Cedar Lake Town Council member Colleen Schieben Wednesday said moving forward she is “walking away from politics 100%” in the aftermath of Tuesday’s election.
Schieben lost her 5th Ward town council seat to former three-term Councilman Gregory Parker, according to the unofficial results from the Lake County Board of Elections. Parker ended up with 795 votes with all precincts reporting compared to Schieben’s 638. Democratic candidate Deborah Mandich-Nowland wound up with 431 votes. Totals are not official until 10 days after the election when provisional ballots are cured.
Niemeyer was a Cedar Lake Town Councilman, where he served as president. He vacated the seat Dec. 31 to take a seat as a Lake County Councilman. Niemeyer said there were a couple communities where campaigning became nasty, especially on social media. “There were a lot of difficult things said, bad things. I think there’s a lot of emotion. Once everybody settles down hopefully we can coalesce and work together,” Niemeyer said.
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