GOP picks new candidate for McLean County Board seat

Posted on July 21, 2018
Lyndsay Bloomfield is the new Republican candidate for the District 9 McLean County Board seat. (McLean County Republican Party photo)

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – McLean County Republicans have found a new candidate to run for the county board seat covering south Bloomington.

A special nominating committee picked Lyndsay Bloomfield for the District 9 county board seat. She replaces Jeremy Bradley, who withdrew his name from the November ballot.

Bloomfield is a precinct committeeman and Treasurer for the McLean County GOP’s executive committee.

She will face Democrat David Parker and Libertarian Sol Roberts-Lieb.

Incumbent District 9 County Board member Erik Rankin, now the county’s Democratic Party Chairman, chose not to run for another term.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected].

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