2023 Election Results

Results may change, since over 1500 mail-in-ballots are outstanding as of April 4th. See 2023 Election Results for more information.

City Council (Choose 3)

Lisa Gregory 3586 (27.83%)

Pat McDaniel 3361 (26.08%)

Dennis Cooper 3129 (24.28%)

Karl Coleman 2809 (21.80%)

Eliminate County Auditor

YES 2979 (35.54%)

NO 5402 (64.46%)

Mayor

Julie Moore Wolfe 4461

Ballots with no Mayor Vote 1335

Regional Office of Education #39

No candidates, no votes n/a

Decatur Park Commissioner (1)

Shelith Hansbro 4747

Ballots with no vote 1062

School Board (3)

Bill Clevenger 2929 (23.47%)

Will Wetzel 2409 (19.31%)

Mark Reynolds 2296 (18.40%)

Hannah Wolfe 2036 (16.32%)

Jacob Jenkins 2029 (16.26%)

Misty Fronk 779 (6.24%)

Datrice Weathers -withdrew-

Jalynn Walker -withdrew-

Richland Trustees (3)

Wayne Dunning 6623 (53.67%)

Benjamin Andreas 5717 (46.33%)

Marcy Rood (write-in) Not Yet Available

Tony Albertina (write-in) Not Yet Available

2023 Voter's Guide

City council candidates & school board candidates list for Decatur Illinois.

City Council, School Board, and the referendum to eliminate the County Auditor are all up for debate in the April 4th, 2023 election in Decatur, Illinois. Richland Trustees also have some competition now that there are two write-in candidates.

There are also elections for Mayor, which has no competition after two candidates were disqualified, Decatur Park District, which only has one candidate, and ROE #39 Trustees, which have no candidates.

Details at DecaturVote.com/Guide

Illinois Elections | Decatur & Macon County

2023 Decatur Election

Candidates for Decatur offices in 2023. Includes City Council, School Board, and others. Vote April 4th, 2023.

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2023 County Election

Offices & candidates in Macon County that are not relevant to Decatur voters. Vote April 4th, 2023.

2022 Election

Candidates for the November 2022 election.

2022 Results

Results of the November 2022 election.

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Will Wetzel's AFSCME endorsement

Will Wetzel shared his endorsements and listed AFSCME. I contacted AFSCME Local 31 to ask about their candidate endorsements, and was told they did not endorse any Decatur candidates. I asked Will Wetzel which AFSCME endorsed him and if he could provide proof, and he said "AFSCME 73 I do bel... See Article

Original Report, 04-11-2023

Decatur Working on Walkability Along 51 North

The City of Decatur and Illinois Department of Transportation hosted a community forum on March 30th for Decaturites to learn about and make suggestions for planned changes to U.S. 51 North and South. I attended the event as an interested citizen, not as a reporter. I am sharing what I learned, t... See Article

Opinion, 04-06-2023