Sunday, 4 March 2012

Highland Park Challenger Edges Two-Term Mayor

Ray Geraci, a retired advertising executive, bested two-termincumbent Dan Pierce by 184 votes to be elected mayor of HighlandPark, Lake County's third largest town.

Geraci, 66, defeated Pierce, a Chicago attorney and formerDemocratic state legislator, with a heavy barrage of newspaperadvertising, campaign appearances and local newspaper endorsements.

Geraci, who served as mayor in the 1970s and most recently onthe city council, pledged a "hands-on" approach to government.

Pierce had eschewed lawn signs, calling lawn signs used byGeraci backers "visual pollution."

Geraci, who served as mayor in the 1970s and most recently onthe city council, …

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