2022 Election Primary: DuPage County Board

State Rep. Deb Conroy is poised to become the first woman to lead the DuPage County Board, an office held only by Republican men for generations.

Democrats struggled to retain control of the DuPage County Board with several of the races for the 18 board seats still too close to call late Tuesday.

Both candidates in the race to succeed DuPage County Board Chair Dan Cronin are raking in large donations for the final leg of the campaign.

Deb Conroy is the Democratic candidate for DuPage County Board chair.

Greg Hart is the Republican candidate for DuPage County Board chairman.

It was a good night for incumbents on the DuPage County Board.

Greg Hart won the Republican nomination for DuPage County Board chair Tuesday, easily defeating his primary adversary for the chance to replace Dan Cronin in the top executive post.

Primary voters on Tuesday will select their party’s nominees for various state and congressional seats to advance to the November general election.

Democrats and Republicans are heading for the homestretch in competitive primaries for District 4 seats on the DuPage County Board.

Republican voters in northeastern DuPage County will have more choices to make than Democrats at the ballot box in this month's primary election.

DuPage County Board hopefuls have been trying to sharpen their competitive edge in crowded fields of Democrats and Republicans.

The Republican candidates for DuPage County’s top executive post have cast themselves as law-and-order conservatives, but that’s where the similarities end.

Candidate forums for both Democrats and Republicans running in the DuPage County Board District 4 primary will be presented in a virtual format May 11 by area League of Women Voters chapters.

DuPage County Board District 1 candidate Maria Reyes on the opioid crisis: "I propose the distribution of fentanyl testing strips. While the strips may not test how much fentanyl is in the drug, it will provide an indication of the type of drug that is being used."

DuPage County Board candidate Rich Janor on the work of the DuPage County Sheriff "I applaud Sheriff Mendrick for seeing and regarding inmates as human beings and not as animals, like prisoners are often considered." Read the full election questionnaire here.