2025 Election: DeKalb Clerk

Newcomer Bradley Hoey has been elected to the DeKalb City Clerk’s Office by a wide vote margin, unofficial write-in results released Thursday show.

Voters this week in DeKalb County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

It's Election Day in DeKalb County. Polls are open until 7 p.m., and feature many contested races including for mayor, council or township trustee, school or park board seats. Here are some races the Daily Chronicle news team is watching today

This spring, DeKalb County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

When asked in a Daily Chronicle candidates forum if they would commit to serve out their full four-year term in office if elected, all three DeKalb City Clerk hopefuls said yes. No DeKalb clerk has served out a full term in a decade.

Citing the turnover that’s plagued the city clerk’s office in recent years and a desire for stability, DeKalb Mayor Cohen Barnes said he’d liked to see Bradley Hoey elected to the position.

Video: Candidates for DeKalb City Clerk, Brad Hoey, Lynn Fazekas and Steve Kapitan talked about the main issues facing the clerk’s office ahead of the April 1 election. All are running write-in campaigns.

Candidates for DeKalb City Clerk: Brad Hoey, Lynn Fazekas and Steve Kapitan debated the issues in the race ahead of the April 1 election with Shaw Local's Kelsey Rettke and Megann Horstead

Candidates for DeKalb City Clerk: Brad Hoey, Lynn Fazekas and Steve Kapitan talked about the main issues facing the clerk's office ahead of the April 1 election. Read the transcript from our podcast here.

Steve Kapitan: With a zero salary for an administrative position, such as the City Clerk, it is especially important for the voters and the press to scrutinize the motives and any conflict of interest that the candidates may have

Bradley Hoey: I am running for the office of City Clerk to bring continuity, professionalism, integrity, and respectability to the office

Lynn Fazekas: I have a long track record of being able to work with anyone who is dealing in good faith with me

Two former DeKalb City clerks and a newcomer seek DeKalb’s long-suffering City Clerk’s Office in April. Lynn Fazekas, Steve Kapitan and Bradley Hoey all are running as write-in candidates in the election