Editing Sauk Village, Illinois (section)

=== 2017 Mayoral Election ===
Held on April 4, 2017. David Hanks announced he would not seek re-election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saukvillager.blogspot.com/2016/09/hanks-calls-it-quits-after-one-term.html|title=Sauk Village, Illinois: Hanks Calls It Quits After One Term|date=September 20, 2016|website=saukvillager.blogspot.com|access-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081143/http://saukvillager.blogspot.com/2016/09/hanks-calls-it-quits-after-one-term.html|archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> Hanks followed his predecessor Lewis Towers as only serving one term as Mayor. Village Trustee Derrick Burgess announced his intention to run Mayor of Sauk Village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saukvillager.blogspot.com/2016/09/burgess-in-race-for-mayor.html|title=Sauk Village, Illinois: Burgess in Race for Mayor|date=September 25, 2016|website=saukvillager.blogspot.com|access-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081006/http://saukvillager.blogspot.com/2016/09/burgess-in-race-for-mayor.html|archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>

Burgess was elected as the 8th Mayor of Sauk Village. Trustee Derrick Burgess was elected with 55% of the vote over two challengers. Burgess took office on May 9, 2017. Marva Campbell-Pruitt was elected Village Clerk beating out two-term incumbent Clerk Debbie Williams. Pruitt is the first to defeat an elected Village Clerk since Nancy McConathy beat out long-time Clerk Agnes Theodore in 1985, and also is the first African-American elected Village Clerk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saukvillager.blogspot.com/2017/04/voters-want-change.html|title=Sauk Village, Illinois: Voters Want Change|date=April 5, 2017|website=saukvillager.blogspot.com|access-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110628/http://saukvillager.blogspot.com/2017/04/voters-want-change.html|archive-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref>