Election

A forum to meet the candidates in the towns of St. Charles, Batavia, and Geneva is being hosted by We Can Lead Change-Fox Valley on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Baker Community Center, 101 S. 2nd Street, St. Charles.

Cesar Guerrero, a Joliet City Council member who opted to run for Joliet Township supervisor, is not likely to appear on the ballot. Incumbent Supervisor Alicia Morales now running as write-in.

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Richard Tado: I think the nine censures against Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk are absolutely unacceptable and criminal. Funk should be investigated by the Township Officials of Illinois and charges should be filed by the McHenry County States Attorney.

Top priority is to Get Funk, Yelle, Colatorti, Brynes, Huff and Rinn-Alcock elected. These are common sense folks who know how to run a small business and are not in favor of raising taxes.

Joliet City Council member Cesar Guerrero, and three other candidates, will not be on the ballot in April, Will County Clerk Annette Parker says. Guerrero said Tuesday night he plans on being on the ballot as Joliet Township supervisor candidate.

Newly appointed DeKalb County Judge Jill Konen presided over her first hearing Monday in the mayoral legal battle waged between the DeKalb Electoral Board and candidate Linh Nguyen.

The City of DeKalb is seeking to dismiss a petition to remove mayoral candidate Linh Nguyen from voters’ ballots in the April 1 consolidated election. In response, Nguyen said the filing was "A blatant attempt to deny voters their right to choose their mayoral candidate."

A DuPage County judge has denied Glendale Heights Village President Chodri Khokhar’s request to have the county clerk stop preparing the April 1 consolidated election ballot while the court considers whether his name should appear on the ballot.

A forum for Joliet City Council at-large candidates will be held on Feb. 19 at the Joliet Public Library on Ottawa Street. Joliet residents may submit questions in advance.

The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County are hosting a series of candidate forums for the April 1 consolidated election in contested races for Batavia, St. Charles and Geneva mayor and city council.

Homer Township will hold a primary election on Feb. 25 prior to the consolidated election on April 1 due to the number of candidates running for the open seats.

Voters in the Campton Township Cemetery District will have a referendum April 1 asking for a rate increase officials say is necessary to keep up the maintenance of its four cemeteries.

Larry Crawford and James Lanham will seek Joliet City Council seats as write-in candidates in the April 1 consolidated election.

A Will County judge has dismissed the appeal of eight candidates removed from the Homer Glen Village Board ballot, including two running for the Lockport Township High School Board of Education.

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The DeKalb School Board this week rejected a district attempt to place a failed sales tax referendum back on the ballot in April. The referendum, which proposed a 1% new sales tax benefiting public schools countywide, failed to garner enough votes in November.

Nearly 200 absentee ballots somehow went uncounted in Wisconsin’s liberal capital after the Nov. 5 election, prompting state election officials to launch an investigation

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns targeting this year's election

Development plans backed by McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett were scuttled after City Council colleagues balked. Now he's up for reelection and faces a challenge from council member Chris Bassi.

A referendum that failed on November's ballot returns to Sycamore voters this spring. Currently, the District 427 school board elects no more than three members from any one district township. The referendum change, if approved, would remove the three-person restriction.

Glendale Heights Village President Chodri Khokhar was removed from the spring ballot on Monday during a contentious hearing before the village’s electoral board.

The Joliet electoral board on Monday removed both Jim Lanham and Marzell Richardson III from the 2025 city council ballot.

The Thursday filing of Democratic write-in candidate Linh Nguyen for mayor of the City of DeKalb has triggered a primary election ahead of spring, a move that county clerk Tasha Sims called “unprecedented” Friday.

A suburban congressman who pushed for the House Ethics Committee to publicize the findings of its investigation into now-former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz called the actions depicted in the report “horrific” and “disgusting.”

The Joliet electoral board's next hearing is now set for 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 23 for City Council candidates Crawford, Lanham and Richardson. The meeting was originally scheduled for Wednesday.

Lockport Alderwoman Susan King will remain on the ballot for Lockport Alderman in April, despite a ballot challenge from her opponent.

Former Lockport Alderman Mark Lobes has filed a challenge to the nominating petitions of his election opponent, Susan King.

Two candidates attempting to run as independents in the village of Bourbonnais’ April 1, 2025, general municipal election had their names stricken from the ballot.

On Lee County’s ballot for the April 2025 election, four incumbent Dixon school board members will run uncontested to retain their seats, according to the County Clerk’s Office.

For the second time in about a month, the woman seeking to run in the April municipal election in Kankakee has withdrawn her name from consideration

The Joliet electoral board on Tuesday held a hearing that involves a former city employee objecting to four candidates being on the ballot in the April City Council election.

Here are the unofficial results for the 2024 November election for the Whiteside and Ogle county boards and referendum questions for Whiteside County, the Walnut Public Library District and Amboy Fire Protection District.

Here are official results for the 2024 November election for the DeKalb County circuit clerk, coroner, state's attorney, as well as DeKalb County Board, local legislative races and referendums.

Here are official results for the 2024 November election for the Kendall County Board, circuit court clerk, state's attorney and local legislative races, as well as the Sandwich treasurer referendum.

Here are the official results for the 2024 November election for the Grundy County Board and referendum questions for Braceville Fire Protection District and the village of Seneca.

Here are official results for the November 2024 primary for the La Salle County Board and its chairperson, the La Salle County auditor, and the Bureau County state's attorney and coroner, as well as local judicial races and referendums.

Here are official results for the November 2024 for the Kane County Board, countywide offices and local legislative races, as well as several referendum questions.

Here are the official results for the 2024 November election for the McHenry County Board and referendum questions for McHenry County, the village of Cary, the Marengo Park District and Harvard Fire Protection District.

Candidate filings for the April 2025 election are set and Lockport's City Council and Lockport Township High School District 205's Board of Education could see large shake-ups.

The City of Joliet electoral board meets Tuesday to consider petition challenges to four candidates, including one incumbent.

With the candidate petition filing period for the April 2025 consolidated election officially closed, Sycamore voters can expect to see familiar and new names on the ballot for Sycamore School District 427 school board.

Deborah Ivy, 59, of 935 S. Wildwood Ave., filed nominating papers on Monday to run as an Independent candidate for the April 1 election

Four incumbents are seeking reelection to their positions at DeKalb City Hall in the April 1 consolidated election. Two races, for the mayoral seat and to represent the 2nd Ward, will be contested, filing records show.

Four sitting members of the DeKalb District 428 school board will not seek reelection in the spring, filings show. DeKalb voters likely will have their pick of nearly a dozen new candidates for the four open seats, however.

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Stays ahead of Michelle Stiff by 1,030 votes after late-arriving mail-in ballots are tallied.

By a margin of just 850 votes, voters approved the McHenry County Conservation District’s referendum seeking to increase property taxes as it pays of its current debt, unofficial election results show.

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Three incumbents file for reelection along with six others seeking council seats in April.