Downers Grove, IL – Upon the passing of George Pradel, Naperville’s longest-serving mayor, Sixth District Candidate for Congress Sean Casten released the following statement:

“Great leaders like George Pradel don’t come around often. It feels like everyone I’ve met from Naperville has their own story of how George impacted their life or their children’s lives in a positive way. He didn’t just make that impact as Mayor, but he made it as someone who truly cared and wanted to make a difference in the lives of others. George was an institution in Illinois, and he will be missed but never forgotten.”