Hinsdale's Cauley Era Nearing End

HINSDALE, IL – Greg Hart is the lone Hinsdale village president candidate in the April 1 election.

Four candidates are vying for the three seats on the Village Board – challenger Carlos Aparicio and incumbents Neale Byrnes, Michelle Fisher, and Matthew Posthuma.

The candidate filing period ended Monday.

Earlier this fall, Hart, a former DuPage County Board member, announced he was considering running for village president. He commissioned polls that he said showed him trouncing the incumbent, Tom Cauley, and Trustee Luke Stifflear, who acknowledged he was eyeing a run for president.

Last month, Hart said he was in the race and released the names of 550 Hinsdale residents who he said endorsed his candidacy.

"I am honored to have the opportunity to serve the residents of Hinsdale as their next Village President," Hart said in a statement Monday evening. "I look forward to getting to work come May 2025 alongside my new colleagues on the Village Board."

Cauley became mayor in 2009 and has presided over a board with few split votes. At a 2021 board meeting, Cauley described the board as tumultuous in the years before he took the helm.

"The village government was deeply divided. Board members were openly hostile to one another. The community had largely lost confidence in the Village Board," Cauley said.

In a September interview, Cauley told Patch that he had not decided whether he would run again.

"I've got some serious personal matters I'm dealing with," he said.

As for the Village Board, it is seeing its first competitive election in six years.

Aparicio is a Spanish-speaking real estate and business lawyer with a Chicago office. He previously served as a chief legal counsel to a Cook County Board commissioner.