County Officials: The county has several other elected offices, including sheriff, coroner, clerk, treasurer, State's attorney, regional superintendent, and circuit court clerk. Each of these elected officers serves a term of four years and oversees a different part of county government. Office Officeholder PartyCircuit Court Clerk Erin Cartwright Weinstein DemocraticCoroner Jennifer Banek DemocraticCounty Clerk Anthony Vega DemocraticRegional Superintendent of Schools Michael L Karner DemocraticSheriff John Idleburg DemocraticState's Attorney Eric Rinehart DemocraticTreasurer Holly Kim Democratic Politics As a historic Yankee settlement, Lake County was initially a stronghold of the Free Soil Party. In the 1848 presidential election, it was Free Soil nominee and former president Martin van Buren’s strongest county, giving him over 58 percent of the vote.
County Officials: The county has several other elected offices, including sheriff, coroner clerk, treasurer, State's attorney, regional superintendent, and circuit court clerk. Each of these elected officers serves a term of four years and oversees a different part of county government. Office Officeholder PartyCircuit Court Clerk Erin Cartwright Weinstein DemocraticCoroner Jennifer Banek DemocraticCounty Clerk Anthony Vega DemocraticRegional Superintendent of Schools Michael L Karner DemocraticSheriff John Idleburg DemocraticState's Attorney Eric Rinehart DemocraticTreasurer Holly Kim Democratic Politics As a historic Yankee settlement, Lake County was initially a stronghold of the Free Soil Party. In the 1848 presidential election it was Free Soil nominee and former president Martin van Buren’s strongest county, giving him over 58 percent of the vote.