 7

Incumbent Rex Irby is not on the packet list. He told Patch he is not running again and is working on a referendum to cut the council's size from 14 to seven.

Mark Mulliner, who picked up a packet, wants to return to the table. He served 24 years on the council before Irby, a political newcomer, narrowly defeated him in the 2023 election.

Mulliner kept his conservative politics out of council meetings. But in his final couple of years, Mulliner took heat for managing the Facebook page of a conservative group called Elmhurst Parents for Integrity in Curriculum, or EPIC. Its members contended that critical race theory and Marxism were influencing Elmhurst School District 205's curriculum, calling out teachers by name.

In 2023, Irby said residents asked him to run because of their frustrations with Mulliner's involvement in EPIC.

Mulliner lost to Scott Levin in the 2021 and 2025 mayoral elections. Levin won with more than 70 percent in 2025. One of Mulliner's volunteers who collected petition signatures in that election later pleaded guilty to forging residents' signatures. Mulliner has not publicly addressed the matter.

The others who have picked up packets are Eric Pulia and Michael Kerley.

Pulia informed Patch in September that he planned to run. He is the commander of the local American Legion post.

On LinkedIn, Kerley lists himself as a senior recruiter for Blue Cross and Blue Shield.