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Wikipedia entry for Daniel Edward Dernulc http://www.nwitimes.com/image_92c29468-8407-5dfa-ab0d-85d341c0f992.html Daniel Edward Dernulc is a local Republican political leader in Lake County, Indiana, Indiana’s second largest countyen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana. Born in 1963, Dernulc received a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Purdue University Calumet http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/article_abc5fe65-bb73-59bc-9bdd-d262b8f580cf.html and is currently employed as a negotiator for AT&T. http://www.post-trib.com/news/elections/lake/2213472,Lake-Council-Dernulc-430.article Dernulc was elected chairperson of the Highland, Indiana Republicans in 1996http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/article_374bc9f6-99ca-5255-8aa4-b90cfe6fd684.html and managed the party’s slate to a majority victory in the 1999 town elections. [no citation] For his efforts, he was voted 2000 Lake County Republican of the Year. [no citation] Dernulc ran for town council himself in 2003 and won election as the 5th Ward Town councilman. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/article_3f7a550c-ac9b-5fd4-af64-0584a2a3a967.html While on the town council, he led the successful effort to create an ethics ordinance. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion/article_3c5db1ce-e99c-57ff-885f-03d72a1b5fe8.html Although he lost his re-election bid in 2007, Dernulc kept active in politics and community service. Indiana’s Governor, Mitch Daniels, appointed Dernulc to head the Little Calumet River Basin Commission in 2009. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_7c98e87e-5c40-582a-b129-5ff21717122f.html http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/article_dadbbdb3-162c-5669-8a0e-e363956f84d4.html Concurrently, Dernulc decided to run for Lake County Council in 2010. He survived a challenge to his candidacy by one of his primary opponents http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/article_9319c7e2-1e8b-57d0-943c-09f7da86c5d1.html and wound up winning a three way race with 50% of the vote. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/article_9ef86180-5843-11df-adbd-001cc4c002e0.html