Experience: chairman of NIU Young Deomocrats, vice-chairman of the DeKalb Democratic party and Precinct 10 committeeman

Campaign issues: work toward a shopping mall in DeKalb, for the $1.9 million sale of DeKalb County farmland to a New York-based developer to fund the DeKalb County nursing home. He is against tax increases and supports a pledge to draw a binding contract against allowing Cook County waste to be deposited in DeKalb County

Comments: “The most important duty of the county board is to maintain the DeKalb County nursing home,” he said. “Rather than talking about raising taxes, the county board ought to be more concerned with how to best use the county assets, such as the county farm.”

Education: student at NIU.