2018 Champaign County, Illinois Executive election
November 6, 2018
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The 2018 Champaign County, Illinois Executive election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the County Executive of Champaign County, Illinois. The 2018 elections as the first election for the position after voters approved a referendum that adopted a county executive form of government.
County Clerk Gordy Hulten won the Republican nomination unopposed and faced Democrat Darlene Kloeppel, the community services director for the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, in the general election. As the campaign began, both Kloeppel and Hulten hosted a series of town hall meetings. Both candidates embraced the creation of the new position, and argued that they would work to move the county forward. Hulten focused on strengthening the county's finances following losses from a county-operated nursing home, while Kloeppel said that she would focus on establishing a longer-term strategic plan for the county.
Ultimately Kloeppel defeated Hulten, winning 53 percent of the vote.