Politics & Government
Orland Park For All Slate Announces 3 Village Trustee Candidates
Bridget Lindbloom, Richard C. Dykstra Sr., and Joe Wholley running for village trustee spots in April 2027.
ORLAND PARK, IL — Orland Park for All has announced three candidates for village trustee in the upcoming April 6, 2027 consolidated election: Bridget Lindbloom, Richard C. Dykstra Sr., and Joe Wholley. The candidates were introduced Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the campaign’s Oktoberfest kickoff at Silver Lake Country Club.
Orland Park for All was established as a political slate led by Mayor Jim Dodge ahead of the April 2025 election, in which he defeated two-term incumbent Mayor Keith Pekau.
Bridget Lindbloom is a lifelong Orland Park resident who has served on the Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees since 2019 and was elected board president in 2025. She has worked in association management for more than two decades, including as Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program Director for the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma since 2013, director of operations at SmithBucklin Corporation, and an executive director at Affinity Strategies. She graduated from St. Michael School, Mari...