2 days Ago By Tess Kenny
With initial results trickling in, Benny White, Mary Gibson, Ian Holzhauer and Ashfaq Syed appear to have an early lead in the eight-way race for the four, four-year Naperville City Council seats up for election. Unofficial results released as of just after 8:20 p.m.
Tuesday night show White with 6,772 votes across Naperville precincts in DuPage and Will counties, followed by Gibson with 6,187 votes, Holzhauer with 6,109 votes and Syed with 5,690 votes. Following behind were Jennifer Bruzan Taylor with 4,463 votes, Meghna Bansal with 4,153 votes, Derek McDaniel with 3,826 votes and Nag Jaiswal with 2,252 votes. Election results will remain unofficial until mail-in ballots postmarked for Election Day or earlier are counted, provisional ballots are checked and votes are canvassed.
Bruzan Taylor and Holzauer are both seeking a second term on council. White is seeking a third. The fourth seat up for election is currently held by Paul Leong, who is stepping down from council.
Among the challengers, Bansal and McDaniel currently serve on Naperville’s Planning and Zoning Commission, Gibson is president of the Naperville Park Board, Jaiswal formerly served on the city’s Human Rights and Fair Housing Commission and Syed is president of the Naperville Public Library Board. Unofficial election results will be updated through the night Tuesday as votes are tabulated. Check back at napersun.
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