Election 2013: 6 Vying for 4 Maercker District 60 Board Seats

Six candidates including three sitting board members filed nominating papers to run for four open Maercker School District 60 Board of Education seats and will appear on the April 9 ballot, an email from district administration said.

The portion of the ballot for District 60 school board will include the following names: 

• Lisa Bishop 
• Paul Watkiss
• Arthur L. Andersen IV 
• Pradeep Tekkey
• Michael Gombosi
• Patricia Dieball

Bishop, Watkiss, the board's current president, and Dieball are the sitting board member seeking re-election. Andersen, Tekkey and Gombosi would be first-term members.

The term of board member Tim Casey also expires in April. He is not seeking re-election.

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