Chicago Sun Times–Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering is jumping in the 10th Congressional District race for Congress, triggering a major 2016 Democratic primary brawl with former Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill.

“I’m definitely running,” Rotering told me in a phone interview on Monday.

Last week, I reported that Schneider is gearing up to win back the north suburban seat he lost to Rep. Bob Dold, R-Ill., in 2014 after serving one term.

Rotering, elected Highland Park Mayor in 2011 — the first woman to hold the spot — is running unopposed for a second term in the April 7 municipal election.

Looking ahead to her congressional bid, Rotering said, “I believe that people will be excited when a woman runs.”

Raised mainly in Highland Park, Rotering, 53, has an undergrad degree in economics from Stanford, an MBA from Northwestern and a law degree from the University of Chicago. She worked at General Motors and was an attorney at McDermott Will & Emery, leaving the firm to raise four sons. Her husband, Rob, is an executive at Northlight, a financial services firm.

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