Naperville City Election — April 6, 2027
The City of Naperville elects its mayor and four City Council members on a nonpartisan ballot. You may mark one name for mayor and four names for council.
Mayor
Scott Wehrli is the incumbent mayor. He is running against City Council member Benjamin White. Wehrli was elected in 2023. His stated priorities are public safety, economic development, and responsible oversight of the city’s finances. We support his re-election.
On August 10, 2026, the unified Democratic township organizations covering Naperville (DuPage, Lisle, Naperville, and Wheatland) held a slating meeting and endorsed Benjamin White for mayor.
City Council
Eight candidates filed for the four seats: Josh McBroom , Kristine O’Neill Gericke, Laurie Donahue, Supna Jain, Marc Willensky, Nathan Wilson, Michael Christin, and Staci Boyer.
On August 10, 2026, the same Democratic township organizations held a slating meeting and endorsed Laurie Donahue, Kristine O’Neill Gericke, Supna Jain, and Marc Willensky for City Council. Those four then filed their petitions simultaneously at 8 a.m. on the first day of the filing period. They are running as an endorsed package and three of the four come from local school boards.
City Council sets the budget, oversees the municipal electric utility, decides zoning and development, and funds public safety. School boards have separate elections and separate responsibilities. Experience on a school board is useful; it is not a substitute for experience with the city’s rates, capital projects, and land-use decisions. A council majority drawn primarily from an endorsed school-board package risks treating city decisions as extensions of school-board priorities.
After reviewing the field, the candidates we believe are best prepared are Josh McBroom, Nate Wilson, and Staci Boyer.
- Josh McBroom is an incumbent with a record on the council and prior service on the Park District board. He has focused on taxpayer scrutiny and long-term operational decisions.
- Nate Wilson is an incumbent with a record on the council, including utility and budget issues that directly affect household costs.
- Staci Boyer is a small-business owner and commander of Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873. Her priorities are public safety, affordability, and sustainable economic growth. She brings private-sector and veterans’ community experience outside the school-board track.
You may vote for four but don’t have to. We recommend you vote for McBroom, Wilson, and Boyer. If you use the 4th vote do it deliberately. An endorsed four-name package will ask for every seat. Independent votes are how voters prevent the council from becoming a single bloc.