2026 Midterms
Hear from the candidates!
The League of Women Voters of DeKalb County invited candidates to submit recorded statements so voters can get to know them. All County-level office candidates, plus State House and Senate candidates, were invited. The deadline for submissions was September 15 and we will continue to publish late submissions.
Races:
County Board District 1 Candidates
Frederick Hall - did not submit
Rhonda Henke - did not submit
County Board District 2 Candidates
Patrick Deutsch - did not submit
Carmen Polvere
Tell us about the specific skills and experience you would bring to this office.
Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
County Board District 3 Candidates
Marc Doty - did not submit
Joanne Pickering - did not submit
County Board District 4 Candidates
Rhonda Cowan
Tell us about the specific skills and experience you would bring to this office.
Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Joyce Klein-Munch
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
County Board District 5 Candidates
Suzanne Fahnestock - did not submit
Timothy Mangia - did not submit
Selma Saenz
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Devon Wilcox
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
County Board District 6 Candidate
Rukisha Crawford - did not submit
County Board District 7 Candidate
C. Scott Campbell - did not submit
County Board District 8 Candidate
Michelle Pickett
Tell us about the specific skills and experience you would bring to this office.
Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
County Board District 9 Candidate
Jim Luebke - did not submit
County Board District 10 Candidate
Mary Lee Cozad
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
County Board District 11 Candidate
Gennie Siwicki - did not submit
Anna Wilhelmi
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
County Board District 12 Candidate
Michalene Bell - did not submit
Traci Griffin-Lappe - did not submit
Rebecca Johnson - did not submit
Colton Otto - did not submit
County Clerk & Recorder
Douglas Janicke
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Tasha Sims
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County Treasurer
Derek Shaw
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Did not submit
Becky Springer
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Sheriff
Andrew "Andy" Sullivan
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Regional Superintendent of Schools
Carmen Siragusa
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Illinois House District 70
Veronica Garcia-Martinez
Tell us about the specific skills and experience you would bring to this office.
Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Jeff Keicher - did not submit
Illinois House District 74
Brad Fritts - did not submit
Nolan Kemp - did not submit
Illinois House District 76
Liz Bishop
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Amy Murri Briel
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Identify the most important goal you want to accomplish in office, including how it would be funded.
Illinois Senate District 38
Ernie Marcelain - did not submit
Sue Rezin - did not submit
