Editorial: Suburban mayoral campaigns shouldn’t cost this much – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

Editorial: Suburban mayoral campaigns shouldn’t cost this much – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

"Local mayoral races aren’t traditionally supposed to resemble high-stakes congressional battles — but judging by the last election cycle, they increasingly do. We knew the village president race in Orland Park was hotly contested, but we were still stunned to see what those campaigns spent in the first quarter of 2024: over $580,000. For a village president race. In a town of 57,000."