The minimal policy differences between two candidates haven’t blunted the nastiness of the race for the DuPage County GOP board chairman nomination.
At a glance, the choice between Pete DiCianni and Greg Hart to become the Republican nominee for DuPage County Board chair later this month might seem like a coin flip.
Greg Hart, a Republican primary candidate for DuPage County Board chairman, campaigns on May 31, 2022, in Hinsdale. But College of DuPage political science professor Melissa Mouritsen thinks the board might again be up for grabs. Hart was appointed to the board in 2017 and won his first election in 2018. He said his signature accomplishments have been consolidating the county’s psychiatric services, helping to create a small business loan program and leading the HOPE Task Force, formed to combat the county’s opioid crisis.
DiCianni, 55, is a former mayor of Elmhurst who has helped to get several state laws passed, including a measure that requires insurers to cover autism treatment and one that allows police to track cognitively impaired people through GPS wristbands if they go missing. He wants to continue such altruistic works as county chairman — “Unlike a lot of Republicans, I have a huge heart,” he said — while keeping taxes in check, spurring economic development and making sure the sheriff’s office has an ample budget.at the Oakbrook Center mall, for which two Chicago men have been charged, as a warning that big city crime is encroaching into the county.DiCianni cites his 2017 vote against cutting positions in the sheriff’s office as proof of his dedication.
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