Welcome to Mercer County

Mercer County is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2010, the population was 16,434 a drop of 523 from 2000. The county seat is Aledo. Mercer County is one of the four counties that make up the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metropolitan Statistical Area.

View of the Mississippi River in New Boston, IL

 

Agendas and Minutes for Committee & Board Meetings, as well as public forms and documents are posted on the Documents page.

Law Enforcement Agendas can be found on the Mercer County Sheriff's Office website.

Public Act

Per Public Act 97-0609, an amendment to the Open Meetings Act 5ILCS 120/7.3, it is the duty of all Illinois Municipal Fund Employers to post information for each employee having a total compensation package that exceeds $75,000.00 per year. This package is to include salary, health insurance, vacation and sick days granted.

These include:

  • States Attorney Greg McHugh, $137,469.84
  • Public Defender Dan Dalton, $91,500.00
  • County Highway Engineer Jimmy Samaniego, $92,300.00


Primary Election

Mercer County Party Candidates for Election in March 18, 2014 Primary
The following positions are up for election in the primary:

  • County Board
  • One 4 year vacancy in all 5 districts.
  • One unexpired 2 year vacancy in District 5

COUNTY OFFICES

  • Sheriff
  • Treasurer
  • County Clerk

PRECINCT COMMITTEE PERSONS IN ALL PRECINCTS (BOTH PARTIES)

THE MERCER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM 8AM TO NOON ON SATURDAY, MARCH 15 FOR EARLY & GRACE PERIOD VOTING 

Announcements

Primary Ballots can be found here. You may also check back here for Primary Election results.

Democratic Primary Ballot

Republican Primary Ballot

Non-Partisan Primary Ballot

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Downtown Aledo

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