The filing period for municipal elections ended Dec. 26 for the April 9, 2013 election. Here’s who’s filed.
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Darien City Council
Open Seats: 4 (wards 1, 3, 5 and 7)
Term Length: 4 years
Who's Filed: Ward 1: Ted V. Schauer; Ward 3: Joseph A. Kenny; Ward 5: Joseph A. Marchese (incumbent), Marianne Batryn and James ‘Jim’ Minardi; Ward 7: Halil Avci (incumbent) and Thomas J. Belczak.
District 86 School Board
Open Seats: 4
Term Length: 4 years
Who's Filed: Jennifer Babbington of Darien, Victor Casini of Burr Ridge, Claudia Manley of Darien, Dennis Brennan of Hinsdale (incumbent), Deirdre “DeeDee” Gorgol of Willowbrook (incumbent), Kay Gallo of Clarendon Hills (incumbent), Roseanne Rosenthal of Hinsdale, Edward Corcoran of Clarendon Hills and Roger Kempa of Darien.
District 61 School Board
Open Seats: 3
Term Length: 4 years
Who's filed: Claudia Manley (incumbent), Melissa Christie, Iranell Spann and Katherine Fujiura.
District 63 School Board
Open Seats: 3
Term Length: 4 years
Who's filed: Michael Webster (incumbent), Michael Ockrim and Laura Draper (incumbent).
District 66 School Board
Who's filed: Mark Motuelle (incumbent), Liane Raso, Tracey Edwards, Glenn Olsen, Steven R. Vena and Michael B. Mandziara.
Indian Prairie Library Board
Open Seats: 4
Term Length: 4 years
Who's Filed: Luanne Spiros (incumbent) and Paul Oggerino.
Darien Park District
Who's Filed: Incumbents Ray Jablonski and Rob Sarocco.
Darien-Woodridge Fire District
Who's Filed: Sharon Cattaneo and Robert Klein.