
Jerry Smith is the new Mayor of DeKalb. Photo courtesy of Barry Schrader, editor of DeKalb County Life Online.
New mayors and village presidents were elected in DeKalb, Sycamore, Kirkland, Waterman and Hinckley in the 2017 consolidated elections. Of the 61,914 registered voters in the county 14,528 voted for a turnout of 23%. That is a significant improvement over the 2013 elections.
In DeKalb, Jerry Smith won a convincing victory over incumbent mayor John Rey and challengers Misty Haji-Sheikh and Michael Embrey. He will be laser-focused on economic development and will review the performance of the administration.
Dr. Curtis Lang is the new mayor in Sycamore replacing the retiring Ken Mundy. He defeated former city clerk Candy Smith and Rick “Spider” Kramer. His interests are having a strong business community, having a strong education system, having a safe community, maintaining a balanced budget, and having open communications with citizens.
Ryan Block won by an overwhelming margin over Wanda McMurray for Kirkland Village President. Block will strive for open communication and emphasize listening to the needs of others.
Darryl Beach was another big winner in his race to become the new Waterman Village President. He won 71% of the vote over Peter Robinson and Christy Andrews.
Incumbent Russell Stokes won a narrow victory over Charmaine Fioretto for mayor of Cortland. His span of victory was a mere 20 votes.
MAYOR TOWN OF CORTLAND VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Russell C Stokes (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 50.88 Charmaine Fioretto (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 49.12 MAYOR CITY OF DEKALB VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Jerry Smith (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2362 47.97 Misty Haji-Sheikh (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946 19.21 John A. Rey (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942 19.13 Michael Embrey (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 13.69 MAYOR CITY OF GENOA VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Mark Vicary (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 100 MAYOR CITY OF SANDWICH VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Richard Olson (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079 100 MAYOR CITY OF SYCAMORE VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Curtis E. Lang (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1376 44.94 Candy Smith (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1095 35.76 Rick Spider Kramer (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 19.3 VILLAGE PRESIDENT VILLAGE OF HINCKLEY VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 WRITE-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 100 NO CANDIDATE FILED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 VILLAGE PRESIDENT VILLAGE OF KINGSTON VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Jim Baenziger (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 100 VILLAGE PRESIDENT VILLAGE OF KIRKLAND VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Ryan J. Block (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 73.7 Wanda McMurray (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 18.36 Harry Newberry (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7.94 VILLAGE PRESIDENT VILLAGE OF LEE VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Joshua Carlson (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 100 VILLAGE PRESIDENT VILLAGE OF MALTA VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Robert Iversen (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 100 VILLAGE PRESIDENT VILLAGE OF MAPLE PARK VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Kathleen Curtis (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 100 VILLAGE PRESIDENT VILLAGE OF SOMONAUK VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Aaron Grandgeorge (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 56.94 WRITE-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 43.06 VILLAGE PRESIDENT VILLAGE OF WATERMAN VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 1 Darryl Beach (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 71.01 Peter S. Robinson (NON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 24.93 Christy L. Andrews (NON). . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.06
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