Politics & Government

Atleson Announces Run for Lake County Treasurer

Jeri Atleson will face David Stolman in the Republican primary.

Jeri Atleson, a Fremont Township trustee and a CPA, has filed her petition signatures to be the Republican nominee for the office of Lake County Treasurer.

“I could not be more proud of the petition signatures effort our campaign put forward,” Atleson said in a press release. “We greatly surpassed number of signatures required in order to be on the ballot for countywide office and we did so with an army of volunteers knocking on the doors of Republican voters.”

“Our campaign used the petition signature gathering time to put our ground game to the test,” she added. “We worked with committeemen, volunteers and activist groups dedicated to responsible and limited government, to prepare ourselves for the campaign ahead. We are ready!”

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Also running for the position in the Republican primary is Buffalo Grove resident David Stolman. He has served on the Lake County Board since 1992.

Both candidates filed to run in the March 18 election on Monday.

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Atleson, a wife and mother of two, currently serves as treasurer of the Lake County Republican Central Committee. She previously served as treasurer of the Fremont Public Library District board.

Atleson earned a business degree from Indiana University in 1998. Since then she has practiced accounting in the private sector and worked on multi-million dollar budgets of local taxing bodies. She said she intends to freeze the budget in the treasurer’s office, educate taxpayers on understanding how their tax dollars are spent and has pledged not to take a taxpayer-funded pension.

“Lake County families have been devastated by some of the highest property taxes in the nation,” Atleson said. “As a CPA, I will serve as a taxpayer advocate for the people of Lake County, educating citizens on how their hard-earned money is spent and the damage being done to homeowners and small businesses by the incompetence stemming from Springfield.”

Current Lake County Treasurer Bob Skidmore is not seeking reelection. 

For more information about Atleson, visit her website or her Facebook page.

Related: Stolman Announces Candidacy for Lake County Treasurer


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