State: Lemont Resident's Candidacy for Illinois Primary Still Undecided

The state's electoral board will rule next week on an objection filed against Duane Bradley, a resident to the 41st Senate District of the Illinois General Assembly.

Rupert Borgsmiller, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, said the electoral board met Dec. 20 to set hearing dates for all cases involving objections to nominating petitions for the March 20 primary. Among those cases was the objection against Bradley, by Homer Township Highway Commissioner Michael DeVivo.

In the objection, DeVivo claims Bradley's petition for candidacy only contains 300 signatures, Borgsmiller said. The minimum amount required is 1,000.

According to Borgsmiller, a hearing examiner has reviewed DeVivo's objection and submitted a recommendation to the state's General Counsel.

The recommendation will go before the state's electoral board during a special meeting Monday, Borgsmiller said. Until then, the case is still pending.

A meeting is scheduled for Jan. 12 to certify the March primary ballot, according to the state board's website.

Bradley Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) in the 41st District, which includes portions of Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Homer Glen, Indian Head Park, LaGrange, Lemont, Lisle, Naperville, Western Springs, Willowbrook and Woodridge.

Radogno has served in the Illinois Senate since 1997, and has represented the 41st District since 2003. She is currently serving her second term as the leader of the Illinois Senate Republican Caucus.

Bradley unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the District 113A Board of Education earlier this year. He has previously served as a member of the Bromberek School District Board of Education, according to the he supplied Patch in March.