2025 Election

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.

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

Lockport Township High School District 205 board of education member Zyan Navarra has officially resigned from his position on the board after disclosing that he has gotten married and is residing outside the district.

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.

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.

The Joliet electoral board sustained objections to one candidate for next year’s City Council election and continued the hearing to next Wednesday for the remaining two candidates.

The Algonquin Village Board election is now uncontested after candidate Julie Bevel was knocked off the ballot for an insufficient number of resident signatures.

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.

The McHenry City Council race is already heating up, with two-term Mayor Wayne Jett making a case for his third term on social media and surrogates for challenger Chris Bassi chiming in

Lockport Alderman Darren Deskin plans to challenge incumbent Mayor Steven Streit for his seat in the April 1 election, suggesting term limits are needed

Guerrero moves on after historic first term in at-large council seat,

Objections have been raised against three petitions filed by candidates seeking to run for the Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees.

The following candidates have filed for positions on school boards across La Salle County.

For the second time in about a month, the woman seeking to run in the April municipal election in Kankakee has withdrawn her name from consideration

Sandwich City Council 3rd Ward Alderman Bill Fritsch and 2nd Ward alderwoman Rebecca Johnson will not appear on the April 1 election ballot following objections to their petitions.

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.

After the Yorkville electoral board sustained an objection, kicking one candidate off the ballot, there remains zero contested elections for city government in the upcoming April elections.

Harvard School District 50 board President Melinda Shafer was removed from the April local election ballot over what came down to three signatures on her nominating petitions.

The Joliet Public Schools District 86 has three seats available on the Board of School Inspectors, one on the East Side and two on the West Side. Joliet School District 204 also has three board seats up for reelection.

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.

A candidate for Lake in the Hills village president was knocked off the April ballot over some mistakes in his nominating papers and lack of sufficient signatures.

Nine incumbents and three newcomers are in the running in Rock Falls' 2025 election.

Yorkville voters will have to wait a little longer to find out if the only upcoming contested election for alderman is going to end prematurely with one candidate getting the boot.

On the ballot for the April 1, 2025, election will be two incumbents running for two open seats on the Dixon City Council along with two incumbents and two newcomers running for two open seats on the Sterling City Council.

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

Sandwich Mayor Todd Latham will face two opponents in the April 1 consolidated election.

Two candidates have filed for the Plano Library trustee positions on the ballot during the consolidated elections on April, 1, 2025.

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.

St. Charles voters will have choices for their next Mayor and several City Council members during the Consolidated Election on April 1.

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.

As the deadline passed to file petitions to become a nominee for the April 1, 2025, consolidated elections, not a single contested race emerged for Plano city government.

Oswego School Board President LaTonya Simelton, School Board Vice-President Eugene Gatewood, Board Secretary Jared Ploger and board member Jennifer Johnson did not file their nominating petitions by the Nov. 18 deadline. There are four seats open on the board.

DeKalb resident Linh Nguyen’s name will not appear on the April 1 ballot for mayor after the DeKalb Electoral Board ruled Tuesday she filed her papers outside of the window “required by law.” Nguyen said she plans to appeal.

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

One of the longest-serving mayors in DuPage County won’t seek reelection, a village president has stepped down, and another incumbent is running against five challengers.

See who is running for your local school board in 2025.

The only contested Yorkville City Council seat is for Alderman in Ward 4.

The April 2025 ballot is starting to take shape in the Illinois Valley. Here is who filed in La Salle, Mendota, Oglesby, Peru, Princeton, Spring Valley, Streator and Utica.

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

A handful of races look to be competitive on the April 1 municipal ballot, with McHenry and a few school boards having more candidates than open seats

Voters will be asked to vote on seven members of the school boards of Joliet Public Schools District 86 and Joliet Township High School District 204 on April 1.

The candidate who sought to challenge the incumbent Kankakee 5th Ward alderman in the April 1 municipal election was officially removed from the ballot

There will be competition for the village of Manteno offices of mayor, trustees and clerk in the April 1, 2025, municipal election as The Manteno Choice Party announced its candidates

Jamie Hicks, an outspoken advocate for change, announced Friday he will be running for La Salle mayor in 2025 with the goal to bring back the town everyone loves and ensure everyone has a voice.

Monday is the final day to file nominating petitions for the election. Sandwich Mayor Todd Latham, who in June announced that he will run for a second term, has filed for reelection.

Across Kane County, voters will get to pick who will serve on their local village boards, city councils, and township, park, library and fire protection district boards this spring.

At least four, and maybe more Sycamore residents will campaign to be elected to a city office in the 2025 consolidated election, but only one of them isn’t currently an elected official, according to city documents.