Sayad drops out of Des Plaines mayoral race, leaving 3 candidates Dick Sayad, former mayoral candidate in Des Plaines
Former Des Plaines Alderman Dick Sayad has dropped out of the city s mayoral race.
That leaves three candidates: 6th Ward Alderman Malcolm Chester, 8th Ward Alderman Andrew Goczkowski and former 8th Ward Alderman Michael Charewicz.
Term limits prevent incumbent Matthew Bogusz from running again.
Sayad, a former 4th Ward alderman, submitted a formal withdrawal of candidacy on Jan. 28, Deputy City Clerk Laura Fast confirmed. He announced his decision to drop out of the race on Facebook. This decision was not easy, but I felt it had to be made, Sayad said.
Des Plaines mayoral candidate to stay on ballot
Updated 1/8/2021 9:24 AM
A Des Plaines resident has ended his attempt to get mayoral candidate Andrew Goczkowski removed from the ballot, the complainant s attorney announced. Mike Lake dropped his case Friday after Goczkowski s attorney provided evidence indicating signatures on Goczkowski s petitions were legitimate and the forms were properly notarized. Goczkowski, the city s 8th Ward alderman, is one of four mayoral candidates in the April 6 election. The others are 6th Ward Alderman Malcolm Chester, former 4th Ward Alderman Dick Sayad and former 8th Ward Alderman Michael Charewicz. A hearing is scheduled Monday for a challenge to city clerk candidate Justin Cochran s petitions. That challenge was filed by the other candidate in the clerk s race, Jessica M. Mastalski.
Critic trying to knock Des Plaines mayoral candidate off ballot Andrew Goczkowski
Updated 12/31/2020 9:02 PM
A former Des Plaines political candidate has formally objected to a current mayoral hopeful s nominating paperwork in hopes of knocking him off the April 2021 ballot.
Mike Lake, who ran for mayor in 2009 and for 2nd Ward alderman in 2003 and 2007, is targeting Andrew Goczkowski s candidate petitions, saying they weren t properly notarized and contain many invalid signatures.
Goczkowski is the city s 8th Ward alderman and is making his first bid for mayor. He said Lake s allegations are baseless and called his petitions ironclad.
Goczkowski is one of four mayoral candidates in Des Plaines. The others are 6th Ward Alderman Malcolm Chester, former 4th Ward Alderman Dick Sayad and former 8th Ward Alderman Michael Charewicz.