Politics & Government

Hanusiak Comments On Election, Future

Though he earned more than 1,000 votes as a Niles mayoral candidate in Tuesday's election, Chris Hanusiak did not win. He looks to the future.

 

Chris Hanusiak was philosophical Wednesday after election results showed he lost the Niles mayor contest. The three trustees he was running with on the Responsible Leadership for Niles party slate--incumbent Jim Hynes, newcomer Mary Marusek and incumbent Louella Preston--also lost.

Of the four, only Hanusiak will remain on the Niles board of trustees, because he ran for mayor at the mid-point of a four-year trustee term.

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"We ran a good campaign platform," he said. "We told people the facts about what transpired the past four years. We knocked on a lot of doors.

"There was misinformation by the other party. We ran a campaign with true goals that can be measured."

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Hanusiak said he would work with the newly-elected mayor, Andrew Przybylo, and that he has known him for many years.

"We'll debate important issues," he said. "It'll make for a vibrant community. Niles is more important to us than our individual parts in this."

He acknowledged that he and the trustee candidates, who spent five months on the campaign, were disappointed by the results.

But he cheered at the mention of the fact that both term limits referendums--one created by ordinance and one created by petition--passed by wide margins.

"It makes me happy," he said.

He also thanked all the voters who came out in Tuesday's cold, rainy weather to cast ballots for the party.

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