Foss Park District President Patricia Love has dropped out of the Illinois House 59th District race as the Democratic candidate to replace Rep. Thomas Lachner, who is running for the Illinois Senate.
Love’s departure from the race means Corinne Wood, former president of the Lake County Republican Federation, will have no opponent in the Nov. 5 general election.
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Terry Link, chairman of the Lake County Democratic Party, said Love, 40, cited personal reasons for her decision to withdraw from the contest.
Love, a resident of North Chicago, had been appointed as a Democratic nominee for the race last May. The Democrats did not field a candidate in the March primary.