Editing Sauk Village, Illinois (section)

==Election facts==
Elections are typically held in early April every 2 years. both Mayoral and Trustee elections happen every 4 years, with Trustee elections happening 2 years out of sync compared to Mayoral Elections.

===Mayors of Sauk Village===
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| [[File:Thomas Nichols, mayor of Sauk Village, Illinois.jpg|75px]]
| Thomas Nichols
| 1957–1965
| First mayor<ref name=HR0373>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Illinois House Resolution 0373   |website=ilga.gov|date= |url=https://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HR0373&SessionID=51&GA=95&DocTypeID=HR&DocNum=0373&SpecSess=0&Session=00&print=true  |accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first= Ken|last=Poole |authorlink=   |title=Sauk Village is Growing Area   |newspaper=[[The Hammond Times]]|date=March 4, 1962 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/138695232/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[File:Roger Theisen, Mayor of Sauk Village, Illinois.jpg|75px]]
| Roger Theisen
| 1965–1977
| <ref name=HR0373/><ref>{{Cite news|first= Gary|last=Wilson |authorlink=   |title=Theisen Wins Big In Sauk  |newspaper=[[The Munster Times]]|date=April 18, 1973 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/138697079/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Edward Paesel
| 1977–1989
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| [[File:Mike Collins, mayor of Sauk Village.jpg|75px]]
| Mark Collins
| 1989–1997
| <ref name=HR0373/><ref>{{Cite news|first= Nancy|last=Banks |authorlink=   |title=Incumbents assailed in Sauk Village  |newspaper=[[The Times of Northwest Indiana]]|date=March 26, 1987 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/144285842/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Roger Peckham
| 1997–2009
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| Lewis Towers
| 2009 – November 7, 2012
| Resigned on November 7, 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Sauk Village Mayor Resigns   |newspaper=[[CBS Chicago ]]|date= November 8, 2012|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sauk-village-mayor-resigns/ |via=}}</ref><br> First African-American mayor.
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| David Hanks
| November 8, 2012 – May 2013 (acting)<br> 2013–2017
| Appointed acting mayor on November 8, 2012<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Sauk Village mayor resigns; acting mayor appointed   |newspaper=[[ABC Chicago]]|date= November 9, 2012|url=https://abc7chicago.com/archive/8879550/|via=}}</ref>
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| Derrick Burgess
| 2017–2025
| Re-elected in 2021.<br> Second African-American mayor.
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| Marva Campbell-Pruitt
| 2025–present
| Elected 2025.<br> First woman elected mayor.
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=== 2009 Mayoral Election ===
Held on April 7, 2009. Voters elected Lewis Towers over current Village Board Trustee Derrick Burgess by 62% to 37% respectively. Towers went on to become Sauk Village's 6th mayor, and both the first African-American Mayor and the first to have won running on a party affiliation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Twehbowdeya |first=Bowdeya |date=April 7, 2009 |title=Towers wins over Sauk Village voters in race to replace long-time Village President Roger Peckham |url=http://nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_81cf1f85-d68b-5902-9c29-b53297d1c445.html}}</ref>

===2011 Election===
Held on April 5, 2011. This was David Hanks fourth term as Village Trustee. This made him the third Village Trustee to have been re-elected for four consecutive terms. The other Village Trustees to have been re-elected to run four consecutive terms were Matthew Murphy and Raymond Gavin. Hanks and his running mates of the People's Voice Party, incumbent Trustee Derrick Burgess, and the first Hispanic/Latino Village Trustee ever elected, Robert Chavez, won with about a 3 to 1 margin over the candidates supported by Mayor Towers. The new Village Board took office on May 10, 2011.

=== 2013 Mayoral Election ===
November 7, 2012, Mayor Lewis Towers resigned. Towers is the first and only mayor to have resigned the office of Mayor. Towers had been at political odds with the Village Board as the village was stuck in "gridlock". On November 8, 2012, the Village Board of Trustees selected David Hanks as acting mayor to serve out the remainder of Lewis Towers' unexpired term until May 2013. Hanks announced during a press conference he would not seek election as mayor and that he would return to his seat on the Village Board of Trustees as soon as the new mayor takes the oath of office. Hanks then filed to be a candidate for Mayor in December 2012. The election was held on April 9, 2013, Hanks won the election with 42% of the vote in a 4-way race.<ref name="nwitimes.com"/>

=== 2015 Election ===
Held on April 7, 2015. Derrick Burgess was elected to a 3rd term as Trustee with nearly 62% of the ballot. Also elected were Cecial Tates, a retired Lieutenant-Colonel and former District 168 School Board President along with newcomer Kelvin Jones. This election was historic as two incumbents were not re-elected, an event that had not happened since 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saukvillager.blogspot.com/2015/04/historic-election-burgess-tates-jones.html|title=Sauk Village, Illinois: Historic Election: Burgess, Tates & Jones WIN!|date=April 7, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013054449/http://saukvillager.blogspot.com/2015/04/historic-election-burgess-tates-jones.html|archive-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref>

=== 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>

=== 2019 Election ===
Held on April 2, 2019. One of the seats on the board of trustees was decided by a coin flip. Both Beth Zupon and Gary T. Bell both received 288 votes. Bell won the coin flip.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 23, 2019 |title=Coin Toss Decides Winner of Sauk Village Election |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/coin-toss-decides-winner-of-sauk-village-election/161053/ |access-date=December 31, 2023 |website=NBC Chicago |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 2021 Mayoral Election ===
Held on April 6, 2021. Derrick Burgess was Elected for a second consecutive term with 53% of the vote. The other candidates were Debra Williams who received 31% and Lynda Washington who received 15%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2021 |title=Illinois Election Results and History Made in the South Suburbs. |url=https://chicagodefender.com/illinois-election-results-and-history-made-in-the-south-suburbs/ |access-date=December 31, 2023 |website=Chicago Defender |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 2023 Election ===
Held on April 4, 2023. This election had a 5.6% turnout. All Trustees elected in this election won by default<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consolidated Elections Tentative Results 2023 |url=https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Consolidated-Elections-Tentative-Results-2023.html?soid=1139290037912&aid=ktqJrv6A4wA |access-date=December 31, 2023 |website=Village of Sauk Village |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 2025 Mayoral Election ===
Held on April 1, 2025. Marva Campbell-Pruitt was elected Mayor with a plurality of 46% of the vote becoming Sauk Village's first woman mayor. Campbell-Pruitt defeated incumbent Mayor Derrick Burgess who was seeking a third-term as mayor.  Arnold Coleman, who chose not to seek re-election as Trustee lost  in this three-way race garnering only 15% of the vote. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/official-results_040125.pdf}}</ref>