Castro surges for Elgin seat on Kane board

ELGIN -- In a decisive win, challenger Cristina Castro Tuesday won her bid to become the Democratic Party's nominee for the 20th District seat on the Kane County Board over incumbent Jesus de la Isla.

With all nine of the district's precincts counted, Castro had 729 votes compared to the first term incumbent's 162.

Castro, who had remained guardedly optimistic earlier in the night even as the results were posted, said she hoped to carry on the same message of increased representation for Elgin on the county board when she campaigns for the general election in November.

"I stuck to the fundamentals and I worked really hard, and it looks like it's paying off," said Castro, who works in the Elgin Community College marketing department. "I plan on taking the issues to the voters in the general election and bring about change on the county board, hopefully."

Castro now will face GOP candidate Larry Wegman, a trustee on the Gail Borden Public Library Board, as well as Gifford Park Association member and Green Party candidate Julie Schmitt, who both ran unopposed.