Sarah Jesmer
With all precincts reporting, Cohen Barnes has won the election to be the next mayor of DeKalb. He received 2,391 votes to claim 62% of the votes against challenger Carolyn Morris. Barnes and Morris met several times in forums to outline their vision for DeKalb, including a forum hosted by WNIJ, the League of Women Voters of DeKalb County, and the DeKalb Public Library.
The question of whether to allow backyard chickens in DeKalb failed by a margin of 53% No and 46% Yes.
The top three candidates for the DeKalb School Board District 428 are Amanda Harness, Ariel Owens, and Deyci Ramirez. There were five candidates in that race who appeared in a forum on April 1, 2021.