Local Elections of 2016

Carmel kids: if you take one thing out of this article, it should be to keep an eye out for Dold and Schneider. Since most of the Carmel community lives within the 10th District, this particular matchup could potentially affect you all the most. Bob Dold (R- Incumbent) Hailing from Evanston, Bob Dold is running against Brad Schneider for Congress for the 3rd consecutive time. He won the seat for t...

Carol Sente (D- Incumbent) Carol Sente is running for State Representative in the 59th Illinois House District. She was first elected in 2010 after completing the remainder of former State Representative Kathy Ryg. She lives in Vernon Hills and formerly owned the architectural firm SRBL Architects in Deerfield, IL, which designed the Salvi Arena here at Carmel. After a tight reelection campaign in...

Melinda Bush (D- Incumbent) Melinda Bush is the current Senate representative for District 31, an area that stretches from Grayslake to Antioch to Zion. Bush was born and raised in Lake County and has lived in Grayslake since she was eight. Bush owned a small business and formed Grayslake Downtown Merchant’s Association, two projects that aided in her election to the Lake County Board in 2008. S...

Rod Drobinski (R) Rod Drobinski is currently an Assistant State’s Attorney in Lake County Illinois, running for State Representative in the 62nd State House District. The 62nd district emcompasses all or parts of Grayslake, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Park, Hainesville, and Wauconda. Rod has lived in Lake County his entire life, and now lives in Wauconda. He also attended Carmel. ...