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Narrow margins in many Lake County municipal races as vote counting ends   Updated 4/21/2021 7:04 PM This year's election produced many tight races with narrow margins, leading candidates to wait as votes were counted before knowing their fate. But that's over now. At 5 p.m. Tuesday, the election results in the April 6 consolidated election were declared final in Lake County, and County Clerk Robin O'Connor will sign a document Thursday making the results official.   Municipal Antioch trustee: Petrina A. Burman's slight lead over fellow challenger Mary Priller for the last of thre...

Updated 4/13/2021 5:57 PM Mayor Casey Urlacher attributed his victorious write-in campaign to the Mettawa residents who urged him to run after he received a pardon from former President Donald Trump. Urlacher declared victory in the race Friday after the Lake County clerk's office reported he'd earned 151 write-in votes in the April 6 election. His opponent, former Mayor Jess Ray, was the only mayoral candidate on the ballot and received 105 votes, according to unofficial results.   Urlacher, currently serving his second term as mayor of Mettawa, a village of about 550 residents, was facing ...

Illinois has some of the most liberal voting rules in the nation. None of them seemed to lure Lake County voters to their respective ballot boxes to decide municipal offices, township officials, library, park and school board members. These are decision-makers who have more say about our daily lives than federal or state elected officials.

Updated 4/8/2021 7:43 PM While winners can confidently be declared in most of the April 6 consolidated election races, the Mettawa mayor contest between incumbent Casey Urlacher and former mayor Jess Ray might not be known until next week. The reason for the delay? Urlacher is running as a write-in candidate.   Lake County Clerk Robin O'Connor said her goal is for write-in ballots to be counted and uploaded to her office's website by Tuesday if not earlier. Mettawa, a village of about 550 residents, has a history of close contests. Ray, who served as mayor from 2009 to 2013, said Thursday he...

What you need to know to vote in Tuesday's consolidated election   A voter casts his ballot at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer   Tuesday is the last chance to vote in the consolidated election, where voters decide who will represent them in school, municipal and other local matters. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer   DuPage County election judges Bonnie Farley, left, and Melissa Nachman help a voter get his paper ballot during early voting at the county fairgrounds. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer   Updated 4/5/2021 8:57 AM Tu...