Democratic incumbent Deb Conroy faces Republican Gary Grasso for DuPage County Board chair on November 3, 2026. Both appear in the county’s official candidate listing.
Background
Conroy’s current campaign biography says she was elected chair in 2022 after representing DuPage communities for 10 years in the Illinois House. She previously served on the Elmhurst District 205 school board and now lives in Lombard.
Record and priorities
Her campaign emphasizes combining fiscal restraint with investment in healthcare, housing and infrastructure. It points to budgets that maintained tax levels while funding services and to an upgraded county bond rating. These are claims about her record made by the campaign.
Conroy highlights mental-health and addiction treatment, including her work on a House mental-health committee and support for DuPage’s Crisis Recovery Center. She describes the center as an alternative to an emergency room for people experiencing a behavioral-health crisis.
The county-chair contest concerns oversight of county operations and budgeting. Conroy’s current campaign statements supply the priorities described here; they are not answers to a Surround Sound questionnaire.
Responses are based on public data and answers to a Surround Sound Media questionnaire if they were provided.
