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Chaplin squeaks past Blass to win County Board race in District 2
By Dee Longfellow
FOR THE BENSENVILLE INDEPENDENT
Recently, the Independent reported that as of Tuesday morning, Nov. 22, the two-year term on the DuPage County Board in District #2 had not yet been called. After a 300-vote deficit on Election night Nov. 8, Democrat Elizabeth “Liz” Chaplin was ahead of her Republican challenger Richard Blass by just 13 votes at the Independent’s press time Tuesday morning and the DuPage County Election Commission was still counting ballots. When all was said and done, Chaplin, the incumbent, topped Blass by only 50 votes. Vote tallies which included mail and provisional ballots, resulted in Chaplin receiving 36,726 votes to Blass’ 36,676. A county board member since 2012, Chaplin said she was about ready to concede the day after the election, when preliminary results showed she trailed Blass by just 327 votes. But more than 1,000 provisional ballots had not yet been included in the totals and more than 5,000 mail ballots had not been counted. The mail ballots had to be postmarked by Nov. 8 and received at the Commission by Nov. 22. Ultimately, 1,279 more votes were included after election night. Blass, who is an Elmhurst resident, said he will consult with his campaign manager before deciding whether to ask for a recount. “I certainly will take it under advisement,” he said. “Two weeks ago, it was just such a bad night for Democrats in general,”
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Santa’s Brunch to be held at White Pines Saturday, Dec. 10
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